Miyamoto: Off in the Woods

It’s the air and the atmosphere and the feelings, the fear and the excitement and the wonder that all stuck with me.

According to an interview in Boys’ Life magazine which I am sure everyone reads, Shigeru Miyamoto was inspired to create the Legend of Zelda series through his experience as a Japanese Boy Scout. As Miyamoto climbed through forests he most likely thought, “I need to transform the incredibly boring outdoors to something highly entertaining indoors.” Miyamoto obviously succeded; the man is a genius. After all, he’s writing stories while kids are running away from bears. Check out the scan of the full interview over at GoNintendo.