For a long time at Nintendo we didn't focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features. But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.

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.

Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal.

I think Zelda 64 is utilizing about 90 percent of the N64 potential, ... When we made Mario 64 we were simply utilizing 60 to 70 percent. So we have come a long way I believe.

In other words, I'm not intending to start from things that require a five-year development time.

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

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.