There’s a new interview up with The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. Aonuma was asked about how he and his staff keep motivated, how he used his previous experience with the series in making Skyward Sword a better game, working in the shadow of Ocarina of Time’s success, and much more.

There are quite a few noteworthy tidbits, such as how Aonuma is motivated by his desire to impress Shigeru Miyamoto.

He also explained how he greatly reflected on Twilight Princess “with a view to try and fix lots of the things that we felt weren’t perfect.” Aonuma discussed this quite a bit.

For all of Aonuma’s comments, head past the break.

Famitsu readers choose the top 50 Nintendo games

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Famitsu hosted a survey on their website between December 7 and December 11. Readers were asked to select the top fifty games of all time.

Here’s how they voted:

1. Super Mario Bros. NES
2. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64
3. Super Mario 64 N64
4. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES
5. Mother 2 SNES
6. Xenoblade Wii
7. Legend of Zelda NES
8. Super Mario RPG SNES
9. Smash Bros. Melee GC
10. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii
11. Fire Emblem – Seisen no Keifu SNES
12. Famicom Mukashi-banashi Famicom-DiscDrive
13. Super Mario Kart SNES
14. Famicom Tantei Club Part II Famicom-DiscDrive
15. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker GC
16. Fire Emblem – Monsho no Nazo SNES
17. Legend of Zelda – Links Awakening GB
18. Super Mario World SNES
19. Super Mario Sunshine GC
19. Smash Bros. Brawl Wii

New Hyrule Historia images: Alternate Wind Waker Tetra art, unused Sheik designs for Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword art, and lots more

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More incredible art pieces from The Legend of Zelda have been found inside the pages of Hyrule Historia. We get a look at some alternate designs for Tetra in Wind Waker, concepts for Ganon and unused Sheik designs for Twilight Princess, awesome art for Skyward Sword, and more.

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3DS surpasses lifetime GameCube sales in Japan

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By selling over four million units in Japan, the 3DS has beaten out the GameCube’s lifetime sales. The 3DS stands at 4,135,739 units sold while the GameCube moved 4,040,000 units.

The 3DS reached the four million units sold mark at a much, much quicker pace than the GameCube. Nintendo’s latest handheld has only been out for a few months, yet has already reached the milestone.

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[That One Show] Skyward Sword Exposes Twilight Princess’ Flaws?

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Nintendo Power’s top 25 GameCube games of all time

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Nintendo Power celebrated the GameCube’s tenth anniversary in its latest issue by providing a listing of the top 25 games for the console. You can find the results after the break.

Confirmed: Skyward Sword has been in development for five years, fewer detours compared to Twilight Princess

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Quotes from Shigeru Miyamoto in the past have confused fans as to how long The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been in development. In early 2008, Shigeru Miyamoto exapleind that “the Zelda team is forming again to work on new games”, before clarifying a few months later that a new project was already underway.

In any case, the first edition of Iwata Asks for Skyward Sword confirms that it has definitely been in the works for about five years. The discussion below also hints at some of the troubles the team faced – MotionPlus incorporation specifically.

Aonuma: I’m Aonuma, the producer. There have been all kinds of twists and turns since development began almost five years ago. Until completion of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, I talked with Director Fujibayashi about how we could take the project in a good direction, backed up the staff, and consulted with Miyamoto-san.

Iwata: You say that there were twists and turns, but I heard there were few detours this time compared to the last game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Aonuma: Well…

Iwata: You can’t say there weren’t any? (laughs)

Aonuma: Yes. (laughs) I can’t say there weren’t any at all. I thought I would talk about that today.

Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic screenshots

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Nintendo Week (9/15)

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On this week’s episode: Star Fox 64 3D, Kirby Mass Attack, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Nicktoons MLB.

Nintendo Week (9/8)

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On this week’s episode: Star Fox 64 3D, Let’s Golf! 3D, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Aliens: Infestation.