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" Even when people abroad see me, I'm often asked about a 'Zone of the Enders' sequel. "

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" As a creator, I always want to betray fans' expectations. "

" Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle. "

" I don't like necessarily that people think 'Metal Gear' defines me. I love 'Metal Gear,' don't get me wrong. But as a creator, I really want to work on other projects, including new games. "

" I believe that even today we can only tell a simple story without really interfering with gameplay. But in the future, I think it will almost be a requirement of all storytellers when they create games, how they can tell a more complex story without conflicting with the gameplay. "

" Personally, I'm not too fond of remakes. "

" I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn't been interested in and cultural things I hadn't been aware of and economic factors I hadn't thought about. "

" I believe that this cooperation between Nokia and Konami will form the perfect match to share the vast potential of mobile entertainment content with users all around the world. "

" I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I'll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives... about the day ahead of them. "

" In any game, you have an enemy coming at yourself that you have to shoot. If you go back to 'Space Invaders,' they shoot at you when they come at you, so how are you going to protect yourself? You're going to shoot, and that is a typical videogame. "

" With a movie, it's probably easier to sustain intensity and seriousness over the 90-minute duration. But in an open-world game it becomes exhausting, demotivating and even uninteresting for the player. "

" Every time I make a new game, I put all of my effort completely into that game. It's like putting all your effort into a new child that's being born. Once the project is done, I can step back and look at it objectively, which is when I can see a lot of flaws. That's when I start to make a new game that tries to fix some of those flaws. "

" Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can be beneficial, but they can be abused, too. "

" One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter. "

" My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.' "

" You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before. "

" People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R. "

" When I was small, I was always thinking about different worlds in my head. "

" Many people are taking 2D games and making them into 3D games by recreating the characters in polygons. But the gameplay's still the same, and that's not what they should be doing. "

" I won't make games with senseless violence. There has to be a reason for it, such as war. "

" In Japan, there are storm channels on either side of the main roads. There were so many times when I'd fall into these ditches because I was lost in stories as I was walking along. It's still dangerous for me to drive. I've driven into the gate outside my house numerous times. "

" My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films. "

" Looking back, I am thankful that I didn't go into the film industry. "

" I don't really want to be a celebrity. "

" My biggest failure is 'Metal Gear.' It's my biggest failure and my biggest success. "

" There are so many games where you fight aliens or zombies, and they have very high-fidelity graphics, but they don't ask the question of why the events are happening. "

" Japanese players do not like being thrown into an arena in which they are given very little instruction. You can head in any direction, 360 degrees. They say, 'What am I supposed to do? Give me hints. Provide me service instead of just throwing me into this arena.' "

" I always say, 'This will be my last 'Metal Gear.' "

" If it weren't for Miyamoto-san, I wouldn't be where I am. "

" To be honest, my friends weren't really as into making films as I was. But I convinced them all to make some zombie films with me. "