Education
Hosei University.
糸井 重里
Hosei University.
Itoi is the editor-in-chief of his website “Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun” (‘Almost’ Daily Itoi News). He is best known outside Japan for his work on Nintendo"s EarthBound series of games, as well as his self-titled bass fishing video game. Shigesato Itoi was the lead designer for all three titles in the Mother series.
Itoi claims that the final battle of EarthBound was inspired from his accidental childhood viewing of the Shintoho film entitled The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty.
Specifically, the scene that inspired the battle was a scene that depicted a woman being raped near a river, although the scene in question depicts a murder rather than a rape. Itoi has repeatedly explained that he would not be involved in a fourth title of the series.
Shigesato Itoi worked with Nintendo to design video game themed haramaki.