A Critique of the MOTHER Switch Icons - Thane Gaming
282Official MOTHER icons are here for Nintendo Switch Online, but how did Nitnendo do with their sprite selections? These are all the characters I would keep, and all of the icons I'd cut to make room for others.
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Music used (in order):
π΅ Peaceful Rest Valley (EarthBound)
π΅ You Call This a Utopia! (Smash Ultimate)
π΅ Bein' Friends (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
π΅ MOTHER 3 Love Theme (Smash Ultimate)
π΅ Hospital Dub [I Want to be Called a Great Doctor] (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
π΅ Operation Goblincrush (Dandy Dungeon)
π΅ Go K.K. Rider! Aircheck (Animal Crossing)
π΅ Theme of Bicycle [Spinning Pedals] (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
π΅ Boogerville (Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure)
π΅ Kraken of the Sea (EarthBound)
π΅ Mr. Saturn Theme Z (MOTHER 3)
π΅ With Magypsy (MOTHER 3i)
π΅ Ode to Ancestors; 8th Movement (MOTHER 3)
π΅ Osohe Castle (MOTHER 3)
π΅ Accelerondo (MOTHER 3)
π΅ Unfounded Revenge - Smashing Song of Praise (Smash Ultimate)
Sources & further reading:
Additional video clips:
β PokΓ©rap uploaded by thetoonman
https://youtu.be/PZzbO3L_-CA?si=J5LQYIaF6nsj1X8r
β Survivor clip uploaded by Global TV
https://youtu.be/2HIkOqemmnc?si=c8u-GMG1W2ps4pOR
β Super Smash Bros. Brawl - All Stickers & Super Smash Bros. (3DS) - All Trophies by Zephiel810
https://youtu.be/fPJsoh3lm4M?si=ODXpDWTIUvbOOByk
https://youtu.be/-DYguoJyHgY?si=IJlRjz6W_TssD9nO
β Snoop Dogg dance (green screen) uploaded by Airzy
https://youtu.be/z3edZPjQtCQ?si=YpmK_8mK5eIa04xC
Images:
β Drakeposting template by Know Your Meme
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1214406-drakeposting
β MOTHER white logo uploaded by Linkdude20002001
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_series_logo.png
β Full MOTHER series icons photos by NSO Icons Alerts
https://twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1760470344211779584/photo/1
https://twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1763007868817801595/photo/1
https://twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1765544450749804892/photo/1
β Akfamilyhome NSO MOTHER 3 bug tweet
https://twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1765559982324617466
β Kody NOKOLO MOTHER 3 icon tweet
https://twitter.com/KodyNOKOLO/status/1765552005446287448
β Mama Louiji "small W for MOTHER fans" tweet
https://twitter.com/Mama_Louiji/status/1765723974879924511
β Famicom Disk Writer Reddit post by u/lightyear8
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/xjiioc/does_anyone_know_what_this_is_or_what_its/
β Famicom Disk Writer icon tweet (did not show in video, but it inspired me to mention it)
https://twitter.com/KingNintendoFan/status/1765551351642341615
β Groucho Marx toy glasses
https://www.mastgeneralstore.com/prodimages/24768-DEFAULT-l.jpg
β Ness & Exit Mouse drawings by Nyaasu Nekoban
https://www.deviantart.com/nyaasu/art/Ness-and-an-Exit-Mouse-879062948
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ness-exit-mouse-62906385?l=de
β EarthBound / MOTHER 2 Translation Comparisons by Tomato
https://legendsoflocalization.com/earthbound/
β Lucas Super Smash Bros. 3DS All-Star "Congratulations" image uploaded by Amber Blackstar
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Congratulations_screen#/media/File:SSB4-3DS_Congratulations_All-Star_Lucas.png
β Master Belch "This Game Stinks" ad campaign uploaded by Mato
https://web.archive.org/web/20090122134202/https://earthboundcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ebsac_mail_inside.jpg
β MOTHER 2 manual scan by Orange for MOTHER Forever
https://mother4ever.net/art-mother/
Sprites:
β Enemies & Bosses (EarthBound Beginnings) ripped by Mike W
β Young Lucas - Crash & Darkshot
β Ness - Depressed Mario, M. Bison, Matheus123, and Tonberry2k
β Forest Prayer Sanctuary map, Stinky Ghost, 02 Machine, Big Bro, and Save Frog sprites - redblueyellow
β Ionia - Cass & redblueyellow
β EarthBound enemies - Bacon & Cavery210
β Giygas - SmithyGCN
β Mecha-Drago - Sonik
β Masked Man - Filler, redblueyellow, and Ryan914
β Pigmasks - Crash, Random Talking Bush, redblueyellow, and Tonberry2k
β Salsa - by Ixoyz
β Porky's Girls - TimmY
β Claus - Filler & Sonik
β Porky - Random Talking Bush &Tonberry2k
β Generic MOTHER 3 NPCs - Food_Eater
Additional sound effects/music:
β Mr. Krabs Plays The World's Smallest Violin uploaded by Kem
https://youtu.be/9pxPRfWjwc8?si=zAkTey_speRGzz5D
β PokΓ©rap (audio) uploaded by EnigmaBarry
https://youtu.be/C0LoHA_FPAs?si=3ilpyWJivjWL8W53
β Famicom Disk Writer sounds uploaded by SeraphmIII
https://youtu.be/iKTGETfB3yA?si=xXiABtn26TulgY_6
β MOTHER 3 sound FX posted by Pacifica Productions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCorrn1ixh9r-5fg7Ix_3T0g/videos
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