"In 2017, Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, art director Satoru Takizawa and technical director Takuhiro Dohta gave a keynote at GDC. It offered a rare and candid glimpse at the production behind the latest (and to some, greatest) Legend of Zelda , released only a few days prior. Getting a peak behind the curtain at how the toybox of physics and elemental effects came to be was a treat, but one of the more bizarre parts of the talk regarded an earlier pitch."
"In a segment called 'Trial and Error,' Takizawa reviews concepts for a version of the game called 'The Legend of Zelda: INVASION.' "This is where things got a bit dodgy," Takizawa said. "And here's an invasion from outer space." As chuckling swells in the crowd, bizarre slides of this would-be cycle. It features a UFO descending on to Hyrule, a storyboard for an alien autopsy, spacesuits and Ganondorf in what appears to be a Metallica t-shirt."
"Most offensive of all were slides of the most fuckboy Link ever developed. Dressed like a frosh week volunteer, Link dons baggy denim pants, a striped winter hat, a Triforce guitar and a motorcycle. To think we came this close to a Link with a poster in his room still gives me chills. Thankfully we got the incredible game instead, but it's probably no coincidence that Takizawa brought up 'INVASION' when discussing the design for Breath of the Wild 's ancient ruins and Guardians."
The Legend of Zelda celebrated its 40th anniversary, originally launching on the Famicom Disk System in 1986. In 2017, Breath of the Wild developers presented a GDC keynote revealing production details and early concepts. One abandoned concept, titled The Legend of Zelda: INVASION, imagined an outer-space storyline with a UFO over Hyrule, alien autopsy storyboards, spacesuits, and Ganondorf in a Metallica t-shirt. Concept art showed a modernized Link in baggy denim, a striped hat, a Triforce guitar, and a motorcycle. Breath of the Wild instead employed otherworldly Sheikah technology and Guardians that evoke alien-like machinery without overt sci-fi design.
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