When I look back I can tell that after I started having a family, I certainly wanted to make games that could be played with all the family members.

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

When I'm making video games today, I want people to be entertained. I am always thinking, How are people going to enjoy playing the games we are making today? And as long as I can enjoy something other people can enjoy it, too.

Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

When we're doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.

I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present something that people would be interested in reading and looking at as well.