As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations.

Japanese gamers aren't really into action games right now. They're into role-playing or strategy games with a lot of stats, but action titles are still really popular across the US and Europe.

Hollywood continues to present the US army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.

90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology.

At Disneyland, you never go backstage - even when youre in the bathroom.

I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' But you cannot eat turtles.

I was born in Japan and raised in Japan, but those are the only things that make me Japanese, I've grown up reading books from all over.