Shigesato Itoi
The development of "Mother 3", a role-playing video game from Nintendo, spanned a total of twelve years between 1994 and 2006 with a three year gap in between, and spanned four consoles and multiple delays. Following the commercial success of its predecessor, "Mother 2" ("EarthBound" outside Japan), "Mother" series creator Shigesato Itoi was given the previous game's development team.