The Legend of Zelda development team and producer Eiji Aonuma of Nintendo Co., Ltd., which impressed many gamers around the world this year with ‘The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom’, won the CEDEC Awards 2023 Special Award.
On the 1st, the Computer Entertainment Association (CESA), the organizer of the Japanese developer conference CEDEC (hereafter referred to as Sedec), named producer Eiji Aonuma of Nintendo Co., Ltd. as the special award winner of the Sedec Award 2023. CESA holds the Sedec Awards every year to honor the achievements of developers who have shown remarkable technological progress in the game industry.
CESA said, “The attitude of the development team of The Legend of Zelda, which continues to pursue its own worldview without being bound by the form established by other existing games, is giving a strong impact to many people at home and abroad.” It showed unique creativity, which gave a new perspective to game developers as a whole and had a great influence on various game designs.”
“In the latest work, The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, while continuing the worldview from the previous work, the user’s creative element of ‘creating various objects including vehicles’ was added to create new excitement and possibilities, and the degree of freedom drew widespread attention. , and at the same time received high praise from a large number of users,” explaining the reason for the special award.
‘The Legend of Zelda’ is an action-adventure game series that has continued its existence with more than 30 sequels since its first release in 1986. Players become ‘Link’, the protagonist of the series, solve the mysteries hidden in fields and dungeons, and face various adventures. The latest work in the series, ‘The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom’, was led by Eiji Aonuma, a legendary game developer who has supported the series since the days of Ocarina of Time, as a producer, and was officially released on May 12, 2023.
Sedec, a game/computer developer conference first held in 1999, has grown every year since then to become the largest developer conference in Japan. In 2008, the Sedec Award was held through voting by game developers, and awards were given in various game development categories. This year’s Sedec will be held for three days from August 23rd to 25th.
