He was a fan of virtual reality and aimed towards games that allowed the player to replicate the mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam.
He believes that Japanese players should try Infamous Second Son while Westerns should play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
[5] His first job involved Fatal Fury Special fixing bugs and Art of Fighting 2 as designing the character Takuma Sakazaki which he found challenging based on the fact his torso was not covered by clothing.
At one point, one of the designers working on Blue Mary, Youichiro Soeda, used Oda as a training dummy to show off some of the attacks he had in mind to the rest of the team.
[1] Both Kuroki and Oda wondered what type of hero would succeed Terry Bogard in Fatal Fury's latest game, Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
[9] Oda feels proud for his contributions to the Fatal Fury series due to adding the game mechanic of cancelling "Super" attacks.
[2] Oda stated Leona Heidern and Kyo Kusanagi are his favorite characters in The King of Fighters series.
[16] Samurai Shodown was one of the series Oda wanted to develop from a long time based on its weaponry usage.