Some new direct quotes from Eiji Aonuma to German gaming site Gameswelt. A quick entry into Google translator reveals that Gameswelt’s conversation with Aonuma has picked up the exclusive that after the first playthrough of A Link Between Worlds, a new difficulty level can be accessed by the player. The article goes on to compare the increased difficulty to “the Hero Modes of Skyward Sword and The Wind Waker HD“, implying that A Link Between Worlds will also contain a Hero Mode in which hearts are more scarce and enemies are far more difficult to defeat. The following is a direct translation of the first portion of Gameswelt’s article:

“Games World had the opportunity to speak to Eiji Aonuma, producer of The-Legend-of-Zelda series, for a new interview. In the course of the conversation Aonuma has revealed that A Link Between Worlds will provide a higher level of difficulty after…