As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.

All the time, players are forced to do their utmost. If they are challenged to the limit, is it really fun for them?

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

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.

Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!

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

I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences.