#thewindwakerquote

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 53. Director of the The Wind Waker. Co-Director of Majora’s Mask. Zelda series producer.

QUOTE: Q: What is your favorite song from Zelda series?

Aonuma: There’s this song from The Wind Waker, the music in the battle in the desert against the sand worm, Molgera. I love that song. It has a kind of Japanese feel to it, with the Taiko drums.

Q: Clock Town or Hyrule Castle Town – which is your favorite?

PEOPLE:

Satoru Takizawa, age 44. The Wind Waker Design [Art] Manager.

Yoshiki Haruhana, age 46. The Wind Waker Design [Art] Manager.

QUOTE: Q: What was your first impression when you saw the new Link [for The Wind Waker]?

Takizawa: It wasn’t something I had in my wheelhouse, so I was, frankly, shocked. But at the same time I saw it as a worthwhile challenge. In any event, I thought it looked easy to make move. You know how writers and manga artists say, “The characters began to move on their own”…?

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…

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 50. Director of The Wind Waker & Twilight Princess.

QUOTE: Q: What is the largest or most important change that you’ve made to the Zelda series because of feedback from fans?

Aonuma: Hmm… I think the project that reflects our reaction to fan opinion is probably Twilight Princess. The incentive for us to create that different version of the Zelda universe was certainly a result of The Wind Waker criticism that we received. Fans were saying that it wasn’t what they were looking for, it wasn’t what they were hoping for, so that’s why we went with this different graphic presentation.

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 42. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director. Director of Majora’s Mask, The Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess.

QUOTE: Aonuma: I really don’t know why, but I love that kind of stealth action. Maybe it’s because I liked it when I was a child… the feeling of walking around and doing something secretly.

PEOPLE:

Eiji Aonuma, age 42. Director of The Wind Waker, Producer of Twilight Princess. Later: Director of Twilight Princess.

Shigeru Miyamoto, age 52. Producer of The Wind Waker, General Producer of Twilight Princess. Later: Producer of Twilight Princess.

QUOTE: "Q: After The Wind Waker, you joked that maybe you wouldn’t work on the next game. But here you are.

Aonuma: In fact, when we finished The Wind Waker, I asked Mr. Miyamoto, ‘Please give me some other assignment.’ He said, ‘Let me think about it.’