How Nintendo Designed Ultrahand

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Links newest tool isn’t a weapon, or a musical instrument, or a shape-shifting mask. Instead, it’s a magic arm that lets you whip objects around in mid-air and then stick them together with big wodges of glue. Here’s how Nintendo made this madcap new game mechanic. GMTK is powered by Patreon - === Sources === - [1] Nintendo Ultra Hand | Before Mario [2] How Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Creators Opened Up a New “Realm of Possibility” | Vanity Fair [3] Splatoon and Splatoon 2: How to Invent a Stylish Franchise with Global Appeal | GDC on YouTube [4] Ask the Developer Vol. 9, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo