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Aonuma on the fate of the unfinished Wind Waker dungeons, 2013.

Source: Keza MacDonald, IGN

https://www.hyruleinterviews.com/30241fe961fd80488ed4c4cdb459cc72

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 50. Director of The Wind Waker, producer of The Wind Waker HD.

QUOTE: Aonuma: I’m aware that lots of users wanted those two missing dungeons [from The Wind Waker] to be implemented in The Wind Waker HD. But to be honest, we’ve already used those two dungeons for other titles after The Wind Waker already. [laughs] So right now, technically, they don’t really exist anymore…

We didn’t exactly use them as-is and implement them into another game. We’d add some [of their] features to other dungeons. So they’re in different dungeons now.

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Aonuma on how they only do remakes when there’s a meaning, 2013.

Source: IGN

https://www.hyruleinterviews.com/30241fe961fd80488ed4c4cdb459cc72

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 50. Dungeon director of Ocarina of Time, Director of The Wind Waker. Producer of their remakes.

QUOTE: Aonuma: We don’t go out to just make a remake. There should be some kind of meaning to it.

For example, the reason why we released the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time is that we wanted users to enjoy the stereoscopic 3D version. Now that HD is possible with the Wii U, for the same reason, we wanted users to enjoy an HD version [of The Wind Waker] and to be able to use the GamePad, so they could see a difference there.

So it’s not just making a remake that’s the important thing. We wanted to have a particular reason to do it. If there’s a meaning behind doing a remake, then of course we’ll consider it.

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Some Star Wars quotes from Zelda devs (1998, 2013)

Sources: GlitterBerri's Game Translations, Polygon Quote #1:

PEOPLE:

Naoki Mori. Ocarina of Time Cinema Scene Director.

QUOTE: Mori: [Ocarina of Time’s] ending reminds me of Star Wars. It also sort of references Dark Crystal. More than figuring out where the scene cuts should be, we were worrying about how to project that atmosphere.

I definitely watch anime a lot. So much so that I’m called Captain Anime. [laughs] Anime I consider interesting I show people with reckless abandon. ‘This is great!’ I say. Recently I’ve been enjoying ‘Perfect Blue’, which is a psycho thriller. It’s not because we used it as a reference for the games, but the transitions of scenes were interesting.

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PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 50. Director of The Wind Waker, Producer of the The Wind Waker HD.

QUOTE: Aonuma: With The Wind Waker HD the first thing we did was release a still during a Nintendo Direct presentation and there were quite a few fans who said, ‘That’s not my Wind Waker.’ They said it looked different from the Wind Waker they’ve experienced.

It is certainly a bit of a balancing act. I too was one of those Star Wars fans who saw the HD Star Wars and was a little bit disappointed because it wasn’t my Star Wars. I understand those feelings and I understand the possibility of it happening. So it’s something we’re aware of.

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Linktober 7: Undead Aonuma on never getting a break and his family's feelings about it, 2013.

Source: USgamer

https://www.notion.so/bd8ea2c85ef24b23b8a262f2c21d37fd

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 50. Franchise Producer for the Zelda series.

QUOTE: Aonuma: Even when I get home, I'm getting home late. I want some vacation. I want some time off.

Q: How much longer do you have … before you get that time off?

A: What we're looking at, really, is a sort of trend. I finish one project and the next one is just overlapping. My family is not happy.

Q: But they do like Zelda games, right?

A: My son absolutely does like Zelda, and my wife has started playing Zelda as well. So that's great. They understand that I'm making these games, but… They're my family, and the fact that we're not taking vacations together, not going anywhere, it's not making them happy. We're trying to find a balance. It's tough.