"I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking."

"The PSP will not be able to display anything that you cannot do on a current system."

"Challenge for the player is the most important thing. In the Mario games for example, the player can go back and try …"

"A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once."

"I could make Halo. It's not that I couldn't design that game. It's just that I choose not to. One thing about my game…"

"A game that keeps a smile on the player's face is a wonderful thing. Nintendo's theme for 2006 will be "Create new fu…"

"Any new media or industry that grows rapidly is going to be criticized. That's just because the older, more establish…"

"Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a…"

"I don't know what Mario will look like next; maybe he will wear metallic clothing with a red hat."

"Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking o…"