Comments on: Weekly Round-Up #11

By: nekoaitsu

nekoaitsu — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:33:51 +0000

@ the Itoi and Fire pic: The guy in the hat reminds me of Alec. And then I think of the campfire scene in Chapter 1 of M3. I miss the story. I believe that I will Play the game again soon, with the guide.

By the way, Gymnopedie No. 1 is very nice. I would buy it if I wasn’t so tight on monies right now. Perhaps I will someday~

By: HAK2

HAK2 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:57:00 +0000

i want to say that the Mother cartridge is not weird. it’s just RELLY faded.
i hope the one that i ordered isn’t faded…

By: reluctantgamer

reluctantgamer — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:19:37 +0000

Here’s a downright ign’nint question. Ready?
What does Itoi’s office do, exactly? I understand that he is a copywriter and essayist by trade (those terms lifted from his Wikipedia page); is his an advertising or some other kind of public relations firm? Or something else? Are they just responsible for his blog?
Corollary: when developing the MOTHER games, did Itoi take time off from his “normal” work to work on them? How did MOTHER fit into Itoi’s professional life at the time?

I suppose I’m really asking for a synopsis of Itoi’s career…how did he go from being a 20 year-old school dropout to what he is today? The question is a bit ambitious. I’d do the research myself, but I suspect the answers to these questions are mostly in Japanese…

By: Spitball Sparky

Spitball Sparky — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:56:35 +0000

The cheap sets never have the badge…*sigh*…but then again, I saw the badge by itself awhile back…hmm…

Anyway, I love this site. Glad to see EarthBound still receiving so much love after all these years.

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:57:36 +0000

fyi – that cheap mother 3 deluxe box (the $200 one) doesnt have the franklin badge…. probably why its so cheap

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:22:50 +0000

You’ve been on a role lately, keep up the good work! Your recent posting spree on this blog makes me feel bad for constantly neglecting mine.

By: gBev

gBev — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:17:00 +0000

I don’t know if this could be added to community news, but the EarthBound Zero Remake was updated and is active again.
Everything else looks good, except for the links I can’t click on.

By: Darien

Darien — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:37:33 +0000

Hey, in other news, the Handbook was excellent. I finally got a chance to read through it. The team did an excellent job of being thorough without giving out spoilers left and right, too.

Now I’ll probably go back and replay the game to check out all the things I missed that the Handbook told me about but didn’t spoil.

By: Darien

Darien — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:33:38 +0000

Tiny nitpick point: the World Baseball Classic isn’t played every year, so it’s not technically accurate to say that Japan has won it two years in a row. The last WBC was in 2006.

By: Chatetris

Chatetris — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:53:13 +0000

Very active week in the world of Earthbound indeed Mr.Mato indeed…Now I need to order me one of those Mother 3 books!!