Ascend is one of the new abilities in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, initially as a debug option before becoming a feature.
You know what I miss being able to do in games? cheat. I love a good cheat code, whether it’s to make the game more fun, or just to make it easier on myself. As it turns out, I’m no different than the developers of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdoms who also love cheating in video games. In an interview with Polygon, The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Tears of the Kingdom director Fujibayashi Hidemaro talked about the latest installment in the series, and shared that the ability to ascend is achieved through the use of a debug function in the game. born.
When asked about their favorite new ability, Aonuma said, “I think for me, it has to be Ascend. I’m kind of, you know, if I can find a way to cheat, I like to do that kind of Gameplay.” The two were then asked if cheating had occurred during development, and that these new abilities were essentially cheat codes, which Fujibayashi confirmed was the case, and came from the convenience of being able to use the debug feature that allowed them to Escape from the cave.
“The Ascend ability is actually a result of the debugging features we have in the game,” Fujibayashi shared. “When I was exploring the cave, I would get to the destination I was trying to get to, and once I checked it out, I would use the debug code to get to the top. I thought, ‘Okay, maybe this is something that can be used in the game… “Frankly, cheating is fun. So that’s why we decided to put it there. “Developers! They are just like us!
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