The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild GDC Panel Will Discuss ‘Breaking Series Conventions’

How Zelda was modernized.

Posted By | On 13th, Feb. 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild looks to be a dramatic reinvention of the franchise- it is a thorough modernization of Nintendo’s prestige series, adopting multiple modern trends, blazing the trail with innovations of its own, and still staying true to the spirit of the Zelda games. One of the reasons, indeed, that it has as much hype as it does is that it looks to have successfully modernized Zelda, without losing track of what made the series great in the first place.

And now, Nintendo has announced a panel for GDC where it will discuss just how the creators endeavored to do this. In this panel, game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, art director Satoru Takizawa and technical director Takuhiro Dohta will discuss the game’s development, and how the team approached such a mammoth undertaking.

“For decades, The Legend of Zelda series has been recognized as a trailblazer in game design that has influenced countless other games and developers,” the panel description reads. “The latest game in the series, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for both the Nintendo Switch and Wii U systems, introduces wide-ranging changes that break with many of the traditional conventions of the franchise. The panel will provide an in-depth look at how these convention-breaking changes were implemented.”

The panel will be held from 11am-12:30 local time on 1st March, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Of course, at that point, the game itself will be just two days from release, so you won’t have to worry about this panel making the wait hard or anything.

[via Nintendo Life]


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment is Splitting from Sega

Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment is Splitting from Sega

Strategy genre specialist studio Relic Entertainment is leaving Sega and going independent, it's been announce...

Sega is Cutting 240 Jobs Across UK Studios, Including Creative Assembly

Sega is Cutting 240 Jobs Across UK Studios, Including Creative Assembly

Sega Europe and Sega HARDlight will also be impacted, though the status of other UK studios like Two Point Stu...

Remnant Publishing Rights, Lost Boys Interactive, Cryptic Studios, and More to Remain with Embracer

Remnant Publishing Rights, Lost Boys Interactive, Cryptic Studios, and More to Remain with Embracer

Following Gearbox's sale to Take-Two, these studios will be "welcomed and integrated" into other parts of the ...

Take-Two Interactive Acquires Gearbox Software from Embracer for $460 Million

Take-Two Interactive Acquires Gearbox Software from Embracer for $460 Million

The publisher will own the Borderlands, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Homeworld, Risk of Rain, Duke Nukem and Broth...

Call of Duty: Warzone is Getting a Way to Play with Bots in Season 3

Call of Duty: Warzone is Getting a Way to Play with Bots in Season 3

Call of Duty: Warzone players will be able to queue up as quad teams to face off against bots in the new Bootc...

Judas – New Video Details Gameplay and Story

Judas – New Video Details Gameplay and Story

Ghost Story Games' first-person shooter is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC some time next y...