The Goron look in Breath Of The Wild

The Goron look in Breath Of The Wild

In the recent The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Champions Hero Edition, lead NPC artist Hirohito Shinoda went into detail on the Gorons look. And how it was meant to look.

And he noted; very different from their final design.

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Gorons should not change

At the beginning of development, we tried to drastically change the Gorons’ appearance compared to past titles. I made their heads bigger, made them more human-like, and explored a lot of different ideas, but none of them really fit.

So I returned to their roots and decided to lean into their original design from Ocarina of Time.

In recent titles the Gorons have had tattoos, but I thought that due to the anime-likes styling of this title, we should aim to make use of empty space rather than trying to fill it, so I went with a very clean design.

Rather than just making them round, I paid close attention to the 3D model to ensure they felt like a sumo wrestler, someone with body fat and muscles, and that they looked powerful.

Hirohito goes on to explain how he wanted to make the Goron look like “a sumo wrestler” and “powerful”.

The design was explained as being influenced from the original design from The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Which for me where the Gorons I liked the most.

Well I’m not sure how you all feel but I think the way the Goron looked in Breath of the Wild was wonderful. If I had to complain about one thing, it would maybe be the voice acting but that is beside the point here.