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Eiji Aonuma (Japanese: 青沼 英二, Hepburn: Aonuma Eiji, born March 16, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer at Nintendo. He is a senior officer within their Nintendo EPD division and serves as the producer of The Legend of Zelda franchise.
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Eiji Aonuma graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1988 upon completing a masters course in composition design, working on Japanese Karakuri puppets.Although he studied modern design at first, Aonuma has revealed that he grew bored of "the repetition of drawing lines and thinking about how colors fit into those space...
Aonuma is best-known for helping establish the conventions of the modern Legend of Zelda games, starting with Ocarina of Time, on which he served as a dungeon designer. He subsequently helped the series break away from the same conventions with A Link Between Worlds and Breath of the Wildin his role as series producer. On a number of occasions, Aon...
A Link to the Past was the game that latched Aonuma onto The Legend of Zelda series, as he was never able to complete the original The Legend of Zeldadue to its difficulty.Aonuma has stated that what motivates him to continue working in The Legend of Zelda series is to surpass Ocarina of Time.Aonuma's favorite The Legend of Zelda game is Phantom Hourglass, followed by Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess. He also considers Tri Force Heroesthe most underrated.Aonuma's favorite boss in the entire The Legend of Zelda series is Crayk.2007 New Year greeting card for Nintendo Dreammade by Eiji AonumaEiji Aonuma wearing a Zora MaskEiji Aonuma portraying the Links with Hiromasa Shikata and Shiro Mouri2016 New Year greeting card for Nintendo Dream made by developers of Tri Force Heroes, featuring Eiji Aonuma portraying the Links with Hiromasa Shikata and Keisuke UmedaEiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi share their feelings on the legacy formula, the timeline, and Tears of the Kingdom's success.
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Jun 28, 2019 · At E3 2019 we interviewed Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma about the just-announced The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel (Breath of the Wild 2?), the Link’s Awakening...
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Jun 14, 2013 · Eiji Aonuma is The Legend of Zelda. His first game as director, Marvelous on the Super Famicom, was unashamedly influenced by Shigeru Miyamoto's early classics.
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May 12, 2023 · Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the producer and director of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, talk about their goals, influences, and challenges for the sequel to Breath of the Wild. They share how they trust their own instincts, experiment with physics and chemistry, and aim to surprise and delight players.
Jan 19, 2017 · Eiji Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda series. But, of course, Breath of the Wild was never meant to be a Nintendo Switch game. Its development - first for Wii U, then for...
