Masahiro Sakurai: I have a vivid memory from my childhood of being incredibly impressed that objects on a TV screen could be manipulated. I got involved because I wanted to challenge that sense of wonder about games.

I did not have a specific goal for what I wanted to be.

Because everyone else was older than me, in my mind, I felt rather uncomfortable giving them directions.

I'm concerned that it's losing it's ability to get people to dream. I feel the environment in which players are able to enjoy the pure fun of gaming has deteriorated as more information about game creators becomes available and as unsolicited commentating on games becomes rampant.

It is because I believe that making stuff in the same company with the same staff for an entire career is out of place in this age. Also, the collaborations with other talents should be emphasized.

I am not action-figure collector myself. I have started collections of things in the past, but in more cases I soon get bored.

There's no particular attack or defense by a player that comes to mind, but replay data that players send to us always surprises me. We send these out to users via the Smash Service every day, so please have a look at them when you have the opportunity.

I still double-check things even when the information seems to be obvious, because I might be wrong.

I like everyone in particular, I tried to know everything about the characters in the Smash Bros. so I could highlight the most attractive qualities of their personalities.

I think it's because it is, in fact, not a fighting game. The nature of it is similar to a sports game in which the player shoots an opponent as if it were a ball. The results are different [everytime you play], which, I think, is also a unique and attractive quality of the game.

Both are attractive to me. All I can do is to do my best in each case in order to live up to people's expectations.

I was given the task of producing a falling-block puzzle game. I did not think this type of puzzle game would be popular or even receive a modicum of attention. However, I also thought that such a prejudice would limit the number of possiblities in our industry, and I wanted to create a falling-block puzzle game that was totally different from others.

I'll do anything as long as it's fun: RPG, adventure, simulation, or FPS. Even nongame projects are fine as long as they're fun.

I enjoy freely manipulating objects that are displayed on a TV screen.

Depending on what the "difficult problem" is, I adapt to the circumstances in order to deal with it. I might get mad at my staff, I might try to calm them down or I take care of the issue myself.

There is no single individual in particular that comes to mind, but I admire anyone who creates excellent games.

Probably George Lucas. I think Star Wars is one of the most outstanding pieces in any medium.

I enjoy going for drives.

I would like to have a doppelganger so that I might be able to accomplish two or three times more than I do now.