Intense Battle

Sunday, July 27th, 2008 | Itoi Stuff | 1 Comment

I saw this on Itoi’s site just now and had a laugh. The captions for his regular photos are usually pretty funny or interesting, but this one just fit stuff well, so, yeah. The text says something like: Dog appeared! Dog stared blankly! 0 damage to Dad! 5 Ricefish appeared! The Ricefish swam! 0 damage to Dad! Dad somehow felt empty! Dad took a photograph! ... Read More >>>

MOTHER 4 Update Thing

Friday, June 27th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 12 Comments

Nothing much, but I should mention I added a little bit to this older entry about MOTHER 4: here Basically, just put up another snippet from an older interview where he says no MOTHER 4. No new news, really. ... Read More >>>

Yes, Tony is Gay. And Mr. Saturn is Innocent

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 10 Comments

The topic’s come up a few times recently, so I figure I’ll translate this one snippet of an Itoi interview, which can be seen here. Note that this is also the same interview where he talks about the inspiration for Giygas. In any case, here’s the tiny excerpt. I’ll translate the entireeeeeee thing someday. A few parts are already available on my blog, though. Itoi: Well, fo... Read More >>>

Itoi’s Thoughts (June 2, 2008)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 7 Comments

I saw this in one of Itoi’s recent entries and thought it was interesting. By itself, it’s nothing special, but if you apply it to the gaming industry, and especially Nintendo’s somewhat recent stance of only focusing on the really big titles and over-relying on its main brands, it becomes even more interesting. If only someone like him were pulling the strings at Nintendo, IR... Read More >>>

Itoi’s Thoughts (Apr. 10, 2008)

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 4 Comments

Another interesting post from Itoi’s blog that I saved a few weeks ago. At the very end of his daily post was a short, but intriguing message. When I do things that “I absolutely need to do” in order, things that are harder to find the time to get to slowly get pushed further and further back. It’s not that I don’t think they’re important. It’s something t... Read More >>>

A Message from 9 Years in the Past

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 8 Comments

I was browsing some of my really old files and came across this. July 27, 1999 was the 10th anniversary of MOTHER’s release in Japan, and fans at the biggest Japanese MOTHER fan site were celebrating. Even Shigesato Itoi himself dropped by to say a real quick something. Sadly, it looks like the site (MOTHER Nippooon) no longer exists anymore Anyway, here is what he said, translated into Eng... Read More >>>

Itoi Sings (Well, Sorta)

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 | Itoi Stuff, Japan Stuff, Videos | 6 Comments

This video isn’t really a video, it’s a 1982 Japanese song. The lyrics were written by Shigesato Itoi. Whenever someone asks what it is he does for a living, where do you start? Writing slogans, writing lyrics to music (including techno enka music), gold mining, writing books/novels, designing video games, running his own Internet company, making music albums of his own, being a TV pe... Read More >>>

Itoi’s Thoughts (Mar. 12, 2008)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 9 Comments

Even though I don’t do the daily Itoi blog updates anymore (I wish I could, I just don’t have the time), I still check his site everyday and save any of his posts that seems especially interesting or somewhat related to his game design stuff. I’ll post this stuff every once in a while. Right now, here is part of his entry from March 12, 2008. In it, he talks about ideas and part ... Read More >>>

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff, Japan Stuff, Pictures | 15 Comments

After some delays writing this up, I now present to you, faithful reader, a rundown of the movie that traumatized Shigesato Itoi and served as inspiration for Giygas, the main villain and final boss in EarthBound. If you want to jump straight to the part that he vaguely remembers, click here. Otherwise, read on and enjoy the quick summary of everything. Also, the movie is a bit hard to obtain, so ... Read More >>>

Info on MOTHER 4

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff, Videos | 24 Comments

People ask every once in a while about there possibly being a MOTHER 4, so I decided I’d put together some info here for easy reference. If you see anyone asking about it, just point them here! First, there’s this video. It was from the live online chat thing Itoi held the night before MOTHER 3’s release in 2006. In it, he says that there won’t be a MOTHER 4. However, a ... Read More >>>