@konodiodaaaaa

2 years ago

The thought and time put into this video is REALLY well done so thank you for making it and thanks as well to Kody, Katie, Jonathon, Melo, and Post Elvis! While I knew and know there would never be an official localization, you've filled in the holes of my knowledge on why that may be. It really is that simple isnt it? Effort outweighs profit. Below are my thoughts as an intense Mother series fan! It's quite long: TL;DR: I talk about Itoi's "passing the torch" to others, Undertale, localization, remake, my experience researching Itoi's interviews and analyzing Mother 3 for my university essay, and general takeaway from the video. You've given me new perspectives to think about. When it comes to a Mother 4, I was pretty optimistic in the beginning too but as I read more interviews by Itoi, he really put his foot down and I had no choice but to believe his word. He emphasized the point that he was passing the torch for others to make something with the feelings they took away from playing the series just like you said and they had. After I read those interviews I heard about Undertale and the amount of references to the Mother series packed in that game is insane. There was a fine line to Undertale being a complete copy of the Mother series vs an original game and Toby blew originality out of the water no matter the amount of references he packed into it. That point you made about the Mother series being a first of its kind "indie" makes a LOT of sense. However, for me personally I dont really crave more unique games made by unique individuals when Im looking for something Mother series. I crave Itoi's playfulness and sense of nostalgia for a game I have only had a taste of for the first time. It's incredible and so so unique like you point out. Even at 21:03 you really get the sense where the Mother series' essence comes from if you get me. Just by his mannerisms, you can just tell. When he made the announcement that the Mother series was coming to switch and when he jumped for joy twice, you could feel that same energy unchanged years after his games' releases and development. He really stayed true to himself when laboriously making those 3 games with his teams. While I would love a localization, I'm not really vying for it honestly. I didn't click on this video to learn if there would be a localization because I feel like there just wouldnt be (but a part of me hopes this statement ages like milk aha) but I just wanted to hear more about the series. The reason I wanted a localization was so it would be more easily accessible to people and so that there'd be more people to talk to and bond with Mother about. I don't so much mind this now because I figure there will always be Mother fans even if there may be few but honestly when has the fandom been BIG yknow? There was this quote by Itoi I read related to the hobonichi and Mother back when hobonichi was only translated to English by an american girl working with Itoi's company iirc. Itoi said something along the lines of, when he meets mother fans it's as if there are more people in the playground. The way he put it was so warm and playful. I never found that quote again and it was so beautiful. But basically, he meant that anyone who played the series was welcomed warmly into this small part of the world. Instead of a localization, what I would love now is a remake in all honesty. Curiomatic's "Welcome to the world of MOTHER 3" really put that idea into perspective and they really did a phenomenal job. Or even a release of the N64 version of Mother 3 though I understand the code and all that is probably even more messed after seeing a pattern in your explanations. Despite all this I know these ideas are not the future of the Mother series. When I think of the future of the Mother series I am always reminded of Itoi's quote about passing the torch. Imo, it has been successfully passed to creators like Toby Fox or Omocat, and even to us and it will continue to be passed in some shape or form, like through Itoi's protege Yasuhiro Nagata as you've pointed out. When you mentioned Mother 4 is our lives and what we do with it, I agree with this also. What do we do after? It's up to us! Even so, there is a lot to think about the series. It really is packed with meaning if you're able to sit down and give some thought to it. I actually wrote an essay on Mother 3 applying Itoi's themes, artistic choices and interviews about Mother 3 to texts related to my class. One of the aspects I focused on was Itoi's choice to start the game with the Mother 3 logo in cold, manufactured steel and the gradual transition back to the natural where the logo is made of wood at the end of the game. Even though Itoi has spelt out the Mother series' future clearly, I strongly feel the Mother 3 logo further emphasizes his point. Even when you read the progression of the previous paragraph (when I talk about localization and remakes to Itoi's speech about passing the torch) it really is reflected in the logo's design from cold and rigid to natural and warm. Itoi has done his work, he is tired and instead of forcing him to make another game unhappily, he has provided us the materials (the wood). Will we light it and take the torch from him? Again it is our choice. If you think about it, this is really Itoi's energy/essence if you get me. It really is so so cool. Think the biggest takeaway from your video for me is, I need to play Mother 3 again haha. I resolved to never play the game again not because it was bad, but because it is a masterpiece and I didnt want to saturate my experience like when you listen to a banger of a song too much. You just lose the feeling you first had on the first listen. It seems like I am missing a lot by thinking like this though I didnt know there were changes in dialogue when you talk to certain characters at different times!

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