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'''Daiki Iwamoto''' is | '''Daiki Iwamoto''' is a director at [[Nintendo]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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After joining Nintendo, Iwamoto's first job involved programming 3D tools for ''Star Fox'' 2 on the Super Famicom. Following this, he served as a programmer on ''Super Mario 64'', following which he would be placed in charge of cinematic sequences for ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''. | |||
Iwamoto would then go on to be one of many programmers on ''Luigi's Mansion'', the Game Boy Advance port of ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'', ''Pokémon Box'' for the Gamecube, and then serve as boss battle director on ''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''. | |||
Around May 2004, after development of {{FSA|-}} had concluded, the game's developers began experimenting with the Nintendo DS. Iwamoto, began to prototype a multiplayer ''Zelda'' along the same lines as {{FSA|-}} for the Nintendo DS, when ''Zelda'' series producer Eiji Aonuma stepped in and advised that the team devise a new style of ''Zelda'' gameplay using the Nintendo DS's touch controls instead.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= It was around May 2004, right after we finished the Four Swords Adventures game. The DS hadn’t been released yet and the game was in the experimental stage. We started by trying many ideas on how to use the stylus and the two screens. |name= Daiki Iwamoto |url= https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2007/08/30/the-legend-of-zelda-phantom-hourglass-interview-with-eiji-aonuma.htm |title= The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass interview with Eiji Aonuma}}</ref><ref>{{Cite person|quote= At first we worked on creating a game that followed the connectivity style of Four Swords Adventures with the two screens, but then Mr. Aonuma suggested we didn’t continue with that. He said we should think of a completely new Zelda gameplay that would become a DS standard. We didn’t mind the simplicity, so we ended up with the idea of a stylus-controlled game. |name= Daiki Iwamoto |url= https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2007/08/30/the-legend-of-zelda-phantom-hourglass-interview-with-eiji-aonuma.htm |title= The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass interview with Eiji Aonuma}}</ref> At the time, Aonuma was dividing his time between {{TP|-}} and {{TMC|-}}, and left the five-man Nintendo DS team to continue with its experiments. When he returned from E3 the following month, the team informed him that the Nintendo DS hardware was capable of supporting cel-shaded graphics like the ones used in {{TWW|-}}. Aonuma had been disappointed by {{TWW|-}}{{'}}s poor sales and asked the team to implement cel-shading in their prototype, hoping to give the style a second chance at success. Soon afterwards, the team presented Aonuma with a tech demo of Toon Link moving around in a 3D environment on the Nintendo DS's top screen. On the bottom screen was a map with an icon that the player would drag to move Link around. Feeling that these controls weren't intuitive, Aonuma asked the team to flip the two screens, moving the game world to the bottom screen instead, which would allow the player to control Link by touching him directly.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Upon returning from E3, I heard from my staff that the DS hardware was capable of of supporting Toon Shading. I immediately asked my staff to start implementing cel-shading on the DS because I was disappointed the cel-shaded Zelda had not been received as well as I had hoped. In a short amount of time, they were able to show me a toon-shaded Link moving in a 3D world on the top screen, and on the lower screen a Link shown on a map that was controlled entirely by touch. While I was surprised to see the toon-shaded Link from the Gamecube version moving around on the DS screen, the controls were not intuitive. So I asked my staff to display the 3D world on the bottom screen and change it so players would control Link by touching him directly. |name= Eiji Aonuma |url= https://www.gdcvault.com/play/753/Reflections-of |title= Reflections of Zelda}}</ref> | |||
This prototype would go on to become The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourlgass, a sequel to {{TWW|-}}, on which Iwamoto would serve as director. According to Aonuma, Iwamoto put considerable effort into improving upon the gameplay from {{TWW|-}}, and was especially particular about the characterization of the Linebeck character, working with sub-director Hidemaro Fujibayashi to finalize his dialogue.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Aonuma: Even as he applied it, he searched like mad for things he wanted to tinker with and improve from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. |name= Eiji Aonuma |url= https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/1 |title= Why Tetra Makes No Appearance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite person|quote= 青沼 そんな心配は無用ですよ。逆に、『夢幻の砂時計』をプレイしてから『風のタクト』を遊んでもらってもいいと思っていますから。一応ストーリーはつながっていますが、それを知らないと楽しめないというものではないので。『ゼルダ』シリーズではいつものことなんですけど、遊びの仕組みを作ってからストーリーや舞台設定を考えているんです。だから今回は、ストーリーを書いた藤林がいちばん苦労したかも？（笑） | |||
藤林 ばらばらの材料だけ渡されて、これをつじつまが合うようにつなげなさいって。しかも岩本からは、「ラインバックはこんなこと言わない」とか、いろいろ注文がうるさい（笑）。 | |||
岩本 リンクと冒険を共にするラインバックは、僕のこだわりのキャラクターですから。 | |||
青沼 岩本の分身ですよね、まるで。|name= Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Eiji Aonuma |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714183351/http://www.nindori.com/interview/160zelda/index.html |title= ニンドリドットコム～ゼルダの伝説 夢幻の砂時計 開発スタッフインタビュー～}}</ref> | |||
Iwamoto would return as the director of ''The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks'', a game with which he desired to create something more original than {{PH|-}}, which was largely a straightforward sequel to {{TWW|-}}.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Aonuma: So for Spirit Tracks, I think he wanted to be free to make things he'd thought of on his own... Is that about right? |name= Eiji Aonuma |url= https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/1 |title= Why Tetra Makes No Appearance}}</ref> As part of this pursuit, he elected to have Link's partner be Princess Zelda herself, rather than Tetra, who had served as his partner in {{TWW|-}} and {{PH|-}}, citing that he "didn't like Tetra all that much."<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Aonuma: Back when I heard the story's rough outline, I asked, "What? Why isn't Tetra making an appearance?" And he said, "Well... I don't like Tetra all that much." Aonuma: "What do you mean, you don't like her!?" "Don't cause me trouble, now. You mustn't say things like that..." That's about how the exchange went. (laughs) |name= Eiji Aonuma |url= https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/1 |title= Why Tetra Makes No Appearance}}</ref> Iwamoto's reasoning was that Tetra had already played as significant role in two games, and that since the series was named "The Legend of Zelda," it would make sense to have Zelda herself play a more prominent role.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Iwamoto: But it wasn't that I didn't like her so much as that I was enthusiastic about characters in my own way. I was searching for something that hadn't been portrayed much, and there was Princess Zelda. At first, we hadn't settled on the subcharacter, and I discussed several things with the staff. Then we thought that, since they're adventuring together, it would be better to have it be a girl. But, you know, we couldn't have it be Tetra every time, so we started to consider introducing a new character. The thing is, though, it's "The Legend of Zelda". I thought it wouldn't be much fun if Princess Zelda didn't show up and if we brought in some unrelated princess instead, so, in the end, I asked for permission to use Princess Zelda.|name= Daiki Iwamoto |url= https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/1 |title= Why Tetra Makes No Appearance}}</ref> Iwamoto also stated that he didn't wish to get too caught up in what counted as "Zelda-like" during the development of {{ST|-}}, which contributed to the game's more original feel.<ref>{{Cite person|quote= Iwamoto: But I did think that I didn't want to get too caught up in making it "The Legend of Zelda-like". There was even an argument about how a train didn't really seem to fit with "The Legend of Zelda". |name= Daiki Iwamoto |url= https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/4 |title= When You Hear 'That Legend of Zelda Sound'}}</ref> | |||
=={{TLoZ|-}} Games== | =={{TLoZ|-}} Games== | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 18 May 2022
Daiki Iwamoto is a director at Nintendo.
Biography
After joining Nintendo, Iwamoto's first job involved programming 3D tools for Star Fox 2 on the Super Famicom. Following this, he served as a programmer on Super Mario 64, following which he would be placed in charge of cinematic sequences for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Iwamoto would then go on to be one of many programmers on Luigi's Mansion, the Game Boy Advance port of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Pokémon Box for the Gamecube, and then serve as boss battle director on The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.
Around May 2004, after development of Four Swords Adventures had concluded, the game's developers began experimenting with the Nintendo DS. Iwamoto, began to prototype a multiplayer Zelda along the same lines as Four Swords Adventures for the Nintendo DS, when Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma stepped in and advised that the team devise a new style of Zelda gameplay using the Nintendo DS's touch controls instead.[1][2] At the time, Aonuma was dividing his time between Twilight Princess and The Minish Cap, and left the five-man Nintendo DS team to continue with its experiments. When he returned from E3 the following month, the team informed him that the Nintendo DS hardware was capable of supporting cel-shaded graphics like the ones used in The Wind Waker. Aonuma had been disappointed by The Wind Waker's poor sales and asked the team to implement cel-shading in their prototype, hoping to give the style a second chance at success. Soon afterwards, the team presented Aonuma with a tech demo of Toon Link moving around in a 3D environment on the Nintendo DS's top screen. On the bottom screen was a map with an icon that the player would drag to move Link around. Feeling that these controls weren't intuitive, Aonuma asked the team to flip the two screens, moving the game world to the bottom screen instead, which would allow the player to control Link by touching him directly.[3]
This prototype would go on to become The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourlgass, a sequel to The Wind Waker, on which Iwamoto would serve as director. According to Aonuma, Iwamoto put considerable effort into improving upon the gameplay from The Wind Waker, and was especially particular about the characterization of the Linebeck character, working with sub-director Hidemaro Fujibayashi to finalize his dialogue.[4][5]
Iwamoto would return as the director of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a game with which he desired to create something more original than Phantom Hourglass, which was largely a straightforward sequel to The Wind Waker.[6] As part of this pursuit, he elected to have Link's partner be Princess Zelda herself, rather than Tetra, who had served as his partner in The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, citing that he "didn't like Tetra all that much."[7] Iwamoto's reasoning was that Tetra had already played as significant role in two games, and that since the series was named "The Legend of Zelda," it would make sense to have Zelda herself play a more prominent role.[8] Iwamoto also stated that he didn't wish to get too caught up in what counted as "Zelda-like" during the development of Spirit Tracks, which contributed to the game's more original feel.[9]
The Legend of Zelda Games
| Game | Position |
|---|---|
| Ocarina of Time | Cinema scene assistant director |
| A Link to the Past & Four Swords | Programming (A Link to the Past) |
| Four Swords Adventures | Boss battle director |
| Phantom Hourglass | Director |
| Spirit Tracks | Director |
| Skyward Sword | Planning |
| The Wind Waker HD | Director |
| A Link Between Worlds | Supervisor |
| Tri Force Heroes | Supervisor |
| Breath of the Wild | Assistant director |
| Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch | Production management |
| Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | Supervisor |