Linktober 10: Merchant/Shopkeeper
Morita on the inspiration for the Pond Owner in Ocarina, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
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@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
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#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MoritaQuote, #HaruhanaQuote, #IwataQuote
@hyruleinterviews.bsky.socialLinktober 4: Dragons
Takizawa, Iwata, and Morita on a Volvagia animation shortcut, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
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![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)