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Imamura on Captain Falcon's surprising origins, 2017.

Source: Nintendo Website

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PEOPLE: - Takaya Imamura, age 51. Art Director of Majora’s Mask, artist for A Link to the Past and F-Zero. - Takao Shimizu, age 52. Director of BS The Legend of Zelda and F-Zero. QUOTE: Q You didn't think about [F-Zero] characters at all during development? Imamura: No. Captain Falcon was originally the mascot character for Super NES. Q: What?! Shimizu: That statement is a bit shocking, isn't it? [laughs] Imamura: Even most people at Nintendo don't know that. When development of F-ZERO was almost complete, I was doing a bunch of illustrations and someone expressed a desire to make a mascot character for Super NES, with a name like Captain Something. … So I started thinking about a character who would match the colors of the Super Famicom controller, with some red and blue and yellow. Q: How did [he] become Captain Falcon of F-Zero? Imamura: I don't really remember.
June 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Miyamoto on why F-Zero was sci-fi with hovercars.

Via Shmuplations, 1990.

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 38. Producer of The Legend of Zelda (1986), Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, & F-Zero. - Kazunobu Shimizu, age 27. Designer (Artist) of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Director of F-Zero. QUOTE: "Q: [Why wasn’t F-Zero] a traditional F1 racing game? Miyamoto: Well, that was really down to the director’s tastes. [laughs] There’s also the fact that not having to draw and animate tires made it so much easier to create. The cornering in F-Zero is a little different from cars in the real world. Also, if we had drawn tires on the cars, when you drift, we’d have wanted to show all four wheels, which wasn’t very feasible. … Up to now, I think most racing games have been somewhat restricted by the tires. In F-Zero, the way we were able to easily show the distinction between the direction the car is moving and the direction the car is facing, is all thanks to the cars not having tires."
November 12, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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Miyamoto on the way in which Super Mario World is like Gradius, 1990.

Via Shmuplations.

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 38. Creator of Zelda, Producer of Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, & F-Zero. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: The first Super Mario Bros. was designed so that even old guys who were playing video games for the first time could enjoy it. Each successive sequel has gotten a little more complicated, though, and I’m worried Super Mario World may be a little tough for brand new players. That being the case, we wanted to make sure F-Zero was also a game that was friendly to beginners: simple, easy controls, and a refreshing new style that hasn’t been seen before in a racing game. In that sense, F-Zero is more like the first Super Mario Bros., while Super Mario World actually has a more Gradius-like aspect to it."
March 1, 2024 at 5:18 PM