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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").
Mar 20, 2024 · Just yesterday, in fact, an interview with the creator of the game Shigesato Itoi was published online. The interview consists of two videos, both of which are unsurprisingly only available in...
Nov 23, 2015 · Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi has explained why he won't make a fourth game in his beloved Mother series.
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. The player uses weapons and psychic powers to fight hostile enemies, which include animated everyday objects, aliens and brainwashed people.
A little while back, around 500 people rented out a hotel and the people holding a MOTHER party came to interview me. The band played on for 24 hours straight and they threw a party with the help of the hotel staff, all the while having the attendees participate in the MOTHER story. I have to go along with it.
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?”
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.
Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里) is the founder of Hobonichi Co., Ltd, and creator of the MOTHER and Itoi’s No. 1 Bass Fishing series. Overseas in the West, he’s mostly known for his work surrounding MOTHER, but truth to be told his monumental career spans far beyond just video-games!
Oct 22, 2019 · Earlier this year, Mother creator Shigesato Itoi appeared on the Japanese variety show GameCenterCX, where he was interviewed about his work on the Mother series in celebration of its 30th Anniversary. The interview has since received an English translation online, revealing some interesting details about Mother’s history.
Mother is a single-player, role-playing video game [3] set in a "slightly offbeat", late 20th-century United States as interpreted by Japanese author Shigesato Itoi. [4] . Throughout the game, the player fights hippies, undead zombies, mind-controlled humans, animate objects and vehicles, extraterrestrial life, robots and crazed animals. [5] .
