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

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.

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

I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and producers - are trying to make their games more like movies. They are longing to make movies rather than making videogames.

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.

It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something - anything - far bigger than yourself.

Actually, 3D is really the most normal thing because it's how those of us with two eyes usually see the world. TVs are the unusual things in 2D!