The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it is really a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things.

I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.

When I look back I can tell that after I started having a family, I certainly wanted to make games that could be played with all the family members.

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

I'm very impressed that there are so many fans - not just in Japan, but here in America - that are fond of the work that I've done. I'm actually kind of embarrassed by it all.