Shigesato Itoi announced that he currently had no plans to make a Mother 4 because of how difficult making Mother 3 was.

Porky's feelings for Ness are not clear ; in the interview, Itoi commented that Porky had no friends, so perhaps he only played with Ness.

According to Itoi there are no plans to create a fourth Mother game, and has announced not to create another installment.

When asked about his thoughts on a Mother 4, Shigesato Itoi responded by stating that he had no plans to make such a game, and that " this time, I'd like to be the player.

Some aspects of the character designs remain very personal for Shigesato Itoi.

Development on EarthBound took place as a joint effort between Ape, Inc. and HAL Laboratory, Inc. and was designed by Shigesato Itoi, APE programmer Kouji Malta and HAL programmer Satoru Iwata, both of whom were the main programmers for EarthBound.

In the only novel Itoi has written, Family Fall Out, he wrote about a hearse, which contains a " casket of both metal and wood ," a contrast between organic and inorganic that " makes you feel a little weird.

is one of the most influential cultural figures in Japan, known for his copywriting, essays, lyrics, Nintendo game creation, and as editor-in-chief of his popular website “ Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun .” (“ Almost ” Daily Itoi News ) He is best known outside of Japan as a game designer for his work on Nintendo's EarthBound series of games, as well as his bass fishing video game.

It was designed by Shigesato Itoi, who also developed its predecessor, the Japan-exclusive Mother.

Of this, Itoi has stated that many times he felt the project was " doomed.

In an interview on his website, Itoi describes how his inspiration for the final battle with Giygas resulted from a traumatic childhood event.

When Itoi was a young boy, he accidentally viewed the wrong movie at a theater, a Shintōhō film entitled The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty.

According to Itoi, the film featured a graphic rape scene near a river that traumatized Itoi so much that his parents began to worry about his wellbeing.

Years later, Itoi integrated the experience into Giygas ' dialogue for the final battle.

EarthBound, known in Japan as Mother, is a role-playing video game series created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo.

Mother 3 is the third and, according to Shigesato Itoi, possibly the final game in the EarthBound series.

The final battle of EarthBound was inspired by the Shintōhō film entitled The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty, which Itoi accidentally saw as a child at an adult theater.

Specifically, the scene that inspired the battle was a scene that, according to Itoi, depicted a woman being raped near a river, although the scene in question depicts a murder rather than a rape.

The Japanese font is said to be inspired by the handwriting of the young daughter of EarthBound's designer, Shigesato Itoi.

According to Shigesato Itoi, the Mr. Saturn race are the symbolism of innocence in the game.

In an interview with Shigesato Itoi, he describes Porky as being a symbol of humankind.

Shigesato Itoi commented that in theory, even when the Earth comes to an end in 5. 5 billion years, Porky would still be alive.

Itoi commented that the grief of this was depressing to him, and that Porky is " truly a poem in himself.

Moreover the Hellanodikai, who manage the games at Olympia, decided that they were so: for when Alexander wished to contend in the games and had descended for this purpose into the arena, the Hellenes who were to run against him tried to exclude him, saying that the contest was not for Barbarians to contend in but for Hellenes: since however Alexander proved that he was of Argos, he was judged to be a Hellene, and when he entered the contest of the foot-race his lot came out with that of the first.

Peter decided that he would instead name his daughter Constança as his heir notwithstanding the precedents established by Jaume I and Alfons IV to exclude females from the throne.

It was not until 1787 that Catherine II may have in fact decided to exclude her son from succession.

v. Dale,, was a case of the Supreme Court of the United States decided on June 28, 2000, that held that the constitutional right to freedom of association allows a private organization like the Boy Scouts of America ( BSA ) to exclude a person from membership when " the presence of that person affects in a significant way the group's ability to advocate public or private viewpoints.

On December 12, the court decided to exclude the examiner's report during the plan confirmation hearings, saying it can't be considered expert testimony or submitted as evidence unless it is subject to questioning to determine the basis of its conclusions.

An outraged Poland decided to exclude all German imports from its soil.

To make certain that every seat in the Silverdome would be filled, the WWF decided to exclude the entire state of Michigan from pay-per-view access to the event, which made attending the event the only way for fans in Michigan to see it.

Connectivity to the Game Boy Advance was discussed as an opportunity among the developers, but they eventually agreed that Double Dash ‼ was not suited to these connectivity ideas and decided to exclude it.

At Ucko's urging, the Executive Board decided to follow the policy agreed by UNESCO and exclude South African and Namibian delegates because of the Apartheid regime in those countries.

Local chief constables decided who could obtain a certificate, and had the power to exclude anyone of " intemperate habits " or " unsound mind ", or anyone considered to be " for any reason unfitted to be trusted with firearms ".

After reviewing the report, following congressional testimony, the Obama administration decided to exclude Constellation from the 2011 United States federal budget.

Some philosophers have decided, however, that it is important to exclude certain predicates ( or purported predicates ) from the principle in order to avoid either triviality or contradiction.

Because GameCube games require a bit of re-engineering versus the other platforms when porting, it was decided to exclude the GameCube from the work of the team until the online hurdles were cleared.

The Mother Party decided to exclude the same on the party's meeting in April 1982.

However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league.

While at a Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) summit it was decided to exclude any contact with separatists ; the trans-border economic cooperation and transport between Abkhazia and Russia grows in scale, with Russia claiming that all this is a matter of private business, rather than state.

Jack Warner purchased the screen rights to the stage musical but eventually decided he wanted the film to exclude the songs because the popularity of movie musicals was on the wane.

His original surname is Sud, but he decided to exclude it from his said name, in order to uphold his ideologies based on egalitarianism.

For that reason, it was decided to exclude at the time the issue of laws of war from the commission's discussions.

It was decided to exclude the issue of right of asylum from the proposed draft, and to discuss the matter further at the 2nd session.

The celebrity exclusions were attacked, with critics saying that it underlined fears about security, and that government ministers could have decided to exclude their own children from the database.

The exclusion of people who are openly gay from the Boy Scouts of America is mentioned to highlight the gay-friendly nature of Paul's hometown, which decided in response to exclude the organization ; instead they have " Joy Scouts ".

Sansour soon went public with her story and within 48 hours the Musée de l ’ Elysée came out in her support announcing, in a press release, that it had decided to suspend its relationship with Lacoste as a sponsor of this prize due to its insistence to exclude Sansour from the competition.

Only four years later, the Board of Trustees decided to exclude females from the School, leading to the construction of Rockhampton Girls Grammar School.