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.

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.

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

I was really interested in collecting insects.

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.

Reality is God-centered and all human beings are worshipers, whether or not they are conscious of this reality and its implications.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

I am no longer taking part in the intentional, premeditated murder of innocent beings.

There is no man can take, there is no pool can slake, ultimately I am alone; ultimately I am done.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

A book of great beauty and manically exquisite insight with a wild and deadly humor . . . The only American novelist who may conceivably be possessed by genius.

The reason I'm an I.B.M.-type guy today is that I really needed a laptop back in 1986, and I just couldn't wait for the Powerbook.

I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.