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

Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

There's definitely space for uniqueness in a home console.

I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

My children are a joy to be around.

I think, back when I was younger, I was a lot more confident about certain things that I would write, and I didn't need the band's blessing or agreement; I would just kind of fight for it 'cause I knew it was good. And then the problem with getting older, especially when there's some success involved, you have a different measuring stick.