Complete History of the MOTHER Novels
A complete history of Saori Kumi’s MOTHER/EarthBound novels & the many attempts to translate them into English, leading to their unofficial release by Nyaasu Nekoban! I interviewed her and kenisu about their roles in the long journey to get here.
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Sources & further reading:
Translations, books, and articles
⍟ Nyaasu Nekoban's MOTHER 1 and 2 novel translations
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⍟ Kenisu's updated MOTHER Encyclopedia translations
/ kenisu3000
⍟ Chewy's MOTHER 2 Novel Translation website (Wayback Machine)
https://web.archive.org/web/201402210...
⍟ Saori Kumi on why a MOTHER 3 novel was never written
https://web.archive.org/web/201309242...
⍟ Mato's MOTHER novel chapter summaries
https://earthboundcentral.com/mother-...
⍟ Kyosuke's MOTHER novel chapter 2 summary
https://earthboundcentral.com/2009/11...
⍟ Kenisu's MOTHER novel translation: chapter 1 (complete)
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games...
⍟ Kenisu's MOTHER novel translation: chapters 1-4 (excerpts)
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/W...
⍟ Starmen thread where Kenisu reveals plans to translate novel
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games...
Footage
⍟ Earthbound Dimensions Trailer by antourenein [Studio Allele]
• Earthbound Dimensions - Mother Direct 2022...
⍟ Shigesato Itoi featured in "Gintama" (episode 274) - watch on Crunchyroll
⍟ The Earthbound Bash 2013 Day 1 footage by Fangamer
• The Earthbound Bash 2013 Day 1
⍟ Chewy livestream by Fangamer
https://www.twitch.tv/fangamer/videos...
⍟ POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute by SaganYee
• POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute
⍟ "LloydBound Commercial" by BlueNinty
• LloydBound Commercial
Images
⍟ FATHER 2 screenshot from "Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl" (episode 11) - watch on Funimation
⍟ All sprites used in this video were ripped by The Spriters Resource
https://www.spriters-resource.com
⍟ Crumpled paper stock photo by steve_a_johnson
https://pixabay.com/photos/garbage-tr...
Sound FX
⍟ MOTHER 1 and 2 sounds by Starmen
https://starmen.net/mother1/soundfx/
http://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/
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