Yonezu on the design of the stables in Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #YonezuQuote www.notion.so/13c41fe961fd...

Hi, I'm Melora, the main source of scanned #Zelda art & out-of-print publications since The Internet. I was also the lead campaigner for Zelda manga & art/info books to exist outside of Japan. Join me as I try to create a gallery of every piece of licensed Zelda art via collecting & with your help!

Itoi & Miyamoto on not compromising over what others might think, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #ItoiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/8f65dbbe83ce...

Miyamoto on whether Retro Studios could make a Zelda game, 2012. Source: IGN #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaSeriesQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/27841fe961fd...

Hall on the potential story for the pitched Retro Studios Sheik game, 2021. Source: Unseen64 #Zelda #RetroStudiosSheikGameQuote #HallQuote www.notion.so/27841fe961fd...

It's Nintendo's 136th birthday today, so here's the oldest quote I've got: Yamauchi on the essence of amusement, 1984. #Nintendo #YamauchiQuote www.notion.so/902471fa6e62...

Miyagi on what Twilight Princess' delay meant to his work, 2006. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #TwilightPrincessQuote #MiyagiQuote www.notion.so/d28f338fac34...

I was recording videos to show the folks over at @zeldatranslations.bsky.social how I set up my databases and post quotes everyday, and I figured why not! Might as well make them public for everyone! These are mostly technical/process. A Tour of the Backend (29:49): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ujx...

Aonuma on fans' desire for new Zelda experiences in the Ocarina style, 2023. Source: IGN #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaSeriesQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/2efbed19e556...

Aonuma on the inspiration to turn Link into a wolf in Twilight Princess, 2016. Source: Nintendo #Zelda #TwilightPrincessQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/c7696ae6d0cc...

Aonuma on convincing the team to add the Master Cycle in the Champion's Ballad, 2017. Source: Creating a Champion #Zelda #TheChampionsBalladQuote, #BreathoftheWildQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/13c41fe961fd...

Miyamoto on why he thinks it's more fun to have to restart levels after failure, 2009. Source: Iwata Asks #MarioSeriesQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote www.notion.so/309b8c772861...

Honda & Nagano on traveling and horseback riding, 2004. Source: Viz Media #NaganoQuote, #HondaQuote, #HimekawaQuote www.notion.so/1aec8fb05127...

@zeldatranslations.bsky.social SOOOON

Fujibayashi on being part of an adventure club at Nintendo, 2017. Source: GamesMaster Magazine #Zelda #FujibayashiQuote www.notion.so/f5c48fb4baf1...

Miyamoto on how game creators should look to real-life experiences for inspiration, 2023. Source: National Public Radio (NPR) #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/cfae62d49896...

Fujibayashi on the cutscene he wanted to do in Skyward Sword no matter what, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #SkywardSwordQuote #FujibayashiQuote, #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/dc4631410a43...

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

Iwata & Kondo on game music bringing people closer, 2010. Source: Iwata Asks #IwataQuote, #KondoQuote www.notion.so/f3b47633d283...

Osada on making sound FX for things players created with Ultrahand, 2024. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #TearsoftheKingdomQuote #OsadaQuote www.notion.so/5daa8b399c3d...

Miyamoto on his family helping him stay objective, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote, #ItoiQuote www.notion.so/8f65dbbe83ce...

Bonus: Some more highlights from that interview. Denis is a mood hyruleinterviews.notion.site/Chernov-on-t...

Chernov on the digitization process for the Zelda CD-i games, 2021. Source: Social Media #Zelda #ZeldaTheWandofGamelonQuote,#LinkTheFacesofEvilQuote #ChernovQuote www.notion.so/53d614ab6bd1...

The swap away from The Wind Waker's style to Twilight Princess's realistic one, as a result of fan feedback, has some interesting historical nuance. It has the same root cause as the DS and the Wii: Satoru Iwata's worries about global market conditions #Zelda #TheWindWaker #TwilightPrincess

Koizumi on abstract feedback from Miyamoto, 2007. Source: Wired #Nintendo #KoizumiQuote, #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/adccbdbf92a3...

Aonuma on the biggest change they ever made as a result of fan feedback, 2013. Source: Zelda Universe #Zelda #TwilightPrincessQuote, #TheWindWakerQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/690c8afba273...

Yamamoto on his eureka moment for the Super Metroid opening theme, 2017. Source: Nintendo.com #SuperMetroidQuote #YamamotoQuote www.notion.so/1ce928831350...

Miyamoto on wanting to use games and game technology in wider contexts, 2003. Source: Shmuplations #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/da47564f188b...

Here's what the images are, on the #Nintendo Museum's #Zelda wall, for the first 4 games. There's 2 pieces I'm pretty sure have never been seen before but that one of Hyrule is 100% "new" If you guys want me to ID the art for the newer games just let me know, I just figured more people know it.

Miyamoto's uncertainty about whether he's a good boss, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #MiyamotoQuote, #ItoiQuote www.notion.so/8f65dbbe83ce...

Aonuma on why Zelda games have stealth sections, 2005. Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) #Zelda #TheWindWakerQuote, #MajorasMaskQuote, #TwilightPrincessQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/19841fe961fd...

I didn't realize Hubz of @gamingalexandria.bsky.social had scanned this Technopolis, August 1986 issue but I wanted to myself anyway because I find it so awesome that we have an early #zelda #manga showing a girl not just playing Link: but being Link! Find both here: archive.org/details/zine...

Fujibayashi on being inspired by Minecraft & Terraria when making Breath of the Wild, 2017. Source: GamesMaster Magazine #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.notion.so/f5c48fb4baf1...

Aonuma on players freely creating and learning as they go in Minecraft, 2017. Source: Den-fami Nico Game Magazine #Zelda #BreathoftheWildQuote, #MinecraftQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/ccd8776d3b62...

Takayama on water resistance in Tears of the Kingdom, 2024. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #TearsoftheKingdomQuote #TakayamaQuote www.notion.so/5daa8b399c3d...

Where did that obscure piece of Zelda art from your childhood end up? @historyofhyrule.com probably archived it. This week, we got the Hero of Time, Melora, to tell us all about her preservation efforts. Listen wherever you get podcasts or watch the video version on YouTube: youtu.be/z7uVWmF89JE

Fujibayashi on holing up to outline Skyward Sword's story, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #SkywardSwordQuote #FujibayashiQuote, #IwataQuote www.notion.so/dc4631410a43...

Aonuma on how the Wii MotionPlus didn’t exist yet when Skyward Sword development began, 2010. Source: Official Nintendo Magazine #Zelda #SkywardSwordQuote, #WiiMotionPlusQuote #AonumaQuote www.notion.so/ac79957b8190...

Itoi & Iwata on contagious high spirits and what they can mask, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #ItoiQuote, #IwataQuote www.notion.so/8f65dbbe83ce...

Aonuma & Terada on how Grezzo employees pitched ideas for Echoes of Wisdom, 2024. Source: Ask the Developer #Zelda #EchoesofWisdomQuote #AonumaQuote, #TeradaQuote www.notion.so/11341fe961fd...

Okamoto on swapping Final Fight and Street Fighter, 2014. Source: Polygon #FinalFightQuote, #StreetFighterIIQuote #OkamotoQuote www.notion.so/1f141fe961fd...

Iwata on why programmers shouldn't just say "I can't", 1999. Source: @shmuplations.bsky.social #IwataQuote www.notion.so/5dbdc86b5f16...

A side effect of this project is that I ended up with a database of 340 game journalists, too. These are the five most prolific folks: @shmuplations.bsky.social: 75 @kohler.bsky.social: 24 @mattcasa.bsky.social: 15 @crecente.bsky.social: 13 @joserotero.bsky.social: 12 @glitterberri.bsky.social: 12

Miyamoto on first-person Ocarina of Time, 2008. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/b5e9f8738b76...

Miyachi & Sakamoto on how they aligned with each others' creative influences for Emio, 2024. Source: Ask the Developer #EmioTheSmilingManQuote #MiyachiQuote, #SakamotoQuote www.notion.so/781f98d5a70a...

Osada on how echoes and reverb are driven in Tears of the Kingdom, 2024. Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC) #Zelda #TearsoftheKingdomQuote #OsadaQuote www.notion.so/5daa8b399c3d...

Aonuma & Terada on who they thought would be a good fit for echoes as a power, 2024. Source: Ask the Developer #Zelda #EchoesofWisdomQuote #AonumaQuote, #TeradaQuote www.notion.so/11341fe961fd...

Fujibayashi on how recurring glimpses of the "soul of the series" helps create myth, 2023. Source: Game Informer #Zelda #TheLegendofZeldaSeriesQuote #FujibayashiQuote www.notion.so/6f7c578dffae...

Miyamoto on the timeline of the Zelda saga, 1999. Source: Shmuplations #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote, #ALinktothePastQuote, #TheLegendofZeldaQuote #MiyamotoQuote www.notion.so/8d67b7d41dfe...

Long-shot: I will pay $500 for a recording or transcript, with slides visible, of the 2017 CEDEC “Field Level Design” Breath of the Wild talk by Hidemaro Fujibayashi and Makoto Yunezu, if you’re ok with me sharing it.