Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But it's almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance, that they want to toss into the garbage can.

All the time, players are forced to do their utmost. If they are challenged to the limit, is it really fun for them?

Games have grown and developed from this limited in-the-box experience to something that's everywhere now. Interactive content is all around us, networked, ready. This is something I've been hoping for throughout my career.

Entertainment companies always have to stay on the edge of trying to catch that certain thing that will grab people's attention. And that thing is always changing. Nintendo has been doing this for a long, long time. Originally, we weren't even a video game company, but we were still an entertainment company. So I can't say what that next thing is, but I can say, at Nintendo we're trying to create new ways to play.

The PSP will not be able to display anything that you cannot do on a current system.

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

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.