If it turns out that Mario doesn't really fit into the type of game I want, I wouldn't mind using Zelda as the basis of the new game.

When I create a game, I try to focus more on the emotions that the player experiences during the game play.

I think what a lot of people see as unique is using different technology or different techniques [to make games], but I feel like, as long as you have a core that's unlike others, that's what 'unique' is.

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

I think Zelda 64 is utilizing about 90 percent of the N64 potential, ... When we made Mario 64 we were simply utilizing 60 to 70 percent. So we have come a long way I believe.

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

In other words, I'm not intending to start from things that require a five-year development time.