It isn’t about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something–anything–far bigger than yourself. — Shigeru Miyamoto

What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I think everyone can enjoy games. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Video games are bad for? that’s what they said about rock’n’roll. — Shigeru Miyamoto

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. — Shigeru Miyamoto

A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad until the end of time — Shigeru Miyamoto

I don’t let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can’t do it, some other game designer will. — Shigeru Miyamoto

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

Players are artists who create their own reality within the game. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I think what a lot of people see as unique is using different technology or different techniques [to make games], but I feel like, as long as you have a core that’s unlike others, that’s what ‘unique’ is. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game–play experiences. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Of course, I have my own limits as to how much game software I can take care of at any one time. — Shigeru Miyamoto

When I create a game, I try to focus more on the emotions that the player experiences during the game play. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I made some games, but I’m pretending like I didn’t because they all turned out weird. — Shigeru Miyamoto

When I look back I can tell that after I started having a family, I certainly wanted to make games that could be played with all the family members. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Most people think video games are all about a child staring at a TV with a joystick in his hands. I don’t. They should belong to the entire family. I want families to play video games together. — Shigeru Miyamoto

There are big lines between those who play video games and those who do not. For those who don’t, video games are irrelevant. They think all video games must be too difficult. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects. — Shigeru Miyamoto

If it turns out that Mario doesn’t really fit into the type of game I want, I wouldn’t mind using Zelda as the basis of the new game. — Shigeru Miyamoto

When we’re doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I believe that any sort of changes to interface that allows people to get into games and enjoy games is a great trend. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play. — Shigeru Miyamoto

What I’m really excited about is that continued challenge to create things that gamers of all experiences can play. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Today, there are many, many ways to entertain people in one single videogame. And the Internet has made it so easy for people to ask for clues. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Anything that is impractical can be play. It’s doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I feel more reassured with physical media. Entertainment is something that will not just become digital. — Shigeru Miyamoto

As long as I can enjoy something, other people can enjoy it, too. — Shigeru Miyamoto

To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I enjoy thinking about ways to create something that other people have not even thought about, something no one has managed to achieve. — Shigeru Miyamoto

I used to draw cartoons. I’d just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them. — Shigeru Miyamoto

As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well. — Shigeru Miyamoto

We can be using the same kind of technology, the same kind of techniques, but when we use it, we get something different. — Shigeru Miyamoto