Nintendo has slowly been giving out minor hints as to what the new Legend of Zelda game for the Wii is going to be like. Miyamoto has stated he wants to use the Wii MotionPlus peripheral in the game, and for more than simply combat.
Now Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has jumped on the bandwagon and says the Wii’s first true Zelda game will be something fresh and unique; a complete overhaul that will break away from the established Zelda formula.
“It is something we used to talk about with Mr Miyamoto, and he and I agree that if we are following the same structure again and again, we might not be able to give long time Zelda fans a fresh surprise.
“So we have been trying something new in terms of the structure of the Wii version of the new Zelda game this time. I am really hopeful that people will be surprised with the changes we have implemented for this Wii version.”
Nintendo has planned for the game to be officially unveiled at next year’s E3, but we’ll bring you more news and information as it becomes available.
The “structure” of the Zelda games, how you progress through them and way the way the gameplay mechanics work into the exploration of the game world is something unique to the Zelda franchise.
Few games have ever copied it, Okami being a rare example of one that did.
Changing that structure is definitely a risky move, but then, so were a lot of the design choices in Wind Waker, and I was a huge fan of that title.
It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with, if nothing else.
Try not recycling the same story and structure over and over, maybe?