Miyamoto considered 'destroying his past'

[CM30]

As in, subvering the genre conventions of the Mario and Legend of Zelda series or something. He decided not to, but it sure could have shook up the two series:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-13-miyamoto-hoped-to-destroy-nintendos-past

 

[Yoshi64Mario]

Whoa, that's quite surprising! The series could have been completely different if he went through with it! Heck, Mario and Zelda might have even FAILED at some stage and Nintendo could've gone under!

 

[Dark Young Link]

I actually don't understand the article. Can someone explain?

 

[Vivian]

I actually don't understand the article. Can someone explain?

What he said.
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