Link as he appears in the tech demo
The SpaceWorld 2000 Tech Demo was a demo for what a future The Legend of Zelda title might look like with the capabilities of the Nintendo GameCube.
Overview[]
The SpaceWorld 2000 Tech Demo showed Link and Ganondorf, in an appearance similar to how they looked in Ocarina of Time, having a brief one-on-one sword fight in a dim castle hall. This demo, along with others like Mario 128, was created to showcase the processing power and the graphical capabilities of the Nintendo GameCube. However, it was unfortunately accused of generating false expectations and creating unwarranted criticism for the first GameCube Zelda game, The Wind Waker.[1] The demo gave the impression that it represented what the upcoming GameCube Zelda game would look like. So, when The Wind Waker was revealed to use cel-shaded graphics, which was completely different from the demo's, many fans were quite disappointed.[2] Near the end of the GameCube era, Twilight Princess was released, and its graphics were comparable to the tech demo's.
The SpaceWorld 2000 Tech Demo trailer was created by Satoru Takizawa and Yoshiki Haruhana.[3]
Trivia[]
- Ganondorf's design in Super Smash Bros. Melee is based on his appearance in this demo, including his large sword which he only uses in taunts.
- In the fight, Link uses the Hero's Shield rather than the Hylian Shield.
Gallery[]
Link
Ganondorf
Link and Ganondorf fighting
Link and Ganondorf in a swordfight
Video Gallery[]
| The Zelda tech demo |
See Also[]
References
- ↑ "There was a tech demo of a realistic adult Link fighting Ganondorf shown a year before at Spaceworld 2000. This tech demo was made to be a demonstration of the Nintendo Gamecube’s abilities, but was not in itself a complete concept for a game." — Celda: A Retrospective, Super Train Station H.
- ↑ "Nintendo took that amazing demo that we saw last year and butchered it into this animated C-quality Disney garbage." — Zelda Destroyed?, The Odyssey of Hyrule.
- ↑ Art & Artifacts, Dark Horse Books, pg. 416