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Nintendo Fans Don’t Know What They Want

Nintendo Fans Don’t Know What They Want https://ift.tt/p2JzHkb Steve Jobs famously said, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them." But I sometimes wonder whether the late Apple CEO would have struggled with predicting what Nintendo fans want. I still remember the divisive online reaction to the initial reveal of Wind Waker at Space World 2001, when fans hoping to see a more realistic, grown-up Link on the GameCube were met with a cartoony, cel-shaded child Link (quickly dubbed "Celda") instead." Of course, that game is now cherished as a classic amongst fans, and it still holds up if you were to fire it up on the Switch 2 via the GameCube Classic library today. Still, skeptics couldn't get over having caught a glimpse of a tech demo of Link fighting Ganondorf only to be given a stylistically different game instead. While not at the same level of vitriol, I even recall similar grumbles when what eventually became Breath of t...

Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Introduce A New Direction For Its Modern-Day Story

Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Introduce A New Direction For Its Modern-Day Story https://ift.tt/tahbcjO

The early years of Assassin's Creed saw players explore both the past and the modern day through its protagonist Desmond Miles, and while recent games have focused less on the person inside the Animus, Ubisoft plans to address that in the future.

In a recent interview, Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Coté reflected on how recent games struggled to create a meaningful connection between the past and the future. In the context of Assassin's Creed, ancient history is recreated through the Animus, a virtual-reality machine that taps into a subject's DNA and allows them to experience the genetically inherited memories of an ancestor. At the center of this idea was Desmond Miles, who entered the Animus and became a narrative anchor point for the Assassin's Creed franchise.

"Desmond's journey was at the heart of the modern-day conflict driving the search for powerful Isu artifacts--Pieces of Eden--that could change the course of history," Coté said to Eurogamer. However, with his death at the end of Assassin's Creed 3, we faced a creative crossroads. "Ending Desmond's arc was a difficult decision, and afterward, the modern storyline struggled to find its footing."

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