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Some MOTHER 3 Translation Notes

February 1st, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 14 Comments

Dr. Fedora helped translate some of the MOTHER 3 stuff very early on in the fan translation project. He recently posted some of his thoughts and translation notes, which you can check out here! Here’s a sample: Fassad’s English name has a surprisingly unexciting origin. The Japanese name Yokuba/ヨクバ is basically derived from the word for “ambition” or “greed” (“yokubari”/�...Read More »

MOTHER 3 Mystery Debug Menus

January 22nd, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 1 Comment

When working on the MOTHER 3 fan translation, Jeffman and I realized that a number of unused menu systems exist in the game. We managed to make one accessible (hold L and R when entering the Status screen). But there are two others we know about that we never managed to get access to. Outside Debug Menu This text data for this menu is in a peculiar isolated block of text. Given what the text says,...Read More »

Exploring MOTHER 3′s Similarities

January 20th, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 11 Comments

A little while back I was browsing Reddit when I came across a site that delves into some connections, references, and similarities found in MOTHER 3. The site is called Flint’s Doorknob. Some of it might just be coincidence, but some of it definitely seems to be on the mark. Check it out if you’re a Twin Peaks fan, Evangelion fan, or just a fan of MOTHER series trivia! ...Read More »

The MOTHER 3 E-mail

January 14th, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 94 Comments

Just before we released the MOTHER 3 translation patch back in 2008 – like the night before or something like that – a mysterious e-mail was sent to the address I list on my online resume but don’t use for anything else. I haven’t posted this anywhere before, but Reid’s talked about it on camera a few times (such as here). So here it is, for your reading glory. (more...Read More »

MOTHER3+ Piano Book

January 14th, 2012 | Merchandise, MOTHER 3 | 15 Comments

pk_stan, an avid EarthBound/MOTHER collector, sent this in the other day: Hi Mato! I just received this in the mail today. It’s a Mother 3+ Piano book that has sheet music for 7 different Mother 3 tracks. Up until when I ordered this a few days ago, I didn’t even know such a thing existed. It seems to be a very new release, with a release date of September 2011! It’s weird se...Read More »

Pokey or Porky?

January 6th, 2012 | EarthBound, MOTHER 3, Polls | 57 Comments

The MOTHER 3 fan translation’s been out a long time now, but every once in a while I think about how it could’ve been improved or handled better. One of those things is the decision to go with “Porky” instead of “Pokey”. At first I was worried it’d take a while for fans to get used to – was it that way for you? For reference, here’s what I put ...Read More »

MOTHER 3 8th Most Tear-jerking Game

January 4th, 2012 | MOTHER 3 | 62 Comments

Famitsu recently held an online survey asking readers for the games that most moved them to tears. Of the zillions of games submitted, MOTHER 3 managed to break into the top ten at #8! Incidentally, the top ten list was: #1: Final Fantasy X #2: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII #3: Okami #4: Clannad #5: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater #6: Steins;Gate #7: Air #8: Final Fantasy VII #8: MOTHER 3 #10: Fi...Read More »

MOTHER 3 Christmas Lights

December 22nd, 2011 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 3, Videos | 14 Comments

Here’s a Christmas light performance, courtesy of AwesomeHouseLights! The music is 16 Melodies, from the end of MOTHER 3: Thanks to Major Glory for the tip! ...Read More »

Electric Guitar EarthBound Remixes

December 15th, 2011 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 1, MOTHER 3 | 13 Comments

Master Chicken recently sent me news about an album of MOTHER remixes he put together, called “The EB EP”. It’s full of electric guitar goodness, here are some sample tracks for your listening pleasure: Log-O-Type: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in...Read More »

MOTHER Series in Spanish NGamer

December 9th, 2011 | EarthBound, Images, MOTHER 1, MOTHER 3 | 10 Comments

Visitante sent in these scans from a Spanish-language version of NGamer. It looks like it’s an article about the history of the MOTHER series. I don’t have a translation handy (used to know Spanish but it got pushed out when I learned Japanese, doh) so hopefully some language-knowers here can help translate. It seems like EarthBound stuff is in NGamer magazines a lot: EarthBound in ...Read More »