Buying back on more local soil, I visited our big bookstore Chapters as the customary before - and -
after seeing a movie ritual (aka, it's right next door to the biggest theatre).
- the scene at the beginning of a ceremony caused Shimamura a bit of trouble - the lines of the
ritual did not properly reflect Zelda's personality, her motivations, her powerlessness, and awkwardness - Shimamura talked about it with Naoki Mori (who was in charge of Cinematic Design, including screenplay, and cutscenes)- the whole thing was rewritten several times, until they arrived at the final result - there's quite a lot of scenes she really likes in the game - her favorite line is the «Yes» Princess Zelda gives as an answer to the Deku Tree in a particular scene - in that scene, Zelda thinks about what she should do, but she can not
see it at all - she refuses to give up, and wants to give hope to Link - Shimamura tried to convey all of those feelings through the single «Yes» she spoke - recording felt completely different than for animation, the dubbing of (foreign)
movies, or other games - there was no fixed routine of how to approach it, as all different things were being tried out - lines were redone even
after other lines were implemented in the game, as the team found better ways to say things - Shimamura finally managed to beat the game the other day, but she wants to keep practicing her shield surfing - Shimamura explains that she really gave it her whole when voicing Princess Zelda, to give her emotions - she hopes that players will remember their memories of Princess Zelda