New technology always presents new questions for Nintendo. Up until the Nintendo 64, the company’s games had faced the technical limitations of the Super Nintendo systems. Some games for the SNES, even early games like 1990’s Pilotwings, were experimenting with three dimensions using a system known as Mode 7. It allowed developers to create an illusion of 3D with rotating and scaling backgrounds, and one Zelda game presents its most spectacular early use case. It’s a game you can play right now if you’ve got a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
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