The MOTHER We Share - Our EarthBound Story | Full Series Documentary

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What's your EarthBound / MOTHER story? 🌎
Listen to the intro track "Sunflowers & Illusions - Onett Edit 🌻" here: • SUNFLOWERS & ILLUSIONS...
Produced & Edited by
Zion Grassl
Character Sprites by
Harry (Prism)
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Original thumbnail art by
Fallon Bittner
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Banner Animation by
Daniel Alba (Evernight Studios)
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Toby Fox Dog Animation by
Everdraed
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Motherish font created by
Omni Jacala
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EarthBound (Big Box and Guide) footage thanks to
Matt (RetroThunder)
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General B-roll captured by Zion Grassl
Gameplay Capture thanks to
AJ McRae
Evan Jordon
Justin Scerbo
Parker Deal
Zach Driscoll
Zion Grassl
Featuring Music from
:
EarthBound Beginnings / MOTHER
EarthBound / MOTHER 2
Mother 3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
“Sunflowers & Illusions - Onett Remix”

Performed by Evan Jordon
Originally composed by
Shogo Sakai
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Cast (In order of appearance)
Derek Alexander
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Scott Wozniak
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Reid Young
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Brittney Brombacher
/ blondenerd
/ whatsgoodgames
Jon Cartwright
/ joncomms
/ gvgaming
Roger Diluigi
/ rogersbase
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Omni Jacala
/ artsyomni
mother3tribute.com/
Stephen Georg
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/ stephenvlog
Mal Georg
/ mal_makes
/ malmakes
Emile Rosales
/ chuggaaconroy
/ chuggaaconroy
Dazz Brown
/ thevgresource
/ dykgaming
www.spriters-resource.com/
Zion Grassl
/ ziondood
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Toby Fox
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deltarune.com/
Shesez
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/ shesez
Tyler Esposito
/ myretrolifeshow
/ myretrolife
Special Thanks:
Shigesato Itoi
Satoru Iwata
Marcus Lindblom
Dan Owsen
Masayuki Miura
Clyde Mandelin
Heidi Mandelin
Mark Esposito
Megan Esposito
Food4Dogs
Jirard Khalil
Anamanaguchi
Gavin Lane
Gemma Smith
Fallon Bittner
Ben Horton
Liam Richardson
Zach Driscoll
Nate Knetter
Jon Cartwright
Noah Lane
Brittney Olsen
Tony Kuchar
Mary Grassl
Melissa Grassl
Our lovely Nintendo Life Family
The friends and family who operated the cameras for our cast ;)
The inspiring creators at Curiomatic
The incredible team at Fangamer
The fans who never forgot about EarthBound
And sincerely, you! Thank you for making it to the end!
Chapters -
Intro - 0:00
First Encounter - 3:22
"Wait, you're saying this game stinks?" - 11:51
Our Favorite Moments - 15:45
Feelings - 26:55
What's Next? - 33:15
Where's Mother 3? - 41:26
Why You Should Play Them - 49:06
Credits - 57:00
Check out our full site: www.nintendolife.com
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@chugga 2 года назад

Thank you for the invite! Glad to talk experiences with this series with such fine people! Still hoping for remakes being what gets the series back into the US.

@marmilaied5218 2 года назад

@chuggaaconroy: And Europe. Definitely don't forget Europe, Xenoblade man! ☺️

@ntewwible 2 года назад

I loved listening to your playthroughs while I grinded dungeons and picked flowers in WoW back in the day. Been a fan of EB since it came out. I remember scouring Nintendo Power and drawing the characters while I eagerly anticipated its arrival. I loved JRPGs back then, and seeing one set in a modern setting was a welcome breath of fresh air. The most memorable Christmas gift I ever received was the EB big box cart. Could go on and on, but man...I love this series.

@ArcaJ 2 года назад

Your Earthbound Let's Play was my first ever. Thanks for all the joy. 😁

@Moggetslittlesister 2 года назад

Same here Chuggaa. On the subject, your Mother 3 playthrough was what showed me that videogames could be more than just Mario and Pokemon. I was kind of on the older side at the time to just be getting into videogames (13 years old), but my parents had recently allowed me my first console, a DS. I was interested in Paper Mario after having played a demo of TTYD at a hotel, and that's how I found your channel and subscribed. You were just finishing up your Mother 3 playthrough at the time, and one of those videos was the first to show up on my subscription feed. I watched the whole series and was entranced at how wacky and tragic the game could simultaneously be. I was shocked that a videogame could make me cry. While I've played and loved many other games over the years, Mother 3 will always hold a special place in my heart, and you're the one I have to thank for that.

@sugaxshyxtype 2 года назад

If they could use the same art style as the Link's Awakening remake, it would be so cute and still take it a step further than what it was before! Also I watch your LPs for the series multiple times, Emile. Thank you for introducing me and my sister to this sentimental story and strange little world.

@thenewherooftime815 2 года назад

I love how Scott is described as "Earthbound User" Like, he doesn't even need his channel name.

@alexhiser4073 2 года назад

Scott Wozniak, resident earthbound user.

@wilsonsauls2899 7 месяцев назад

It’s better considering he’s not even that big of an Earthbound fan (he likes it, but has never played past Onett since he doesn’t like RPGs) and overall a bit of an odd choice for this video

@ScriptCatz 5 месяцев назад

@@wilsonsauls2899no actually I think he brings a unique perspective to this

@stephenvlog 2 года назад

Mal and I loved being apart of this, and it came out SO GOOD! The attention to detail during the b-roll was incredible and added so much to the entire piece. Great flow throughout, and an honor to share the screen with so many talented folks. Bravo again, this is a video to be very proud of. (And I hope it leads even more people to play EarthBound!)

@MalMakes 2 года назад

The video came out so well! To add onto what Stephen said, the music choices were also wonderful! Thank you for inviting us be part of it!

@SoaringSalamanders 2 года назад

Your section 4:51 had me crying too.

@gryphonprovenzano3156 2 года назад

Stephen Mal you guys got me into Earthbound just this year I got a cart of mother 1+2 and and started immediately!

@c0deface426 2 года назад

I was cry-laughing after the 4:51 section. Love you guys so much.

@dstinnettmusic 2 года назад

As soon as I heard about this, which admittedly seems to be late, My first thought was “if they didn’t get Stephen and Mal then they didn’t get the right set of Mother fans.” It just didn’t my seem right to make this retrospective without you guys.

@santiagoacosta3372 2 года назад

I like how everyone talks about how toby fox should do mother 4 and Toby thinks that nobody but itoi should do it

@T-Dawg75 2 года назад

How ironic

@MicaiahBaron 2 года назад

Favorite moment in the video, though there were a lot of great ones.

@orangejoe2147 Год назад

And yet Itoi said he’s done making mother and wants the fans to continue the series themselves

@spankowitzmusic Год назад

@@orangejoe2147 And thus, a paradox.

@Bot-rd6fj 7 месяцев назад

I mean, he's right, nobody but Itoi can make Mother 4 actually good. After all, it's a series so personal to him. Plus, I don't want Toby Fox to turn the Earthbound characters into furries that try to manipulate you emocionally with cringy Tumblr-like humor...

@RogersBase 2 года назад

It was a pleasure taking part in this celebration of one of my favorite RPG franchises of all time! Thanks for having me and FUZZY PICKLES!!

@GamingtheOtter 6 месяцев назад

Are you doing ok? You didn't seem like you're normal self. I'm used to seeing you more upbeat. Hope you are ok.

@BasementDweller_ 5 месяцев назад

Crossover comment moment.

@StopSkeletonsFromFighting 2 года назад

Thanks for having me on! Y’all did a fantastic job, so happy to have been a part of this!!

@That_Lady_Charlie 2 года назад

hi, Uncle Derek! ❤

@StopSkeletonsFromFighting 2 года назад

@@That_Lady_Charlie 👋

@aceofpayne3141 2 года назад

Hey there, Derek 😋 Love your show, love your podcast. Thanks for introducing me to Earthbound. (wouldn't have ever tried it out if it weren't for your old review. Great game.)

@StopSkeletonsFromFighting 2 года назад

@@aceofpayne3141 💪

@TheRealCheesemaker 2 года назад

Thanks for the heads up, Derek!

@artsyomni 2 года назад

So happy to see how great this turned out. It was an honor to be a small part of it!

@nintendolife 2 года назад

Huge part Omni, HUGE PART - Zion

@BasementDweller_ 5 месяцев назад

Crossover comment moment.

@FelixSR 2 года назад

This was one of the best videos I've ever seen. I am lucky to work with you Zion. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories. That hour went by quick. Mother Forever!

@alexweisz7759 2 года назад

And we’re lucky to enjoy your work now too Felix! Welcome to Nintendo Life!

@Lorenzovd 2 года назад

Yeah agreed with @Alex Weisz, i love your voice and it is so good to listen to!

@billyhatfield7049 2 года назад

"I know it's hard, but no crying until the end" Cue my tears streaming down my face as soon as it started. Thank you Zion for putting this entire thing together and for everyone who participated and gave their input. This was such a treat to watch.

@walterlewis1029 2 года назад

I think most of Us had tears as well Billy.

@pizzalover346 Месяц назад

I felt an insanely MASSIVE chill run through my entire body as those words were said. Truly the mantra of Mother

@diegog1853 2 года назад

I think that since Itoi will not be involved with a sequel, a remake of one of the three games might be a better option. Modernizing them a little bit for new audiences, maybe reviving that clay aesthetic in 3D and polishing the few outdated aspects of the games. Or a 16 bit remake of the first one which is the hardest to get into, remake it in the style of 2 and 3 so that you can sell all of them in a coherent package.

@mcj88 2 года назад

_"I was talking to Lou Reed the other day and he said that the first Velvet Underground record sold 30,000 copies in the first five years. The sales have picked up in the past few years, but I mean, that record was such an important record for so many people. _*_I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band!"_* -Brian Eno, _Musician_ Magazine, October 1982 This is a rather famous quip about the influence of The Velvet Underground, one of my all-time favourite bands; a niche, underground rock group from the late 1960s that wound up inspiring, essentially, the _entire genres_ of punk rock in the late-70s, and later the alt-rock & grunge movements of the late-80s and early-90s. They would often make songs that abused the senses, with lyrics about drug abuse, casual sex, BDSM, etc.; adult-oriented music about "life in the gutter", to quote one critic, that's commonplace in music now to the point of cliché but which most bands of that era weren't even _allowed_ to sing about. And as Eno put it above, their taboo records sold _very_ poorly, but their influence on music in the decades to come was, I dare say, unrivaled. Their song "Heroin" in particular is, for my money, one of the most important songs ever recorded. I often think about EarthBound in a similar light: a game too weird, perhaps even too "deviant", for its time but which struck an incredible chord with those who _did_ get to play it. It influenced its players in an incredible way, and that's shown in the games we've seen in the almost 30 years since its release: Undertale & Deltarune, the Lisa trilogy, Yume Nikki; and a number of indie titles so countless that "EarthBound-like" as a term has almost become its own genre, in the same way "Roguelike" did, to properly describe them. Similarly almost to the point of cliché, where nowadays "quirky EarthBound-inspired indie RPG about depression" is a meme that some roll their eyes at. To me, though, EarthBound is an "artist's artwork," one of those rare and truly special works that inspires creative people to want to make something like it themselves. I often find myself rehashing and recycling Eno's quote in talking about the game: _EarthBound_ only sold about a hundred thousand copies in the States when it first came out, but everyone who bought one made their own video game. _🎵 I don't know just where I'm going; but I'm gonna try for the Kingdom, if I can... 🎵_

@guguig9746 2 года назад

"You're watching a video about it, so why not play it?" Okay, you got me

@rotciv97 2 года назад

This video is amazing. Thank you so much for putting it together and sharing it with the universe.

@nintendolife 2 года назад

Victor!! My goodness!! From the bottom of my heart, thank you! To know this video meant that much to you really incredibly whole! - Zion

@Kosmicant Год назад

i love how scott can sound so monotone yet is the most passionate guy in the room

@DidYouKnowGamin 2 года назад

Mother should I build a wall?

@ThaneGaming 2 года назад

That was beautiful. Thank you Nintendo Life for creating this stunning -video- short film about my favorite series of all time. I loved hearing the unique perspectives of your guests; having all of these longtime EarthBound megafans like Stephen & Mal in one place made for an unforgettable retrospective! I especially appreciated the early footage of Tyler getting EarthBound for the first time, and that recording of the game being played in the background of Brittney’s birthday…such rare, cool time capsules to share with us. The cinematography was brilliant too, contextualizing Shesez’ friend’s dirty bedroom from the '90s with an empty bowl of Fruity Pebbles and a lonely Pokémon card was perfect. All of the small presentation touches make this something really special, much like the games themselves.

@nintendolife 2 года назад

Thank you so much Thane!! It’s the little attention to detail that these games and the community deserve and I’m so glad they brought you joy!

@TonyBorda 2 года назад

Everyone: Who is this weird Pokémon character?? Stephen Georg: *crying* MOM NESS IS IN SMASH BROS

@JeremyHinen 2 года назад

Love that TF is sticking with that goofy text-to-speech voice he used for the Deltarune stream. It somehow works perfect with the little annoying dog avi

@That_Lady_Charlie 2 года назад

the interpolation of pixel art perler beads against still life backdrops *really* makes me want an Earthbound remake with an art style like that 😍 perfection.

@MyRetroLife 2 года назад

Loved it Zion. Thank you for having me part of this!

@c0deface426 2 года назад

Great to see Chugga, Stephen, and Mal together in the end credits

@dstinnettmusic 2 года назад

If they had left Stephen and Mal out I would have been really upset.

@GryynGlo 2 года назад

I hate the fact that whenever Mother 3 comes up in conversation the game itself is overshadowes by the fact that it isn’t released yet. It’s such a beautiful real game that deserves so much more, and that so many people deserve to experience

@ilan_profile 2 года назад

THE EDITING HERE WAS SO PROFESIONAL- Felt straight out of a TV Documental! I've never played Earthbound, but this video made me want to try it out, specially now that it is in NSO 👀

@yuzef_jayden 2 года назад

We had a Super Famicom since it was cheaper than a SNES and I played earthbound in Japanese. It's my sole memory of being able to read kana and asking my mom what the kanji meant whenever one came up. I was 8 and life was simple 🧡 This video hit me with so much nostalgia. Thank you so much Nintendo Life!

@Goose-tl8bg 7 месяцев назад

Man this series is just amazing I might of been born a month after mother 3 released but man I still remember going over to my cousins house and playing earthbound on a emulator intel late at night. Then when I moved away man I still keep on remembering playing the game. Then when Nintendo released it on switch online that was the only game I played for like 4 months.

@Pownchao 2 года назад

The reason it's so upsetting Mother 3 is not officially localized: we want to share the experience brought about by this game and the series as a whole!

@knuclear200x 2 года назад

What a funny mother's day joke. Your mother raised you well in that regard

@expendableindigo9639 2 года назад

Also weird they keep putting it in Smash Bros (which, thank god they do that, at least) consistently but refuse to release the source material.

@knuclear200x 2 года назад

@@expendableindigo9639 Good

@Player-jh4ko 2 года назад

@@knuclear200x That isn't good...

@xbro154ever 2 года назад

This video is so beautifully made, the Mother series is such a deep, upbeat and emotional roller coaster where you live every second of it and that makes this series one of Nintendo’s shining diamonds that I wish even more people would see it for what this amazing creation is all about. Thank you Nintendo Life and all those who signed up to talk about the Mother series in this light and for making this video in the first place. Have a great day 👍

@leeartlee915 2 года назад

It’s so funny to me that Earthbound was considered this “under appreciated” game. In 1995, everyone I knew was well aware of its release. Not everyone bought it but they knew about it. And then a few of my friends and I bought that big ass box. Glad more people found out about its brilliance later on but it was even more amazing back in the mid 90s.

@knuclear200x 2 года назад

It was obscured by poor advertising, a high release price and low stock. I don't even think it was hyped in magazines before Smash existed

@josephboehmer1245 2 года назад

@@knuclear200x the advertising wasn't poor. It was the 90s. Of course they went with a gross out humor campaign.

@mythosinfinite6736 2 года назад

@@josephboehmer1245 The advertising campaign in NA alone was worth $2m and they barely recouped those costs _globally._ It was a historical failure. Outlets such as GamePro even reported a record-breaking number of complaints over the scratch-and-sniff ads. In the end, it sold a little over 1/5th of the copies that it did in Japan, which were already fairly low compared to other Nintendo blockbusters, even despite the considerably larger consumerbase. At ~140,000 copies, it was a record low for first-party game sales for Nintendo in NA.

@thecunninlynguist 2 года назад

This game stinks is a terrible way to lead an ad.

@leeartlee915 2 года назад

@@thecunninlynguist It WAS an attention grabber though. How many ads have come and went that we can’t remember but Earthbounds “bad” approach is still remembered by many?

@brentdever928 2 года назад

i finally played and finished earthbound on switch. it truly lived up to the hype

@rosecoloredgamer8148 2 года назад

I lost my mother to cancer when I was 27 to cancer. I knew Mother 3 existed, but I never knew there was a fan translation until a few years after the fact. I had not until that time played a game with such emotional depth. Dealing with death and loss, seeing Flint lose it when he found out his wife died, to see that Lucas rarely leave his mom's gave since she died, it touched my soul in a way that hardly anything up until that time had, I had shut down emotionally inside for a few years. Mother 3 helped me cry again.

@brianlefko4404 2 года назад

I’ve been thinking of what to write here for too long, so here goes. The MOTHER series changed my life. I know that saying so may be a bit cliché, but it’s true. I was in my early teens when I got into the series, and I kind of consider it the point that separates my life as a child and my life as a… young adult, I guess. Suddenly I was interested in art, and the impact it could have on others, and the passion of the people who poured their hearts and souls into it. Maybe more importantly, MOTHER 3 showed me the importance of love, of compassion, of kindness, of sympathy, and of empathy. Over the years these games, especially MOTHER 3, have not only changed my life, but saved it. No other works of art mean more to me. Thank you Shigesato Itoi, and thank you for making this video. I just hope more people take the time to experience this strange, funny, heartrending, and truly wonderful series.

@pkmntrainerluigi Год назад

I was gonna scream at the tip of my god forsaken lungs if Chuggaaconroy wasn't apart of this. He is LITERALLY the full package MOTHER fan

@Luca023-_- 2 года назад

Take a melody Simple as can be Give it some words and Sweet harmony Raise your voices All day long now Love grows strong now Sing a melody of Love, oh love

@Player-jh4ko 2 года назад

When you are happy, with laughter to spare Fun is twice as fun with someone to share When you are lonely and full of despair Things aren't half as bad when somebody cares Maybe now you have figured it out That's what being a friend is about When you're looking for a shoulder you can cry on Won't you think about me? When you're looking for someone you can rely on Don't you ever doubt me I'll be there someway, somehow That's what being friends is about When you are restless and want room to breathe I will give you all the space that you need And when you're ready for my company I will come around, just call on me Maybe now you have figured it out That's what being a friend is about When you need someone who feels the way you do Won't you think about me? Someone who can pick you up when you are blue Don't you ever doubt me I'll be there someway, somehow That's what being friends is about I'm your friend 'till the end Count on me In the sunshine and the rain Paradise and back again Count on me Let me be a friend in need Let me be a friend indeed Count on me And if you ask me, you know that it's true There is not a thing that I wouldn't do I'd follow you to the ends of the earth That's how much I think our friendship is worth Maybe now you have figured it out That's what being a friend is about When there's something that you just don't understand Won't you think about me? I'll be more than glad to lend a helping hand Don't you ever doubt me I'll be there someway, somehow That's what being friends is about I'll be there someway, somehow That's what being friends is about I will swear to keep them (Let me know your problems) I will help you solve them (When your heart is aching) I will stop it breaking (When you are in danger) I am your guardian angel (I will stand beside you) Be the one to guide you (When your dreams are crumbling) Call me, I'll come running (That's what friends are all about)

@plazolaferreyro3416 11 месяцев назад

When thid documentary came out i commented that i was still playing mother 3, i finished in june/july, and it has been the most importat piece of art in my life, thanks to it i got to love music, cinema, literature, cultures and art in general. Truly an underated mastepiece. (The only thing im left to do is play mother 1 but im waiting till mother encore is finished and reviwed to know which version of the game is best)

@6scar911 2 года назад

I remember I first played Earthbound in middle school after my curiosity was piqued after playing as Ness in Melee, that was more than 10 years ago now. No other game has taken it's place in my life. It's so sweet, so memorable. Then I played Mother 3 and that made me cry a lot. Now I work with kids and there's this one that was so impressed by me using Ness in Ultimate that he's his favorite character now. I've yet to hear him talk about the game, but I hope he has a wonderful experience when he finally plays it.

@starmaster65 Месяц назад

Amazing learning about so many people's experiences and perspectives on this franchise. I've never finished a Mother game myself, first tried EarthBound on Wii U VC in 2020, but I went back to it recently and I can't wait to fully experience the journey...

@LgndOfNick 2 года назад

I’m brand new to Earthbound, only recently playing it after its switch release, but it’s one of the most unforgettable games I’ve ever played! Amazing job on this documentary

@josephboehmer1245 2 года назад

Grandparents and Scott in one video? Amazing

@nintendolife 2 года назад

Gotta get them both in person in a video together!

@rien6215 2 года назад

Mother 3 is my favorite in the series and one of my favorite games of all time, but Earthbound will always be the one that left a massive impact on me. It's the reason I love JRPGs as much as I do now and a lot of my sense of humor definitely comes from the goofiness of the game. Amazing video. :)

@FireflySays 2 года назад

What an incredibly special video. Thank you for putting this together, it was a pleasure to watch.

@skyesarnow4660 2 года назад

Well done Zion. Probably your best video yet. I'm not even an Earthbound fan, but I'm more convinced I need to give this series a try.

@theburntcrumpet8371 2 года назад

WHOAAAAAAAHHHH. This is so amazing! I've never completed a mother or earthbound game but I really get it now, hearing how passionate everyone is about it and some of your history with it is amazing! Thank you for making this. Best quality content I've seen on RU-vid in so long

@mitchellrogers5130 2 года назад

This was amazing. So many amazing guests and Jon!!!! I always hoped we’d see him on NL in some form again one day.

@garfreeek 2 года назад

Shows that there's no bad feelings there. Really glad about that! 🤎

@boodro2122 2 года назад

I didn't play this til I was in my 30's. On the SNES Classic. It's a really great game.

@Under10Hours 2 года назад

This was so nice. I played Earthbound and Mother 3 for the first time back to back this month and it's so quickly risen the ranks to be one of, if not my number 1, favorite series. Being able to hear from so many creators about how it inspired them and what each of them uniquely took away from the series was an incredible experience.

@NateTheJam 2 года назад

This video is amazing. One of the best I’ve seen on this channel. Earthbound holds a special place in my heart.

@authormichellefranklin 2 года назад

A wonderful tribute. Amazingly done, Zion! (also, always glad to see Jon!)

@jshrosales 2 года назад

excellent, EXCELLENT video, Zion. You really brought out the heart and soul of Earthbound. Happy Mother’s Day!!

@Rawk__ 2 года назад

Earthbound is one of the only Nintendo series I’ve yet to dip my toes into, but man, it always warms my heart to see just how passionate fans are. The love that’s shared for these games by this community is astonishing, and is truly a testament to how special these games are. Seeing so many people from so many different parts of the RU-vid Gaming community come together to give this series the appreciation it deserves, that’s a magical thing, and we have you to thank for that Zion. I hope to one day share in the joy that is this series, and have my own Earthbound journey to look back fondly. ~ Rawk

@spamaccount688 2 года назад

This honestly is my favorite video you’ve ever posted. We need more content like this please ♥️

@brunomoreira-jones6043 2 года назад

This is absolutely wholesome and heartfelt. Thank you!

@HudsonU 2 года назад

Its perfect that this came out on Mother’s day. Incredible video :)

@guguig9746 2 года назад

Stephen and Mal being here warms my heart so much

@mishaoosterhuis5260 2 года назад

THANK YOU. As a fan of these games myself. Amazing passion and production quality in this!

@ssmelche 2 года назад

I picked up Earthbound for the SNES for $13 as a kid when I was at a flea market while camping at Carowinds for the weekend with my family. I had no idea what it was at the time as it was just the cart and no manual or box. I didn't have a computer or Nintendo Power at that time and so I went into Earthbound blind not even knowing what genre of game this would be when I popped it into my family's SNES. I'd never played anything like Earthbound and it was very intriguing. I didn't quite understand how it worked at first but eventually I got the hang of it and was hooked.

@robnagy1408 2 года назад

This game got me through the death of my mother

@Ziondood 2 года назад

Sorry for your loss friend. Glad to hear the game helped in its own way ❤️

@robnagy1408 2 года назад

@@Ziondood thanks man that means a lot

@therealseanw.stewart2071 2 года назад

Thanks, guys. EarthBound is one of the defining games of my life. Happy MOTHER's Day!

@guguig9746 2 года назад

What an amazing video. Thank you to all involved

@gregosaurusgames 2 года назад

Late to the party here - incredible work Zion! Love to see the immense passion by all put into this project. I’ve never played Earthbound but always wanted to - this video has inspired me to not only play it, but eventually also make beautiful content like this. Hope to see more of these longer videos in the future!

@cosmic-sockz15 2 года назад

I love the entire mother series and this is just truly great to see this and how far it’s come thank you for sharing!!

@Hetachan 2 года назад

This was such a heartwarming video! Learning about how personal this game is to people makes me smile! Thank you for making this!

@superstarcadet 2 года назад

Despite the sentiment of “no crying until the end”, this video had me bawling from start to finish. Thank you to everyone who worked on this video to shed such a beautiful and honorable light on how fantastic this series is. I am so elated knowing that the Mother series has changed so many lives and not just mine… I sincerely don’t think I would be here today if it wasn’t for this series. To put it bluntly, it literally saved my life. In general too, I always get a big smile on my face whenever you guys post something another related… keep up the amazing work!

@NichoBlockheadImagination Год назад

What an incredible video. Took me a while to get around to it, but it's so awesome and unexpectedly moving. Thank you for making this Zion!

@DarkShadow-jv3ef 2 года назад

This turned out very good and glad so many contributed for this. Shout out to Stephenplays and Chuggaaconroy for getting into Earthbound. I've never had it as a kid and now it one my favorite RPGs. I've played thru Mother and then Mother 3 later on.

@T-Dawg75 2 года назад

What a lovely watch! It was incredible seeing Steven and Mal, Chuggaconroy, Scott the Woz, the Nintendo Life crew, and TOBY FREAKING FOX, all in one place

@Knotzer3233 2 года назад

I’ve never seen someone express passion for something I’m passionate about too, I kinda needed this video, new favorite videos.

@andrebenia 2 года назад

Magnificent job! Congrats to everyone...

@Gamesharq64 2 года назад

Beautiful video Zion. You made an interview video about Earthbound that FEELS like Earthbound. Simply amazing 👏

@nintendolife 2 года назад

I’m so darn pleased you think so Devon!!

@jefftroidvania Год назад

IDK what took me so long to get around to watching this. What an amazing, heartfelt love letter to a series that so many people absolutely adore. Great video 10/10

@TheRealDuster 5 месяцев назад

As duster, this documentary brings me a lot of joy. Thank you to everyone who made this awesome masterpiece! And I still wish non japanese speaking people can officially play my game, maybe some day...

@brogar6726 2 года назад

I decided to watch this video based off of the poll posted on the channel about it. I've got to say, it's heartwarming to see this many other content creators and web personalities gush about this wonderful series. Thank you for bringing them all together for this tribute. Zeon did a good job of competently sourcing and editing this piece. I'd love to see more long-form content like this in the future, maybe with some clearer partitioning in topic segments, like a video essay. While I love what everyone had to say, topics discussed did make the content form come off as a little scattered and nebulous; but overall still pleasant. I'd love to see the format grow and evolve.

@DKCreo 2 года назад

The best work Zion's put out to date. Good production and very enjoyable.

@DarelictMcFizz-a-tron 11 месяцев назад

It feels illegal that this doesn’t have more views. I clicked for the people I liked, stayed for the incredible editing and heartfelt stories. Time to play Earthbound now!

@Serch_YB27 2 года назад

Wow! Amazing documentary!! Great work Zion! I will definitively give Earthbound and the series a chance

@GamerSquiddy Год назад

What a beautiful video, been keeping it in the watch later until I had time and I'm glad I got to it. Such a great video about a great series

@notsofunny9651 2 года назад

Such an amazing video to my favorite series of all time!

@rambo_ando 2 года назад

Wow! Such an amazing lovesong to Mother and different to the usual NL videos. Well done all!

@NaveedMohebbi 2 года назад

Earthbound and the Mother series are so special and this video did an incredible job of showing that. Thanks so much for putting this together. It was beautiful!

@velocityxl2009 Год назад

Zion, thank you for being the driving force behind this documentary. It has inspired me to finally see what all the buzz is about. To say I'd been missing out would be an understatement!

@user-yp2fb5or6w 2 года назад

Thank you for this video. I'm glad to know Earthbound is loved by many people:D From Japan xxx

@gamermusiclover8883 2 года назад

This was so cool to see! Thank you for making it and everyone who participated! Also it was funny seeing Stephen, Mal, Chuggaconroy all group together in the end.

@MumboMod 2 года назад

I already love this video, one of your best!

@a2c2008 2 года назад

Love how you all interviewed folks outside of Nintendo Life! Thank you! I wish I would have played EarthBound when I was a kid but only recently played it on the SNES classic and loved every minute of it.

@RWNetworkEX 2 года назад

Had a feeling chugga would be here. Great vid. Seeing mother content on my feed made me happy

@acegibbo9056 2 года назад

This was an amazingly edited video, nicely done Zion! I’d love more collaborative retrospectives in this style in the future, like with other franchises or certain creatives in the industry

@thesecondhandtook6063 2 года назад

Long time viewer, first time commenter. Just wanted to say this was a lovely video. Having not played any game in the Earthbound series, it was still infectious to see the joy from everyone who loved the series in their own way. The Earthbound series has always felt inaccessible to me, and for obviously fair reasons, so much so that even when the NSO version was revealed it still didn't feel worth it to look into. But this video has changed my mind and after I knock a couple other games off the backlog, I'll be looking forward to giving this a shot on my Nintendo Switch :)

@MasIndie 11 дней назад

This is probably one of the best documentaries I’ve seen on this franchise, Nice job!

@nintendolife 10 дней назад

Wow, thank you!! - Zion

@pluspuzzle6878 2 года назад

Wow, this was amazing! Good work guy's!

@justinsanders-hiett9281 2 года назад

I remember playing earthbound my senior year in college on the SNES classic and it really was one of the most profound experiences I ever had in my life. Really cool to hear other peoples experiences with the Mother series.

@marksokolowski978 2 года назад

Excellent video! So great to see all these content creators unite!

@wangledteb5671 2 года назад

This is so sweet! One thing I really love (idk if they mention this in the video cuz I'm only halfway through) is how Earthbound is such a nostalgic experience for me now, going back to it, but it's also a little sadder than it was when I was a kid-things like having to call your mom, or just the general whimsical vibe, there's something about that kind of nostalgia that comes with a sort of like. awareness of how you don't really appreciate being a kid when you actually are one, til you grow up and have adult responsibilities and stuff :P and then mother 3... felt like it engaged with that sort of sadness and sense of loss directly. Without spoiling anything, there's deep personal losses that the characters go through but also just a general sense of longing for a way of life that has been lost that really speaks to me now, as an adult. But I agree that if the games weren't SO hilarious and engaging and if the music wasn't so damned good idk if I would have played them enough to form such a deep emotional connection with them, so I feel like it strikes a really good balance. If it was JUST about loss and sadness the whole way through I'd probably have played through it once and then never touched it again like I did with Last of Us Part II lmao (gonna reply to this comment and put my slightly more spoilery thoughts there in the reply, in case anyone wants to avoid those)

@wangledteb5671 2 года назад

And it's interesting to me because like... the whole plot of Mother 3, with an essentially socialist community being taken over by the Pigmask army and changed into capitalists, feel so like... I mean I'm Indigenous, in what's now called Canada, so I read that very much as an allegory for colonialism, but I don't know that Itoi was necessarily thinking about the colonization of North America when he wrote it. But I do know from things I've read, that that sort of forced transition from more socialist ways of living to capitalism happened in Europe too, and the transition very much did involve violence and coercion just like in Mother 3, so I wonder if maybe it's been like that everywhere. But it is just rly cool to me that someone who wrote a game in a totally different language on the other side of the world made something that feels so deeply personal to me lol and judging by this video, to a lot of people!

@garfreeek 2 года назад

Amazing! What a love letter, and what a star studded group of people! That's all already amazing, and than it looks this good?! Wow!!

@gArMsIv 2 года назад

There is no other game series that brings people together like this one does. You guys did a beautiful job. I know I’m a nobody but given the opportunity, I would absolutely love to gush about this game and how much it saved my life and helped me feel loved in a time when I had nobody. I owe Itoi and the rest of the team my whole heart. These games are the reason I make music and understand emotions. Mother 3 alone just thinking about that game I get choked up and teary eyed. I was a huge part of this fandom for a long time from when I was 12 until I was 18, and the people I met and the experiences I had with these likeminded people was profound. I used to run a mildly famous Instagram page for Mother related stuff and to this day I look back and see it as one of the most important moments of my life. Thank you guys for making such a beautiful documentary, and remember… -No crying until the end-

@nintendolife 2 года назад

Can’t thank you enough for your dedication to this thing we all love so much! Appreciate the kind words too! And hey, don’t be hard on yourself, no one is a nobody

@ericjames1123 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the video, cool putting faces to some of the names I've seen in the EB community. Thanks for posting!

@thestockimagequeen Год назад

Extremely well-made video. Like a lot of people, I discovered the Mother series through Smash, and have since fallen absolutely in love with Mother. Such a beautiful, ethereal franchise.

@atwistedb 2 года назад

I'm so happy I saw this on reddit, good job to everyone who worked on this! (No crying till the end)

@draculactica 2 года назад

Love that everyone contextualizes the marketing for earthbound. They did the best they could to appeal to American kids hopped up on sour spray. The japanese mother 3 commercial though (the one with the woman crying) is the perfect marketing

@walterlewis1029 2 года назад

I was playing yesterday and got to the Deep Darkness and made it to the Boss it was kicking my Butt!!! And Poo Sweeps in And saves the Day I was overwhelmed with emotion having Poo Back.