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I have a new video to share today! I'm not sure if many of the Mother fans on here really know all too much about for the N64 version of Mother 3, there's so many stories to be told regarding what we've been through to preserve its material. If you'd like to learn a bit about that, be sure to check out this video here.
So long as Mother 3 remains relevant on the internet, I doubt people will stop highlighting the 'Hot Spring scene', so I may as well post here something of intrigue:
The scene as it was presented with the screen going to black and Lucas having his head held underwater to unlock his PSI powers, was a late addition to the game's story.
Sprites exist of Lucas being zapped while in the water, collapsing deeper into it for a few seconds, then emerging out.
Given that PSI abilities are shown to be awakened through lighting strikes more than one other time during the game… there really is no other explanation as to what those unused Lucas graphics were intended for.
So, what does this all mean?
1. Given that Flint being cut from the chapter 4 party was relatively early in the GBA version's development, it means the way the Hot Spring scene in the final game occurs, and Flint being present to witness it, was never something that coexisted at any point during development.
2. Given that the Magifolk were all redesigned (more than once) and their final designs were probably only implemented around the same time as Flint getting cut… the scene as it occurs in the final game, only ever existed with Ionia's final design (I know this point may be confusing so if anyone needs further clarification or context on this, feel free to ask me)
3. Itoi (or possibly a different developer) must have specifically requested the way Lucas unlocked his PSI powers to be rewritten after having already come up with an idea that was to be utilised, that already had graphics drawn for it… and if they went out of their way to change something they already had that would have worked adequately, it must mean they felt the 'new' way of having it happen must have been worth portraying. You don't scrap already adequate work without good reason, no?
Mother 3 seemed to have a lot of 'last-minute' changes, that perhaps wouldn't have been the way they are had the GBA game come out in October 2005 as planned initially. Who knows?
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MOTHER3 20TH
After 12 years of development across a number of consoles, different titles, changing looks, and even a cancellation... A strange, funny, and heartrending finally came out on this day 20 years ago.
Happy 20th Birthday, Mother 3. May the world learn from what you have to say.
WITH NEITHER HEART NOR SOUL.
E3 1995 Photos
Newly uncovered photos of EarthBound's demo at E3 1995.
Sourced from HAOH (スーパーゲームマガジン覇王).
Scanned by ozidual.
HAOH (スーパーゲームマガジン覇王) from 1995 06 09 scanned in with a Fujitsu fi7460. CBZ is zipped, color-corrected JPGs. RAW Scans are original...
(Source: https://twitter.com/mother3flint/status/1572442241725235200)
I know it's probably pretty silly to be upset about "fairness" regarding these video game series's, but I think using Sonic's inclusion in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S (a game where he doesn't even appear in the story mode) as a selling point, while simultaneously not having *any* Puyo Puyo representation in Sonic Racing Crossworlds despite there being lots of other Sega (and even non-Sega) characters as playable, is… not a great choice I think
Thank you, Sonic Team and Sega, for the step in the right direction.
NEW EARTHBOUND 64 DEMO PHOTO
New photo of EarthBound 64's demo at Space World 1999 scanned by ozidual!
Famitsu64 Issue 7 from 1999 11 scanned in with a Fujitsu fi7460. Cover scanned in with an Epson v550. CBZ is zipped, color-corrected JPGs.
Some fun trivia regarding Flint in chapter 4:
If you hack your party in Mother 3 to have Flint and Lucas & Boney as per what was planned in pre-release:
• The game doesn't soft-lock, once. Putting incorrect party members in place via hacking in chapter 4 onwards tends to cause soft-locks, but Flint in chapter 4 will not cause any issues.
• As a result, even though a couple of cutscenes look a bit broken, the game will progress normally despite this. Flint will disappear after the shower discussion scene, but will reappear once you regain control. After the hot spring scene, it takes about 15 seconds or so before you regain control, but no other issues besides that.
• If Flint is on the second slot and Boney is on the third, Boney behaves normally and still says all his lines he normally does (such as before the hot spring scene), with ONE exception. Flint will say Boney's line (and stand in Boney's spot) after the DCMC finish their performance of King P's theme, and Boney reappears after the player regains control.
• Flint can equip various equipment that Lucas can also equip, including the sticks Lucas uses.
• The only unused graphic that the game calls into use if you have Flint hacked in, is of Flint dodging the train with Lucas. The game doesn't know what to do with the third party member though, and the train phases over Boney :(
• While I did mention before the game doesn't soft-lock at all, there is one optional exception that can cause a softlock. If you actually got hit by the train, the game will bug out. So… just don't get hit.
If you want more trivia regarding the battle-side of things for Flint in chapter 4, I recommend reading the pinned comment on this old video of mine. It was written by GGFan, who's someone who knows Mother 3's gameplay mechanics back to front. https://youtu.be/MCFBMSAAL7E
So, this is all to say: While the majority of any game logic and whatnot regarding Flint being in your party on chapter 4 was overwritten in the final game, there's still bits and pieces leftover, and not only that, but hacking him in still somehow works despite everything. Can't say the same thing about chapter 5 though, unfortunately.
The image changes a lot just by changing into 64's outfit.
EARTHBOUND 64 E3 1998 FOOTAGE
A new recording of the EarthBound 64 footage shown off during Nintendo's E3 1998 conference provided by Frank Cifaldi!
(Note: This isn't new footage, but it is in better quality than what was previously available.)
Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
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apparently in the Kadokawa Madou Monogatari light novels Arle and
Ragnus was an on-again/off-again couple there, and based on what I could find, nobody here talked about it
As much as I'd like to verify that, those are not translated and nobody who currently translates media for this series has shown any interest in translating it. Unfortunately we only have Puyo Nexus to go off of, but considering that tidbit has been there for years and no one has changed it I am going to assume it's real. Hopefully one day someone out there will put out a translated version so I can have my crumbs
I've made one more video before this year is over! It's called: Lost in Translation: Mother 3's Intricacies.
Thank you very much to @luvkirby4ever for his help in making this video possible!
