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Interview: Eiji Aonuma talks about Legend of Zelda

July 18, 2007 in News comments 8

At the recent E3 event, Wired News got the chance to interview Nintendo's Eiji Aonuma, the new producer of the Legend of Zelda series.

Aonuma discussed the old Zelda games, the possibilities of future Zelda games (for DS and Wii), as well as his newly completed Zelda game, Phantom Hourglass. It's Zelda mania!

Four years ago, Eiji Aonuma took on one of the most difficult jobs in the game industry: Shigeru Miyamoto's. He was made producer of the Legend of Zelda series, taking the reins of one of the world's most popular and enduring game franchises.

Having just finished the wonderful Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS, Aonuma is enthused about the future of the Zelda series, and says that his teams will create similarly re-envisioned Zelda experiences on both Wii and DS.

Eiji Aonuma: With this DS Zelda (Phantom Hourglass), I and the staff, our eyes were opened to the possibilities of the hardware, as game developers, to understand what our responsibility is. And what we were creating, what the potential was there. So not only are we planning to do the same thing for the Wii, but to continue to do so for the DS as well.
Miss Razz via blog.wired.com »
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  • 1
    Sakura Jul 18, 07
    Amazing find. @___@ I'm really excited for new Zelda games to come out (especially Phantom Hourglass). They're always so amazingly awesome. I can't wait for the next one. ^___^
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    tidus04 Jul 18, 07
    Zelda's, what legends of games and to see they are still making mentally is really good. This game looks good (Hourglass) and I cant wait to see it, need to get myself a DS/Wii sometime just for these ^^
  • 1
    Rinkydink Jul 18, 07
    I am definitely going to buy Phantom Hourglass when it is out, is looks amazing from what I have seen on it. Fingers crossed for a future Zelda Wii game too, it sure is possible!
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    Gregory2590 Jul 18, 07
    Am I the only one who thinks Zelda games are lame especially oot?
    • 1
      neto_360 Jul 18, 07
      I'm sure there are a few others But I think they rock

      I hope to see another Zelda game on the Wii.
  • 1
    Storm Jul 18, 07
    Always loved the Zelda series since A Link to the Past for the SNES. Got just about all of the series' games, that's how big a fan I am xD Good thing that they aren't waiting for the next Nintendo console to do another Zelda game, that's for sure.
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    Danielsard_85 Jul 18, 07
    I hope that under his direction, they keep up with the great quality games that has always existed in the Zelda franchise
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    ssbm freak Jul 27, 07
    What I'm interested in is how they will keep up with the timeline.(If there even is one.)
    They are pretty good at making everything come together.

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