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MOTHER 3 Translation Notes: Desperate Search
November 19th, 2009 | MOTHER 1+2, Uncommon Knowledge
Today is the “Great American Smokeout”, which I guess means it’s also this guy’s birthday 😛
Incidentally, the crow had a cigarette in the Famicom version of MOTHER, but in MOTHER 1+2 it was taken away. Itoi (a notoriously heavy smoker) quit smoking around the time MOTHER 1+2 was being made. I’m guessing it’s just coincidence though, since a lot of stuff censored in EarthBound Zero was left that way for MOTHER 1+2.
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17 Comments to Smokey the Crow Tries to Stop
 | Carl said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
As far as I know, every change made for the English version of Earthbound “Zero” except for the English-language text was incorporated into the game for Mother 1+2. In his interview with Lost Levels, the game’s English script writer, Phil Sandhop explains: “In software development, each subsequent version is usually derivative of prior versions. Once the program was changed they would have continued to use the revised program and plugged in their old text modules.”
 | PK Mt. Fuji said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
I’ve just noticed that they even changed Ninten’s sprite. No yellow line on his shirt.
 | LucasTizma said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
I never understood why this funny little “guy” wears…red stilettos. LOL
 | guy said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
sneakers are too big for bird feet
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| 20thCenturyBoy said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
The reason of this post is just hilarious XD
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| MagicBarrier said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
F*** yeah Smokey!
 | SamWibatt said on Nov. 19, 2009 |
If any of you out there are trying to quit today, good on you. I quit almost a year ago and know how tough it is. Well done, Smokey the Crow!
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| Tobias said on Nov. 20, 2009 |
Smokey the Crow is the best.
 | PKFighter201 said on Nov. 20, 2009 |
Smokey the Crow vs. Smokey the Bear.
Although I didn’t know Itoi was a “notorious” smoker
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| Ness and Lucas Killing every ALIEN!!! said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
i am sooooooooooo glad itoi stopped smoking…
ITOI YOU ARE AWESOME
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| Ness said on Aug. 1, 2010 |
Somebody should do a fan translation for Mother 1 and Mother 2 (EarthBound).
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| TGP said on Oct. 11, 2010 |
Is it me or is that sprite Mother 2 styled?
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| GiegueFanboy said on Feb. 12, 2012 |
Cool sprite, EB styled.
 | BigDream said on Mar. 21, 2012 |
Guess Itoi removed it to avoid being tempted to smoke again. Anybody agree with me?
 | CaliforniaRollz said on May. 12, 2012 |
So guys, I’m playing the Mother 1+2 fan translation and the crow still has a cigarette. Did Mato and the crew add it back in?
 | Poe said on May. 12, 2012 |
Yes, they did! Here’s some more info on what Mato changed in the patch: http://mother12.earthboundcentral.com/#why
Recent Comments
- newsbot: hey guys, new mother 2 hobonichi designs are out
- mexicanSaucer: I wonder what the role of the Mecha-Drago would have been in this alternate scenario.
- YellowyOshi398: It’s always exciting to me how translators uncover new, previously-unforeseen unused stuff when making translations....
- game4brains: I can’t imagine what Chapter 1 would’ve been like in the version where Hinawa gets killed by a Super Bomb. I imagine that...
- Nicho mania: So, which is worse? Death by Drago? or, death by point blank fire-bomb? Poor Hinawa doesnt deserve any of this.
Happy b-day smokey! I think that with Mother 1+2 the programmers just dumped the Earthbound Zero data and then put in the Japanese text from the original. Just a theory.