#mouriquote

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.

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?

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…”