How The First Zelda Was Made and Featured a First-Person Perspective Initially

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Go to https://buyraycon.com/thatguyglen for 15% off your order, plus get free domestic or flat fee international shipping. Brought to you by Raycon. Support me on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/thatguyglen Become a YouTube member ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0e1271DHhRyiDIuX6B6aQ/join This The Legend of Zelda documentary details the development of action-adventure RPG game The Legend of Zelda and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover how Nintendo built upon the success of the Famicom, known as the NES outside of Japan, and introduced an ad-on called the Famicom Disk System that used proprietary floppy disks. Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka were the only designers on the team and produced all the sketches, concept art and pixel art. The main inspiration for the original The Legend of Zelda came from Miyamoto’s childhood. The documentary also explores all the design decisions that Nintendo made and shows how they considered a time-traveling Link in a futuristic setting where the Triforce was made out of electronic microchips. It also takes a close look at all the hurdles the team had to go through. After creating an initial prototype that featured a two-player mode where each player had to create a labyrinth and then explore it, Miyamoto and Tezuka realized the building aspect wasn’t as fun and decided to scratch it entirely. Additionally, the team also considered a first-person perspective to select a dungeon to explore until they decided to create an overworld where the player can move around freely and discover dungeons more naturally. Furthermore, just before the game was set to go into production, the developers discovered that a certain music track was still copyrighted, which meant composer Koji Kondo had exactly one day to create something new. Lastly, the documentary takes a look at the impact the original The Legend of Zelda had on the gaming industry and how the massive franchise continues to innovate and captivate gamers. References: https://www.thatguyglen.com/article/e1DgzwNpJiQ 0:00 Part 1 3:41 Ad 5:09 Part 2 Script written by Anine Van de Ryck. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatguyglen Website: https://www.thatguyglen.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlenCallaert Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thatguyglen.bsky.social Outro song: Thank You R.G.E. - Joe Bagale #TheLegendOfZelda #Nintendo #GameDevelopment