I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

I'm very careful about violence in games. I'm not interested in creating violent effects.

When I was 18 I already had a business going.

I was really interested in collecting insects.

Pokémon was made with Miyamoto-san's advice. Since I was a teenager, playing Donkey Kong, he's always been my role model. He's a mentor for my heart.

I was really into Space Invaders in about 1978. It got me more and more interested in video games. There wasn't any media to get information about games, so I came up with Game Freak magazine.