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• Zelda producer believes GamePad's dual view can "disrupt gameplay"

  Nintendo producer Eiji Aonuma thinks misusing the Wii U GamePad would get in the way of The Legend of Zelda’s gameplay.

• Majora's Mask director jokes that there was "something wrong" with him during development

  Majora’s Mask’s original director Eiji Aonuma is extremely humble and quite funny about the problems he feels are rife in the classic RPG.

• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D has been in the works since 2011

  The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D went into development “almost immediately after” Ocarina of Time 3D shipped.

• Miyamoto ruled out a more Zelda-like Hyrule Warriors game

  Hyrule Warriors was originally intended as much more like a classic The Legend of Zelda game, but legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto vetoed the idea.

• The Legend of Zelda going multiplayer "maybe next year"

  The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has seemingly confirmed an upcoming release will feature multiplayer.

• That E3 footage of Legend of Zelda Wii U was all in-game

  The reveal of the Legend of Zelda Wii U at E3 last week was one of the show’s highlights to many. Producer Eiji Aonuma has now confirmed that the footage released last week as part of Nintendo’s E3 digital event, was all in-game.

• The Legend of Zelda team is "more careful" over artistic direction after initial negativity surrounding Wind Waker

  The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has said the team is cautious when it comes to designing the look of new Zelda titles after the initial, negative reaction to 2002’s The Wind Waker.

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds NYCC Aonuma presentation released

  For those of us not lucky enough to attend New York Comic Con this year, Nintendo has released a highlights reel from The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma’s presentation on A Link Between Worlds.

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds tweaked for 2DS, harder mode unlocked upon playthrough

  Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has been talking about The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds quite a bit recently, mainly about difficulty levels, the number of staff working on the project and how the game had to be tweaked to look right on 2DS which released last week.

• Zelda: Majora's Mask tease mentioned on Nintendo's Facebook page

  The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask seems to be the one Zelda game that many fans really want to see remade or given a sequel. Nintendo seems to know that all too well, as suggested by this new Facebook tease.

• Zelda movie adaptation would have to be interactive, stresses Aonuma

  With horrors of the Super Mario Bros. live action flick in mind, it’s understandable why Nintendo would be cagey about adapting other properties for the big screen. However, Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma has said that he and Shigeru Miyamoto have discussed.

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds GAME UK pre-orders include music box

  Pre-order The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at GAME in the UK and you’ll score a sweet miniature treasure chest which packs a musical surprise.

• Wind Waker Wii U developed in just six months

  The Wii U re-release of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker took just six months to develop, according to series producer Eiji Aonuma.

• Zelda: if we keep the series traditional we can't make something new, says Aonuma

  The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has responded to claims that he is “tired” of the Zelda series, and expanding on the same format with each iteration. He’s not tired at all, but has admitted that changes do need to be made

• Nintendo announces games on show at NYCC, speaker session from Eiji Aonuma

  Nintendo has announced it will be attending New York Comic Con and will host a booth with playable versions of many unreleased Wii U and 3DS games, as well as the new 2DS system. It is also hosting a session in which The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma will speak.

• Aonuma says Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess might get HD remakes if some other studio does it

  Legend of Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma has told Polygon that while the his team doesn’t have the “bandwidth” to remake Skyward Sword or Twilight Princess in HD, “but maybe it will happen if someone else does it”. The conversation came as a part of Aonuma mentioning that his team demo’d the Wii Zeldas in […]

• Nintendo tested Zelda: Skyward Sword & Twilight Princess on Wii U before choosing Wind Waker

  The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess were both considered for the HD treatment on Wii U before Nintendo decided to go with Wind Waker, producer Eiji Aonuma has revealed.

• The Legend of Zelda Wii U will be neither "ultra-realistic nor cartoony-realistic," says Aonuma

  The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has said to expect the new Wii U entry in the series to look a bit “new” compared to previous versions.

• Zelda: Nintendo looking at ways to incorporate DLC into series

  The Legend of Zelda series has remained DLC-free for its colossal span, but that may well change moving forward according to series producer Eiji Aonuma, who is now looking at ways to offer add-on content moving forward.