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November 16th, 2009 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise
A little while back Spitball Sparky posted some scans from a MOTHER 2 strategy guide on the Lumine Hall forums. They’re like the fake newspaper pages found in the EarthBound Player’s Guide, but the attempt to use English in the headlines has really funny results. Check ‘em out!
I love how sometimes the words are inconsistent from page to page, like their spelling of Kraken 
And oh man I love that sub-headline about the fin soup!
I don’t know what guide these come from though. Anyone know? I’d love to know more details about all the Japanese guides.
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35 Comments to MOTHER 2 Strategy Guide Engrish
 | Poe said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
“Miracle foreign children” is a phrase we should all start using more often.
 | Spitball Sparky said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
I scanned from the official Nintendo MOTHER2 guide. Aside from these pages, the rest of the book is surprisingly blank looking. America got a cooler official guide than Japan.
I was considering scanning the rest of it, too. Some clay models can be seen at different angles which is kinda cool, and there is some more Engrish. Off the top of my head, there is a Twoson bus schedule (“Gray Hand Bus”) that says something like “WE STOP SUDDENLY!! FOR ANIMALS”. The Fourside Dinosaur exhibit has the Jurassic Park Logo and says “ALL ALIVE!? DINOSAUR”.
I was surprised by this considering the MOTHER guide had a fold-out Podunk/Mother’s Day newspaper that was written in correct English.
 | santiagoff said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
Klark Ken’s fin becomes beautiful soup? LAWL
 | Portal-Kombat said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
Miracle Foreign Children beat Klerken
 | Q said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
The Moonside Press is a nice touch.
 | Darien said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
The Moonside Press was nice, yeah. I appreciated that.
I think my favourite was “Windy: swang palms,” though.
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| ShootheMoon said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
Brand-new seafood thrown up on beach?…
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| LightningLuigi said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
I really enjoyed the newspaper fold-out in the Mother Encyclopedia, it was very well done and very authentic looking. This guide couldn’t have possabily been made by the same people. Thankfully they didn’t translate the game, it probably would have been worse than Zero Wing.
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| Old West said on Nov. 16, 2009 |
“Who Open Scarabi Pylamid” is now going to be my forum sig
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| Dr. Meat said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Love the Moonside Press, would subscribe to that IRL if the stories are half as amusing as the headlines.
~ZONBI WORLD~
 | Afen said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
My favorite headline is “Nintendo Upsets! Revenge of Mother 1!”
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| TBird said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Scent of Missing Girl Sealed Yet?
Maybe “This Game Stinks” was an appropriate slogan.
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| Shyamalan said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Kraken. Klerken. Klark Ken. Clark Kent.
 | SmaMan said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Oh no… does that mean the Kraken is… Superman?! And now he’s a delicious new seafood delicacy “thrown up on the beach?!” Why hasn’t anyone at DC made an epic graphic novel about this yet?
 | Godaigamer said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Wait, Paula’s last name is Jones?!
 | Mato said on Nov. 17, 2009 |
Pretty sure that’s not Itoi official, just the guide people having fun.
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| Bluedude3 said on Nov. 21, 2009 |
next time I make soup I shall call it beautiful soup
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| ScottKO said on Nov. 23, 2009 |
ZONBI WORLD gave me a really good laugh
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| PKSTARMAN said on Nov. 24, 2009 |
Engrish? I thought we speak English! LOL!
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| Anonymous said on Jan. 6, 2010 |
I would love to read the Moonside Press.
It would be even wackier than this Engrish.
For example:
“Shark punk raid on Onett arcade”
would be:
“Shark sharp harp arpanet tenapra nineapra raid on Onett Twoette Threette Fourette.”
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| moonsidepress.com said on Jan. 13, 2010 |
86552.oN X991 Yadseut 9 Rebmetpes
Mani-Mani is always Mani-Mani of all Mani-Mani
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| On the MoonSide said on Feb. 21, 2010 |
Yadseut 9 Rebmetpes
Its my birthday……..
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| Eltrion said on Apr. 24, 2010 |
Anyone Notice that there are 5 people in the failed teleport under, “Dash and disappear Children”?
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| BLMNDEF said on Aug. 5, 2010 |
ZONBI WORLD
Falling of our SweetBogy Tent
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| BLMNDEF said on Aug. 5, 2010 |
I literally lol’d when I saw “Klerken”
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| BLMNDEF said on Aug. 11, 2010 |
ZONBI WORLD
The Falling Down of Our SweetBogy Tent.
TWOSON TODAY
Do you have a good sleep Really enough?
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| Hunter said on Aug. 23, 2010 |
“Brand new seafood thrown up on the beach” made me die laughing.
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| conn3r said on Nov. 29, 2010 |
i must say i liked ” EVEN CLEARKS LOSE WAY?! foursside grandstore, hugest departmentstore in the world”
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| Super Train Station H said on Apr. 12, 2011 |
“Klark Ken’s fin becomes beautiful soup”
was that a reference to Alice in Wonderland?
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| NatX2 said on Jul. 2, 2011 |
Do you have a good sleep? Really enough?
Um… I think…
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| Jacob said on Jul. 3, 2011 |
I liked WARNING: Overplaying damege your sleep seriously.
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| The Earthbounder said on Jul. 24, 2011 |
Who is that 5th person?
Is it pippi
or porky
or someone else!
 | BigDream said on Sep. 4, 2011 |
Can someone tell me what ENGRISH even is!??!?!?!
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| Poe said on Sep. 4, 2011 |
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Heh, I saw these when they were posted at Lumine Hall.
I wonder if they even got an English-speaking person to spell-check it.