What I'm doing is creating a game. I'm not making a movie. To make the game more enjoyable and captivating, and to make the player feel like he's present in that setting, we need the cinematic element.

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.

I want my games to teach a message about life, by presenting situations where the answer isn't a clear yes or no.

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.

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

I want to show people how there are variations and different interpretations of good and evil.

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