Hidemaro Fujibayashi is chargeable for among the biggest video video games of all time.
He debuted as a director on The Legend of Zelda sequence in 2001 and has since led the event of seven titles within the franchise, together with the famend Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Change and Wii U.
And but, for greater than a decade, one concept has eluded the attain of his workforce.
An concept Mr Fujibayashi has advised 9news.com.au he is "wished to do since Skyward Sword."
"With the ability to go from the sky to the depths in a single seamless approach was one thing that I've wished to do since these days (2011)."
"Including The Depths (in Tears of the Kingdom) was a approach of realising this."
For the uninitiated, the depths is a wholly new underground world hidden beneath the floor of Hyrule.
It is capable of be accessed inside a couple of brief hours of beginning The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but it by no means featured in a single trailer and was saved a strict secret till the sport was in the stores.
Sitting down for his or her solely Australian interview, Mr Fujibayashi and sequence producer Eiji Aonuma defined they greater than doubled the scale of the map "merely to shock gamers."
"We have been displaying followers options of the sky in order that's one thing customers predict."
"To ensure that individuals to say that Tears of the Kingdom is even higher than Breath of the Wild, we clearly wanted to supply a shock."
And what a shock it was.
I wrote extensively concerning the second I first found the Depths in my full evaluate, and the way Nintendo's workforce designed this underground world, the floor and the sky to ensure a participant by no means turns into caught on one stage for too lengthy.
"That could be a drawback that was additionally raised throughout improvement," admits Mr Fujibayashi.
"We made the degrees so there are issues that may solely be discovered within the sky and in addition issues that may solely be present in depths, however utilizing these items that may solely be present in these sure areas will really profit you on the floor."
"Being certain that there's type of a mixture in that sense, the place discovering one thing can be helpful in that one location, however it additionally has different helpful results in numerous areas," defined Mr Fujibayashi, sitting subsequent to the sequence' legendary producer, Mr Eiji Aonuma.
Mr Aonuma, who shot to fame for guiding The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Masks, The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, spoke to how essential travelling between the layers of Hyrule was to the extent design in Tears of the Kingdom.
"There are particular methods of going to the sky and there are particular methods of reaching the depths, however as you discover and open Shrines, you'll be able to transport your self freely (quick journey) to those shrines," famous Mr Aonuma.
"And so in that sense, it is the identical system as Breath of the Wild however it means that you can type of seamlessly join and transport between these varied layers and areas."
Mr Aonuma, who you could recognise because the human face of the franchise who defined how gamers can construct no matter they will think about utilizing the brand new Ultrahand skill - admits he hasn't spent a lot time creating himself.
"I really have not made something that spectacular," laughed Mr Aonuma.
"I alway watch employees members create these spectacular issues and ask how they do it."
"I am certain that gamers will give you a whole lot of loopy and in addition spectacular issues so as soon as they're uploaded I will try to use them as (inspiration)."
The brand new mechanic builds upon the Magnesis skill from the earlier entry, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which was initially constructed to run on the Wii U.
Designing Tears of the Kingdom completely for the Nintendo Change, in accordance with Mr Aonuma, was an enormous assist in pulling off the brand new skills and eliminating load instances shifting between the layers of Hyrule and its temples.
"Within the earlier instalment, we began off with creating it for the Wii U earlier than shifting it over to the Change."
"At the moment we had been utilizing this system for the Wii U and changing it with the Change, this time round, we had been capable of make use of all of the Change options."
"We had been capable of experiment and perceive how we are able to realise this seamless expertise utilizing the Change features."
Given Tears of the Kingdom has solely simply been launched, what's subsequent for the sequence and the opportunity of future DLC stays a thriller.
However when requested to look again at their favorite entries within the sequence, and the place Tears of the Kingdom ranks amongst them, for Mr Aonuma, there's one title stands out; which began Nintendo on the journey to redefine what a Zelda sport ought to be.
"As a producer, the one factor I can actually say is that the subsequent or upcoming title is my favorite title," jokes Mr Aonuma.
"In Breath of The Wild, as you talked about, we tried to interrupt away from conventions however that is one thing that we tried to do in Legend of Zelda: Hyperlink Between Worlds as properly."
"As a result of the concept of breaking conventions got here from that sport, that's an fascinating title for me."
As for Mr Fujibayashi, "Tears of the Kingdom ranks first."
"Clearly the world is predicated on the instalment earlier than, Breath of the Wild, earlier than Skyward Sword, that was the origin of the concept."
"We had been capable of realise sure issues in Breath of the Wild however, I feel, for Tears of the Kingdom, we had been capable of additional exceed that achievement."
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out now on Nintendo Change.