#dont get me twisted EarthBound is a masterpiece but i think people should be more aware of the ideology they are buying into

[regentzephyr]

i do find it amusing that non-Japanese EarthBound enjoyers know so little about Itoi Shigesato… i find it so amusing in fact, that i’m currently in the process of writing my dissertation on EarthBound and the current Japanese ideology… leeeet’s just say that foreign fans’ enjoyment of the Mother series will be clouded somewhat if they actually knew of Itoi’s significance.

#earthbound #mother series #itoi shigesato #tl;dr itoi shigesato’s one of the architects of contemporary Japanese consumer capitalism #that is to say that the vaguely anticapitalist-ish vibes in Mother 3 are but a pose #dont get me twisted EarthBound is a masterpiece but i think people should be more aware of the ideology they are buying into #i did scour the Starmen forums for any evidence that people knew how significant of a figure Itoi is but i found nothing of that sort