Miyamoto on emotional disconnect between player and avatar, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Uemura on analyzing rival consoles during Famicom development, 2020. Source: Kotaku #NESQuote #UemuraQuote kotaku.com/the-designer...

Miyamoto's “extreme” ambition for Mii avatars, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #NintendoWiiQuote, #Nintendo3DSQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3...

Miyamoto, Itoi, and Iwata on forbidding dreams, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #MiyamotoQuote, #ItoiQuote, #IwataQuote iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/w...

Tezuka on the basic premise of Mario games, 2020. Source: The Guardian #MarioSeriesQuote #TezukaQuote www.theguardian.com/games/2020/s...

Wornell on how he became the F-Zero X announcer, 2022. Source: Kiwi Talkz #StarFox64Quote, #FZeroXQuote #WornellQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dcu...

Miyamoto on a feature he forgot in Ocarina of Time, 1999. Source: The Hyrule Journals #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote goodblood.games/ootmiyamotoq...

Koizumi on the Zelda game he liked working on the most, 2017. Source: Social Media #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #KoizumiQuote www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...

Itoi on the Butoh-like vision for Giygas, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #EarthboundZeroQuote #ItoiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote, #ItouQuote shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Maybe crowd-sourcing will help-- I'm trying to update Mobygames' Ocarina of Time credits. These are all people that were uncredited in 1998, but got credited in later editions of the game. But the approver isn't convinced. They think these might have been people who worked on Master Quest only.

Iwata on finding shared sets of values with employees, 2019. Source: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO #IwataQuote

Yamauchi on the viability of large-scale games, 2000. Source: Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars #YamauchiQuote

Miyamoto on Mario's last name, 2015. Source: Game Informer #MarioSeriesQuote, #MiyamotoQuote web.archive.org/web/20240205...

For the past couple months I have been working on compiling a list of Shigeru Miyamoto interviews that are lost, may or may not exist, are incomplete, unscanned, and/or untranslated. There are over 200 on this page, maybe you can help in some way: spritecell.com/shigeru-miya...

If you would like to help preserve web history it’s as easy as installing the Wayback Machine add-on/extension and making two clicks when you see something interesting to save it. Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wayba...

Miyamoto on what it means to be "Zelda-esque", 1998. Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.glitterberri.com/ocarina-of-t...

Hayao Miyazaki pitches a video game to Miyamoto, 1992. Source: Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga) #MiyazakiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5zM...

Mori on what Ocarina's ending reminds him of and other media he’s watching, 1998. Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MoriQuote www.glitterberri.com/ocarina-of-t...

Miyamoto on 7th Guest and not needing "a human's touch" to draw anymore, 1992. Source: Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga) #7thGuestQuote #MiyazakiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5zM...

I had a fun interview with Playsense, about my Hyrule interviews project! It was fun to chat with folks who weren't coming from the Zelda fandom side, or were even very familiar with all the Zelda games, but were interested in why I do it and my process, and what I get out of it as a game designer

Shikata & Aonuma on the first year of A Link Between Worlds development, 2013. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #ALinkBetweenWorldsQuote #ShikataQuote, #AonumaQuote, #MouriQuote iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3...

Miyamoto on giving people "a shell" for their imagination, 1993. Source: Equinox #StarFoxQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=khzg...

Taku on his childhood music coming full circle, 2019. Source: Social Media #Zelda #LinksAwakeningRemakeQuote #TakuQuote x.com/makiwi/statu...

Look at this cute little Link illustration from a 1986 Marukatsu. The ever wonderful @ozidual.bsky.social scanned this and let me know about the Zelda content: archive.org/details/maru... I love him 😭❤️ #zelda

Nishida on the iconic spinning Triforce, 2017. Source: Nintendo Website #Zelda #ALinktothePastQuote #NishidaQuote web.archive.org/web/20171001...

Koizumi on his coffee pour, 2017. Source: Social Media #KoizumiQuote www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...

Tezuka on how to make levels feel special when there so many, 2015. Source: Polygon #MarioSeriesQuote #TezukaQuote www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/88...

Fujibayashi on how they wanted to include tiny people in Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: Nintendo Youtube Channel #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Cs...

Endo & Itoi on the asceticism of game developers, 1985. Source: Shmuplations #EndoQuote, #ItoiQuote shmuplations.com/endoitoi/

Miyamoto on Ocarina of Time’s planned elemental magic system, 1997. Source: IGN #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.ign.com/articles/199...

Drew found some interview content I hadn't yet read myself for this article. Good read!

There's a lot of misinfo about Ocarina of Time being spread in the advent of the remake. People like to read 1 or 2 snippets instead of studying the topics broadly, giving them a very narrow view. I wrote the first segment to accompany an older list of mine, hopefully it makes things more clear.

Aonuma on how they worked with an Australian developer to port Twilight Princess, 2016. Source: Nintendo Miiverse Channel #Zelda #TwilightPrincessHDQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Miiting-Twil...

This event is still on-going! Fans of speedruns and things like Game Done Quick would probably enjoy this quite a bit. Some details in the image below!

Aonuma on having a direct link to Zelda fans, but needing to maintain distance, 2013. Source: Zelda Universe #Zelda #AonumaQuote zeldauniverse.net/features/30-...

Moriya on needing to watch for tiny inconsistencies in the Ocarina remake, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTime3DQuote #MoriyaQuote, #IwataQuote iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3...

Koizumi on sneaking story into the Zelda games, 2007. Source: Wired #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote, #MajorasMaskQuote, #LinksAwakeningQuote #KoizumiQuote www.wired.com/2007/12/inte...

Zelda speedruns for a great cause!

Link's Awakening turns 33 today! This is especially poignant with Takashi Tezuka's upcoming retirement -------------- Miyamoto on his favorite Zelda game, 2003. Source: Nintendo Prime #Zelda #LinksAwakeningQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #TezukaQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGDz...

Link's Awakening turns 33 today! ---------------------- Tezuka on the team's frame of mind while developing Link's Awakening, 2009. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #LinksAwakeningQuote #TezukaQuote iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/d...

Link's Awakening turns 33 today! ---------------------- Morita on the experiments that led to Link’s Awakening, 2006. Source: Nintendo Power #Zelda #LinksAwakeningQuote #MoritaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Nintendo-Pow...

Shinoda on how Revali's design defined the Rito, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #ShinodaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Creating-a-C...

Tezuka & Miyamoto on re-using minor characters for a sequel, 2000. Source: Nintendo Power #Zelda #MajorasMaskQuote #TezukaQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Nintendo-Pow...

Iwata on respecting and relying on people who see things differently than you, 2019. Source: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO #IwataQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Ask-Iwata-Wo...

Takayama on the true menace in Hyrule, 2024. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #TearsoftheKingdomQuote #TakayamaQuote www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dP...

The Dark Horse workers responsible for Zelda books like Hyrule Historia and Secrets of the Zonai are requesting that folks sign a petition asking Dark Horse to recognize their union.

Imamura on Captain Falcon's surprising origins, 2017. Source: Nintendo Website #FZeroQuote, #SuperNESQuote #ImamuraQuote, #ShimizuQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/SNES-Classic...

Itou, Itoi, & Miyamoto on the condescension of society’s gaming fears, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #ItouQuote, #ItoiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Miyamoto on whether Mario is a real doctor, 2015. Source: Game Informer #MarioSeriesQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/Mario-s-Crea...

Miyamoto on the magnanimity of game developers, 1998. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote shmuplations.com/miyamotodesi...