EarthBound, USA - Worth the Wait? 

“This video is dedicated to all the kids that have grown up on the internet.” If you were part of the Mother/ Smash Brawl fandom in 2010-2011 we’re friends. Don’t regret any of it tbh

4:32 that could not be a more PERFECT place to premiere it! Tucson, twoson, they sound similar!

You, my friend, are bold for using that song--a guaranteed content ID claim--to punch up the emotions for that ending! It was a nice surprise I can absolutely respect, and it made for a wonderful tribute to the Starmen Generation. It also shows that you care more about the artistic merit of the scene than potential ad revenue. I didn't mention it in my own review, but I do agree that the over the top comedic moments didn't really work for me either. I more so appreciated the subtle bits of humor sprinkled in (like Mato's actor running over to the computer and dropping his microwaved pizza onto the floor, then putting it back on his plate). The sort of stuff that plays naturally into the scene...not long cutaway gags. I'm also hoping the Blu-ray includes the rest of that Itoi interview, or it at least surfaces later in some form. My wife didn't even know much about EarthBound going into this movie, but her favorite part was the interview so you're spot on with it falling into the middle of the "entertaining / interesting" Venn diagram. That's Itoi for you! Another great video, I'm always wishing you the best. Congrats on your marriage :)

Beautifully done. Thank you, I dont know what else to say. You hit all the talking points and hit me in the feels so much that you made this 40 year old man cry.

I would ask Itoi who the actors in that Mother commercial are.

I really loved the Stevie Nicks over the montage at the end...nice touch. Got me a little teary eyed.

Really nice and thorough review! Glad you enjoyed it, as well as the soundtrack! Composing for this film was such a joy and emotional experience. So proud of Jazzy and everyone for pushing this film to the finish line. Glad to have been part of it!

YOUR MARRIED ?????? very huge congrats js somwthing i completley did not expect

Really emotional movie and video for one of those kids who grew up on the internet. Been a Mother fan for 11 years and that series and Smash really changed my life forever in a great way.

I was never part of any Earthbound or Mother community. I just kind of played the game, felt profoundly moved by it and kept checking back for updates every year or two for 2 decades. This brought me to tears though. It makes me wonder if this is a subconscious reason why we want sequels and for series to drag on forever, a fear of death and the pain of the passage of time. Which is not to say that life can’t be awesome or that it’s not all worth it. In some ways I’m still that kid, playing Nier or watching Made in Abyss or Adenture Time but now I go out into the real world to level up, go on adventures and collect my melodies.

I'm happy to see it finally released! I'll check it out!

This movie sounds great. I'm gonna try to get the blueray version, mostly because I like having physical copies of movies and stuff.

i was really young when this project started, like, middle school, and all that up to now, being "someone" on the community makes it feel like i won a pice of this, like, to enjoy of it

Congrats on the marriage :)

Wonderful video! I wasn't raised on Mother, and haven't even finished EarthBound, but you managed to get me a bit emotional just in your retelling of what the series means to you. I'll check the movie out!

This feels so weird as a 19 year old who has had an extremely similar experience with Earthbound as I first played it at the age of 6 years old, and later Mother 3 when I finally figured out installing rom patches when I was like 7 or 8. I say it feels weird because I never had the experience of being a fan when the games first came out waiting for Mother 3/EB64, but it all has left a very similar impact on me. Honestly the biggest thing though is the fact that without the people who WERE fans when these games were younger, I would never have found out about any of it in the first place. Few games can have such an impact on so many people, especially over such a long period of time

You know, When you really go over how much time has passed and what has happened over the years, it really does feel like we've switched up. Even the Wii U is over 10 years old at this point. Just strange to think about. I gotta give this a watch eventually, just out of curiosity of what they did with the source material, but I'm not gonna rush. After all, I'm a busy person now lol. To this day, I still talk with friends about when Mother 4 is coming out. Ah, Winter 2014. All of this seems like another world at this point. At the end of the day, Video Games are art and art's purpose is to foster connections with other people, so I guess Earthbound is one of the most successful pieces of art that I've ever seen. Not bad for a little SNES Cart. Congratulations on getting married, by the way.

i wasnt in the community for any of these events, but this video still hit like a truck. that montage at the end had me balling my eyes out. great vid monkeyness

What a lovely tribute to a tribute. ❤❤

I was never part of the Earthbound/Mother Community but I thoroughly enjoyed the game (heck it's one of the many inspirations for my stories.) After seeing this video I wish I could've been part of it but Alas I was journeying through other communities. Anyways Excellent video! If I had one small criticism it would be that it needed a tiny reference to the Captain Underpants Mother 3 video at the ending montage such as having that video's thumbnail pop up for a split second, but that's just me being the goof that I am.

Very heartfelt. Thank you for creating this.🙏

Dang I gotta watch this While not as long 8n the community, Earthbound was the first game I played, on an emulator in like 2014 or so. Started my game collection hobby and everything.

Ok, ILL BE WATCHING THIS THIS WEEKEND *If I find where to watch it that is-*

this video was so sweet, omg

I didn't even know about this doc. Thanks for the tip.

Very sweet video dude

I wasn't expecting to cry today

Well said, man. I feel like I can't comment on this better than how you have.

Long time earthbound fan excited to play earthbound for the first time

I was 16 when the kickstarter was making the rounds and obsessed over the og trailer bummed I didn't have a job to pitch in 25 now and was teary eyed by the end such a good feeling movie and you put it in such a good way I'm tempted to watch it again Can't wait for the blu ray to be at my doorstep

So glad that this fanbase has grown so massively that they made a movie about it. This was so worth the wait. As someone who first played Earthbound back when I was in Grade 1, I felt heard in my passion for this game through this film. It’s gonna be the game I’ll still play when I’m an old man.

FUZZY PICKLES! I was just thinking about how another year has gone by and still no EB USA but I was wrong!!! Whoot just goes to prove don’t give up on your dreams... Mother 3 you’re next!!!

Tim Schafer!!?? I'm buying this right this second

Shigesato Itoi should be proud

I couldn’t figure out how to store items and stopped playing after 20 minutes lol

Am i going to purchase the digital rental? Yes. Do i wish there was a normal dvd? Absolutely.

As a hollow knight fan, i feel your pain

Is there a way to permanently buy it digitally? I don't like paying for something that will only have temporarily and I don't have a blu-ray player.

I can't believe that a freaking documentary from a game series know for delaying everything that includes the word Earthbound/Mother (and in most cases never released) was also delayed for almost a decade. Jesus Christ man

First time I've heard about this lol. Sounds like a sweet deal though. I'm guessing this is the reason why all the bad gaming journalists at Twitter are saying "Itoi finally mentioned why Mother 3 was never translated" or something along those lines, even though the interview was done years ago. But clickbait gotta clickbait

good video though I think the song choice at the end is just okay

Where to watch this???

Earht

Where is earthbound usa in usa

😭 😭 😭

Bnoud

It's alright but i don't want to see mofockas and their wedding videos, feels a bit creepy, vouyeristic

BUT MOST of the games in the Earthbound/Mother games never GOT official English dubs and fan translations don't count.

one video i watched in the past, talked about how mother 3 is never coming out because of how bad the music plagiarism is, that and nintendo is more wise to music rights then they were when the first two came out to the point where they worry about releasing it

I thought it was gonna be 3D🤣

SAVE MOTHER SERIES🗣🗣🗣

As a big fan of Earthbound since the SNES days, but not that big a fan of the self-congratulatory community that takes itself WAY too seriously, I have my serious doubts about this film. Everything about it to me, just looks like it feels way too sugary, shmaltzy, and pretentious, like a big circle jerk for everyone to say "look how great and awesome we are for liking a video game". And the fact that you kind of mention it's hardly even about the game and it's just about some random dudes on the internet that I don't even know or care about who are apparently fans of the game or something and their experiences talking about the game on the internet, really confirms more of my fears than it assuages, and I just don't think I'd be interested in this at all. I'll keep loving the game, but I think i'm going to give this movie a big pass.

This doc helps to scalpers and resellers to increase the price of the game, yikes!

Terrible music you used near the end of the video….

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