Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good.
As I am ageing, naturally, how I want my videogames to be played must be changing.
Programming is all about numbers.
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.
I think everyone can enjoy games.
Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.