What I'm really excited about is that continued challenge to create things that gamers of all experiences can play.

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.

My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.

Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.

This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.

Programming is all about numbers.