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"How Shigeru Miyamoto looked to his imaginative childhood to inspire what was then called 'Adventure Mario'"
I've long known of the story about how Miyamoto drew from his childhood explorations to create The Legend of Zelda, but I have to admit that this is the first I've heard that it was originally meant to be a Mario game in its earliest stages (assuming that's even accurate).
Anyway, outside of that bit of (questionable) trivia, it's a pretty good article about the origins of Zelda and the process of how it was created.
I've long known of the story about how Miyamoto drew from his childhood explorations to create The Legend of Zelda, but I have to admit that this is the first I've heard that it was originally meant to be a Mario game in its earliest stages (assuming that's even accurate).
Anyway, outside of that bit of (questionable) trivia, it's a pretty good article about the origins of Zelda and the process of how it was created.
