| DivinePaladin said: The way it was always described before the IA you linked was that it was very briefly Zelda Gaiden and then Aonuma was able to convince Miyamoto very early into development to do a new game instead of an expansion, which is where the one year challenge came in.
Though you're correct, it WAS a necessity - IF Aonuma wanted to get the game done on time. But it could've been done should Aonuma have chosen to. Before the IA I recall it always being described that they chose to reuse assets to save time,not because gun to their head they had to, if you get what I'm saying. Remember this is the same guy who said that they worked on TP for two consoles at once when the likely scenario was that it was ported by a small group in the last year, not remade with two consoles in mind. He's known for embellishing quite a bit and rewriting history a bit tooz |
For what it's worth, not only are you right about the rewrites, but he also mentions in the interview that his memory is fuzzy because it was so long ago, so I can definitely see him pulling a George Lucas and...evolving...the story as time went on. Still, this is the version I personally recall, and not just from the interview, so it's the one that's my personal headcannon.
