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By Michael Fontanini / July 19th, 2016

Eiji Aonuma has been very close to The Legend of Zelda series for quite some time now. He has worked on a number of games in the Zelda series over the years. Aonuma himself revealed in an interview with EDGE that Nintendo would like him to create a new intellectual property. Zelda fans need not worry, though, as Nintendo wants him to continue making new Zelda games as well. Either way, Aonuma is no doubt very busy with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for now.

In his interview with EDGE, Eiji Aonuma hinted at a game he might like to make:

“Actually, Nintendo has been telling me to create a new IP. But then, they’re also telling me to make more Zelda games. I can’t really share much; I’m not sure I’m allowed to say anything. But I really like the idea of a game where I can live as a thief. That’s all I’ll say.”

Aonuma worked at Nintendo for years before he ever worked on the Zelda series. His earliest projects included things like graphic design, creating sprites for NES games. He would also go on to become the Director of Development for Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajim in 1996. It was after this that he was recruited to join the Zelda team, spending several years as a lead designer. During this time, he worked on Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, and The Wind Waker. Once development of The Wind Waker had concluded, Eiji Aonuma seriously thought about moving on to other projects. But this was not to be, as the man who originally recruited him to the Zelda team convinced him otherwise. That man was none other than Shigeru Miyamoto.

Aonuma also co-founded a brass band in 1995 with four other people, in which he plays percussion. Known as The Wind Wakers, the band consists of over 70 Nintendo employees. They play three or four concerts a year just for Nintendo employees.

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About Michael Fontanini Michael is a veteran gamer in his late 30s, who grew up around video games, with fond memories of the oldies like the NES, SNES, and N64 among others. He loves Nintendo, but also plays a lot of games on his PC. Michael also enjoys going for walks/bike rides, loves animals, and enjoys thunderstorms (and science in general).



Michael is also a computer programmer. This started with a toy he got as a kid called Pre-Computer 1000 that was made by V-Tech. It had a simple programming mode (a bare-bones version of BASIC) which is what started him down the road of being a programmer! Michael can program in BASIC, Visual Basic, C++, C#, and is familiar with Java and Lua Script.



Putting programming and gaming together, Michael became a hobbyist game developer, which may give him some good insights on game development! Most recently, he has been playing with the Unity 3D game engine (a powerful and easy-to-use engine) and learning 3D modelling in Blender.



I love Nintendo but I also play a lot of game's on PC, many of which are on steam. My favorite Nintendo game's include Zelda, Metroid, and Smash Bros to name a few. On PC I love the Half-Life games, as well as most all of the Source Engine games just to name a few.

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