Eiji Aonuma

I’ve never actually finished it...I almost feel like there’s still no game more difficult than it. Every time I try to play it I end up getting 'Game Over' a few too many times and giving up partway through. Certainly after playing the original Zelda for the first time, I didn’t ever think that I wanted to make a game like that...that sense of exploration of the world itself [in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past] was really where I latched on to the series.

...it wouldn't be an utter impossibility... Thinking on it now, having a handheld Majora's Mask where you could kind of just set things down on your own time - close it, set it aside and come back to it later - might be a game play element some fans will actually take to and might really appreciate.

-- Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma in a Nintendo Power interview.

• Check Zelda Informer for the full interview, which also touches on Skyward Sword and other things Zelda.
• Operation Moonfall, a Facebook petition pushing for the port
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D boxart mock-up by Daniel Bellorin, via Tiny Cartridge

We could put out a lot of titles that have online gameplay... but that wouldn't result in unique products.

Sources

• Tiny Cartridge (via IndustryGamers)

Going on an adventure by yourself is lonely and dull. Navi may seem “annoying” at times, but it’s hard to imagine Ocarina of Time without communication with Navi, and communication partners like Navi have been employed in different forms in subsequent games in the Zelda series.

I think that how you feel when you have to say goodbye to a partner who you sometimes thought was “annoying” is an important element of the experience of Ocarina of Time.