On 29th May 2024, Apogee Entertainment launched Quest Master via Early Access on Steam, and though it may be some time before the final product releases on the Switch, that hasn't stopped Nintendo fans from living out their 'Zelda Maker' fantasies.
In case you're unaware, the game essentially allows you to unleash your imagination and create unique, themed dungeons while boasting gorgeous pixel art visuals and gameplay reminiscent of classic Zelda games. It was confirmed for Switch during last year's Guerilla Collective showcase, but for now, developer Julian Creutz is hard at work polishing the game via Early Access.
We're not surprised that creators are taking the opportunity to recreate iconic Zelda locations, but someone has managed to go one step further and has replicated the entire overworld from the original Legend of Zelda on NES.
Fans haven't stopped there, though. In responding to a comment on the above post, the official account stated "We have plenty of dungeon recreations from Minish Cap, A Link to the Past, the Oracle games, Link's Awakening, the original NES one, even Ocarina of Time! We are impressed how well the 3D dungeons translate to 2D".
Officially, you can't create actual overworlds in Quest Master, just dungeons. However, it looks like this might be on the cards for the future once the game has had a bit of time to mature. Hopefully, by the time the game makes its way to the Switch, we'll be able to completely recreate an entire Zelda game. Wouldn't that be something?
Meanwhile, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has previously played down the idea of an official Zelda Maker, stating, "I don’t think that it would be a good fit for The Legend of Zelda to necessarily require people to build things from scratch and force them to be creative".
What do you make of this Zelda recreation in Quest Master? Are you looking forward to checking the game out on Switch? Let us know.
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Really hope we'll eventually get an official "Zelda Maker" instead of just the Chamber Dungeon from the Link's Awakening remake, but I'll gladly take unofficial ones in the meantime although they really need a way to make actual overworlds and so actual games (i.e. "quests" à la Zelda Classic) or they'll always end up being way too limited no matter how many options they add to the dungeon making - the dungeons are only a part if a vital one of the Zelda experience.
I still have zero interest in this or an actual "Zelda Maker", part of the fun of dungeons in Zelda games isn't just that they're fun to solve but also how they tie into the overall progression of the games, having a game that's just dungeons and nothing else removes a ton of the appeal of Zelda games for me
@_Figo_ Well lucky for you the option to not be interested exists. What kind of world would this be if we were forced to be interested in everything? A horrible one that's for sure.
Aonuma is scared someone (everyone) is more creative than he is!
Hope we get a sonic maker.
I'm sure we'll get an official Zelda Maker one day despite what Aonuma says.
@Spider-Kev lol ok.
This is a great example of using hyperboles making you look dumb.
Aonuma is hell of creative. There may be a few who can do it better, but based on years of Mario Maker, it is safe to say 98% of people do not work for Nintendo for good reason
For all this guys hard work I hope Nintendo takes this down and maybe sues him. 🙂
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