I would prefer to grow with the team inside Nintendo rather than taking anyone from outside. It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.

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

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.

As long as I can enjoy something, other people can enjoy it, too.

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

What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself.

It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something - anything - far bigger than yourself.