Shigesato Itoi’s Crazy Office

I hope I’ll be that eccentric when I hit 60 or so.

I will feel happy and fulfilled if I can get a job in an office as laid-back and goofy as his.

Man I wish I could work there! Looks like so much fun.

Every time I see Itoi’s office either nothing is happening as I check out the fish tank, or something crazy/awesome/crazyawesome is going on. The site’s awesome too, I try to check up every few days on their Animal Crossing thing and I’m still wondering how I’m to get at some of that music…

Haha, that’s awesome. He is quickly becoming my favorite game developer. 😛

Itoi is so lucky, but someday I’ll be able to have fun while doing my work. He’s my inspiration, truly. 🙂

Well, this would explain why it took 6 years to make Mother 3!

Itoi is such a crazy old fart. And I love that

i love the picture when they’re all lying down xD. reminds me of mr saturn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJ4RKWvsdg

Mato your wish is my command…

Aw, but you didn’t cut Itoi out of the pics. I was hoping someone would make a .GIF of it, like with my weird sumo guy .GIF 🙁

Really cool offices… What do they do when they aren’t making games?

Woo dancy

http://forum-files2.fobby.net/0009/2245/itoidance.gif

Actually, they don’t make games there, Itoi is up to a whole bunch of stuff besides making games.

Thing is, i don’t really know what it is Itoi does besides having made four games, atleast not one that requires an office :O

Anyways, he’s something called a ‘copywriter.’ I’m not really sure what a copywriter does, i think it is that he makes slogans for different products, but it’s probably more/something else. Tomato or someone else can probably explain it better.

Don’t worry guys, I’m pretty sure Mato will describe Itoi’s real day job in the huge article he’s planning. I used to think Itoi was strictly a game designer too, but that’s absolutely untrue. He only makes games once in a blue moon, while he spends the rest of his time doing a million other things. I’m eagerly anticipating the knowledge that we will soon receive!

Bleh, how do you ♥ Butter?

^How do you not ♥ Butter

I wish Itoi was my grandfather or some member of my family. He seems like he’d be the coolest relative a guy could ever have.

I mean, who else wears clown noses just for kicks at work? 😀

Itoi is seriously my hero. He epitomizes what I’ve always wanted in life: not to grow up, but to simply grow older.

I added an extra frame and his dog watching him. XD

http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=groovitoikp7.gif Groovitoi!

Couldn’t do anything about the white border around them though…sorry. XP

Awesome, you rock 😀

Am I the only one who’s thinking Numa Numa? I’ve seen him do crazier things.

I would give anything to work there!

I was actually thinking about this a few days ago. Itoi’s English Wikipedia article is awfully short of information for someone so important; I think anyone reading it would assume he mostly does video games, and that’s all most people in the west know him for anyway.

Are you gonna include more biographical details in this article you’re writing? His life in general seems really interesting, and I’d love to know how he got where he is. Like, from what I can tell he dropped out of college, but then what? It’s hard trying to decipher stuff from Google Translate D:

I really want to go there sometime.

I <3 that he <3 butter

Picture 8 = Itoi & co. Paper

LOL

This is great, they are such goofballs. I’d freaking love to work at a place like that.

…But it’s weirder for Americans to do it, for some reason. Why is that?

Itoi is my hero. It’s funny though, because when I tell people that, they think it’s because he made the MOTHER series and I’m just some insane fan. No, it’s because of stuff like this. He is so awesome.

Itoi is a wacky 60-year old eccentric.
I wonder what could be best than that. :l

arf, I didn’t meaned :l, it was a sort of 😀
Uhhh IRC manners

That Itoi animation reminds me of that classic sumo wrestler gif that Mato used to use back in the day, when I was incoherent and a compulsive liar. 😛

http://www.carnadine.co.uk/difegue/itoi.htm

Muwahahaha

Yay.

http://rufus.110mb.com/itoi/

They were as crazy as the Developers of Incredible Powers (APOGEE 1996, America.)! When I look at Itoi, I thought, “He acts just like Tom Hall.”.

But I bet they don’t shoot water rockets inside the office during power outages.

Most people in the creative industry need a highly developed workplace culture to produce original work.

… but I’ve never seen a workplace culture – that – developed. Not in my short life.

Its funny that as of now, no one has voted no on the poll.
Heck I’d love to have an office like that, my job doesn’t have to be boring.

I’m really looking forward to the Itoi article! I hope it includes details about what he does at Hobonichi, and some cool details about his life!

Thanks for taking the time to do so, tomato!

Ah! So THIS is why Earthbound 64 never made it out.

Actually, I just made a little animation for an Itoi Dance M3-Styled Sprite, but I don’t have a GIF animator.

Okay, I got something, so here it is.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z91/LeonAlaste/M3ItoiDance-1.gif

Funniest Dance Ever. Second to The Wess Dance sadly. But it has POTENTIAL!

this. is. amazing.

Someone should take the Wess Dance and make Itoi sprites with it=D

That would be a good idea other Claus.

my favorite one is the fifth one in the second row =D

Isn’t this such a utopia?!

I’d love working her 🙂

lol is that guy on dope? XD

Where’s that one picture of him in a baby costume? 😛

i really wanna work there now

Man. When i Work at Nintendo when i get older, i wish i get a Pk Rockin office like him! He’s my inspiration. When i first played EarthBound(Which made me get into Rpgs) Made me want to make RPG’s As a grownUp.

Hey Ness, Itoi doesn’t work at Nintendo. He has his own company that does a ton of stuff completely unrelated to games.

way to take the wind out of his sails, poe. good going there.

Don’t want anyone thinking the wrong stuff is all.

I always thought that “copywriter” was a pseudo translation, but it turns out it’s correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copywriting

If I ever have my own company, I’ll make it so February 29th is the only day we DON’T act weird. ;D

They create things for marketing, right? They’re probably trying to find good ad material.

man..im jealous of him, not because he made an awesome video game series.. but because of the enjoyment he has with his life. I hope i can have that much freedom and fun when im older