Sugino: That's our fate. Take the first Nintendo DS, for example. You said, "Make it thinner!" (laughs)
Iwata: Yeah, I said, "Do you really think this is all right?" (laughs)
Sugino: I was like, "If I could make it any thinner, I would have in the first place!"
Iwata: You thought you had made it as thin as you could from the very start.
Sugino: Yeah. I mean, with a folding body and two LCDs, I didn't see how it was possible. But when I gave it a shot, the result was the Nintendo DS Lite system.
Everyone: (laughs)
Sugino: When you changed your approach and got rid of all gaps, Nintendo DS Lite was born. I think that experience can be seen in Nintendo 3DS.
Iwata: The first thing (Nobuo) Nagai-san, who's in charge at the Uji plant, said to me when he looked over the designs for Nintendo 3DS before mass production began was "This time it's fully packed right from the start."
Sugino: Oh, really? (laughs) But he was right. That's why we don't have any short-term plans for creating a more compact version of Nintendo 3DS like we did with Nintendo DS Lite. (laughs)
Iwata: Yeah. (laughs) When making Nintendo 3DS, we used all our tricks for Nintendo DS Lite?and more?for cutting down on size right from the start.
