Därför ändrades Links utseende till 3DS

Eiji Aonuma, producent för Zelda-serien, har förklarat varför man plötsligt bytte grafisk stil på Link i The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds under Nintendo Direct. När Satoru Iwata visade upp nya konceptbilder från spelet såg vår grönklädde hjälte plötsligt betydligt yngre ut. Här är några utdrag av vad Aonuma hade att säga om saken:

"In Japan, where this game is called Kamigami no Triforce 2 in the U.S., it's titled A Link Between Worlds, so there's a little bit of difference even in the image the title creates. We're positing this as... I guess you could say it's a sequel to the last game."

"But addressing the artwork, if we look at the original title, you see that the artwork that we used to advertise the game didn't really match the artwork that was in the game, because the artwork we had to advertise the game had a very mature, adult-like Link. Then, when you got into the game, of course, because of the technology of the time, you couldn't see Link in any specific detail. So that gap wasn't problematic, let's say. However, as we've moved on to 3DS and started developing this game, we've discovered that you can see Link in the game."

"I have to say that when we were creating artwork for E3, we really just hadn't finalized what that artwork was going to be, so the image that you saw, the art asset we used for E3, was almost a placeholder, let's say. Then, as we started getting further into the development of the game and started finalizing the artwork and looking at the cinematic scenes and looking at how Link was represented in the game itself, we then adapted the artwork to come closer to what you were going to see in the game, and thereby remove that gap that had previously existed in the original title. Also, just letting you know, since it's not finalized yet, we may see more changes going forward. Please understand that what you guys are seeing is really development in... You're getting a live, real-time view into development. Please understand what this change represents, and that we may see more changes moving forward as well."

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