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Shigesato Itoi (糸井 重里, Itoi Shigesato, born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Itoi is the editor-in-chief of his website and company Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun ("Almost Daily Itoi Newspaper"). [2]
Written by Shigesato Itoi, published by Nintendo, and featuring game mechanics modeled on the Dragon Quest series, Mother is known for its sense of humor, originality, and parody.
Itoi: For starters, I’m making an app about cats and dogs. We’ve even made an alpha build, but this is an app in which people would upload pictures of their cats and dogs, so something like a Facebook about cats and dogs.
The MOTHER series by Shigesato Itoi is a trilogy that is often overlooked. With 3 games that are widely regarded as cult classics, the series never really took hold in the West, with its third installment having never been officially released outside of Japan.
Nov 9, 2012 · Whether or not you’re familiar with his wide-ranging work, you should know that Shigesato Itoi is a prominent figure in Japan and an influential cultural icon.
Nov 10, 2018 · Today is the 70th birthday of Mother/Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi, for which he is most commonly known for in the world of video games. However, video games only make up a small portion of Itoi’s professional career.
Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里 Itoi Shigesato, born November 10, 1948) is a famous Japanese copywriter and essayist, though he is widely known outside of Japan as a game designer for his work on Nintendo's Mother series of games, specifically EarthBound in the United States, as well as his self-titled fishing video game, Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 ...
Jan 11, 2018 · Shigesato Itoi is not what you would call a video game superstar. He broke into the game industry as a copywriter with a question: “What RPG would Steven Spielberg create?” From that...
Nov 29, 2023 · But over all these years, series creator Shigesato Itoi has never weighed in on the discussion - at least until now. In the brand-new documentary titled Earthbound, USA, Itoi finally opens up...
Shigesato Itoi was born on 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for My Neighbor Totoro (1988), EarthBound (1994) and EarthBound Beginnings (1988). He has been married to Kanako Higuchi since 1993.
