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

I feel more reassured with physical media. Entertainment is something that will not just become digital.

What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it is really a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things.

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

Of course, when it comes to Japanese role-playing games, in any role-playing game in Japan you're supposed to collect a huge number of items, and magic, and you've got to actually combine different items together to make something really different.

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

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.