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.

When I'm working on games I don't think necessarily about what the end benefit of the game is going to be. Typically I'm trying to think of: "What can I do that is going to find new ways to entertain and surprise people."

I think that the entertainment industry itself has a history of chasing success. Any time a hit product comes out, all the other companies start chasing after that success and trying to recreate it by putting out similar products.

I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.

So you know cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come and talk to you it's great. But if you try to talk to them it doesn't always go so well.

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.