How does Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto feel about where the series has gone? Find out in an interview you don't want to miss.

"The thing that we think is valued the most in the Zelda series is that the player isn't just playing a game. The player is in that world and part of that adventure and using their own abilities to solve the puzzles and fight the enemies that are there," Miyamoto said. "I think that's really where we've put our focus on that series over the years. Possibly as a result of that there's the tendency for the gameplay to feel a little bit more linear. Really what's important for us is that satisfaction that you get from sitting down and thinking your way through those puzzles and finally solve them."

"So the idea is that the player grows and matures over the course of the adventure, and one way to strengthen that feeling for the player is to have the adventure follow along with a flow and be very connected to a story that progresses as the play progresses through it. I think that's where the structure or the order of the game comes from."

"Of course, as the games evolved into the full 3D worlds, and more recently with the implementation of motion control, I think that sense that you're the one in that adventure experiencing it has strengthened greatly. I think in that sense the Zelda series has really evolved," he continued.

"The other thing that we did with the Zelda series is we intend to create the game in way that the player has a tremendous amount of freedom in terms of the things that they're able to do. As they explore the world and discover things and try to play the game in different ways, there are little thing sprinkled throughout the world that will reward them for that. I do think that the notion of following a story perhaps pushes people towards that normal progression of the game. What I'll say about Skyward Sword is that there's a tremendous amount of places you can go and things you can do in that game. It's very open world, and I would encourage everyone to go and explore every nook and cranny of that game as well."

Skyward Sword almost didn't make use of Wii Motion Plus. Find out all about it here.

via Game Informer

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