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.

I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

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

Of course, when it comes to Japanese role-playing games, in any role-playing game in Japan you're supposed to collect a huge number of items, and magic, and you've got to actually combine different items together to make something really different.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.

Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.