Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma previously admitted that he was extremely impressed with Resident Evil 4 during the development of Twilight Princess.
In a 2005 issue of Edge, Aonuma was asked about his then-recent move from director to series producer, taking over from Shigeru Miyamoto, with Aonuma recalling telling the series creator he was ready to move on from The Legend of Zelda after directing a few entries, however, Miyamoto's solution was to give him the producer role.
