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

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

I could make Halo. It’s not that I couldn’t design that game. It’s just that I choose not to. One thing about my game design is that I never try to look for what people want and then try to make that game design. I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.

My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.

I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and producers - are trying to make their games more like movies. They are longing to make movies rather than making videogames.

For a long time at Nintendo we didn't focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features. But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.

Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!