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'''Shigesato Itoi''' ({{ja|糸井重里}} ''Itoi Shigesato'', born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter and essayist, best known (particularly outside Japan) as the creator of the {{uv|EarthBound}} series, which is where characters such as [[Ness]] and [[Lucas]] originate. | '''Shigesato Itoi''' ({{ja|糸井重里}} ''Itoi Shigesato'', born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter and essayist, best known (particularly outside Japan) as the creator of the {{uv|EarthBound}} series, which is where characters such as [[Ness]] and [[Lucas]] originate. Itoi co-owns the rights to ''EarthBound'' characters, and as such he is the only individual credited by name on the title screen of every ''Smash'' game. | ||
==In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series== | |||
Itoi was part of the original development team for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' under [[HAL Laboratory]]. In ''Smash 64'', he gave the idea of making the fighters appear as dolls, as seen in the game's introduction for example, after [[Masahiro Sakurai]] was in a hurry on giving a title then show a build of the game to Itoi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRMb6aFdqY|title=NEW Nintendo 64 Game Facts Discovered (N64) |author=Dazz|publisher=DidYouKnowGaming|website=YouTube|date=August 30, 2024|accessdate=August 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
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==External links== | |||
*[https://x.com/itoi_shigesato Twitter page] | |||
{{wikipedia|Shigesato Itoi}} | |||
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[[Category:EarthBound universe]] | [[Category:EarthBound universe]] | ||