(I want that Mew plushie.)
Satoshi Tajiri is a genius, and always will be. He planned ahead, not at the last second, and that's why the games are so wonderful, because it wasn't slapped together in a pitiful attempt to make it look good. Everything was planned and planned, even years before when he was pursuing working with games. And the fact he based Pokémon off of his childhood is the best thing he's done. He's had a good childhood, so why not keep it alive?
I was familiar with a few answers like Mew being a secret character (his knowledge about the outside and inside of games was what probably allowed him to secretly put Mew into the game), but others like the violent games were a surprise. It's so ironic how Americans enjoy violent games, yet oppose them at the same time. The Japanese really are peaceful in that content, despite the violence in the anime. But it has been ten years, so I don't know if that concept has changed. And the comment on how America actually gets Pokémon is a shocker, too. I was aware that Pikachu is extremely popular in Japan, but not to the point the humans were pushed into the shadows just for Pikachu. That's deep, really deep.
He's a good man. Thanks for posting this interview up. I don't think there has been anymore since then, huh?