Nintendo has simply launched the primary two elements of a brand new Ask the Developer collection all about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Swap 2. Alongside a bunch of fascinating insights concerning the sport’s growth, the interview additionally lastly reveals the event group behind it.
Because it seems, the Swap 2 remake was developed internally by Nintendo’s Leisure Planning & Improvement (EPD) Manufacturing Group No. 3 — the group that has dealt with nearly each Zelda entry because the early 2000s.
The remake noticed HokWai Ng tackle the position of Director (his first Dir. position on the firm, although he additionally labored on Tears of the Kingdom), with Aya Shida (Pikmin 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Tears of the Kingdom) on Artwork Path, Hiroki Taguchi (Breath of the Wild) because the Program Director, and Masato Ohashi (Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Splatoon 3 Enlargement Cross) as Music Lead and one of many Sound Administrators.
There was part of us that thought Nintendo may herald one other studio to work on the remake — significantly because it more and more appeared an increasing number of devoted to the unique — nevertheless it’s good to see that it was an inside job as an alternative. Fear not, Zelda legends Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi each served as producers on the challenge.
Components three and 4 of the OoT Ask the Developer collection will probably be launched tomorrow (third November), so we’re positive that there are much more dev tales to return. Gosh, what per week to be a Zelda fan!