The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has stressed that the recently unveiled Zelda title for Wii U will offer gamers an unprecedented amount of freedom compared with previous games in the critically acclaimed series. Here’s what Aonuma had to say.

“The impact of the player character on the environment that has been, and really, having the player experience the impact, is something that is consistent through all versions of the Zelda games, but I want to continue to have players experience that and even build upon that experience. In traditional Zelda games there is kind of an order in which you do things. You can’t do 3 until you do 1 and 2 for example. But with the new Zelda game, I really want to open the opportunities up for the players to really make an impact on their environment and to give them a little more freedom…