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...

Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No. 1 (糸井重里のバス釣りNo. 1, "Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing") is a fishing video game developed and released only in Japan...

a character in the Mother video game series by Nintendo, created by Shigesato Itoi. The character serves as the main antagonist and final boss of Mother...

years. Its returning staff from Mother (1989) included writer/director Shigesato Itoi and lead programmer Satoru Iwata, as well as composers Keiichi Suzuki...

phenomena spiraling the country into disarray. Writer and director Shigesato Itoi pitched Mother's concept to Shigeru Miyamoto while visiting Nintendo's...

game as one of their top ten most anticipated towards the end of 1999. Shigesato Itoi announced in late August 2000 that Mother 3 had been cancelled following...

predecessor, Mother 2 (EarthBound outside Japan), Mother series creator Shigesato Itoi was given the previous game's development team. Inspired by Super Mario...

such as T-shirts and notebooks. The company was founded by copywriter Shigesato Itoi (a.k.a. "Darling") on June 6, 1998, and it was originally his idea to...

Entertainment System; and Mother 3 (2006) for the Game Boy Advance. Written by Shigesato Itoi, published by Nintendo, and featuring game mechanics modeled on the...

games published by Nintendo, created by Japanese video game designer Shigesato Itoi. His first appearance was in the 1994 Super NES game EarthBound (known...

Itoi (糸井) may refer to: People Shigesato Itoi, Japanese author and game designer Yoshio Itoi, Japanese professional baseball player Hajime Itoi, Japanese...

then-president of HAL Laboratory, Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc. Alongside Game Freak and Nintendo, Creatures jointly...

prototype was developed by a team of Nintendo's "biggest talents", led by Shigesato Itoi (Mother series), Tsunekazu Ishihara (Pokémon series), Shigeru Miyamoto...

list by designer: Shigesato Itoi]. gamers-jp.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2023. "APE 糸井重里 スロットブラザーズ" [APE Shigesato Itoi Slot Brothers]. Mandarake...

Mother 2 in Japan, by the game's director, Shigesato Itoi. In the localized version, he was called Pokey. Itoi discussed how his bad disposition may have...

proprietary floppy disks instead of CD-ROM, Nintendo game designer Shigesato Itoi explained, "CD holds a lot of data, DD holds a moderate amount of data...

songs written by Kyōka Suzuki, Sanma Akashiya, Man with a Mission, and Shigesato Itoi. From February to March 2022, he held an eight-day tour entitled "TAKUYA...

Shigesato, Itoi (April 24, 2003). "[Interview with Shigesato Itoi]" (Interview) (in Japanese). 1101.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Shigesato, Itoi...

practical and aesthetic purposes. Shigesato Itoi and his company Hobonichi are commonly credited for the current resurgence. Itoi had been wearing haramaki for...

EarthBound USA, was released in November 2023. While series creator Shigesato Itoi has stated that he is finished with the series, a fan-created spiritual...

global name "Nintendo 64" was proposed by Earthbound series developer Shigesato Itoi. The prefix for the model numbering scheme for hardware and software...

personal friend Shigesato Itoi establish Hobonichi by working as the company's IT Manager. He acquired this position after being asked by Itoi one month prior...

The Mother series is a role-playing video game series created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo. The series started in 1989 with the Japan-only release of...

Yume de Aimashou with author and future Earthbound/Mother creator Shigesato Itoi. In 1982, he published A Wild Sheep Chase, a critical success. Hear...

SUGIZO "Kumanbachi ga tonde kita" (November 20, 2002) – written by Shigesato Itoi and composed by Akiko Yano "The NeverEnding Story" (November 16, 2005)...

Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and had a dog named Bouillon. Edo Porn (Hokusai Manga) (1981)...

led them to remove the feature. In 1999, Mother/EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi posted a five-part article series about Jack and the Beanstalk on his...

magazine Garo in the 1970s and 1980s. He collaborated with copywriter Shigesato Itoi in short comics such as Penguin Shuffle and Jonetsu Penguin no Gohan...

2000. The company's current logo, Inutamago, was created in 1998 by Shigesato Itoi. The imagery is meant to represent "an unexpected bond [...] one that...

(meaning they remain as puppies). First publicly mentioned in 1997, Shigesato Itoi (designer of EarthBound), Tsunekazu Ishihara (designer of Pokémon) and...