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Mouri on making mysteries and secrets for the time we live in, 2023.

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/sep/01/super-mario-bros-wonder-nintendo-recaptures-marios-old-magic

PEOPLE:

Shiro Mouri. Engineer or Engineering Lead for Four Swords Adventures, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and A Link Between Worlds. Director of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

QUOTE: Mouri: I’ve been creating side-scrolling Mario games for many years now, but the goal this time was to create a 2D Mario that was fitting for this day and age—with mysteries and secrets for the time that we live in.

The first Super Mario game felt full of surprises: Mario getting taller if you eat a mushroom, or discovering that you could go inside the pipes and be transported underground. As time went on, these ideas became normalized. We got used to them. So the development team took this on as a challenge … Until now I think we’ve been cleverly reusing our surprises, but we didn’t want to depend on that this time.

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Mouri on the origin of the stage-transforming idea for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, 2023.

Source: Ask the Developer

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-1/

PEOPLE:

Shiro Mouri. Sub-Director of A Link Between Worlds, Director of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Takashi Tezuka, age 62. Director of The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, & Link’s Awakening. Producer of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

QUOTE: Mouri: When I was playing Super Mario Bros. on the NES, I was amazed that you could warp to different places. You could go underground by entering a pipe or go up to the sky by climbing up vines that appear when you hit a block. So I wanted to utilize this idea to create a game with new wonders.

Q: What was Tezuka-san's reaction to that idea?

Mouri: Tezuka-san said, “Warping somewhere else would be no different from previous games. Can't we make it so that the course itself transforms without players having to warp?” I was like, “No, no, how is that even possible?” [Laughs]

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Shikata & Mouri on a failed Zelda pitch, 2013.

Source: Iwata Asks

https://www.hyruleinterviews.com/21da00adcfff4ce4b22bbc81d1676ee9

PEOPLE:

Hiromasa Shikata. A Link Between Worlds Game Director.

Shiro Mouri. A Link Between Worlds Assistant Game Director.

Shigeru Miyamoto, age 61. A Link Between Worlds General Producer, General Manager of Nintendo EAD.

QUOTE: Shikata: No, A Link to the Past wasn't on our minds at all [for early A Link Between Worlds pitches]. We didn't even have the idea of Link entering walls. We were thinking about a Zelda game with the theme of communication. …

Mouri: As soon as we started the presentation, I could clearly see Miyamoto-san's facial expression rapidly darkening. I thought, “This is bad…”

And then at the end he said, “This sounds like an idea that's 20 years old.” That was the killing blow. We were down on the floor.