Hobonichi releasing Satoru Iwata book ⊟
The Japanese planner company headed by Earthbound/Mother series creator Shigesato Itoi will release a book collecting thoughts from Nintendo’s late CEO and president Satoru Iwata.
Hobonichi director Yasuhiro Nagata tweeted photos for the book’s cover and promised to share more details next month. @gosokkyu points out that Nagata “was a long-time Famitsu editor and perhaps the most ardent reporter on Mother 2, Earthbound 64, and Mother 3.“
The book is expected to feature Iwata’s words originally published on Hobonichi’s Japanese blog and Nintendo’s site. Itoi (and Bouillon, RIP) and Iwata were very close, with the latter helping complete development on Earthbound and even serving as Hobonichi’s IT manager to get its site running. Itoi shared a touching farewell after his friend passed away in 2015, and I can’t think of a better company to put out something like this.
While Hobonichi has translated its popular Techo planners in recent years, it hasn’t created English editions for many of its other products. So cross your fingers for a publisher outside of Japan to pick this one up!
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