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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 to have created the ''{{uv|Mother}}'' series; the universe where characters such as [[Ness]] and [[Lucas]] come from. He was also part of the original development team for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' under [[ | '''Shigesato Itoi''' ({{ja|糸井重里}} ''Itoi Shigesato'', born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter and essayist, best known to have created the ''{{uv|Mother}}'' series; the universe where characters such as [[Ness]] and [[Lucas]] come from. He was also part of the original development team for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' under [[HAL Laboratory]]. | ||
Itoi is unique in that he is the only individual credited on the title screen of any ''Smash'' game; this is as a result of him co-owning the rights to ''EarthBound''/''Mother'' series characters such as [[Ness]]. | Itoi is unique in that he is the only individual credited on the title screen of any ''Smash'' game; this is as a result of him co-owning the rights to ''EarthBound''/''Mother'' series characters such as [[Ness]]. |
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Shigesato Itoi | |||
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Mr. Itoi next to a large Mr. Saturn plush. | |||
Born | November 10, 1948 (age 65) | ||
Maebashi, Gunma | |||
Occupation | Author, voice actor, copywriter, game designer | ||
Website | http://www.1101.com/index.html |
Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里 Itoi Shigesato, born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter and essayist, best known to have created the Mother series; the universe where characters such as Ness and Lucas come from. He was also part of the original development team for Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee under HAL Laboratory.
Itoi is unique in that he is the only individual credited on the title screen of any Smash game; this is as a result of him co-owning the rights to EarthBound/Mother series characters such as Ness.