I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.

A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.

Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good.

When I'm working on games I don't think necessarily about what the end benefit of the game is going to be. Typically I'm trying to think of: "What can I do that is going to find new ways to entertain and surprise people."

Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.

What I found is that just in the lifestyle today, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to get exercise.

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.