The Question No One Asks Shigeru Miyamoto

In this video, I unpack the meaning behind Shigeru Miyamoto's 'Miniature Garden' phrase.
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Translated by Rory Whelan: x.com/RoryJWhelan
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We're finally back with another Hyrule Journals. For those confused about the episode 3 business, episode 2, which is on Majora's Mask, is still on its way. I just needed to get this out first. I hope you enjoy the video!

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[@kyherman1902]

Really exicted for the Majora's Mask essay. I really enjoyed the Ocarina of Time essay-my only small grip with it being the Hero's Shade inclusion at the end feeling a tiny bit unnessecary and out of context-and im ready to see how you interpert Majora's story with its subtext. While Ocarina is more cut and dry with its story and themes, having a bit more direct story telling, Majora's Mask can be seen in multiple lights, with many people having their own thoughts on what the game means, as its story telling is seemingly more vague, making it more interpretational than other Zelda stories. Your videos are always such high quality, and I'm sure your next ones will be just as good as your last, keep it up.

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I thought episode 2 was on your other channel

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[@vianabdullah2837]

I think that A Link Between Worlds is underrated in this regard. It has the right amount of interesting "theme park attractions" to compliment creative expression. Players are not bottlenecked into the same path since every dungeon in Lorule can be tackled in any order and they can choose which items will be used to tackle the challenges.

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[@bbkintanar]

"Tears of the Kingdom gives players further freedom" Players: Creates 999 different ways to torture Koroks

[@Rubidrion]

I’ve been a Zelda fan for almost 30 years and while I’m deeply conflicted by the design change from past Zelda’s, I can understand it so much more thanks to this beautiful analysis. Always enjoy your video essays on games Javed and how they get me to think about games in ways I never thought of before. I’ve been a fan since your OOT video, keep up the great work!

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[@kyherman1902]

Watching this video made me think differently about BOTW and TOTK, as they seem like its Miyamoto finally going mostly back to his desired vision of Zelda after he felt he had keep going with the zelda forumla due to that being what the fans wanted at the time. After fans started getting tired of the zelda formula, I assume that Miyamoto and Aonuma felt they could shake up the games, and make the game how they truly wanted to. I always thought about how I always boot up TOTK when Im bored instead of something like OoT or MM, but its because theres some much more to do and explore in those games because of the 'garden' they have created, you have so much freedom to do whatever you want. Great video as always, I look foward to your content in the future.

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After three decades of The Legend of Zelda, I would have thought that everything related to the games and their design philosophies would have been said in abundance already. But here Javed is with a 35-minute BANGER of a video talking about a major philosophy of the Zelda team from the very beginning that few have talked about in detail! What an incredible video!

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Wow, it feels like a crime to watch this labor of love for free. Extremely entertaining and informative. It's incredible that Miyamoto had the vision for this miniature garden philosophy sense the first Zelda game, he's truly a pioneer in the gaming industry. Thanks for creating this, I hope one day I can reach this level of quality in my own work.

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[@ArdentRage]

Great analysis and excited to see the thoughts of Majoras Mask. I think there is a seperate conflict between a world that feels alive with characters and choice that conflicts some with the sandbox style gameplay. Majoras Mask world feels the most alive to me due to the characters having their lives, daily routines, and how the player has a connection and makes an impact on them. In my eyes seeing a freedom in expression through gameplay and choice along with a world with deep rich characters is the ideal. I took notes on the video today and thanks for the education on hakoniwa! Thanks for these videos, good to see this upload!!

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One of the best videos I’ve ever seen; thank you for finally helping me to understand the importance of Zelda 1

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The introduction alone is already the stuff of legends. I'm impressed. =)

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Just the best video essays in the business hands down, been watching since the start and always love to see another video. Excited to see the Metal Gear video soon!

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Lookin forward to this one, Javed!

[@bbkintanar]

Shigeru is such a treasure to the gaming community. His contributions have shaped generations. He is such a gem and there will never be anyone like him. Please keep on living as long as you possibly can Miyamoto ♥

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[@Palundrium]

Funny that this video comes out after I just started another play-through of Ocarina of Time a couple weeks ago. This is the first time I've replayed it since I watched your video a few years ago, and I can confidently say the subtext that video introduced to the game for me has added so much enjoyment to the experience, despite having played it so many times already. Looking forward to watching this one. 🙂

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kinda surprised captain toad treasure tracker wasn't mentioned. they were so close to putting link in an actual box garden, lol

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Over the last year, 20k Game Devs have lost their jobs for the sake of greed from Studio Executives, and it is because of that the west has been thrown back in time compared to what the dedicated teams are doing in the East. It's such a shame. This video showcases the magic that happens when a team is allowed to grow with each other and perfect something, instead of being discarded.

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That intro animation- the three goddesses descending, rising up, the silent princess, master sword... was that original or am I missing a source? That was great. TBH, I'd love to see a full animation in that style of the hyrule/three goddesses origin story, the one spoken by great deku tree in oot. I got chills seeing the three rising lights.

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[@EndyHawk]

I'm one of those that really misses the more structured elements of n64/gc era zelda. But I'm also a big Metroid fan. While historically their modes of interaction had been quite similar, after watching this I feel as though the recent metroid push has been an effort to distinguish new Zelda as Nintendo's "freeform adventure" series, where metroid can be the "structured adventure" series and hopefully grab disillusioned zelda fans who are missing that key-lock-puzzle feeling. If they can match the metroid output up to zelda's historic 4-5 year cycles (or quicker, since metorids are shorter, speedier games), I think I can be ok with that.

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[@Uhcip]

BOTWs climbing and physics engine went a long way. It still felt very repetitive with a lot of the content, with very limited enemy variety, only 1 aesthetic for shrines, and its 4 near identical main quest objectives (get the control panels, oh no its x-blight ganon who beat me years ago). It was freedom that felt somewhat artificial.

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4:48 - HAKONIWA