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In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Ness is the only fighter to be unlocked on a Melee Stage (Onett).


Source:Smash Wiki

Onett in Brawl

A Note From James

Sorry I have been inactive, school and homework are a pain sometimes, trivia will be here very soon.
                                      
                        
-James                                                                                                                    

Ness in SSB4

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In Super Smash Bros. 4, Ness' yo-yo says "SUPER NINTENDO 2014: MOTHER".
SOURCE: www.smashbros.com

A total of four unused objects intended for the 100th floor remained in the final version of the game. All of them did in fact appear on the 100th floor; however, they used the graphics originally used in EarthBound, while the unused versions were redrawn in Mother 3's style. WikiBound

Just A Look At Some Of The Games Nintendo Has Allowed On The eShop Rather Than The Mother Games:

Just a sad reminder of the shovelware that Nintendo would rather publish on the eShop rather than two high quality and cult-classic games. Sad, isn't it?

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In  Super Smash Bros. 4, many of Ness's alternate special moves are similar, if not identical, to Lucas's special moves from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Source: Smash Wiki

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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, the tattoo on Midbus's arm resembles the emblem seen on Pigmask machinery and equipment in MOTHER 3. Source: MarioWiki

                                                             My MarioWiki profile: User:Whitey

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In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Ness' Yoyo says "Dolphin Loop. HalLab Nintendo 2001." on the front, a referencing the Gamecube's codename 'Dolphin'. Source: vgfacts

Magicant Is A Stage In SSB3D! Ninten & Loid sighting confirmed!

You see that dimensional rift right there? It shows scenes from the MOTHER trilogy, including one where Ninten is talking to Loid on the roof (MOTHER), and one where Ninten is talking to his dog Mick (MOTHER). I haven't heard anything about a Mother3 sighting of Lucas or anyone, but MOTHER! Could this mean we might finally get MOTHER in the west?

Stay tuned!

Update: As I thought about it, it's actually rather unlikely we'll see a Mother3 scene in the dimensional rift, as Mother3 doesn't have a Magicant location.

There are two arcade cabinets found only in the Onett Arcade, which show recognizable screens of the Donkey Kong and Space Invaders arcade games. Source:vgfacts

Did you know your Mother?

A glitch in EarthBound allows accessing one of the game's debug menus?

Did You Know Your MOTHER?

In MOTHER 3, Duster's combo sound effects are incorrectly applied due to a programming oversight, forcing multiple sounds to go unused.

Sorry about lack of trivia. Today's trivia will be posted shortly. Thank you and have a great day playing Earthbound!

Funny & Fantastic Drawing by Nairi!

Thanks Nairi!

Poll Results – Which MOTHER game is your favorite?

The poll is closed and the results are in! Here they are:

1st place – I can't choose! All of them! took 40% of all votes.
2nd place – MOTHER 3 took 33% of all votes.
3rd place tie – MOTHER and EarthBound each took 13% of all votes.

MOTHER 1 Bug Fixes

Bread Crumbs

A glitch involving the use of the Bread Crumbs item was fixed for the US prototype and Mother 1+2. One of its main uses is to bypass the rock sealing Giegue's lair, which doesn't normally open until you get the eight melodies, a glitch that has been used in Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS) of the Japanese version.

Flea Bag

In the Japanese version, it is possible to abuse the Flea Bag item on R7038XX, dropping his offense to the point where he cannot kill EVE, and after 255 turns the battle automatically ends (as per the game code). As a result, the event for EVE dying and giving you the melody happens, but she also remains in your party – something which isn't supposed to happen, mainly because she's obscenely overpowered.
The US prototype and Mother 1+2 fixed this so that the Flea Bag cannot be used on the indestructible robots.

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Nintendo of America had translated and originally planned to release Mother in North America, under the title Earth Bound. The localization was completed in 1990, but marketing pushed the release into Fall of 1991, and it was eventually put on indefinite hold. The localization producer and English script writer for Earth Bound, Phil Sandhop, explained, "Once the Super NES squatted in the pipeline and shoved the game aside from its appointed time, I believe that the marketing execs just decided that the game would be too expensive to produce and unsuccessful without marketing, and that's why it fell into oblivion." During localization some changes were made to the game, such as removing blood from enemy sprites (in accordance to Nintendo of America's censorship guidelines of the time) or changing town names. One of the bigger changes was greatly extending the game's ending. Source:Wikipedia

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In MOTHER, at the northernmost pier in Ellay, there is a fisherman who will heal Ninten and his party, free of charge.

The mysterious "M.D. Seeger", who is credited with the rock guitar on the gas station screen right before the main title screen, is none other than Shigeru Miyamoto himself. But weirdest of all, apparently Miyamoto might not even realize that he had been made into this mysterious foreign guitarist. Source: Starmen.net


Note: I am starting school tomorrow, so don't expect trivia early in the morning or late at night.

New (Awesome) Pixel Art by Jason!

Jason's new favorite post!
Check out Jason on Miiverse here: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/JasonAlmonte

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In MOTHER, before Ninten dances with Ana in a cabin in Mt. Itoi, he may use the Onyx Hook or Teleport to warp away and finish the rest of the game by himself? Source:WikiBound

Devil's Machine Logo w/ Better Tear

Something didn't feel right about the tear I put on the former Devil's Machine logo, so I fixed that right up!

Awesome Drawing of the EarthBound Series Logo in Front of a Starman, With a 4 as an Homage to the Mother 4 Fangame!

Thanks Finn!
Check out Finn on DeviantArt here: http://shinzu911.deviantart.com/
Check out Finn on Miiverse here: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/ShinzuTheArtist

Three Fantastic Pixel Arts by Miiverse User Aegis!

Thank you so much Aegis!
I made a request for a drawing, and Aegis gave me this amazing drawing (the third one)!
Check out Aegis on Miiverse here: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/yoshifan314

An Awesome Drawing by Miiverse User Shulk!

Thanks Shulk (formerly Boomer) for letting us use your drawing on our blog!
And don't worry, I didn't notice the typo until I read your comment saying you made a typo!
Check out Shulk on Miiverse here: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/BoomerAuraMaster

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If the player walks through the tunnel leading to Reindeer prior to actually taking the train, they will find a pile of bones. If the player talks to it, it'll say "Get on the train, or you will have a hard time like me." Source:VGFacts

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In Earthbound, the Tonzura Brothers became The Runaway Five. The name and colors of suits were changed to avoid lawsuits over the Blues Brothers (and resulted in a kinda-sorta reference to Mario and Luigi), although "Runaway Five" is an odd name to pick considering that there are six people onstage. Source:The Cutting Room Floor

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The color of the flowers at Hinawa's grave are different as you progress through the game? Source:WikiBound

Happy Birthday, Ness and Friends!!!

What does MOTHER series creator have to say about the 20th anniversary of the release of MOTHER 2 (EarthBound) in Japan?

“It’s already been 20 years since the release ofEarthbound [Mother 2 in Japanese].

… does that make you happy?

Yes: me too.

No: Then be happy.

Shigesato Itoi,

August 27th, 2014."

Well, Mr. Itoi, I speak for all of us when I say that yes, we are happy.  And let's hope that once MOTHER 1 & 3 are released in the west then we can be just as happy when we look back at their release dates and celebrate their anniversaries.  Translation:  http://siliconera.com/all/2014-08-27-earthbound-celebrates-20th-anniversary-mr-saturn#1. Original Source: http://www.1101.com/nintendo/mother_info/index.html

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The version of Mother included in the Japanese-only compilation Mother 1+2 for the Game Boy Advance is actually the unreleased U.S prototype translated back into Japanese. Source:VGFacts

Supposedly leaked Super Smash Bros. 3DS screenshots show the Devil's Car from Mother/EarthBound Zero! Hopefully this part of the leak is truthful, and Nintendo hasn't forgotten about the first game in such a classic series!

A Close Representation of Our Logo for the Month of October, the Launch of Super Smash Bros. 3DS!

I don't think too much will change. Our motto, "WE WANT OUR MOTHERS, NINTENDO!" will need to be added of course, but I think I like how it looks! I did my best as far as letter spacing, but there's only so much I could do to get it like this. What do you think?

ATTENTION OPERATION WESTBOUND MEMBERS! NEW MIIVERSE MEETING POST BY TYLER! HERE IS THE LINK:

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAAYUKlkEBG5eA

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In Super Smash Bros., artwork of the two frontmen of the Runaway Five make an appearance in Ness's ending screen where they use their clothing from Mother 2 rather than that of EarthBound, even in the English release.

Also, in the intro for Super Smash Bros. Melee, when Ness uses teleport, the two frontmen of the Runaway Five can be seen using their design from Mother 2, even in the English version. Source: WikiBound

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The clay models for Ness and Paula for the US release of EarthBound are different from the original Japanese Mother 2 models, and early magazines use an entirely separate model for Paula. Source:WikiBound

 Can someone help me get the image to display correctly?

Improved Space-themed Logo (More Water Than Land, Like Earth)

Crossed my mind after two seconds that there's more water than land on Earth. Duh! Get it together Josh!

SPAAAAAAAACE-themed Logo!

Figured I would make the EarthBound series logo look like...Earth. Added some "stars" so it looks more space-like! Also downloaded a new font just for this logo.

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In MOTHER 2, one of Ness's default names is Mario. Many other Japanese default names for his friends are also from the Mario series, such as Luigi-Jeff, Peach-Paula, Kinopio (called Toad in the U.S)-Poo, and Yoshi-King. Source: Super Mario Wiki

Meet our new "Did You Know Your MOTHER?" Trivia Author, Miiverse User James!

Hey! I will be doing trivia. I hope you see me around! ;-)

A Couple of Tyler's Drawings

Just two of Tyler's many great drawings!

Devil's Machine Logo w/ Dark Text

A darker version of the previous Devil's Machine logo. I like it, but then again I crafted it into its final form, so I can't give an opinion without being biased.

Some Logo Ideas

Some logo ideas from a few members of Operation WestBound. Love 'em!

Devil's Machine Logo

A before and after comparison of Tyler's logo idea. Made another version with darker text!

A Collection of Drawings from Nairi!

A whole plethora of artwork from one of our talented artists, Nairi! Thanks so much Nairi!

Check out Nairi on Miiverse here: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/PkLovestorm