I et intervju med Nintendo Life hvor både Zelda-seriens far, Eiji Aonuma, og Yosuke Hayashi fra Koei Tecmo stilte fikk vi vite at de opprinnelig skulle gjort Hyrule Warriors mer likt Zelda, med flere figurer fra Nintendo-universet. Det var Shigeru Miyamoto som blandet seg inn i produksjonen og bestemte at spillet trengte en ny vinkling.
"Mr. Miyamoto came along and up-ended the tea table, saying, 'No, that should not be the case. What we're doing here is grafting Zelda onto the Dynasty Warriors experience'. It was a reversal of the original proposal from Hayashi-san, which was adding elements of Dynasty Warriors onto the Zelda franchise. It ended up being the other way around based on Miyamoto's direction."
Hyrule Warriors slippes eksklusivt til Wii U den 19. september.