A 2003 interview with Shigeru Miyamoto has reemerged, offering insight into the development of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link.
The interview, originally published in the Swedish magazine Superplay, was highlighted in Retro Gamer's 40 years of Zelda issue and shared via Gamesradar. In it, Miyamoto described Zelda 2 as a side story developed by a different team, calling it something of a failure compared to his expectations for the series.