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

What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do.

I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.

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.

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

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

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