I saw the future. If it weren't for Miyamoto-san I wouldn't be where…

“Ever since middle school or thereabouts, for the longest time, I had wanted to make movies.”

“These games had their own worlds and stories. I felt a certain authorial quality in them.”

“I felt great potential in the medium”

“There was a period, before my Father died, where I thought I'd become an artist, but my Father died very suddenly when I was 13. My family was full of artists, you see, and they hadn't been able to make a living off of it.”

“I like films, but decided to make games, and that's why I think my work is a bit unique.”