26th May 2004, 11:46 AM
I know where I got my info from, it was from an old Nintendo power interview. Here's part of it:
In that same interview he talked about the chronology of Zelda, which if still true completely changes all of our Zelda timeline theories.
Quote:NP: Will you be making other games using the Zelda engine?
Miyamoto: We were using the Super Mario 64 engine for Zelda, but we had to make so many modifications to it that it's a different engine now. What we have now is a very good engine, and I think we can use it for future games if we can come up with a very good concept. It took three or so years to make Zelda, and about half the time was spent on making the engine. We definitely want to make use of this engine again.
In that same interview he talked about the chronology of Zelda, which if still true completely changes all of our Zelda timeline theories.
Quote:NP: Where do all the Zelda games fall into place when arranged chronologically by their stories?
Miyamoto: Ocarina of Time is the first story, then the original Legend of Zelda, then Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and finally A Link to the Past. It's not very clear where Link's Awakening fits in--it could be anytime after Ocarina of Time.