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

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" I believe the game should really feel what the players are feeling and change according to that. "

" 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. "

" When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was 'Pong.' It was a home system in Japan, so maybe it wasn't the real 'Pong.' It was just sort of a Japanese game that was similar to 'Pong.' "

" What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters. "

" My parents were born in the 1930s, and they experienced the air raids on Tokyo. "

" As far as how I create games, I'm just reflecting what I feel, the things I have in my mind. I put those out there. Some of the things that I'm going through, the things that surround me, might be reflected there. But for me, it's a natural process. I just reflect what I feel into the game. "

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

" It's part of my ritual to watch a new film every day, no matter what. It's important to me. "

" 'Metal Gear Solid' is, for the most part, an infiltration game. You go somewhere, you execute your mission, then you go back. Those are your actions as the player. "

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

" 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. "

" I have always had a fascination about what's inside a human being. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There are many museums dedicated to technology, artistic endeavors, music, and that sort of thing. From that perspective, I think games really do have a place as a kind of collaborative art or a synthesis of all these various aspects into a whole, and that, in itself, can be perceived as art. "

" Games shouldn't only be fun. They should teach or spark an interest in other things. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" If 'Castlevania' wasn't created next to me, and Capcom didn't release 'Ghouls n' Goblins,' then maybe there wouldn't be any 'Metal Gear,' and I would have created a horror action game, because I really like that genre. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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