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In recent interview with Eiji Aonuma, he tells us why the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an evolution in the Zelda series. Check out his words below.
There have been very few 'internal' changes to the Zelda formula in recent games. This time, we started development with the view that we needed to rectify this situation on Skyward Sword. We introduced some puzzles to new environments and removed the dungeon and field format as a means of breaking away from stereotyped formulae.
We have also made theme changes possible and have allowed different games to unfold sequentially in the same location based on the same system. In so doing, we have managed to create a much more profound game than in the past, with a more compact world in which the player's memory becomes the key to unlocking the game's secrets.
In addition, I believe that the feeling that one's own movements are transposed directly into the game world itself thanks to Wii Motion Plus creates an even stronger sense of being immersed in Zelda's world.
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