Did Aonuma never play Zelda 1?

[mysticwolf]

NintendoPie said:

mysticwolf said:
I got at least halfway through before I stopped playing.

Did you stop playing because it was too hard or because it was too boring?

Eiji might've just found the games boring. And that's why he now wants to make them like Skyrim. Makes complete sense.

It was somewhat boring, and I didn't have the patience to do it without using a walkthrough. And I had better games to play instead.