And I feel like I’ve really been able to leverage my experience working on 2D Zelda games in that capacity. And so what we did this time was include features like being able to choose a character or choose the abilities of a character through the Badge system or being able to freely choose the course you want to take on. When we were developing this new 2D Mario we really wanted the idea of the player being able to freely choose to be a strong concept that we really wanted to include. Shiro Mouri, Director: It’s not completely different and there are connections between those two. Wonder at all? Can lessons from one apply to the other, or are Mario and Zelda so different that you must think of them completely independently? Has that Zelda experience influenced Super Mario Bros. Mouri-san, you have a lot of experience working on 2D Zelda games in addition to 2D Mario games.
Together the pair are trying to put forward anew vision for Mario one that's wilder and more imaginative than ever.
