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== Career == | == Career == | ||
In 1996 Eiji Aonuma was designing a game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] called Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajim. [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] noticed Eiji Aonuma's great work with the game so he invited him to work as assistant director for the next [[Nintendo 64]] Zelda title, [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]. Shigeru Miyamoto was very pleased with Eiji Aonuma's work on Ocarina of Time. For the next Zelda game, [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]], Eiji Aonuma was the main director. | In 1996 Eiji Aonuma was designing a game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] called Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajim. [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] noticed Eiji Aonuma's great work with the game so he invited him to work as assistant director for the next [[Nintendo 64]] Zelda title, [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]].{{Unsourced}} Shigeru Miyamoto was very pleased with Eiji Aonuma's work on Ocarina of Time. For the next Zelda game, [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]], Eiji Aonuma was the main director. | ||
Eiji Aonuma kept on directing Zelda games and continued with [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]. After that Eiji Aonuma was about to leave the Zelda franchise and begin some other projects, but [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] encouraged him to stay and that he did. In 2006 [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]] was released on both the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and the [[Nintendo Wii|Wii]], and that was yet another title which Eiji Aonuma had directed. | Eiji Aonuma kept on directing Zelda games and continued with [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]. After that Eiji Aonuma was about to leave the Zelda franchise and begin some other projects, but [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] encouraged him to stay and that he did.{{Unsourced}} In 2006 [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]] was released on both the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and the [[Nintendo Wii|Wii]], and that was yet another title which Eiji Aonuma had directed. | ||
At the moment Eiji Aonuma is working on the upcoming Zelda title for the Wii, [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]], as a producer this time around. | At the moment Eiji Aonuma is working on the upcoming Zelda title for the Wii, [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]], as a producer this time around. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*Eiji Aonuma plays percussion instruments in a band called "The Wind Wakers". They perform four times a year for the employees of Nintendo. | *Eiji Aonuma plays percussion instruments in a band called "The Wind Wakers". They perform four times a year for the employees of Nintendo.{{Unsourced}} | ||
*Eiji Aonuma has never beaten the original [[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]. | *Eiji Aonuma has never beaten the original [[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]].{{Unsourced}} |