Our Big Interview With Ocarina of Time Producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi

The article presents an interview with Zelda producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi about a remake of *Ocarina of Time*, its development and the series’ 40th anniversary. Aonuma says the project gives younger developers a chance to study the original and reinterpret it, with lessons that may inform their future work.

Fujibayashi describes exploration and discovery as the series’ defining qualities, shared by its earliest and newest games. The conversation also considers how revisiting a more focused 3D Zelda format connects with modern gameplay, and reflects on the producers’ long experience with the franchise and its creator, Shigeru Miyamoto.