Exclusive insider interviews

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has conducted an extensive series of interviews in which he meets colleagues tasked with taking ideas and turning them into reality. The Iwata Asks interviews take you deeper into Nintendo products by revealing more about the time, energy and creative thought that went into bringing them to life.

From drawing board to Nintendo DSiWare
As part of a series of interviews based around Nintendo DSi, Mr. Iwata talks to Nintendo developers and staff from Hatena Inc. about how Flipnote Studio opens the door for global collaboration and the exchange of ideas in an exciting new way.

Your portable animation studio
Read Mr. Iwata’s interview with renowned Japanese animator Yoichi Kotabe and look on as he gives a video demonstration of Flipnote Studio’s potential and chronicles a longstanding role with Nintendo that started with the animation of a flying carpet over 20 years ago and led to a hand in the shaping of the company’s most iconic character.