“Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints.” Quote by Matthew Henry
“I sleep 12 hours and then work 24 hours. I've worked those irregular hours for the past three years. It's better to stay up day and night to come up with ideas. I usually get inspiration for game designing by working this schedule.” YearsIdeasInspirationPastNightThreeGamesHoursSleepDesignCome UpThree YearsSchedulesDay And Night Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“I'm part of the first generation who grew up with manga [comics] and anime [animation], you know, after 'Godzilla.' I was absorbed with Ultraman on TV and in manga. The profession of game designer was created really recently. If it didn't exist, I'd probably be making anime.” IfsKnowsFirstsGamesGenerationsTvsGrewGrew UpProfessionDesignerAnimationAnimeGodzilla Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“The technology in making games and in making anime is really similar. There are common concepts.” GamesCommonTechnologyConceptsAnime Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“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.” GamesSpaceMediaInformationVideoMagazinesFreakInvadersSpace Invaders Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“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.” GamesVery GoodConclusionFrustratedBad Games Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“When you're a kid and get your first bike, you want to go somewhere you've never been before. That's like Pokémon. Everybody shares the same experience, but everybody wants to take it someplace else. And you can do that.” WantFirstsKidsCan DoShareBike Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“I think it's important to have confidence, but then it's also important to try to try something new, to leave your comfort zone to try to grow. That's why I'm trying to grow as an artist and trying to figure out what kind of artist I want to be.” ThinkingWantTryingKindImportantArtistGrowsFiguresComfortZoneSomething NewComfort ZoneHave Confidence Author:Kadir Nelson
“What's more important is that the monsters are controllable by the players.Pikachu is like the name of the species. But each player can name their own Pikachu. So kids can relate to it more. They get more attached to them that way.” WayImportantKidsNamesPlayerSpeciesMonstersRelatePikachu Author:Satoshi Tajiri