I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.

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.

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

I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences.

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.

Of course, I would like to know what [Sony and Microsoft] do with their machines, but there is no game that I feel the need to go see. So far, from what I’ve seen on the show this year, there does not seem to be any games that I would like to have created myself.

I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.