35 years old today

Many more birthdays in 2021 this year! 40 years of Mario and Donkey Kong, 35 years of Metroid, 25 years of Pokemon! But this year a small character dressed in green, who did not appear at first, but for the first time allowed to engage in a simple adventure, from which each new creation from the series will be viewed impatiently. You only have to look at the panic of pre-orders for Skyward Sword HD Remaster in many countries, even one of the most controversial episodes benefits from the brilliance of the franchise and allows a new life through its game via Joy-Con.

Connecting the adventurer is like us. What he doesn’t fully speak of gives us the illusion of being our incarnation in the game. It’s an adventure with a capital A and its share of emotions, we make choices, it happens. They don’t explain everything to us in advance, we find out. We start the game and we immediately embark on the adventure. Since then, if some episodes had known the tasty scenes, the strength of the last breath of the forest would have precisely now returned to the first sense of this 35-year-old chapter: Freedom. You can finish the fight against Cannon as quickly as possible. But you take the time to explore all the game universes, take the time to test all the cooking tips, collect all the Crocus nuts, and you have the technical skills without having to fight a particular enemy to climb the rocks. You can play the game as you like.

This sound universe is also set up very quickly: a treasure hunt, a melody. Combining video games and music will create a common, inseparable work. You can’t think of Zelda without hearing in your head the most famous works of Koji Kondo.

Left to right: Miyamoto, Tezuka and Kondo

True, I wanted to bring that sense of adventure to a video game. During the day, computer RPG players boasted about the strength of their swordsmen and at night exchanged information with each other. When I noticed this, I thought it was an interesting environment.

So I decided to create a treasure hunt based adventure game themed around the world of swords and witches, which is the beginning of The Legend of Zelda.

Usually, requests are made to return the Zelda to a 2D display. So the idea of ​​Zelda Maker like Mario Maker was created by the fans, but was nipped in the bud by Nintendo to protect its IP. But to allow everyone to create their own view of Hirole and create adventures in which he is a hero, is this not the complete creel that the Legend of Zelda must strive for, to open the game video towards freedom and act as he sees fit?

Happy Birthday to Princess Zelda, who comes forward to help her every time with her Night Link (as Mario comes to the aid of Princess Peach) confronts Canaan (Bowser’s alternate ego).