As long as I can enjoy something, other people can enjoy it, too.

When we're doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.

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

I don't let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds.

Throughout the Zelda series I've always tried to make players feel like they are in a kind of miniature garden. So, this time also, my challenge was how to make people feel comfortable and sometimes very scared at the same time. That is the big challenge.

This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.

A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad until the end of time