![PEOPLE:
- Shigeru Miyamoto, age 45. Producer of Ocarina of Time.
- Hayao Miyazaki, age 57. Director of Princess Mononoke.
QUOTE:
Miyamoto: During development [of Ocarina of Time] some staff argued about making it a unicorn or a moose, but we ended up going with a horse.
The game was certainly influenced by Mr. Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. Both were roughly in development around the same time and when [I saw the film] I was surprised at the similarities. Scenes of Link firing the bow and arrow while riding Epona or the Giant Goron walking behind the mountain stirred thoughts like “Oh that’s Ashitaka!” or “That looks like the Nightwalker.”
We really struggled with the similarities. However, in the end we decided that building up Hyrule as a country was enough to differentiate it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreiat4m2d6zq7442ubzhzjxafamn6rk3g33omk4mov5yef7i2o4e2mq)
PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 45. Producer of Ocarina of Time. - Hayao Miyazaki, age 57. Director of Princess Mononoke. QUOTE: Miyamoto: During development [of Ocarina of Time] some staff argued about making it a unicorn or a moose, but we ended up going with a horse. The game was certainly influenced by Mr. Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. Both were roughly in development around the same time and when [I saw the film] I was surprised at the similarities. Scenes of Link firing the bow and arrow while riding Epona or the Giant Goron walking behind the mountain stirred thoughts like “Oh that’s Ashitaka!” or “That looks like the Nightwalker.” We really struggled with the similarities. However, in the end we decided that building up Hyrule as a country was enough to differentiate it.
#Linktober 29: Link & Epona
Miyamoto on unintended parallels between Ocarina and Mononoke, 1998.
Source: The Hyrule Journals
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