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Imamura recalling “the game of his life” in retirement interview, 2021.

Source: IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-man-who-invented-majoras-mask-reflects-on-30-years-at-nintendo

PEOPLE:

Takaya Imamura, age 55. Art Director of Star Fox 64 and, later, Majora’s Mask.

Kazuaki Morita, age 55. Programmer on A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time, & Star Fox 64.

QUOTE: Imamura: Star Fox 64 is the game of my life. It was a bit like a reboot, but by using a lot of ideas we couldn’t implement in the original, we managed to enrich the game’s scale. From planning to writing the plot, coming up with the gameplay mechanics and graphics, I really worked hard on this game. I also instructed composers on what kind of music I wanted for it.

It started out as an experiment with Kazuaki Morita. … As we continued to work on the prototype, more and more people joined and it started to become serious. From modelling the characters, mechs and enemies to working on effects and backgrounds, I really worked on a lot of things.