Recently, DidYouKnowGaming discovered an interesting thing in an old magazine about an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of Mario . Miyamoto initially disliked the art style of "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" and Ask the development team to remake it.
It is reported that Nintendo originally planned to simply improve the graphics of "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" and " Majora's Mask ", and used this as a basis to create the prototype of "The Wind Waker". But one member of the development team designed Toon Link (a new 3D cartoon style Link ), which was loved by other members of the development team, so they planned to continue working on it.
The Wind Waker producer Aonuma Eiji believed that he didn't believe Miyamoto would like the redesigned Link, so he waited as long as possible before showing it to Miyamoto. Sure enough, when Shigeru Miyamoto saw this Link for the first time, he said he was "really scared" and said to Eiji Aonuma: "It's not too late to change direction." Shigeru Miyamoto also expressed his concern for the GameCube at the time. There are concerns about function.
Finally, at the insistence of the development team, Shigeru Miyamoto agreed, and a cat-eye Link in a cartoon-rendered game style was born. Such a bold change successfully did not offend old players, but instead refreshed players who were accustomed to 3D games, and also convinced many players with picky tastes to be convinced by this game. Cat-Eye Link's cute appearance is deeply loved by players of the series. Later, a remastered version of "The Wind Waker" with more sober and bright colors was released on WIIU.
