It appears that Iwata is a very confused individual when it comes to Zelda, as once again he is “Asking”. In Mr Boss of Nintendo’s online series, “Iwata Asks”, he has once again given us a very in-depth Zelda interview to chew on.

This time, it’s all about the history of the handheld games, from Link’s Awakening right up to Spirit Tracks. Iwata is grilling Eiji Aonuma, Toshihiko Nagako and Takashi Tezuka, all who have had their hand in the creation of the portable Zelda games at some stage or another. It’s well worth a read, as it has lots of nuggets of information about the games’ development, unseen design sketches for various elements of the earlier Zelda games, and videos of Link’s Awakening that take me right back to my childhood.

Also, Iwata arrives fashionably late. Stylish.

Read it here.

I’m very sure that after the last few updates, a lot of you are already fully aware of Eiji Aonuma’s views on life, the universe and everything, but he’s gone and done another interview. Although this one is particularly interesting, as it’s with head of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata. In it, Eiji reveals the inspiration behind Spirit Tracks, among other things (I’ll admit I don’t have the time to read it myself – I have too many assignments to think about. Please forgive me *bows low*). It may surprise you!

Have a read
here, if you have the time for a six-page interview. The Iwata Asks series has always been an interesting read. Iwata also “Asked” a lot about Twilight Princess a good two-to-three years ago. If you enjoyed the Spirit Tracks interview, and want more Iwata-interrogation awesomeness, go here!

UPDATE: In a strange malfunction of my mind, I wrote this entire article referring to Eiji Aonuma as Naoto Oshima, the character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog. I don’t know why it happened, don’t ask. I corrected myself before anyone pointed it out to me, though, so I consider that acceptable.