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title: "Aonuma: Don’t necessarily hire developers that are good at playing games"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/aonuma-dont-necessarily-hire-developers-that-are-good-at-playing-games/"
description: "It seems The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma shares the same ideas as Shigeru Miyamoto when it comes to hiring developers."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-07-14 14:10:11"
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Aonuma: Don’t necessarily hire developers that are good at playing games | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Aonuma: Don’t necessarily hire developers that are good at playing games](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/aonuma-dont-necessarily-hire-developers-that-are-good-at-playing-games.jpeg "Aonuma: Don’t necessarily hire developers that are good at playing games")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/aonuma-dont-necessarily-hire-developers-that-are-good-at-playing-games.jpeg)It seems The Legend of Zelda series producer **Eiji Aonuma** shares the same ideas as Shigeru Miyamoto when it comes to hiring developers.

In an **IGN** interview, he said he would rather work with someone that has a different skill, like climbing mountains or scuba diving:

## [](#good-gamer-is-not-a-requirement)Good gamer is not a requirement

> I’m thinking probably very similar to Mr. Miyamoto and not necessarily do I want to work with someone that’s good at playing games. I would rather be with people maybe have an interest in climbing mountains or love scuba diving in the ocean. Just someone with a very different skill. And so maybe by having those skills we can incorporate them into our games.

### [](#what-is-a-requirement-then)What is a requirement then?

Regardless of whoever he chooses to work with, they should be able to speak Japanese:

> I think that’s definitely something we think about. And I would love to work with a lot of variety of people with different backgrounds, just because, as I mentioned earlier, I would love to have all their different experiences. But one thing: If they can speak Japanese that would be good, because I can communicate with them.

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