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Zelda spaceworld 2001 rumors

August 2, 2001

Nintendojo reports a rumored interview with Ken Otowa, a former intern at NCL in Japan, on the future Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo GAMECUBE. 
According to what this man apparently said  Link?s new fighting abilities will be based on a true sword fighting combat system. 

On  Mr. Ken Otowa?s own words; 

Figthing system based on the C stick

"Players will now control Link's sword and sword actions entirely with the C stick."

"... players control Link's arm with the control stick, where they move it, his arm moves in a similar motion. Part of the game play will be learning tactics and combos that are utilized by way of the C-stick alone. This works into a heavy emphasis on sword fighting found in the new Zelda."

Weapons system

"...In the new Zelda there will be two different types of weapons, one will be simple weapons, that will be used by pressing the X and Y buttons, and others will be assigned to the L and R buttons, and will utilize the analog functions. These weapons include the Bow, the Sling Shot, and some other re-workings of old items, and some completely new ones that will become favorites. When you equip these items, the view goes into first person, much in the way it did in the N64 titles, which is the new Zelda's closest feature to those titles, and you use the analog triggers in a very interesting way, and you use the c-stick to control aiming."

More sophisticated targeting system

"...The targeting system has been totally re-worked. And it works amazing. It is a lot easier to go from enemy to enemy and it flows a lot better, there is no more clunky shifting between different enemies."

Finally, Mr. Ken Otowa couldn?t specify on the story of the next Zelda game, however he states that we can expect a truly cinematic experience and that Zelda for GAMECUBE will definitely break a lot of new ground.

Source: Nintendojo

NOTE: This interview is yet to be confirmed! However we are posting these rumors just in case they are true and well,... you know there haven?t been  many Zelda news lately...