What I found is that just in the lifestyle today, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to get exercise.

I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.

Throughout the Zelda series I've always tried to make players feel like they are in a kind of miniature garden. So, this time also, my challenge was how to make people feel comfortable and sometimes very scared at the same time. That is the big challenge.

I think what a lot of people see as unique is using different technology or different techniques [to make games], but I feel like, as long as you have a core that's unlike others, that's what 'unique' is.

I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences.

Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!

Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good.