Nintendo What-If? #8

[Shiken]

CaptainExplosion said:

Shiken said:

Funny thing is when they met for a progress report, Miyamoto actually liked the first two games (which were made side by side and released the same day as one another).  Considering that they were competition though, I doubt Nintendo was willing to spend any extra resources to make the games better, so long as they did not cross a certain line with the characters.

So Nintendo screwed Phillips over and they ended up making crappy games?

You have to remember the first two Zelda games were well recieved at the time.  High review scores and all.  They are not crappy games (the first two), the CDi was a crappy console with a janky controller.

 

Nintendo had nothing to do with developing the games, all they did was make sure Phillups did not release anything that would tarnish the image of the IP at the time.  Like if Link screwed Zelda in the game, they would not have greenlit the game.  Other than that, Nintendo did not interfere.

 

Nintendo had more of a hand in these games than people realize, they could have prevented them from being released if they wanted to.  Given the sticky court situation and making amends for a sour business deal, it probably was not worth it to push things too far and so they allowed for creative freedom so long as certain lines were not crossed.