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Reggie Fils‑Aime has spent decades shaping how we experience moving pictures, and his words reflect that seasoned perspective. Below you’ll find 65 snippets where he touches on everything from storytelling to technology, giving a clear sense of his stance on video without needing to sift through endless pages.

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At Nintendo, we think deeply about everything.

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We believe used games aren't in the consumer's best interest.

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If we had not had the Wii U, we would not have the Switch.

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My favourite game is 'The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past.'

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We believe that creating a 'Mario' game is a special endeavor.

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DS not only changes Nintendo, it changes our industry.

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I grew up playing the Super Nintendo.

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Being the puppet master, it's like running Nintendo of America.

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'Yoshi's Woolly World' for young families and new entrants into the overall video gaming space, I think, is going to be a…

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October, November, December is a huge selling season globally for Nintendo.

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Nintendo prides itself in being a technology-driven, mass-market, entertainment company.

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Nintendo's way is to challenge conventional thinking. Not just for the sake of doing things differently, but to do things better.

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I would say that 'Breath of the Wild' is a dramatic departure from the conventions of a 'Zelda' game.

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Software drives hardware in this business. We see it time and time again. We saw it with our Wii and DS businesses.

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The appeal of Wii to nongamers has taken away some of the seasonality of sales we've come to expect in the past.

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Nintendo is about innovation and bringing new and unique game play to the consumer - both the core gamer as well as…

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The Wii U is not a tablet. It's a two-screen experience. And so you have this unique GamePad that gives you a…

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For us, we're clear that, in terms of Nintendo-developed games, we want to bring new experiences from our best franchises to Nintendo…

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We do think deeply about the sequencing of our games, but having said that, Nintendo is well-known that if a game isn't…

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We've always anticipated that, as Nintendo would demonstrate business potential with an idea, others would follow. And we believe that based on…

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Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the…

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We don't believe used games are in the best interest of the consumer. We have products that consumers want to hold onto.…

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One of the things that... I've seen Nintendo do so well is provide a user interface that is intuitive, easy to navigate,…

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We expect people's experience with Miitomo to be a rewarding one in its own right. But at the same time, it's also…

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There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a…

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One of the things that, on one hand, I love and, on the other hand, that troubles me tremendously about not only…

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Look at how many times we've improved on the Game Boy Advance in terms of the look, the feel, screen changes, and…

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The government is already involved from an entertainment standpoint. I mean, they regulate a large part of our entertainment. What we're trying…

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When we launched the Wii - I mean, again, people look back and say, '100 million units, it was easy!' Believe me,…

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Nintendo, as a company, prides itself on doing things differently.

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We want Miitomo to create an atmosphere that's distinctly Nintendo.

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For Nintendo Switch, it really is about a big-game experience.

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You don't own a 3DS? What's wrong with you?

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

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There's no doubt that 'Breath of the Wild' is the Switch game I've put the most time into.

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If Wii was about gaming for the masses, then think of DSi as creativity for the masses.

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Our strategy with DSiWare is the same as with WiiWare in that we want to provide new experiences every week.

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I'd much rather have the consumer buy a Wii, some accessories, and a ton of games, vs. buying any of my competitor's…

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We believe that there are a number of Nintendo titles that could do exceptionally well in the competitive play space.

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The fact that the Nintendo 3DS business is backwards compatible incentivizes us to get as many new consumers into the core DS…

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The fact is, there's no single magic number that defines profitability for a game.

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If competitors don't like our two to one advantage, dominating market share with both SP and DS, well, I've got bad news. Because we…

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There's no doubt that 'Breath of the Wild' is the Switch game I've put the most time into.

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We believe used games aren't in the consumer's best interest.

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We've always anticipated that, as Nintendo would demonstrate business potential with an idea, others would follow. And we believe that based on history -…

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We compete with all of the time that consumers spend when they're not sleeping, they're not eating, not going to work or going to…

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I think Nintendo is fortunate, having been in this business for over 30 years, to really understand the dynamics and recognize that it's software…

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Nintendo, at its heart, is about making us feel younger than we are today.

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I grew up in a lower-middle-class environment, usually the lone minority among my classmates.

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Ours is a company that doesn't do annualized software, and so when we create a 'Zelda' game, when we create a 'Smash Bros.' game,…

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We believe that creating a 'Mario' game is a special endeavor.

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The competitive landscape for us is very broad. We see ourselves in the entertainment space. We compete with listening to the radio. We compete…

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In the end, we don't believe in launching any type of product if it isn't perfect in our eyes.

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As a child, I envisioned a career in the hard sciences. In sixth grade, I was buying college chemistry textbooks.

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