Showing posts with label Did You Know. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Did You Know. Show all posts
Saturday, 6 May 2023

The History of Megami Tensei as Told by Creator Aya Nishitani

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This post is meant as an effort to preserve the Twitter musings of Aya Nishitani , the author of the original Digital Devil Story: Megami Te...
Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Link's Awakening - The Origin of Fishing in The Legend of Zelda

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Fishing mini-games have long been a part of The Legend of Zelda , but the first game to include fishing was Link’s Awakening on the Game...
Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Daemon X Machina: A Giant Mech Game With A Giant Mech Pedigree

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At E3 this year, Nintendo announced a brand new game titled Daemon X Machina . The game involves you piloting giant customizable mechs—na...
Thursday, 17 May 2018

That Time The Legend of Zelda Franchise Nearly Died

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Here’s something that seems unthinkable today: Just 12 years ago, Nintendo were afraid they might have to put the Legend of Zelda series ...
Monday, 19 February 2018

Where Did Monolith Soft's Staff Go After Xenoblade Chronicles X?

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After their work wrapped on Xenoblade Chronicles X , part of the main Monolith Soft development team moved on to working on Xenoblade Chr...
Sunday, 11 February 2018

Zelda: The Directors Behind the Games

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When one thinks of the directors behind  The Legend of Zelda  games today, two names come to mind: Eiji Aonuma, who is now famous for ove...
Tuesday, 26 December 2017

How Xenoblade's Developers Learnt to Prioritize Gameplay

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Ever since Monolith Soft went from being part of Bandai Namco to being an internal Nintendo studio, there’s been a change in the way ...
Sunday, 24 December 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is Doing Great in Japan, and That's Surprising

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At over 1.5 million units sold in three months,  Super Mario Odyssey  has outsold every 3D Mario  game in Japan, save for Super Mario 3D...
Sunday, 3 December 2017

Pokémon: The Directors Behind the Games

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Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon  have a new director making his debut: Kazumasa Iwao.
Saturday, 1 July 2017

How Many People Did it Take to Develop Zelda: Ocarina of Time?

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A fun little tidbit of info: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time took 40-50 internal Nintendo employees to develop, and more than doubl...
Wednesday, 21 June 2017

How Zelda: Twilight Princess Saved the Franchise

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Not so long before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Nintendo were contemplating the idea of discontinuing the Zelda  franchise. ...