Switch the launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild continues to throw up cool secrets even today, and Twitter user EHEYimHeroic just dug up another one: the in-game NPCs are using an updated version of the Mii face creation tool that first appeared when the Wii was released in 2006.
It makes sense that Nintendo would use an existing tool to streamline the character creation process for the game, but it’s somewhat surprising that a system created 15 years ago is still used in AAA software. Nintendo.
It’s also interesting because it means that hackers who take the game apart on PC (via emulation) can ‘inject’ new faces into the game now that they understand how those faces are made. Expect some famous faces to appear in adapted versions of Breath of the Wild soon.