https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/zelda/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/zelda/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/three-years-later-tears-of-the-kingdoms-engineering-scene-is-still-seeing-crazy-progress-as-japanese-zelda-player-builds-flying-fighter-jet-with-manual-missi/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/three-years-later-tears-of-the-kingdoms-engineering-scene-is-still-seeing-crazy-progress-as-japanese-zelda-player-builds-flying-fighter-jet-with-manual-missi/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64166 An ingenious Japanese player of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has successfully built a flying fighter jet.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/three-years-later-tears-of-the-kingdoms-engineering-scene-is-still-seeing-crazy-progress-as-japanese-zelda-player-builds-flying-fighter-jet-with-manual-missi/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-cosplayer-highlights-the-difficulties-of-link-drawing-and-sheathing-his-sword-from-his-back-gets-advice-from-super-smash-bros-creator-masahiro-sakurai/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-cosplayer-highlights-the-difficulties-of-link-drawing-and-sheathing-his-sword-from-his-back-gets-advice-from-super-smash-bros-creator-masahiro-sakurai/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:48:35 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=39712 A cosplayer's struggle with unsheathing Link's sword prompted Masahiro Sakurai to give insight into how this action was animated in Super Smash Bros.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-cosplayer-highlights-the-difficulties-of-link-drawing-and-sheathing-his-sword-from-his-back-gets-advice-from-super-smash-bros-creator-masahiro-sakurai/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-devs-tried-to-make-link-talk-for-the-first-time-in-echoes-of-wisdom-but-it-felt-too-wrong/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-devs-tried-to-make-link-talk-for-the-first-time-in-echoes-of-wisdom-but-it-felt-too-wrong/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:45:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=39681 The Legend of Zelda producer Aonuma Eiji reveals that the development team of Echoes of Wisdom tried to make Link a voiced character at first.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/legend-of-zelda-devs-tried-to-make-link-talk-for-the-first-time-in-echoes-of-wisdom-but-it-felt-too-wrong/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-nintendo-america-coo-is-incredibly-touched-by-possible-reference-to-his-friendship-with-iwata-in-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-nintendo-america-coo-is-incredibly-touched-by-possible-reference-to-his-friendship-with-iwata-in-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:42:50 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=38280 But is the unconfirmed Easter egg just some fishy anagram fun?]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/former-nintendo-america-coo-is-incredibly-touched-by-possible-reference-to-his-friendship-with-iwata-in-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-bed-surprisingly-op-item-that-you-can-make-use-of-early-in-the-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-bed-surprisingly-op-item-that-you-can-make-use-of-early-in-the-game/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:25:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=37788 Here's how The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's Old Bed echo can be used for far more than just a good night's sleep. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-bed-surprisingly-op-item-that-you-can-make-use-of-early-in-the-game/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-devs-reveal-why-they-built-the-game-around-being-mischievous/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-devs-reveal-why-they-built-the-game-around-being-mischievous/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:30:33 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=37587 Echoes of Wisdom’s creators discuss how they balanced high player freedom with accessible gameplay for Princess Zelda's protagonist debut]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-devs-reveal-why-they-built-the-game-around-being-mischievous/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-looked-for-ways-to-automate-game-development-processes-without-losing-something-valuable-in-tears-of-the-kingdom/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-looked-for-ways-to-automate-game-development-processes-without-losing-something-valuable-in-tears-of-the-kingdom/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:24:07 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=35978 Nintendo's engineers talk about how they automated game development processes to create The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdoms caves.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-looked-for-ways-to-automate-game-development-processes-without-losing-something-valuable-in-tears-of-the-kingdom/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/nintendo-made-tears-of-the-kingdom-load-seamlessly-by-predicting-when-the-player-would-jump-in-a-hole/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/nintendo-made-tears-of-the-kingdom-load-seamlessly-by-predicting-when-the-player-would-jump-in-a-hole/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:33:31 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=35920 Nintendo's efforts to make The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's vast 3D world run seamlessly on the Switch involved some creative solutions.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/nintendo-made-tears-of-the-kingdom-load-seamlessly-by-predicting-when-the-player-would-jump-in-a-hole/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-had-its-own-internal-social-media-to-streamline-the-massive-workload-during-tears-of-the-kingdoms-development/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-had-its-own-internal-social-media-to-streamline-the-massive-workload-during-tears-of-the-kingdoms-development/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:39:32 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=35844 Nintendo sheds light on internal infrastructure used for the development of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-had-its-own-internal-social-media-to-streamline-the-massive-workload-during-tears-of-the-kingdoms-development/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switch-marks-its-7th-birthday-by-selling-over-2-million-units-in-3-months/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switch-marks-its-7th-birthday-by-selling-over-2-million-units-in-3-months/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:55:14 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=35043 Despite a drop in sales compared to Q1 of last year when The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom released, the Switch is still going strong.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switch-marks-its-7th-birthday-by-selling-over-2-million-units-in-3-months/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kikis-delivery-service-meets-zelda-in-this-much-anticipated-cozy-game-coming-to-switch-and-pc/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kikis-delivery-service-meets-zelda-in-this-much-anticipated-cozy-game-coming-to-switch-and-pc/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:02:14 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=33105 The much-anticipated Mika and the Witch's Mountain will be bringing its Studio Ghibli inspired charm to the Switch and Steam this August.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/kikis-delivery-service-meets-zelda-in-this-much-anticipated-cozy-game-coming-to-switch-and-pc/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tears-of-the-kingdom-player-invents-a-functional-baby-stroller-for-koroks/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tears-of-the-kingdom-player-invents-a-functional-baby-stroller-for-koroks/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 01:00:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=32703 A Korok stroller is a nice change of pace from all the torture machines that Tears of the Kingdom players have been making....]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tears-of-the-kingdom-player-invents-a-functional-baby-stroller-for-koroks/feed/ 0