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Among the blistering craziness that has been E3 this week, a rather interesting interview with Eiji Aonuma surfaced on Eurogamer. In it, the foster daddy of the Zelda franchise discusses the two throwback games coming out this year, as well as revealing a few interesting bits about the process behind their all-new installment. Most specifically, he was asked from what games he was taking inspiration as he prepared a Zelda title for a new generation.
"Skyrim! [For some reason mention of Bethesda's fantasy epic tickles him, and he laughs.] Obviously I play other games, and I'm curious what Zelda fans like about the Skyrim experience. Maybe there are some Zelda fans who are looking for something similar out of a Zelda game. But I don't look at the technology that made these games possible. I don't look at what's happening in the game, but how it made me feel, what in the game moved me, and how I can bring out those same emotions in players who play my games. My intent isn't to copy them, but those are the things that stay with you as a player. It's not what you see but how the game makes you feel that makes you feel closer to the experience. It's more about the feeling and expression of emotions in the game, and I do take that into consideration when working on my own projects. It's like the difference between someone who takes a picture and looks at that picture when drawing a painting, and someone who sees something, keeps it in their head and then tries to recreate that."
- Eiji Aonuma -
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/aonuma-looking-to-capture-the-feeling-of-skyrim-with-new-zelda
