- Uemura Masayuki was the chief disegner of the Famicon/NES which helped revive the videogame industry in the early 80s, which saw a crash that led to the bankruptcy of several companies producing home computers and video game consoles.
- on Nintendo keeping the videogame industry afloat in North America with the release of the NES, Uemura said:
"I never thought about being a savior. I was just scared and wanted to succeed in America,"
"By coming here 30 years later, like on this occasion, I finally realize that, yes, we did save the video game industry, but back then I had no idea."
- on what he thinks set the NES apart and drove people to differentiate Nintendo from the unpopular competition at the time:
"When we [aired] TV advertisements, the potential customer could immediately figure out this one is different from Atari,"
"We also proposed a new toy called Robot (R.O.B.) which responded to the reaction from the graphics on the TV screen... The other element was the Nintendo Zapper, a light gun, which was something different from any other home console game. Early on, we made sure the Robot and Zapper were going to play an important role in launching the Nintendo system. We also advertised the system at the mall so that people could play our games for free to test out how good they are."
- on Nintendo's approach to gaming and considering Nintendo an "indie" developer, he said:
"From my perspective, the game industry has always been [steered by] indies because the idea of the individual has been quite crucial in making great games. When you try to fully utilize all the computing power, and graphics processing and sound effects, then you have to add more people and more staff to create games compatible with all the technology. But the one thing you could [leverage] is the individual powerful resource. Nintendo has always been like that, we are like indies,"
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