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Nintendo, taken apart

10 videos, 8 h 15

10 videos on how Nintendo thinks. Mario's levels, Zelda's dungeons and open world, and the odd corners of Super Mario 64.

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01
How the inventor of Mario designs a game
Vox
Miyamoto's method in plain terms. The shortest way into everything else here.
02
Nintendo's Game Design Philosophy - NZGDC 2025
KIWI TALKZ
Pulls Nintendo's repeated design habits into one set of stated rules.
03
How Nintendo Solved Zelda's Open World Problem
Game Maker's Toolkit
Why Breath of the Wild's map keeps pulling you sideways instead of forward.
04
How Zelda's Puzzle Box Dungeons Work
Game Maker's Toolkit
The structure hiding under every classic Zelda dungeon, drawn out clearly.
05
Has Zelda Changed Forever?
Game Maker's Toolkit
What the series gave up to become open world, and whether it was worth it.
06
The Design of Breath of the Wild's Great Plateau // HeavyEyed
HeavyEyed
One opening area, examined as the tutorial it quietly is.
07
The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3
Gaming Historian
How the best-selling NES Mario was built and sold, including the film tie-in.
08
The Story of Super Mario World
Gaming Historian
The launch game that had to justify a new console, and how it did.
09
SM64’s Invisible Walls Explained Once and for All
pannenkoek2012
The definitive answer on Mario 64's invisible walls, from the person who mapped them.
10
Can You Get a Star in Super Mario 64 Using Only ONE Button?
pannenkoek2012
An absurd constraint used to reveal how Mario 64's movement really works.