Fujibayashi on transforming walls from boundaries into optional paths in Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/febaddf2a123...

Miyamoto on working late, planning for the next day, and labor laws, 1992. Source: Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga) #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/b03bc1d10e23...

Fujibayashi on how the action-oriented Four Swords arose from other goals, 2005. Source: Nintendo Power #Zelda #FourSwordsQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/b53697339a66...

Miyamoto on the time he was so close, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #IwataQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/d4112e274538...

Aonuma on why they chose to remake Link's Awakening, 2019. Source: Kotaku #Zelda #LinksAwakeningRemakeQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/f6de8600509f...

Aonuma on how they only do remakes when there’s a meaning, 2013. Source: IGN #Zelda #TheWindWakerHDQuote, #OcarinaofTime3DQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30241fe961fd...

Miyamoto on the N64 Disk Drive's online plans, 1999. Source: The Hyrule Journals #Nintendo64DiskDriveQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/24441fe961fd...

Iwata on what sort of company he would want to work for (Hobonichi, 2019). Source: Ask Iwata #IwataQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/75446f6b0f75...

Miyamoto on Iwata’s flash of inspiration for Pokemon Snap, 2019. Source: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO #PokémonSnapQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/9f39f7f356ad...

A neat little passage from Iwata and Miyamoto about the maps in Kirby's Adventure.

Asahi on how she had to find new ways to approach audio development for Mario Kart World, 2025. Source: Ask the Developer #MarioKartWorldQuote #AsahiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/20b41fe961fd...

Miyamoto & Itoi on the sense of mystique granted by crude representations, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote, #ItoiQuote shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Webster on character interviewing, 2026. Source: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope #WebsterQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/31941fe961fd...

Takizawa on simulating all the senses through visuals in Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #TakizawaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/13c41fe961fd...

(My computer is back and so are the quotes!) Takizawa on the dangers of realistic characters and how they approached Twilight Princess' art style, 2006. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #TwilightPrincessQuote #TakizawaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2abd5c116f0f...

(My PC is at the repair shop, so we’ll have a couple days without new quotes here!)

Miyamoto on escalating to the grotesque, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote, #ItouQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/31d41fe961fd...

Takahashi & Nogami on Miyamoto's shyness, 2019. Source: The Guardian #TakahashiQuote,#NogamiQuote,#MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2fe41fe961fd...

Itoi on tapping into raw artistic instinct, 1989. Source: Shmuplations #ItoiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/31d41fe961fd...

Feel free to widely share this curated easy to understand #Satellaview knowledge that I just posted on my blog. I didn't want to overscope it but I spent a lot of time explaining a curated list of games for those who have no idea what the Satellaview is. luigiblood.neocities.org/blog/2026-01...

Oshima on why she thinks it’s appealing to write music for anime and video games, 1998. Source: Shmuplations #LegendofLegaiaQuote #OshimaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/31d41fe961fd...

Uemura on how he and Yamauchi chose the design for the Famicom, 2020. Source: Kotaku #NESQuote #UemuraQuote, #YamauchiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30041fe961fd...

Miyamoto denies a connection between the Triforce symbol and the Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine, 1999. Source: The Hyrule Journals #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #YokoiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/24441fe961fd...

Aonuma on the first dungeon designed for Ocarina of Time, 1998. Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/0e093b226205...

Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/

Miyamoto on how both big and small Mario came to be, 2013. Source: Time For Kids (Time Magazine) #SuperMarioBrosQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2fe41fe961fd...

Takizawa on “gutto kuru” art and “violent work”, 2017. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #TakizawaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/febaddf2a123...

Aonuma on his favorite music and town, 2017. Source: Nintendo.com #Zelda #TheWindWakerQuote, #MajorasMaskQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30441fe961fd...

Uemura on what kind of person Yamauchi was, 2020. Source: Kotaku #UemuraQuote, #YamauchiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30041fe961fd...

All this talk of RAM shortage had me thinking back to another shortage! Here's a clip from the Computer Entertainer newsletter in February 1988. I nabbed this from the Atari Compendium: www.ataricompendium.com/archives/new... #Zelda #AdventureOfLinkQuote

Today is the 40th anniversary of Zelda 1! Of all the Zelda titles, this is the one we know the MOST about; they've discussed it in interviews for years. Let's go down memory lane with some fun quotes #Zelda #TheLegendOfZeldaQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #TezukaQuote, #NakagoQuote, #KondoQuote

In honor of the 39th anniversary yesterday, and the fact that Echoes of Wisdom this past year was a sad milestone for the series, I give you: A chart of all the Zelda games that the Zelda 1 dev team worked on

Aonuma on his feelings towards the Spaceworld 2000 Tech Demo, 2013. Source: IGN #Zelda #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30241fe961fd...

Excerpt from Himekawa reply to the owner of a Zelda manga fansite, 2004. Source: @historyofhyrule.com #Zelda #OracleofAgesMangaQuote #HimekawaQuote, #KitsunepixieQuote, #HartQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30c41fe961fd...

Miyamoto on visiting Germany to study castles, 1999. Source: The Hyrule Journals #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/24441fe961fd...

Iwata on people's buying habits when the economy is bad, 2008. Source: Reuters #IwataQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/f7e818e6c121...

Nagamatsu on playing the flute for the milk bar in A Link Between Worlds, 2014. Source: Official Nintendo Magazine #Zelda #ALinkBetweenWorldsQuote #NagamatsuQuote, #MinegishiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/8efa170ea6fb...

Aonuma on the fate of the unfinished Wind Waker dungeons, 2013. Source: Keza MacDonald, IGN #Zelda #TheWindWakerQuote, #TheWindWakerHDQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30241fe961fd...

Miyamoto on the Zelda game he was most deeply involved with, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #IwataQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/d4112e274538...

Aonuma on producing a non-Zelda game, 2017. Source: Nintendo.com #Zelda #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/30441fe961fd...

Kiuchi on designing the Bokoblins in Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #KiuchiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/13c41fe961fd...

Aonuma's description of the prologue story for Twilight Princess in 2005, over a year before release. Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) #Zelda #TwilightPrincessQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/19841fe961fd...

Aonuma on players getting bored of traditional Zelda, 2013. Source: MacDonald, IGN #Zelda #ALinkBetweenWorldsQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2fe41fe961fd...

Dan Houser on game makers borrowing from Nintendo, 2012. Source: The New York Times #Zelda #HouserQuote www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/a...

Miyamoto on how Luigi got his name, 2013. Source: Time For Kids (Time Magazine) #MarioBrosQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2fe41fe961fd...

Miyamoto on how Japanese culture influenced Nintendo games, 2013. Source: Time For Kids (Time Magazine) #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/2fe41fe961fd...

Miyamoto on the theme of Ocarina of Time, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/d4112e274538...

Miyamoto & Iwata on whether Yokoi was Miyamoto's boss, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote, #YokoiQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/8f65dbbe83ce...

Aonuma on games where players never get lost, 2018. Source: Zelda Encyclopedia #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #AonumaQuote www.hyruleinterviews.com/e6aaedfa0594...