Legend Of Zelda Developers Discuss Possibility For A Mario Maker Style Game

Ever since the release of Super Mario Maker, many fans have dreamed of potential games that would allow them to create levels for other popular Nintendo franchises, most commonly a “Legend Of Zelda” maker.

In a recent interview with Polygon, Legend Of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma and game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi were asked directly about whether such a game would be possible in the future. Unfortunately for fans, Aonuma’s response seemed to hint they were not particularly keen about the idea.

Speaking through an interpreter, Aonuma said that they did not wish to create a game that would “make creativity a requirement”, and that a game requiring players to “build things from scratch” would not be a good fit for Zelda.

“When we’re creating games like Tears of the Kingdom, I think it’s important that we don’t make creativity a requirement. Instead, we put things into the game that encourage people to be creative, and give them the opportunity to be creative, without forcing them to,”

“There are people who want the ability to create from scratch, but that’s not everyone, I think everyone delights in the discovery of finding your own way through a game, and that is something we tried to make sure was included in Tears of the Kingdom; there isn’t one right way to play. If you are a creative person, you have the ability to go down that path. But that’s not what you have to do; you’re also able to proceed to the game in many other different ways. And so I don’t think that it would be a good fit for The Legend of Zelda to necessarily require people to build things from scratch and force them to be creative.”

So long as the Zelda team holds this stance, it seems unlikely that we will get an official “Zelda Maker” game any time soon, although there do exist a few indie-developed alternatives based on the concept. Stay tuned for more updates as they come.

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