In his newest YouTube video, Masahiro Sakurai highlights boss battles in Nintendo video games as being much like tutorials, noting that he prefers video games that provide up extra strategic freedom.
Aptly titled Madatory Technique and Strategic Steadiness, the video dives into the distinction between boss fights that require a set technique to beat with those who permit the participant to experiment with totally different weapons and techniques.
He mentions that Nintendo video games particularly have a historical past of offering obligatory methods for defeating boss battles and that whereas it is a completely legitimate method to offer an expertise, he prefers video games that permit for extra freedom, mentioning Konami’s Castlevania franchise for example.
“In Nintendo titles particularly, the technique for beating bosses and the like are typically very clearly outlined. One thing like hanging a foe’s eye on the proper time, then slashing it along with your sword whereas it is shocked. These are methods which were rigorously crafted by the sport’s creators.
“However as a participant myself, I believe I might desire it if I had the liberty to decide on how I battle. A method that feels obligatory is nearly like a tutorial, in a way. You’ll be able to inform that somebody put thought into the battle, and that is one of many the reason why these video games are so well-liked, however personally talking, I do not need video games to inform me precisely the right way to play. Nonetheless, it is a legitimate solution to make a recreation.”
He ends the video by highlighting The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a recreation that very a lot permits for participant freedom over obligatory methods. Sakurai says that this “may be a results of the builders rethinking the standard Zelda conventions”. Yeah, we would agree with that.
