Video: The Twilight Princess Development Team Discuss Character and Plot Origins

I must say again, I'm so glad that they'll have the mirrored (Wii) version of the world available in the form of Hero Mode. I was worried that I'd feel turned around the whole time, as that was the only version I've played all these years.

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!

@TheY He does NOT say that.

This game is next in line to be played after FE Fates. Then Star Fox Zero, Quantum Break and Uncharted 4... and maybe I'll squeeze in some Dark Souls 3 and Pokken Tournament as well, if I can make the time

@Kalmaro He does say he likes to be scolded by women like that, though.

Can't for the life of me figure out why people are so into remakes. Isn't the fun of a game the discovery of the story and gameplay elements? How can things looking smoother and shinier and clearer make the same exact thing a new experience for some? Oh well, opinions, right?

@TheY I guess Sakurai likes mistress in latex, high heels and a whip.

@LetsGoRetro The same trend that's been plaguing movies, maybe? To be honest though, I hardly call that TP:HD a remake, it's more like an HD edition, which is... pretty dull.
Metroid Zero Mission is good example of remake.

I just want to know why they picked Conan's music theme for that TP trailer years ago.

It's always cool learning about what inspired designers to create unique aspects about a game, especially one I have enjoyed as much as Twilight Princess. Every time I play it I think to myself that this is my favorite Zelda game only to play Wind Waker or Majora's Mask and have my mind instantly swayed towards one of those instead. Such is the result of all of the main series games being of such high quality.

@LetsGoRetro Hm, perhaps it might be because people can get the best of both worlds? A trip down memory lane combined with having that trip updated with a generous lick of paint to make it the ultimate version of the game they already loved in the first place.

I'll agree with you that you can never get that first time experience back, but this surely is the next best thing for many of us.

"I have a fetish for large older women scolding me." -Eiji Aonuma

@LetsGoRetro Also a remake might be a way for a game designer to improve on some aspects of a game like gameplay issues or glitches. Take WindWaker for example and how they increased the sail's speed.
It can also be a way for people who never played the original to experience it themselves in a new remastered way.
Also the graphics of the original TP are kind of bad.

@CB85 Still not the same thing

i'm kinda against this HD version since... you could play the other versions on the same console for way cheaper with hardly any difference. anyway i was kinda annoyed how he talked about some secret twist when they shoved a certain someone on the new box art.

@ancientlii actually make that several certain someones, the box art really looks like it's made for someone who's already played the game. 1st impressions are kinda being lost here. "huh random villager? wait i've seen em on the box so this has to be someone important" some of those characters were meant to be mysterious too but you see them before you pop the disc in.

@LetsGoRetro Remaster.

Maybe it's time to give the development to a new producer...

I have the same fetish and messed up dreams as well. It would be fun to have an out of control weekend with the guy.

That bit about Telma...

You're a perv Aonuma.

@TheRealThanos

Fair enough. And there are a few games that would be pretty cool to me if they were redone, to be fair. I just wonder if there's an actual community to me eating up remake/remaster after remake/remaster. I'd have to literally consider these guys the Lex Luther to my Superman, the Venom to my Spiderman... In other words, completely against me, my villain, or anti-hero as it were, and everything I want to see in my favorite hobby! I know people are going to say "It's not Nintendo making these, it's a 3rd party company that would never be making a new Zelda anyways, etc." but my take on it is that if they're trusted to "re do" these games, then there's got to be SOMETHING they're capable/competent enough to do on a new game, be it Zelda or another property. Therefore, everyone of these remakes/remasters/repeats/re-do's ads months, if not years, to the release dates of the new experiences I so cherish!

So stop with the remakes and put ALL of that effort into the new games! (UNLESS someone is out there considering remaking Suikoden 1 thru 3. MAN that would rock. MAN I totally just contradicted myself and ruined any point I had. Eh, oh well.

@boyika

To be fair, if I had the option to play a game for the first time and I could choose between the 12 year old rough looking version and the 6 month old prettier one, I'd take the nicer one. However, if these remakes and remasters delay my new, cherished experiences by even a few weeks, then my vote would be: "Get rid of em, we already got em!!!!!"

New > Remakes any and every time!

@Liveswired Whatever, really...

@LetsGoRetro "Whatever, really" - He's right, though. It is indeed a remaster if only cosmetic work is done. Otherwise it would be like what the GameCube's Resident Evil was to the original one: that was a true remake.

Now imagine Ocarina of Time done like that for the NX. Wouldn't that be something? A complete overhaul from N64 graphics to modern day realistic graphics and an expanded story. Now THAT'S a remake I'd be more than willing to pay for.

And don't worry about contradicting yourself: I myself wouldn't mind some Suikoden either. Maybe they could make a bundle of the series for the 3DS or the upcoming NX handheld...

@therealthanos

oh, im not saying he's wrong. Just stressing how little the distinction means to me. You're re-doing and old experience with new paint. As far as I'm concerned, the only distinction I'm deciding between is "meh" and "EH.."

"Wow I want to replay that because it's clearer" meh
"Wow I want to replay that because it's clearer and the wall texture is less muddy" EH...

As for Suikoden, what a great, great, gr eat series. My #1 game of all time is a 5 way tie- OoT, LttP, FF6, FF7, and Sui2. Havent played 4. As bad as they say?

@Dpishere
I know that feeling! Zelda games are usually so good, you feel like the one you're playing has to be the best, sometimes.
That's a pretty good sign, though, haha.

@Zibene999 Definitely! Usually in a series there are a few games that I don't really care for due the changes made but when it comes to Zelda there really is no game in the series that I haven't enjoyed playing. Sure you always have your favorites but there isn't a single title I regret playing, and I have played almost every one of them. Few series can boast that for me.

@LetsGoRetro Well no offense, but that's the thing: the distinction IS significant. It' has nothing to do with our personal opinion.

Take my Resident Evil example: that game was COMPLETELY stripped to the bone and redone, instead of just improving existing textures, models, sounds and what not.
(in that sense, you can see the GameCube version of RE: Code Veronica as a remaster, because that was essentially a slightly upgraded version of the Dreamcast game)

If you give a house a paint job, it's a remaster, if you tear all the outside walls from the house leaving only the bare frame and redo it in a more modern style, it's a remake.

Just think of old movies or music: sometimes they get touched up (digitizing) by removing dirt and upgrading the image quality, but other than that it stays the same.

In movies they nowadays like the term "reboot" more to signify that they have made an entirely new version of an existing series, but remakes are also still done. Different settings, different year of release, different actors etc, etc. You get the idea...

@LetsGoRetro Don't know about Suikoden 4. Only played the first two and part of the third, that I never finished.

@LetsGoRetro 3D visuals don't age well compared to sprite-based games, and many play older games on HDTVs as we do not have the room for an extra CRT TV. What was jaw-droppingly beautiful on my CRT TV with AV cables 10 years ago is now rather blurry and somewhat pixelly (especially areas consumed by Twilight) on my HDTV with component cables. I look forward to playing the game that looks as beautiful as I remember it, even though the gameplay is virtually the same.

@3MonthBeef
A little note on the etymology here might help you see why it is the way it is.

Mastering is a delicate and exacting process at the final stage of a video or audio production. It is made from a completed edit or recordings. To remaster is to restart that final stage. The key content made up of original recorded tracks or edited scenes remains the same. Apply that to a video game and the idea is that you are changing the fidelity of the game without messing with the guts (the core game mechanics or the animations or the model geometry, etc.)

"Making" something is about starting with raw materials. To remake something is to start with new raw materials and construct something that has already been made. It's not an act of duplication but of remaining true to the spirit (think sculpture where if you are going to spend all that time and energy there should be a reason!) Applied to remaking video games, it means to recreate the same gameplay and overall experience but with modern technologies: new raw materials.

@LetsGoRetro Good point. Games should focus on being new than remaking old entries.

I can't be the only one who really wants to see that actress Aonuma was talking about, Lol!

@LetsGoRetro Yeah, but it's not affecting too much.