Shigeru Miyamoto

“Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health.”

“Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.”

“When I create a game, I try to focus more on the emotions that the player experiences during the game play.”

“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 made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.”

“Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.”

“I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.”

“I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.”

“It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.”

“משחקי וידאו מזיקים לך? זה מה שאמרו על רוקנרול!”

“הכסף שאני מרוויח מנוצל ברובו למשחקי וידאו, ומכך אני מרוצה.”

“מה אם האדם שעומד לידך הוא בעצם לוחם, והחלל שנראה ריק הוא למעשה דלת המובילה לעולם אחר? או שנשלול זאת, או שננסה להבין שיש הרבה יותר מתחת לפני השטח.”

“משחק שתאריך יציאתו נדחה, הוא משחק שלבסוף יהיה נהדר. משחק גרוע, ישאר גרוע לנצח.”

“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”

“Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system.”

“I'm very impressed that there are so many fans - not just in Japan, but here in America - that are fond of the work that I've done. I'm actually kind of embarrassed by it all.”

“I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.”

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

“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.”

“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.”