Linktober 10: Merchant/Shopkeeper
Morita on the inspiration for the Pond Owner in Ocarina, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
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#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MoritaQuote, #HaruhanaQuote, #IwataQuote
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.social![PEOPLE:
- Kazuaki Morita, age 45. Programmer on Ocarina of Time.
- Yoshiki Haruhana, age 41. Ocarina of Time Character Artist.
- Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo.
QUOTE:
Morita: I also worked on the fishing minigame [for Ocarina].
Aonuma: You didn't just do the programming, but you also wrote the script for the Pond Owner. ...
Haruhana: … Morita-san made lots of requests regarding that character's face and movements. He requested specific movements … and even drew a rough sketch of how his face should look.
Iwata: Did you make so many requests because that character was modeled after someone real?
Morita: Yes, that's right! [laughs] I like fishing and I'm from an area near Neyagawa in Osaka, and there's a fishing store I used to go to in that neighborhood. My model was the shopkeeper there.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreih5zo3d6sujzgeevsmof7bms6vjgvhqa5x2aw4nsexz2c3xqctizy@jpeg)
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialLinktober 10: Merchant/Shopkeeper
Morita on the inspiration for the Pond Owner in Ocarina, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
#Zelda, #Linktober
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MoritaQuote, #HaruhanaQuote, #IwataQuote
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialLinktober 4: Dragons
Takizawa, Iwata, and Morita on a Volvagia animation shortcut, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
#Zelda, #Linktober
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#TakizawaQuote, #IwataQuote, #MoritaQuote
![PEOPLE:
- Satoru Takizawa, age 39. Enemy designer for Ocarina of Time.
- Satoru Iwata, age 51. 4th President of Nintendo.
- Kazuaki Morita, age 45. Boss character engineer for Ocarina of Time.
QUOTE:
Takizawa: Volvagia [in Ocarina] is a dragon, so it wriggles and undulates. I only gave Morita-san the dragon model parts, but he set it in motion immediately. It was mysterious how he could do that. I couldn't help but ask how he did it. He said it was the same as the programming for Star Fox 64. There's this scene when another fighter aircraft is tailing Arwing and…
Iwata: … Oh, that? That's right! It's the same! … The way the fighter moves as it flies and Volvagia's movements are exactly the same.
Morita: I could do it easily by switching in the dragon for the fighter.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreigfuqp7u6tp2gp6nffvmbs5c76ihfm7zux23lve3tiiene5shkhva@jpeg)
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialLinktober #1: Love
Yokota on being a Zelda fan, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
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#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#YokotaQuote, #KondoQuote, #IwataQuote
![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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreifo74ubwtujqnntqiibwssudltiv2zb5zrbplvlzufzyvtbvnpmna@jpeg)
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialKoizumi & Aonuma on the reason for the Kokiri's fairies, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
#Zelda
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#KoizumiQuote, #AonumaQuote, #IwataQuote
![PEOPLE:
- Yoshiaki Koizumi, age 43. Ocarina of Time 3D Gameplay Director.
- Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Ocarina of Time Dungeon Director.
- Satoru Iwata, age 51. 4th President of Nintendo.
QUOTE:
Koizumi: The [Kokiri] village [in Ocarina of Time] has lots of trees and lots of people live there, but it was difficult to display them all at once. I came up with the idea of having each person living there followed around by a fairy. That way, even if we just showed the fairies…
Iwata: I see. If you see the fairy, you know its owner is there, too.
Aonuma: It also led to the scenario surrounding Link not having a fairy at first.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreidmwsm2g4xunoarmuwzruzgngatowhz26lycjn5v22k4r6gc47ygu@jpeg)
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialIwata & Haruhana on Ocarina's “hospitality” and “roughness”, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
![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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreidnr5r2usedg5ncp6hld7zeu2v5wybazfh273hxpc5t4ajf4m7u5i@jpeg)