Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system.
— Shigeru Miyamoto
There are big lines between those who play video games and those who do not. For those who don't, video games are irrelevant. They think all video games must be too difficult.
I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.
I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.
