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Miyamoto on Ocarina of Time’s planned elemental magic system, 1997.

Source: IGN

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 45. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: There are six types of magic [in Ocarina of Time], including fire, wind, darkness, and light. I'm thinking about mixing the different types of magic. Truthfully, you can use magic in conjunction with Link's bow and arrow. Since you can use magic missiles, it's important that you can use magic on arrows.
June 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Miyamoto on a multiplayer Ocarina ensemble, 1998.

Source: The Hyrule Journals (@javedlsterritt.bsky.social)

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 45. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: The other day I asked, “Could we connect four controllers [in Ocarina of Time] and play the ocarina as an ensemble?”. Maybe if I had asked earlier we could have made it happen.
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Miyamoto on “acting like a producer” and relinquishing creative control on Ocarina of Time, 1999.

Source: Shmuplations

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 46. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: From the start [of Ocarina of Time development] I tried to act like a producer: “Do whatever you want, as long as it's interesting.” However, midway through the second year, it started to feel like if I wasn't physically there on the floor, they might never wrap things up. At that point, the different sub-teams … had been working independently and in parallel, so my work was less about adding my own ideas as it was bringing together and consolidating what everyone else had done. Because a game this large is the combined work of a huge number of people, it's not my place to come in and try to exert my own control over everything.
September 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Linktober #1: Love
Yokota on being a Zelda fan, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Mahito Yokota, age 37. Composer for Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time 3D, and Skyward Sword. - Koji Kondo, age 49. Original Zelda composer, composer of numerous Zelda titles. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Iwata: Compared to Kondo-san, you may not have worked on development of The Legend of Zelda that long, but you've been playing it forever, right? Yokota: You can say that again! Talking about it could take forever! [laughs] I love The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time beyond all reason! I have, of course, played all the Zelda games since the first one, and played them all the way through, but Ocarina of Time was an eye-opening experience to how great video game music can be. I played song after song on the piano.
October 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Aonuma on the first dungeon designed for Ocarina of Time, 1998.

Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations

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PEOPLE: - Eiji Aonuma, age 35. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director. QUOTE: Aonuma: I, personally, really like the Forest Temple. It was the very first dungeon we designed in Ocarina of Time. … At the center of the Forest Temple lies the twisting pathway. When you go through it, you can reach items you couldn’t before. We wouldn’t have been able to make something like that if the game hadn’t been 3D. It’s easy to think ‘wow, the path twists!’ but the designers actually had a lot of trouble with it. I think they spent about a week tormenting themselves over how to make it work.
March 5, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Miyamoto on visiting Germany to study castles, 1999.

Source: The Hyrule Journals

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 46. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: Right after Super Mario 64 was finished, I went to Germany by myself. I attended a presentation and visited some castles and also bought lots of books. When we think of castles, we tend to imagine them standing alone on hilltops, but that's not actually the case. There are various types of castles, such as those built by the Jukyo [feudal lords] and those designed to keep enemies at bay. … Inside the castle walls, there are various living spaces, and beyond the gates, the castle itself stands. Additionally, there is always at least one other building besides the castle itself, where someone of higher status resides. Therefore, in [Ocarina of Time], I wanted to create a castle where those people live.
February 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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Miyamoto on first-person Ocarina of Time, 2008.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 55. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: When we were developing Ocarina of Time, I even proposed using a first-person perspective. … I thought that the FPS system would be the best way of enabling players to take in the vast terrain of the Hyrule Field. Besides, by not having the player’s character on the screen, we can spend more time and machine power on creating enemies and the environments. … The idea of having a child Link in the game was born, and then it became necessary for the hero to be seen on the screen. That, and also the fact that it’s a total waste not to have Link visible on screen when he is so cool looking! [laughs]
August 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Miyamoto on the time he was so close, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Iwata: Still, to think it's been thirteen years already [since the release of Ocarina of Time]… Miyamoto: I know. My kid was in the upper grades of elementary school… Oh, that's right; one thing I remember very well from that time was when my wife saw our child playing Ocarina of Time. She said, "When I'm just looking at it, I think it's pretty, but I'd never want to try it." I thought, "Something has to be done about this!" [laughs]. I mean, she'd never really cared about games at all before, and here she was, finally showing an interest, and yet… It felt as though a customer had come right up to the entrance, but then she'd turned around and gone back home. … I thought, "No! I was so close!"
April 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Aonuma, in 2023, asked about a potential modern remake of Ocarina of Time, and his surprising response!

Source: Game Informer Interview

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Aonuma And Fujibayashi Talk Tears Of The Kingdom's Reception And Their Approach To The Timeline
We sit down with the producer and director of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to discuss the game's reception and how the series has evolved. - Game Informer
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September 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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Koizumi on sneaking story into the Zelda games, 2007.

Source: Wired

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PEOPLE: - Yoshiaki Koizumi, age 39. Writer for Link’s Awakening & A Link to the Past. 3D Gameplay Director for Ocarina of Time. Co-Director of Majora’s Mask. QUOTE: Koizumi: I was the one coming up with scenarios, just on my own, ever since the time of Link's Awakening. … I felt like I came up with this entire scenario and a backstory for Link, but nobody really seemed to care. They were always saying “Let's not try to push the story forward too much.” So I would try to find sneaky ways to get it in without them noticing too much. For example, I always liked the idea of you coming upon another character and hearing little bits of conversation that slowly begin to reveal different parts of the story. And that was the way that I tried to work on Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
June 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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Mori on the first take of Ganondorf's voice in Ocarina of Time, 1998.

Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations

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PEOPLE: - Naoki Mori. Ocarina of Time Cinema Scene Director. - Takashi Nagasako. Voice of Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Mori: In [Ocarina of Time] there are bits of voice acting here and there, but the voice actor in charge of playing Ganondorf in the first cutscene you see really made him seem like a devil, somehow awful and evil. Afterwards I took the actor aside and asked him not to play a demon, but cool and dangerous at the same time. A voice like cheap wine.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Koizumi on the Zelda game he liked working on the most, 2017.

Source: Social Media

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PEOPLE: - Yoshiaki Koizumi, age 49. Worked in various roles on A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, and The Wind Waker. QUOTE: Q: Which has been your favorite Zelda game to work on? Koizumi: Ocarina of Time. It was a lot of fun to work on, and perhaps the reason it stayed with me is that we had to start from zero to make that game.
July 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Aonuma on incorporating "adventure" elements into dungeon designs, 2004.

Source: Game Developers Conference (GDC)

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PEOPLE: - Eiji Aonuma, age 41. Dungeon Director of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Aonuma: In Ocarina of Time, in addition to doing the dungeon design, I also took up the challenge of incorporating adventure elements into dungeons. By which I mean, giving the dungeon some type of theme, such as rescuing trapped Goron or hunting down the Poe sisters.
May 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Koizumi on his wife's fateful commentary, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Yoshiaki Koizumi, age 43. Ocarina of Time 3D Gameplay Director. - Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director. QUOTE: Koizumi: I changed the character design for Link a lot for Ocarina of Time. At first he had a button-nose. My wife said, "All of Nintendo's characters have funny noses. Don't you have any handsome ones?" I was shocked. Then when we were making Ocarina of Time, I was in charge of Link's character design, so I made him a little better-looking. Aonuma: Huh? So Link is your wife's type? Koizumi: Yes. [firmly] Everyone: [laughs]
September 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Miyamoto on playing unspoiled being more "Zelda-like", 1998.

Source: The Hyrule Journals

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 45. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: Zelda is a game series that is fun to play because of the puzzle solving elements—at least for me. I think that in this way, if you watch other people play the game or follow a strategy guide while playing you reduce the amount of “Zelda-like fun”. I think you would maximize the fun of the game by playing with a subjective feeling, almost as if you yourself were Link. Therefore, I think players will find the most satisfaction when playing [Ocarina of Time] with this mindset and saying things like “The game is fun because I'm playing it!”. I’d honestly be over the moon if players experienced our game in this way.
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Miyamoto on the Ura Zelda Expansion for Ocarina of Time, 1999.

Source: The Hyrule Journals

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 46. Producer of Ocarina of Time and Ocarina of Time Master Quest. QUOTE: Miyamoto: [Ocarina of Time] is designed to read data from the 64DD disc. I can show you now, but although the cutscenes and locations are all the same, once you enter the Deku Tree, you will find a completely different dungeon. We are considering selling the 64DD version [Ed: Ura Zelda, later called Master Quest] as an ultimate challenge game for around 2,000 yen, but I cannot make any promises.
May 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Wornell recalls working on the Ocarina of Time manual mere weeks before release, 2026.

Source: Hyrule Interviews

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PEOPLE: - Jim Wornell. Associate Producer and Graphic Designer for Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Wornell: It was November of ‘98 when I transitioned from being an AP over to design. … I was doing the layout work, the manual packaging work for Ocarina. … Q: The game was released in North America on Nov. 23rd. Were you working on the manual just weeks before? Wornell: [Thinks] It must have been, because I remember working on the Illustrator layouts for the Ocarina of Time manual. Now the package may have been done, but I do remember working on the layout for the manual. … We had the production facility in North Bend [WA], if I remember. And I want to say a lot of the— unless I'm thinking of GameCube, but, I mean, God. I definitely remember working on manual design for Zelda in November of ‘98.
September 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Iwata & Haruhana on Ocarina's “hospitality” and “roughness”, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Yoshiki Haruhana, age 41. Ocarina of Time Character Designer. QUOTE: Haruhana: I played the original version [of Ocarina] again for the first time in a long while and sensed an immense amount of hospitality. In the dungeons, for example, I felt as if someone were saying, “Welcome!” each time I entered a room. … there's a roughness in the way it attacks with its full strength. After 13 years, it still has that impact. Iwata: … What kind of hospitality is hospitality that attacks? [laughs] Haruhana: Well, when I say hospitality … I mean that when you go somewhere, all kinds of play await for your enjoyment. … And it isn't a highly organized kind of hospitality like today's games exhibit. [Ocarina] has a certain bumpiness, irregularity or roughness.
September 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Miyamoto on the theme of Ocarina of Time, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Miyamoto: The theme of Ocarina of Time is very simple: it's about a child becoming an adult. There are people who watch over that protagonist. There are many encounters and partings, and the three women. … But if you just scatter that theme and story around a landscape, it won't make the game interesting. So, what is it that makes it interesting as a game? The foundation lies in the puzzles that have appeared in The Legend of Zelda franchise since the first game. It's taking that traditional series material and skillfully transposing it to 3D that really makes the game The Legend of Zelda. When we took series elements and used 3D composition, things just got more and more interesting.
February 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Linktober #1: Knight
Kondo on his favorite song from Ocarina of Time, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Koji Kondo, age 49. Ocarina of Time Composer. - Mahito Yokota, age 37. Ocarina of Time 3D Orchestration Director. QUOTE: Kondo: As I was playing the Nintendo 3DS version [of Ocarina of Time], there were several [tracks] that struck me as well-done. Although, it's a little embarrassing to say so myself! [laughs] One plays when you go to Zelda's castle and hide in the garden so the guards can't find you. I forgot the title, though. Yokota: That's ’The Courtyard Game at Hyrule Castle.’ Kondo: It sounds like a game of hide-and-seek. It represents that feeling of final relief you get when you're able to hide from the guards by carefully making stealthy steps. I thought, ‘I did a pretty good job!’ [laughs]
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Mori on what Ocarina's ending reminds him of and other media he’s watching, 1998.

Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations

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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.
June 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Miyamoto on what it means to be "Zelda-esque", 1998.

Source: GlitterBerri's Game Translations

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 46. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more. QUOTE: Miyamoto: It’s often said that something or another is ‘Zelda-esque’, but when you ask “What exactly is that?” you’ll always find opposition. There are numerous staff members who’ve been playing Zelda for a long time, so when there are two options to choose from they know which better conveys the image we’ve chosen for Zelda.
July 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Ricciardi's EGM review of Ocarina of Time, 1998.

Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)

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PEOPLE: - John Ricciardi. EGM Reviews Editor. 27 years later: English Voice Recording Supervisor for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. QUOTE: Ricciardi: [They’ve] managed to take everything that was great about the 2D Zelda games—the exploration, the puzzles, the dungeons, the loads of hidden secrets, etc.—and translate it all into 3D flawlessly. [Ocarina's] beautifully detailed world is so vast and immersive that you'll find yourself constantly losing track of the real world. The controls are excellent, too. The auto-jump feature helps add to the immersiveness, … and Z-Targeting makes combat a snap. … It'll take an average gamer about 40 hours to beat, and trust me—there'll always be something to do, even after you've finished the game. … Oh, one last thing: this game has the coolest final battle/ending sequence of any game ever.
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Miyamoto on the way in which Ocarina's story wasn't very Zelda-like, 2003.

Source: Nintendo Prime

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 50. Creator of the Zelda series. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: The story [of Ocarina of Time] is a little romantic, though, which is not very Zelda-like. Something as trivial as a child growing up was fun enough."
December 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Trying something new today!

Zelda Dev Highlight:
Satomi Asakawa, Character Designer

In (mostly) her own words, Asakawa's game dev career from start to end!

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A very tall image. it's got 7-8 different quotes on it, an image of Satomi Asakawa, and screenshots of various games that influenced her early in her life and career. A very tall image. it's got 5-6 different quotes on it, screenshots of animation and film that influenced Asakawa, some images of her senior project from DigiPen, and some images of the first characters she designed for Ocarina of Time. A very tall image. It's got 4 different quotes on it, an image of Satomi Asakawa, and screenshots of characters she designed for Majora's Mask, The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, and Pikmin 2 A very tall image. It's got 2 different quotes on it, and a big collage of art of characters that Asakawa's team designed for Twilight Princess. It also has some photos of her, including some from Twilight Princess development and one from a few years after she retired from Nintendo.
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 AM