I was really interested in collecting insects.

The more I learned about games, the more frustrated I became because the games weren't very good. I could tell a good game from a bad game. My conclusion was: let's make our own games.

Pikachu. 'Pika' is the sound Japanese say an electric spark makes. And 'chu' is the sound a mouse makes. So Pikachu is like an electric mouse.

I'm very careful about violence in games. I'm not interested in creating violent effects.

In Japan, violence in games is pretty much self-regulated.There's more violence in games in the U.S., in things like Mortal Kombat, where they rip out hearts and cut off heads.

Pokémon was made with Miyamoto-san's advice. Since I was a teenager, playing Donkey Kong, he's always been my role model. He's a mentor for my heart.

Japanese people wouldn't come up with ideas of blood splattering all over. Japanese focus more on the intricacies of the actions, the motion.

When I was 18 I already had a business going.

I was really into Space Invaders in about 1978. It got me more and more interested in video games. There wasn't any media to get information about games, so I came up with Game Freak magazine.

I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

The technology in making games and in making anime is really similar. There are common concepts.

If you can't manage yourself, you can't manage your time. Discipline and self-control are what get you on track to execute your plans by managing your time effectively!

Better naive and fearless than smart and anxious.

Architecture is a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time.

If you don't take risks in life, you'll never see anything new.

...don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.

Morning, sunshine." Vlad blinked at her. "Morning, sulfuric acid." "Pardon me?" "Well, isn't it just kinda wrong to call a vampire 'sunshine'?

Around here, we're as happy as God in France.

The alternative to extinction is stagnation, and stagnation is seldom a good thing.

Ive seen Fried Green Tomatoes too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.

It is you who are choosing, in any moment, to be happy or choosing to be sad, or choosing to be angry, or forgiving, or enlightened, or whatever. You are choosing.