When I was 18 I already had a business going.

- 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 conclu…

- Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon was made with Miyamoto-san's advice. Since I was a teenager, playing Donkey Kong, he's always been my role model. He's a mentor for my heart.

- Satoshi Tajiri

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 ow…

- Satoshi Tajiri

Pikachu. 'Pika' is the sound Japanese say an electric spark makes. And 'chu' is the sound a mouse makes. So Pikachu is like an electric mouse.

- 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 experien…

- Satoshi Tajiri

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 …

- Satoshi Tajiri

I'm very careful about violence in games. I'm not interested in creating violent effects.

- Satoshi Tajiri

I was really interested in collecting insects.

- Satoshi Tajiri