He loved the idea of a lottery-themed game that gave the illusion of costing just a penny to play, and he needed a big name to ensure that it was a hit.
"If this is somebody's idea of a game or a joke, it just turned very serious very suddenly."
In an interview with the 4-team development group, Nintendo's Hitoshi Yamagami describes the game's conception around 2004, when Red Entertainment proposed the idea of a game involving dinosaurs.
At 16:15 11th Jan 2012, Jimmy wrote: The idea of a centrally administered game and a world tour sounds fantastic in principal.
But the coaches love it, even if they oppose the idea of a 12th game.
The chocolate and the idea of a game cheered him up.
After growing up with a father whose idea of a game was to chase her, catch her, then cover her mouth and nose until she couldn't breathe, it's easy to see why.
I had read about it in a few reviews, and the idea of a game only consisting of boss battles intrigued me enough to take the plunge and buy it.
And Japanese culture's idea of a perfect game, with no social tension and no loss of face?
We've lost the idea of a game, we've lost the idea of play, we've lost the idea of effort.