Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives.

Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.

Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded.

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

As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.

I feel more reassured with physical media. Entertainment is something that will not just become digital.

When we're doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.