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With the release of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

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We asked Aonuma to recap the experience of revisiting his own work from 15 years ago. “T​o put it as bluntly as I possibly can, remakes kind of hurt,” he said. “You’ re looking at all the decisions you were making and sometimes you’re saying to yourself, ‘I can’t believe I was thinking about it like that,’ or, ‘Why did I think it was okay to make the user do that in that situation?’”Aonuma also admitted that he found the experience really valuable. “This is something that Mr. Miyamoto made a point of telling me at one time,” he continued. “He said, ‘​you need to look back and learn more from the work you’ve already done, before you go on to making something new.​’ I have to say, that can be a really uncomfortable experience, but I also feel like I learned so much. I’m actually really grateful that I had the opportunity to do something like that at work.”The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D launches for 3DS on February 13 in the US and Europe, alongside the release of New Nintendo 3DS. Aonuma’s next big project, tentatively titled The Legend Zelda Wii U, is expected later this year.

Jose Otero is an Associate Editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat . You can follow him on Twitter