Notable Works Before Link to the Past: Soccer Yamamura went from 2D Zelda to 2D Mario from Yoshi's Island to present What’s He Doing Now? Tanabe is producing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Notable Works After Link to the Past: Link’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Kirby’s Dream Land 2, Kirby’s Dream Course, Metroid Prime series, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Game & Wario Notable Works Before Link to the Past: Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros. Tanabe's first gig was directing Super Mario Bros. What’s He Doing Now? Nakago worked on New Super Luigi U and likely also helped with Wii Fit U Notable Works After Link to the Past: Link’s Awakening, Yoshi’s Island, Yoshi Story, Star Fox 64, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Animal Crossing series, New Super Mario Bros. Notable Works Before Link to the Past: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros.

Nakago is the programming mastermind that made all the Nintendo classics with Miyamoto and Tezuka What’s He Doing Now? Tezuka is a producer for a lot of Nintendo games, including Yarn Yoshi and Yoshi’s New Island series, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 3D Land Notable Works After Link to the Past: Link’s Awakening, Yoshi’s Island, Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros. Notable Works Before Link to the Past: Devil World, Excitebike, The Legend of Zelda (NES), Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros.

Tezuka is as much of a legend as Miyamoto and is now supervising Yarn Yoshi and Yoshi's New Island So let’s see what they have all done and where they are now. To some, no game since the SNES classic has been able to recreate the magic.Īs we near the release of the sequel to Link to the Past, the 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, it makes sense to look at the original SNES development team, most of which is still working at Nintendo. Link to the Past is the blueprint that pretty much every subsequent Zelda game follows.

It came out in Japan on November 21, 1991, just a little more than a year after the system debuted. Nearly 22 years ago, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past came out on Super Nintendo.

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