Satoru Iwata Quotes

Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.

Don't define the game by the list of the features. Define it by the experience you want to have.

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

I love video games. I'm also slightly in awe of them. I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept. But I think, above all, I'm in awe at their power to motivate, to compel us, to transfix us, like really nothing else we've ever invented has quite done before.

Turns out, what I love doing is making games. Not hyping games or trying to sell a lot of copies. I just want to experiment and develop and think and tinker and tweak.

I've always been a proponent of the idea that technology doesn't matter to game design. The example I always like to point out is 'Tetris,' one of the greatest games ever made.

Our developers are constantly thinking about, 'How do I bring new and novel experiences to our platforms?' whether it's the Switch, 3DS, or even a smart device. So that is just part of the way our developers think.

I would play games long enough to discover what games were doing and how they were doing it. And then I'd spend the rest of my time building.

I enjoy the process of adding elaboration into games and like to communicate with users through the details I create.

We have worked with a range of input approaches. We've worked with the range of mechanisms to drive immersion into the gaming experience.

The point of view is the biggest problem with games, because what we play must be clearly presented in the best way for me to have an immersive game experience.

Having your own character in a video game is pretty cool.

I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences.

I'm trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive.

Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.

Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it's not clear that they can teach it. It's a very intuitive process. It's an art.

When I'm making video games today, I want people to be entertained. I am always thinking, How are people going to enjoy playing the games we are making today? And as long as I can enjoy something other people can enjoy it, too.

I would love to make video games.

In video you are starting with nothing but a black screen. There's no game there. With pinball you at least start with that basic concept, but not with video. The challenge of going from no game to something today is only different because you have to create something so damn fun people will pay $1.00 every two minutes to play it.

I was the lead designer on 'Portal,' and I really enjoyed making that type of game.

There's a sense of fiction in every video game. It creates a world for itself that you want to obey.

Keep it simple, stupid. Good game design shouldn't keep you looking at the manual but should have enough depth where you feel like you bring something new to the game every time you play.

Dinosaurs was a cool idea, but we just couldn't find a way to make it really fun. We've got a bunch of great game ideas that we want to bring to life over the next several years.

I'm in the business to make games - I love entertaining people.

A game's concept is one of its most important assets. I feel that we must aim to satisfy both beginners and experts, and that hasn't changed since I was making 'Kirby' games.