I'd like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others.

I don't let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds.

Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.

I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.

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

Of course, I have my own limits as to how much game software I can take care of at any one time.