Miyamoto puts on his 'wouldn't it be nice...?' hat.

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has been very open in the past about wanting to see a remake of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on 3DS, and seems the thought has not left the veteran game designer's mind.

Speaking to EDGE recently, Miyamoto actually went one further, and said that what he really wanted to see was a new game in the style of the SNES classic.

"I'd be even more interested in creating something new maybe based on, or starting from, A Link To The Past. I think it's important to bring some really new software."

However, Miyamoto seemed keen to ward off speculation that such a title was actually in development, suggesting it would ultimately be up to whether Nintendo's current crop of directors had the time.

"To be very honest and open, it really depends on the directors that have time at the moment as well. Some directors, I can give them the title and I know they will do something great with it. Other directors I'm not so 100 per cent confident [in], so they're the ones I'd rather take a more remake approach to the title. It really depends on that as well."

Moving onto a very different topic, and one that Nintendo almost seemed to want to pretend didn't exist for the past generation, Miyamoto was asked about the status of the fan-favourite F-Zero franchise.

He suggested the reason for not seeing the game on Wii was the hardware's inability to justify the appeal of the series. However, he had teasing words for the near future:

"I think at the time it was a really big surprise, a new thing, a product that made sense. I don't see with current hardware how you could create a similar surprise. But maybe with future hardware, with Wii U coming up, maybe we could create something that does make sense, either as a smaller game, or a fully fledged title."