Post by MEGAߥTE on Jun 5, 2011 17:52:33 GMT -5
From an old interview that was recently translated:
www.glitterberri.com/a-link-to-the-past/the-men-who-made-zelda
• By the way, there were several characters in this game that also appeared in Mario. Was that your idea, Mr. Tezuka?
Tezuka: We’d had concept art for Bow-Wow lying around for awhile. We’d put it aside thinking we might make use of it if we could, but someone discovered it and ended up using it for their own purposes.
• There were fire bars, too. I was wondering if there was some trick to the order of the creation process.
Nakago: Not at all. *laughing*
Morita: I was always saying “You can get rid of them at any time!”, but it would have been a waste not to use them, so they were left in the game.
Tezuka: To tell you the truth, fire bars were originally made for Zelda. They were a lot of fun, so we used them in Mario too.
Miyamoto: Now that you mention it, it was Mario that did the ripping off. There were things we couldn’t use in the first Zelda, you see, but as time passed and the statue of limitations was about to expire, we thought about using them again and ended up implementing them in this game.
Nakago: They were originally made for Zelda 1.
Tezuka: The way you pick up and throw the grass is similar to Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic, isn’t it..
• That’s right. Did you have the idea of picking up and throwing it from the start?
Tezuka: I had the idea early on, but was undecided on how to put it it into practice. It took a lot of effort. Mostly, there was the problem of whether we’d actually be able to draw it in Zelda 1′s perspective. Once we tried, though, it turned out somehow.
www.glitterberri.com/a-link-to-the-past/the-men-who-made-zelda
• By the way, there were several characters in this game that also appeared in Mario. Was that your idea, Mr. Tezuka?
Tezuka: We’d had concept art for Bow-Wow lying around for awhile. We’d put it aside thinking we might make use of it if we could, but someone discovered it and ended up using it for their own purposes.
• There were fire bars, too. I was wondering if there was some trick to the order of the creation process.
Nakago: Not at all. *laughing*
Morita: I was always saying “You can get rid of them at any time!”, but it would have been a waste not to use them, so they were left in the game.
Tezuka: To tell you the truth, fire bars were originally made for Zelda. They were a lot of fun, so we used them in Mario too.
Miyamoto: Now that you mention it, it was Mario that did the ripping off. There were things we couldn’t use in the first Zelda, you see, but as time passed and the statue of limitations was about to expire, we thought about using them again and ended up implementing them in this game.
Nakago: They were originally made for Zelda 1.
Tezuka: The way you pick up and throw the grass is similar to Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic, isn’t it..
• That’s right. Did you have the idea of picking up and throwing it from the start?
Tezuka: I had the idea early on, but was undecided on how to put it it into practice. It took a lot of effort. Mostly, there was the problem of whether we’d actually be able to draw it in Zelda 1′s perspective. Once we tried, though, it turned out somehow.
