I wonder sometimes why the U.S. reviewers are more negative towards turn-based battle systems.

Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.

It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.

For 'Dragon Quest IX,' one of the biggest things was being able to create your own character and your party members, too. The importance of it is that you can customize the face, the name, or something like that, so the party members are really a reflection of you. It becomes more of your own experience.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.