Playing Through & Analyzing MOTHER 2 / EARTHBOUND for Its 30th Anniversary! (Pt 1.0: Set the Stage)
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The MOTHER series is my favorite video game series of all-time, with EarthBound (MOTHER 2) being my single favorite video game. August 27th was MOTHER 2's 30th anniversary, and to commemorate it, I am playing through the game and doing a deep-diving, thorough analysis of its narrative as I go. Most people completely misunderstand and underestimate Shigesato Itoi's brilliant trilogy and don't notice all the hidden layers of its intricate story beneath its cute, funny, deceptively simplistic surface, and I want to change that by bringing a genuinely comprehensive analysis of the trilogy to YouTube for the first time, because I've never seen anyone else on the platform do so. Let's dive in with the most popular game in the MOTHER trilogy, the second: EarthBound (aka Earth Bound).
I'll be playing CoolGuyBrendyn's MOTHER 2: Perfect Edition translation because it's the most accurate translation to the Japanese original. This will clear up certain mysteries and inconsistencies with which the official Nintendo translation muddied things. Aside from analysis, however, we're also going to have a ton of fun, because I LOVE these games, and they're as adorable and hilarious as they are beautiful and complex. Here's Part 1!
Deepest thanks to Giovanni on Starmen.net for his groundbreaking analysis work on the series. I would not have the insight I have without his impeccable trailblazing. Huge thanks also to kenisu3000 for translating the Encyclopedia MOTHER; much of this analysis would not be possible without being able to read this book. Much love and big hugs to my close friend Alex for providing me with the ability to play this version of the game on a real SNES. And of course, thank you to CoolGuyBrendyn for making this patch. It's not perfect and still has some issues, but this is still as of now the most definitively accurate English translation available to Western fans for the first time.
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