This site was founded by @Max Nichols in 2021 as a way to protect the history of the Zelda series and organize for ease of access. It was also a secret excuse to read or listen to every interview himself! He was always the sort of Zelda fan who would pour over interviews with the creators, looking for insight into just how his favorite series ticked. He's a game designer himself, and is always looking to learn from the best.
Since then we've had heroic contributions from other Zelda historians, drawn by the same goals: to celebrate the history, look for insight, and contribute to the greater community of Zelda fans that means so much to all of us.
Over time we hope to build processes for our readers to submit content or corrections, but for now we're keeping it simple: shoot us a message at [email protected]!
Our FAQ page may also cover your inquiry, so consider checking there first.
Our site could not exist without the fine People who create Zelda games, and the **Publications** that publish interviews! Beyond that, we are so far a one person operation, courtesy of our founder:
@Max Nichols
Involved in Zelda fansites for decades. Game designer. Wants to make worlds that players are intrinsically motivated to explore—and understand how the Zelda series accomplished just that.
They’re a passionate group, dedicated to preserving game history primarily through scanning work.
Created and run by Javed Sterritt, the Hyrule Journals have been steadily finding and translating untranslated Japanese interviews, especially about Majora’s Mask.
Mobygames
Mobygames is a general game database, but they are especially known for their large database of game credits. They were the primary source for our credit database.
A group that digitally preserves video game magazines that are 10+ years old.
An amazing collection of interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, compiled by SpriteCell.
Shmuplations, founded by Alex Highsmith (Blackoak) , has been organizing and hosting translations of interviews for many years.
Zelda Dungeon is a long-running Zelda fansite, still quite active. They’ve acted as a home for many in the community, fostering connection and excitement.
A long-running Zelda fansite. They’ve been fostering the Zelda fan community for many years. The community would not be as vibrant today without their site as a bedrock.
Zelda Wiki
The largest wikipedia for Zelda information. They were invaluable for building our databases, especially people and products.
Alex has been in the interview archiving game for many years, at their website Shmuplations, and interviews they translated helped inspire the creation of this site.
Aria Tanner (GlitterBerri)
Glitterberri has been translating interviews for many years - and she may be the only person on this list who also has an entry in our Credits database, for her work on Hyrule Historia at Dark Horse!
Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan was the researcher and writer responsible for The Legend of Zelda: A Complete Development History, a massive project to collate information from many interviews and piece together a detailed description of the development of the Zelda games.
Mak is a relentless source of insight and esoteric knowledge into the development and developers of classic Zelda, and has helped point us towards interviews and resources.
Melora
Melora's tireless work archiving and exploring the art of the Zelda series was a big inspiration for Hyrule Interviews - and most of the art featured at the site was scanned from official sources by her!
Zethar-II
Zethar-II translated many Zelda interviews for the fan community in the late 90s and early 00s, for fansites like Zeldalegends.net. We are unaware of any public presence these days. If you know where to find them, let us know!