Nintendo had a 9-day Zelda "boot camp" with devs "working from morning until night" to figure out what the heck they were going to do with Echoes of Wisdom
You never know when inspiration is going to strike, and for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom team, inspiration was found during a nine-day boot camp where, according to director Tomomi Sano, they were "working from morning until night" to get the story right.