May 17th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 3, Videos | 5 Comments

A few years ago I posted about a school orchestra performing “Oh Buta Mask” from MOTHER 3 (see here). Well, a good while ago xfis sent me an actual video of the performance, which you can see here: This was like four years ago – I wonder if any other school orchestras have done any EarthBound/MOTHER stuff like this. If you know, let me know! ...Read More »

May 16th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 3 | 4 Comments

JRokujuushi recently sent this in: I recently started uploading my music and arrangements to YouTube, and one of the arrangements was a mix of the first part of the Giygas fight and the Natural Killer Cyborg fight. I thought the site visitors might enjoy it. Check it out here: I wasn’t sure how well they’d mesh, but it worked out surprisingly well ...Read More »

May 15th, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 9 Comments

Many years ago, well before MOTHER 3′s release, Brownie Brown (the game’s developer) posted a mysterious Flash animation on its website. With the help of a fellow forumgoer, I translated the text into English. If you’ve never seen the animation, check it out here: View Brownie Brown’s “Project B” There had been no news about MOTHER 3 in years, so the fan resp...Read More »

May 14th, 2012 | Fan Games, MOTHER 1, Videos | 24 Comments

Over the years there have been many attempts at recreating MOTHER 1/EarthBound Zero in a more modern format. As far as I know, none have the projects have reached completion yet, but I was recently shown this project that looks promising: There’s not much information, but it looks like it’s being made for Macs. See for more info and some screenshots. Now if someone would just make thi...Read More »

May 13th, 2012 | Fan Games, Videos | 11 Comments

Over the past couple weeks there’s been a lot of talk about games being financed through Kickstarter – it seems like everyone and their dog has a Kickstarter game in the works Anyway, here are two EarthBound-y-ish ones that people have been discussing! Boot Hill Heroes First up is Boot Hill Heroes, which has already gotten a good amount of press. It’s described thusly: Take one...Read More »

May 11th, 2012 | EarthBound, Misc. | 37 Comments

I often get e-mails from people who’ve e-mailed Nintendo asking about EarthBound/MOTHER stuff, so I figure it’s about time to post something about it Alexander e-mailed me the other day with this: Hi EarthBound Central! I just recently asked the Nintendo Support team if Mother or Earthbound was going to be released at VC, and I pointed out that no other company has been sued for usin...Read More »

May 10th, 2012 | EarthBound, Videos | 7 Comments

For some reason, dying in EarthBound is sometimes glitchy, as we’ve seen in past posts. Here’s another glitch that can apparently happen somehow: Off the top of my head, here’s another dying glitch: Simultaneous defeat glitch If you’ve run into any weird stuff like this before, let me know! I love hearing about how people make games screw up without trying ...Read More »

May 9th, 2012 | Merchandise, MOTHER 1, Uncommon Knowledge | 9 Comments

MOTHER Famicom cartridges are entirely red, but every so often you’ll come across one with a white label. When I first saw one myself, I was like, “Whoa, awesome, they must’ve released a special version of MOTHER back in the day!” But nope, the white labels are just really faded normal labels – there’s no difference between them and all-red cartridges. Still, t...Read More »

May 8th, 2012 | EarthBound, EarthBound 64 | 7 Comments

A Swedish EarthBound fan by the name of Anders recently sent me a big ol’ PDF file containing scans of magazines that covered EarthBound and EarthBound-related stuff. Here’s what Anders says: The first two pages contain a (US import) review of Earthbound from the magazine Super POWER, #11 1995. [...] A two-reviewer system was used and, as can be seen in the two boxes left of the final ...Read More »

May 7th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 3, Videos | 9 Comments

Tim sent in this video showcasing EarthBound/MOTHER series music made in WarioWare DIY: The composer, Aviarmew, has a lot of other songs too, check them all out here! ...Read More »

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