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A database of interviews with the Zelda team. Our goal is to preserve that legacy, share it here, and build a safe community for our followers! By Max Nichols

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Fujibayashi on the design process for Ganon in Breath of the Wild, 2017.

Source: Nintendo YouTube Channel

#Zelda
#BreathoftheWildQuote
#FujibayashiQuote

www.notion.so/198d550e924d...

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Koizumi, Aonuma, & Miyamoto on the Ocarina characters they reused for Majora's Mask, 2000.

Source: The Hyrule Journals

#Zelda
#MajorasMaskQuote
#KoizumiQuote,#AonumaQuote,#MiyamotoQuote
www.notion.so/b9f85e0b047f...

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Aonuma on struggling to come up with good ideas for Twilight Princess, 2007.

Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC)

#Zelda
#TwilightPrincessQuote
#AonumaQuote

www.notion.so/f528e57822e0...

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Nakago on a vivid memory from Super Mario Bros.' development, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

#SuperMarioBrosQuote
#NakagoQuote,#IwataQuote,#MiyamotoQuote

www.notion.so/01d01475fc47...

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Tezuka on how Super Mario Bros. came to star Mario, 2009.
Source: Iwata Asks

#SuperMarioBrosQuote
#TezukaQuote,#IwataQuote

www.notion.so/01d01475fc47...

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Golf was just added to NSO. Programming by Satoru Iwata, game design by Shigeru Miyamoto, sound by Koji Kondo.

Iwata on why Golf (1984) was impressive for it's time, 1999.

Source: shmuplations

#GolfQuote
#IwataQuote
www.notion.so/5dbdc86b5f16...

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In honor of today's exciting Donkey Kong Jr. Math™ (1983) news, I bring you:

Miyamoto & Endo on recent games they appreciated, 1986.
Source: Shmuplations

#LodeRunnerQuote,#DonkeyKongJrMathQuote
#MiyamotoQuote,#EndoQuote

www.notion.so/772092146d55...

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Minegishi on his vision for the progression through Twilight Princess' soundtrack, 2006.

Source: Nintendo Power

#Zelda
#TwilightPrincessQuote
#MinegishiQuote

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Nakago on where the firebars in Mario originally came from, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

#Zelda
#SuperMarioBrosQuote,#TheLegendofZeldaQuote
#IwataQuote,#NakagoQuote

www.notion.so/01d01475fc47...

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Miyamoto on the Chain Chomp in Ocarina of Time, 1999.

Source: Shmuplations

#Zelda
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MiyamotoQuote

www.notion.so/8d67b7d41dfe...

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Nakago & Iwata on business trips and parallel game development in the 80s, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

#Zelda
#ExcitebikeQuote,#SuperMarioBrosQuote,#TheLegendofZeldaQuote
#NakagoQuote,#IwataQuote

www.notion.so/01d01475fc47...

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For some more context, this is a screenshot from Devil World. It was a bit of a Pac-Man clone, and the first game that Miyamoto worked on with Tezuka. Tezuka would go on to become Miyamoto's most important game design partner for many many years.

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A shocking truth about Tezuka when he first joined Nintendo, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

#DevilWorldQuote
#IwataQuote,#TezukaQuote,#MiyamotoQuote

www.notion.so/01d01475fc47...

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Aonuma on how controlling Zelda in Spirit Tracks came about, 2010.

Source: GamesTM

#Zelda
#SpiritTracksQuote
#AonumaQuote

www.notion.so/d2c90e8b2fcf...

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Miyamoto on his guidance for adding new gameplay elements in Mario titles, 2003.

Source: Shmuplations

#MarioSeriesQuote
#MiyamotoQuote

www.notion.so/da47564f188b...

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This SNES map book from Retro Game Books just got announced!

I was very glad to get a chance to contribute to this book!
I got to write blurbs for A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, BS Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X, Ogre Battle, and Super Metroid.
retrogamebooks.com/products/vid...

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Shikata & Oiwa on how Grezzo & Nintendo split the work on Tri Force Heroes, 2015.

Source: Nintendo Miiverse Channel

#Zelda
#TriForceHeroesQuote
#ShikataQuote,#ŌiwaQuote

www.notion.so/fa02c7e93267...

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Aonuma on playing A Link to the Past for the first time, 2004.

Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC)

#AonumaQuote

www.notion.so/f87f768d9182...

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This IGN interview was just 7 months ago, so Echoes of Wisdom would have been late in production by that point.

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Aonuma on the possibility of a playable Zelda in a future game, 2023.

Source: IGN

#Zelda
#TheLegendofZeldaSeriesQuote
#AonumaQuote

www.notion.so/2efbed19e556...

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Fujibayashi on how Tears of the Kingdom's Temples were informed by past games, 2023.

Source: Polygon

#Zelda
#TearsoftheKingdomQuote,#BreathoftheWildQuote
#FujibayashiQuote

www.notion.so/54f2e16d70b8...

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Tanabe on how he became Nintendo's supervisor over external studios, 2011.

Source: Wired

#TanabeQuote

www.notion.so/e42574aa59f1...

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Miyamoto on working with Yokoi to design Mario Bros (1983) for arcade, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

#MarioBrosQuote
#MiyamotoQuote,#YokoiQuote

www.notion.so/309b8c772861...

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#Zelda #21: Echoes of Wisdom!

Now that I've had a few hours to think, I've got some initial thoughts as a game designer and a Professional Zelda Historian™ (I was paid once, that counts xD ) It looks to me like it continues the design philosophy of Breath of the Wild...

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Screenshot of the Mario Bros. arcade game, two years before Super Mario Bros.:

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I was super excited to talk about Majora’s Mask with Sacred Realms Podcast for this episode!

We covered development history, I spoke in-depth about four of the key artistic figures and their influences, intentions and themes, systems and art style.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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