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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 @maxnichols.bsky.social www.hyruleinterviews.com
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Ishikawa on uneven time progression in Mario Kart World, 2025. Source: Ask the Developer #MarioKartWorldQuote #IshikawaQuote www.notion.so/20b41fe961fd...

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Asahi on her team's approach to the Free Roam music in Mario Kart World, 2025. Source: Ask the Developer #MarioKartWorldQuote #AsahiQuote www.notion.so/20b41fe961fd...

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Miyamoto on why alternative controllers are proliferating, and a bold claim, 2008. Source: Wired #NintendoWiiQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/13a62d911510...

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Matsuno and Miyamoto on the "implicit harmony" of smaller teams, 2003. Source: Shmuplations #MatsunoQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/da47564f188b...

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Aonuma on being asked to design dungeons, 2017. Source: Den-fami Nico Game Magazine #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/ccd8776d3b62...

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Mori on the characterization of Mipha, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #MoriQuote www.notion.so/13c41fe961fd...

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Trujillo and Clark on where they found reference for Zelda in combat, 2019. Source: Nintendo Everything #Zelda #CadenceofHyruleQuote #ClarkQuote, #TrujilloQuote www.notion.so/20141fe961fd...

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Iwata & Miyamoto on who will be the next president of Nintendo, 2002. Source: Nintendo Power #Nintendo #IwataQuote, #MiyamotoQuote, #YamauchiQuote www.notion.so/7c8c76b070b6...

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Tanabe on his favorite movies set in a post-apocalyptic world, 2018. Source: Kotaku #DillonsDeadHeatBreakersQuote #TanabeQuote www.notion.so/10941fe961fd...

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Something different today: Zelda devs talking about how they were inspired by, or grew up playing, Zelda titles! #1: Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series since 2004 and director of many Zelda games #Zelda #LinksAwakeningRemakeQuote, #OcarinaOfTimeQuote #AonumaQuote

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Miyamoto on how the Virtual Boy's failure depends on the framing , 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #NintendoVirtualBoyQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #ItoiQuote www.notion.so/169f875b3a9b...

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Nishimori on finding his dream job after university, 2005. Source: Nintendo Power #NishimoriQuote www.notion.so/810c9b5aa295...

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Okamoto on Akiman's milk habits, 2014. Source: Polygon #OkamotoQuote, #YasudaQuote www.notion.so/1f141fe961fd...

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Iwata looks back on his unique path. Source: Ask Iwata (Hobonichi, 2019) #IwataQuote www.notion.so/75446f6b0f75...

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Phillips on Nintendo’s external programming partners in the 80s, 2022. Source: Game Master Classified #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaQuote, #SuperMarioBros2JPNQuote, #TheMysteriousMurasameCastleQuote, #MetroidQuote #PhillipsQuote www.notion.so/2deafa67261b...

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Miyamoto on a very different vision for the 3rd Zelda game, 1989. Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations #Zelda #ALinktothePastQuote, #TheAdventureofLinkQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/2c09a218fe49...

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Kotabe on Pippi Longstocking, Heidi, & Ghibli Founders, 2008. Source: Iwata Asks #HeidiAGirloftheAlpsQuote #KotabeQuote, #TakahataQuote, #MiyazakiQuote www.notion.so/a2e438722eb8...

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Fujibayashi on showing Miyamoto a Breath of the Wild prototype, 2017. Source: Kotaku #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.notion.so/a0043791f215...

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Miyamoto on wanting players to create their own vision, 1996. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/9ce5643a6039...

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Aonuma on wanting to smooth over The Wind Waker's rough edges, 2013. Source: Polygon #Zelda #TheWindWakerHDQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/1ea41fe961fd...

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Aonuma on incorporating "adventure" elements into dungeon designs, 2004. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/f87f768d9182...

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Fujibayashi on asking Zelda's voice actor about her experience, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #FujibayashiQuote, #ShimamuraQuote www.notion.so/13c41fe961fd...

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Ninomiya on how the localization team helped design Animal Crossing content, 2008. Source: Nintendo Power #AnimalCrossingCityFolkQuote #NinomiyaQuote www.notion.so/1f241fe961fd...

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Posting this now to link to as needed: Posting a quote is not intended as an endorsement of the statements in a quote.

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Okamoto and Yokomura on Chun-Li's life bar, 2014. Source: Polygon #StreetFighterIIQuote #OkamotoQuote, #ShimomuraQuote, #NishitaniQuote www.notion.so/1f141fe961fd...

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Koizumi on repurposing another design for Majora’s Mask, 2000. Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations #Zelda #MajorasMaskQuote #KoizumiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/29f994ce55ec...

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On parallels between Majora's Mask and Earthbound Via GlitterBerri's Game Translations (2000) and Ask Iwata (Hobonichi, 2019) #Zelda #Earthbound #MajorasMaskQuote #EarthBoundQuote #AonumaQuote #KoizumiQuote #IwataQuote #ItoiQuote

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Aonuma on remakes, 2013. Source: Polygon #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/1ea41fe961fd...

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Miyamoto and his years-long quest to get proper flute or ocarina music in Zelda (1998, 2001, 2003) Via GlitterBerri's Game Translations, Shmuplations, and Nintendo Prime #Zelda #TheLegendOfZeldaQuote #OcarinaOfTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote #KondoQuote

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Some Star Wars quotes from Zelda devs (1998, 2013) Sources: GlitterBerri's Game Translations, Polygon #Zelda #OcarinaOfTimeQuote, #TheWindWakerHDQuote #MoriQuote, #AonumaQuote

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Miyamoto on tech in the Zelda series and the original vision for Zelda 1's Link, 2016. Source: Hyrule Interviews #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaQuote, #BreathoftheWildQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/11141fe961fd...

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Miyamoto, Itoi, and Iwata on how companies need leaders with strong desire, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #MiyamotoQuote,#ItoiQuote,#IwataQuote www.notion.so/169f875b3a9b...

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