It's becoming increasingly common for Nintendo to lend out its IP and call on the services of external studios to help remake and remaster its classic library of games – so it's no surprise to discover that the company's latest release, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, was also handled by someone else.
As highlighted by the Australian Nintendo fansite Vooks.net, the developer of the enhanced Switch port was the Melbourne-based Aussie developer Tantalus. This information was confirmed in the credits of the game. While the studio may not be widely known, it actually has a bit of history with The Legend of Zelda series dating back to 2016.
Back during the troubled Wii U generation, it was responsible for the HD version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess from the Wii and GameCube era. Series producer, Eiji Aonuma, originally recruited this developer because he felt it had "strong developing skills" across a number of remakes:
"I felt they had strong developing skills from seeing their work across remakes of previous titles, so I decided to ask Tantalus to remake this title."
Earlier on in the Switch's lifecycle, the studio helped out with Sonic Mania and RiME. How do you feel about this developer returning for Skyward Sword? Did you enjoy Twilight Princess HD back in the day? Leave a comment down below.
[source vooks.net]