Mother 3 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Furst

In this video, Did You Know Gaming covers some history, secrets and Easter eggs from Mother 3 and its music for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). We look at everything from the original Mother and Earthbound, Mother 3's development on the Nintendo 64 (N64) and all the way to Lucas appearance in Super Smash Bros.

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Video Editing by Luis Illingworth @HeyRaguio
Research/Writing by Seumidh MacDonald

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[therealbong]

Another reason frogs were chosen as save points is that "kaeru", which means frog, also means to go home, or return home, which keeps the spirit of 'phoning home' to talk to your dad.

[PKmaster]

Duster: do you ever wanna talk about your emotions Kumatora?
Kumatora: No
Lucas: I do
Duster: I know Lucas
Lucas: I’m sad
Duster: I know Lucas

[MetalJesusRocks]

I picked up a physical version of Mother 3 Fan Translation at Portland Retro Gaming Expo a few years ago! Not official Nintendo release, but still cool to have in the collection.

[MapleMilk]

Itoi's Health and Happiness > Mother 4

[kokorikopi]

>starts video
>cries immediately

this is what this game has done to me

[hotdiggedydemon]

Did You Know? Mother 3 is never coming out in America

[Whatahorriblenighttohaveacurse]

Japanese elementary schools have 8 Melodies on their textbooks??? That's awesome!

[Mace.]

Mother 3: The pipedream that one day a 12 year old GBA game will be localized.

[ParasiteEvel]

The part about Shigesato Itoi saying that if he had to make another Mother game, it'd have to be "forced", basically without love, and bad for his sphincter made me sad. :(

[MinusBros]

Mother 3 was the inspiration for Animal Crossing.

Now that's a cool thing I never knew. Makes me want to try an Animal Crossing game all the more.

[jasirilindsay]

Jeez. apperently tanetane island was TONED DOWN??? just imagine if itoi hadnt held back

[theplushietopletsplays]

On the first day of Christmas, Nintendo gave to me,
One bad service
And still no Mother 3

[FireofGia]

As someone who is physically disabled (I use a cane because I sometimes limp), Dusters limp made me really happy upon replaying. They didn't try to cure it or fix it. It's just something he had

[zucchini_zucchini]

Did you know? Mother 3 is releasing in English when Half Life 3 comes out.

[lilkxdude]

Lucas: **Shows Kumatora**

Ness: " .____. "

[luvkirbyever]

*Did you know?* Wess was originally going to be a playable character (not just a temporary party member). Back during the "Earthbound 64" days of the game's development there was a screenshot of Wess and Duster in battle, with Duster's HP down to 0 (with Wess alive to keep a game over from happening). It was most likely a very strong idea that carried over for awhile since accessing Mother 3's debug room reveals that Wess was programmed to level, just like the other (regular) party members.

[CallMeFreakFujiko]

Clicking on this video is like saying "Aaah yes, I DO feel like crying today."

[IceSwagBiscuits]

Man I remember playing EarthBound for the first time in the summer of 2006 when I was 13.
I fell in love with the game and found out there was a sequel. To my dismay it was all in Japanese but I still ordered it online.
I played through the whole game using a translated guide online and it became my favorite game of all time.
I followed the fan translation loyally and every update I got giddy with excitement.
I'll never forget that day in 2008 when it was completed, I may have been the happiest teenager on the planet.
The only thing that might replicate that feeling is if Nintendo announced an official localization.
Without the Mother series I wouldn't be the man I am today, as corny as that sounds.
Thanks for this video, it made me relive those glory days lol.

[RaineMan]

I believe Tomato has said Nintendo could use his translation for a localization without any compensation, so it wouldn't be all that difficult to bring to the West.

[robinrai]

"Claus you must be so tired"