26th May 2004, 12:24 PM
It's not brand new (from GDC, but Nintendo didn't let anyone post it until after E3), but there are some very interesting Zelda timeline comments from him, which I'll post below. Here's a link to the interview: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/2....59084.htm
Wow, that's certainly interesting. They're actually trying to fit Four Swords into the Zelda timeline. Very, very interesting. It's going to be great to try to figure out the whole Zelda timeline with Four Swords thrown into the mix now. It's also great to hear him say that he wants to bring all of the Zelda stories together, which he showed signs of in Wind Waker. Now he can fix all of those contradictory comments Miyamoto made over the years. :D
Quote:BB: As far as the storyline, there was kind of a certain progression of the way Link progressed through the original Legend Of Zelda, to The Link To The Past, To Ocarina Of Time, and the rest of the titles, until Wind Waker. Miyamoto stated that the Link in the Wind Waker was really another Link. Can you explain that? It’s a little confusing for some people that this is a different Link. Did Wind Waker start a whole new chapter, or a whole new story?
EA: I think the easiest way to explain this is that Link is always the main character in Zelda titles. With new games, naturally people are going to think how does this Link relate to the Link from the last game? The thing is, when making a new Zelda game, we don’t necessarily start with the storyline first, we start with the game, and we think, “What’s Link going to be like in this game? What kind of a character is he going to be, and what kind of a personality is he going to have?” In that sense, for us, we didn’t necessarily feel there was a need to have an infinitive connection between everything, because it was this idea that Link is the hero no matter what. He’s here, and he’s part of the story. Obviously for people that are fans, it’s something that they pay a lot of attention to. If you start thinking about that, then you’ll have questions, say, if this Link is related to that Link in this way, what does that say about the four Links in Four Swords? How does that all fit in?
To me storyline is important, and as producer, I am going to be going through, and trying to bring all of these stories together, and kind of make them a little bit more clear. Unfortunately, we just haven’t done that yet.
BB: That’s something that, you (Bill Trinen – Localization Team) and I have talked about with the release of the Zelda compilation disc, cleaning up some of the spellings like Ganon, and making sure everything is cohesive. Maybe that’s an American thing – us wanting to know how it all works together. I guess that leads me to my next questions. How do the Links in The Four Swords Adventure relate to the overall story line? Or is it just a subchapter or something like that?
EA: The GBA Four Swords Zelda is what we’re thinking as the oldest tale in the Zelda timeline. With this one on the GameCube being a sequel to that, and taking place sometime after that.
Wow, that's certainly interesting. They're actually trying to fit Four Swords into the Zelda timeline. Very, very interesting. It's going to be great to try to figure out the whole Zelda timeline with Four Swords thrown into the mix now. It's also great to hear him say that he wants to bring all of the Zelda stories together, which he showed signs of in Wind Waker. Now he can fix all of those contradictory comments Miyamoto made over the years. :D