/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1544025

This is true. I don't have a source, but from what I recall Miyamoto wanted Aonuma to direct a remake of OoT (god knows why, it was only 2 years old at that point), which frustrated Aonuma to the point where he challenged Miyamoto over it, wanting to do a wholly new Zelda game instead. This annoyed Miyamoto, but he decided to let Aonuma have his fun, provided the game was completed in less than a year, which it was (8-9 months was the development cycle for MM, as I recall).

Tangentially, the game was originally supposed to have a 7-day cycle instead of 3, but this was deemed too vast in scope for the limitations of the project. It might have been interesting to see a much larger-sized MM, but honestly I like the game as it is in terms of length. Any longer and it may have felt bloated.