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

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

I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.

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

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.

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.

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