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Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete Series Analysis - Thane Gaming
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It's the mother lode of Dark Aspects! From EarthBound Beginnings to MOTHER 3, this is a collection of every episode in my analysis compiled into one looooong video.

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⍟ (NEW) Dark Aspects of MOTHER - The Complete Second Season:
   • Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete ...  

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If you enjoyed this, please check out these other playlists & videos of mine!

► All MOTHER/EarthBound videos:
   • EarthBound/MOTHER 3 Videos  
► How The Notebook Trilogy Inspired MOTHER 3:
   • How "The Notebook" Trilogy Inspired M...  
► The Meaning of MOTHER Spirits in Smash Ultimate:
   • Smash Bros. x EarthBound/MOTHER 3!  
► How MOTHER Inspired Animal Crossing:
   • Animal Crossing + MOTHER Videos  
► Dark Aspects of the MOTHER series (all individual episodes):
   • Dark Aspects of MOTHER/EarthBound  
► All Dark Aspects of Nintendo episodes:
   • Dark Aspects of Nintendo Series  

Sources & further reading (there's some really cool stuff here)!

⍟ MOTHER 1 (GBA) footage by StephenPlays
   • Stephen Plays: Mother #1  
⍟ MOTHER 2 (SF) footage by GAME yuna :) and ゆうしゃ.
   / @yuna_game_  
   / @yushafx  
⍟ All sprites used in this video were ripped by The Spriters Resource. Ness sprites ripped by M. Bison and Depressed Mario
www.spriters-resource.com/
⍟ MOTHER regional differences and unused content by The Cutting Room Floor
tcrf.net/EarthBound_Beginnings
tcrf.net/Mother_3
⍟ MOTHER 1-3 OST ripped by GiIvaSunner
youtube.com/c/GilvaSunner/playlists

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⍟ English translation of the MOTHER 3 Nintendo Dream interview by Chewy
mother3.fobby.net/interview
⍟ Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound by Clyde Mandelin (Mato)
www.fangamer.com/products/legends-of-localization-…
⍟ Mato's EarthBound info dump
legendsoflocalization.com/research-mother2-earthbo…
⍟ EarthBound Central articles on Itoi
earthboundcentral.com/2011/01/itois-book-about-qui…
earthboundcentral.com/2010/01/earthbound-and-liter…
earthboundcentral.com/2010/03/shigesato-itoi-tries…
earthboundcentral.com/2008/02/shigesato-itoi-giyga…
earthboundcentral.com/2010/02/miyamotos-thoughts-o…
earthboundcentral.com/2009/01/earthbounds-marketin…

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⍟ Phil Sandhop interviews
   • Phil Sandhop Interview  
lostlevels.org/200407/earth-02.shtml
⍟ MOTHER Encyclopedia and novel fan translations by kenisu
kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm
forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother1/Official-MOT…
⍟ Flying Man lyric insight by Chasmang
chasmang.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/
⍟ MOTHER Famicom/GBA port differences write-up by Devon Kerkhove/Skye07
www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/10/mother-changes-lis…
⍟ EarthBound, USA Trailer by Fangamer
   • Video  
⍟ Giygas/Giegue sprite comparison by Buck Fever
earthboundcentral.com/2014/09/a-different-look-at-…
⍟ Hint Man text compiled by guybrush359
ssl-forum-files.fobby.net/forum_attachments/0036/6945/Earthbound_hint_guide.txt
⍟ Smiles and Tears vocal cover by Maresuke
   • Smiles & Tears sung by Maresuke  
⍟ Itoi & Iwata laptop picture posted by Echoes
twitter.com/yottoresan
⍟ Vintage 1950's Japanese theater pic posted by Paper Rescue twitter.com/GenXJumbo/status/958414080045395968
⍟ Transcription of Leder's speech by Kame
forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother3/Leder-s-spee…
⍟ "Porky" by GhostVoltage
   • Porky  

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⍟ MOTHER 64 screenshots & music download
www.1101.com/nintendo/nin13/nin13_14.htm
⍟ Unused MOTHER 3 text showcase by Mato & Poe
   • Let's Test MOTHER 3 #51 - No Mothers ...  
⍟ MOTHER 3 sound FX posted by Pacifica Productions
   / @pacificaproductions9828  
⍟ MOTHER 3i songs ripped by Video Game Music Resources
   / @videogamemusicresources5745  

0:00 - Opening
0:12 - EarthBound Beginnings/MOTHER 1
27:25 - EarthBound/MOTHER 2
1:07:59 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 1)
1:23:02 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 2)
1:32:53 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 3)
1:42:29 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 4)
1:59:38 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 5)
2:12:40 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 6)
2:18:08 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 7)
2:39:48 - MOTHER 3 (Chapter 8)

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@rubberwoody

2 years ago

itoi really said "i was traumatized as a child by this scene, so iwant other kids to be traumatized too"

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@naheemquattlebaum2267

2 years ago

"The Child Who is Not Embraced by the Village Will Burn it Down to Feel its Warmth." - perfect description of Porky's journey in the Mother series

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@nate3487

1 year ago

I think its worth mentioning that the cycle of abuse is a major theme across the Mother series, with Giygas being abused by his race, to him abusing Porky, to Porky abusing Claus. However, the ending of Mother 3 seems to break the cycle.

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@lipstickgamer6580

7 months ago

I love how it’s basically “yeah, Mother 1 and 2 are kinda dark but Mother 3 will break you in half.”

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@tomdekler9280

2 years ago

One of the saddest moments of foreshadowing Claus' identity comes from the way we see him wield his lightning sword to attempt to electrocute Lucas' party the first time the Franklin badge hits back.

He swings it diagonally and then down in the exact same way Flint swung a piece of lumber around in reckless distegard for his loved ones when learning about Hinawa.
We already know Flint left a traumatic violent impression on Lucas through his abusive specter on Tane Tane Island, but here we see Claus attacking his own brother using the exact same violence he learned from that terrifying moment in his life.

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@appleando752

1 year ago

When I played Mother 1 for the first time, when I got to Magicant and found the Flying Man's house, I thought "Cool, another party member to help me grind my way through that dumb cave". He fell in battle, and when I went to the revival house, he couldn't be revived. My next thought was "Oh, he probably just ran home", then I saw his grave. And I never used another Flying Man in my playthrough.

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@elkarlo1593

2 years ago

We started on crows quitting smoking, we ended on a brother committing suicide out of regret and fear of his past and future actions, just wanting to go back to his mother's arms

I love Earthbound so much

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@magentagamingartgallery

2 years ago

I think one of the most fucked up things about Mother3, is that Kumatora was almost certainly intended to be the last magypsi until very late in game development. she, like the other magypsi's, has pink hair, and several NPCs mention having a hard time telling if she's a boy or a girl. she hates dressing as 100% feminine, has close ties to the magypsies, unused art, and her magic powers are very similar to the other magypsies. Imagine the devastation of having just survived Claus, and then having to pull her needle.

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@TWMFanclub

2 years ago

I believe the Forgotten Man is Maria’s husband. He lived in isolation, forgotten. It could be Maria trying to remember what he was like after running away

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@ThaneGaming

2 years ago

Dark Aspects of EarthBound Beginnings & EarthBound = ½ an hour each

Dark Aspects of MOTHER 3 = TWO HOURS

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@PrismTheKid

2 years ago

first hour: a genuine deconstruction of the dark aspects of Mother 1 and 2
last 2 hours: just a recounting of the plot of Mother 3 since it's entirely dark concepts broken up by brief moments of levity

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@LunarShimmer

2 years ago

I always thought Porky was the realest victim of MOTHER. He, maybe influenced by Giygas, kickstarted everything because he was jealous of Ness having everything he didn't. Including a loving mother . The entire series is clearly about love and the absence of it - not necessarily hate, but the feeling of love and loss, or never having been loved at all, and how tragic and horrific that could be or turn people into.

It sort of hit me watching this that the incomprehensible form of Giygas could be interpreted as what the anguish of knowing love, from Mary, and living without it for a Very long time might look like, especially considering the last thing we know he did was being defeated by the sound and memory of her lullaby. He's the actual picture of confusion and grief. Plus, he's an alien, we have no idea how he works

I like that Mother 3 brings it back from cosmic horror to a more grounded, human-centric story after that especially, because Pokey was there when Giygas was destroyed, which literally had to be extremely traumatizing, then he ruined himself using a time machine, and still, after countless years, he remembers Ness, and remembers wanting to be his friend most of all. But he keeps those memories locked behind high security. He's ancient, but he never grew up. It's a very scary idea to me.

He's just a kid with no family and an annoying knock that wanted a friend. Everything he did is reprehensible, but if you trace everything back to the origin, those were the catalysts for Earthbound/MOTHER 2 and later 3. Arguably the real reason is George stealing PSI but w/e, it still led to that.

Anyway, there's my spur-of-the-moment Ted Talk, I'm gonna go subscribe now. Excited to see more of your content.💙

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@sonic40001

2 years ago

In the thumbnail, Lucas is the only one who has a coloured, non-dead sprite. The embracing posture shows that he is the most mature of the bunch, perfectly willing to be above evil instead of only defeating it. Nice touch.

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@crinklyonion1410

2 years ago

I believe that Giygas is one of the most spoiled moments in gaming history, right up there with Sephiroth and Bowser being the final boss of a Mario game.

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@PhirePhlame

1 year ago

Itoi actually specifically wanted the cigs removed from the GBA port because he was quitting himself. I think he wasn't comfortable with it being made such light of.

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@lolymop333

1 year ago

I think the end of Mother 3 is the only time I ever saw my older brother tear up to any kind of media. I remember afterwards he expressed to me, who was experiencing the game with him, how much he loved me, which isn't something he often does. That it would kill him to see me like that and that he would die for me. Him as well as one of my younger brothers have experienced a lot of health complications through their lives. It's not easy to watch your siblings suffer immensely with no way to really help. Perhaps it's best we played it down in the basement instead of up in the living room, as my mom lost her sister when they were just barely adults. I can't imagine what it would be like to loose any one of my siblings at my age or younger.

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@derekschoch4551

2 years ago

“This line finally breaks him and me too.” This one sentence is such an expressive summation of how it feels to experience this scene that it’s almost poetic

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@Julian_Pepper

2 years ago

Personally, I find the the darkest line of dialogue in Earthbound is if you say "No" to being having your consciousness put into robots to fight Giygas.
"Yes, it's natural to feel as you do. The only thing left is the destruction of our planet..." -Dr. Andonuts.

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@PoipoleBoi

2 years ago

I like to imagine the forgotten man is George's spirit, they're both lonely forgotten and want to be alone.

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@skylanderlab1857

2 years ago

What i interpret the ending of mother 3 is one that i heard some where and agree with. When Lucas pulls the needle, what ever the player wanted to happen happens. If you want it, the dragon destroys everything. But on the other hand, if you want it, the dragon get rid of porkys influence and gives everyone a happy ending. Its all based on the player.

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