Quotes About Iwata

It's not part of our culture to even think about outright purchasing a third-party developer.

I read blogs quite a bit.

It's important not only to have the right timing of when the hardware is going to be released but also when we are going to be able to introduce quality software.

Before there was even an official naming of the 3DS, or before it was even decided that there would be 3-D capabilities, Mr. Iwata had brought up the topic of a new portable gaming system, and with that, the request to create a new title for that system... The topic of Kid Icarus came up.

Here's a hypothesis I seriously believe: If there hadn't been a 'Pokemon' game, maybe the market for handheld game devices would have gone extinct.

We really cannot forget about the existence of the avid game fans - the fans of Nintendo games.