Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.

You can use a lot of different technologies to create something that doesn't really have a lot of value.

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.

I think that the entertainment industry itself has a history of chasing success. Any time a hit product comes out, all the other companies start chasing after that success and trying to recreate it by putting out similar products.

Of course, I have my own limits as to how much game software I can take care of at any one time.

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

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