“It made me realize that Zelda fans are just really, really nice. Like, just at E3, I posted that I was really feeling the jet lag, and people were like, ‘oh, no that’s too bad,’ and gave me lots of pat-on-the-back type messages. “I think one thing that surprises me is how many encouraging messages I get when I just post something simple. To end on a touching note, Aonuma was also questioned on his thoughts on Miiverse, and he revealed that the service had a profound effect on him. It’s funny how these coincidences can happen maybe there are just a lot of rabbit fanatics at Nintendo. U, especially as this game and A Link Between Worlds were releasing fairly close together. With the many Mario cameos littered across the Zelda games, I remember thinking back then that Ravio had to have been a reference to New Super Mario Bros. Iwata, and I said, ‘Maybe other people haven’t thought of this, but it’s kind of interesting, so maybe you could put it in the Direct.'” With the purple aesthetic, long ears, and glaring eyes, it’s hard to believe that these two designs were isolated and not inspired by one another. “I thought it was really interesting, so I brought it up with Mr. “Obviously, we weren’t thinking of Nabbit when we made that character, but when we put the picture up on Miiverse people started making that comparison, and they had that reaction, and I realized that people are always kind of looking for those sorts of connections. “Actually, I wasn’t really aware of that Mario character, Nabbit, which is maybe kind of funny for me to say, but you know, I’m very busy,” Aonuma revealed. Two weeks after the Direct, however, Spike interviewed Aonuma on A Link Between Worlds, addressing the comparisons Iwata made and asking Aonuma if he was surprised by the response from fans. The Ravio discussion begins at around the 27:08 mark.

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