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Our mission: to preserve and celebrate the history of the Zelda series by archiving every interview with it's creators, and sharing what we find!
You can also follow Hyrule Interviews on Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, Bluesky, or Facebook for daily quotes!
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Hyrule Interviews stands on the shoulders of many heroic archival and game history efforts before us! This page is where we acknowledge the other outstanding archivists working in this space, and the people that support or inspire us.
Below we’ve highlighted some of the most notable people and groups that have helped us, or that we use as sources for information. For a more complete list, see these links:
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!
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.
