Dead Blog! Wow!

It's about the little things: minor facts and media from the EarthBound/Mother series, alongside some cool extras like sprite edits! Mod (Allen) uses they/she and responds from @mysthalery!

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Sprite Edit Requests: Closed

Submissions: Closed

Asks: Open Because I’m Too Lazy to Turn them Off

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Request Rules:

Specify what game style you want, please! If unspecified and the character/item/enemy only appears in one game, then I will use that style by default, but if they appear in multiple games (Porky, for example), I will ask which style you're looking for! Save the wait and let me know in advance!

If you are requesting a character, please specify a pose or action desired! Otherwise, I'll just toss canon sprite sheets or generic standing forwards sprites at you; I don't know what you want.

I can decline requests! Those deemed too complex, inappropriate, or hateful will be declined. Don't even bother.

Yes, you can request your OC! Just follow the other character rules and please give me at least a written description of what they look like! (Though pictures are preferred.) OC requests with no appearance will be declined.

I prefer you use the asks box rather than a comment or reblog for requests. It's easier for me to see that way! If you want to make sure I see your request, put it in the asks!

All of our canon sprites are sourced from Spriters' Resource here, here, and here to give all due credit! It's kinda hard to remember crediting every single time, so I'll put it here! Hope that works...

Submission Box Rules:

If you have something more interesting to say than me at a given time, feel free to suggest new posts as submissions or add to any preexisting posts in whatever way you find suitable! We might feature them on this blog! Just follow our little submission rules if you're going to send a brand new post! (Note: These only apply to submitted facts. Submitted headcanons only require the last rule.)

Please try to include at least one form of media, such as an image, video, or audio track as support or proof! If the media is from elsewhere on the internet and isn't a plain normal gameplay screenshot/song from one of the games, however, please credit it in a link or embed it! TL;DR: credit whoever scanned that page of Pollyanna you want to show us, for example!

Credit your sources, please! Made-up sources or “source: dude trust me”'s will not be allowed unless it’s a joke submission. Say what game or bit of secondary material you’re posting about somewhere and in what context it appears, if applicable. A simple “in the Japanese manual for [game]” or “in the debug menu for [game]” should do!

No hateful, bigoted, or NSFW submissions! I mean, we are working with a Nintendo franchise so this probably won’t happen, but just in case. Swearing is a-okay though because the mod thinks it’s funny. Please submit your Kumatora swear montage; it’ll be hilarious.

Asks:

You're totally welcome to walk up to this blog's asks and go "hey allen, what are your thoughts on george?" or something else like that. I ain't no corporate - I'm real and you can talk to me even if it's silly! I'm just some guy (gender neutral) posting Mother content and I'll gladly welcome community interaction!

Pings:

You may ping if you wanna present something you made based on something we did or showed off here, to credit something, or if you desperately want me to see a relevant informational post / a tournament were Ness got nominated and you wanna sic the propaganda on me / basically anything interesting! Overall, I don't mind them.

Miscellaneous:

Regarding the safety of our community and fandom, active bigots such as racists, LGBT-phobes, TERFs; perpetrators/glorifiers of abuse such as MAPs, zoos, and proshippers; and anyone I deem to be too mean-spirited to other users will be blocked the moment I catch you. This has been your warning. The close tab button is right there.

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Maintagging for reach: I’m thinking of transferring this blog to a new owner. Please let know know if you’d like to be the new owner!

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Enjoy that last tidbit because I believe it will be the last. I am extremely tempted to deactivate/delete this blog soon. I’ll leave it up for a little bit longer but after that it’s probably hasta la vista.

- “I miss you.”

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Alright, here are the last two clarifications I promised.

1) That beta sprite, I have now discovered, is not of Kumatora. It is in Aeolia’s sprite sheet [source] and thus, probably of her.

2) The year I stated for the newspapers in Mother 2 are incorrect because the calculated year by day of the week and calendar day changes its matched year in the 90s depending on the newspaper you pick. I just so happened to not take all of the samples to see the years changed so the exact year is still inconclusive.

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I’ll need to make some corrections to some misinforming “facts” I got wrong or incomplete on here but other than that, I’ll be declaring this blog dead (as if it wasn’t already lol) due to my faded interest in the series. Thanks for playing along folks! Follow my main if you care for my personal ramblings and most importantly, play Psychonauts !!

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Howdy, folks! Oops! Guess who disappeared again? But I was cooking something… I made a Discord server intended for Mother fans to share their fanworks in! Art, fics, fangames, all fair game! We intend for it to be a chill but relatively mature space, so if you like the sound of that, c’mon in!

https://discord.gg/hur66u5NV4

Check out the The Mother’s Day Times community on Discord - hang out with 18 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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While most characters in the Mother series do not celebrate a canon birth date, there is one that does! It's Ana Brewton, her birthday landing on December 23rd (the day before Christmas Eve) according to the Mother Encyclopedia! If you go off of the original year of Mother 1 having been 1988, (stated on a different page of the encyclopedia) and the fact that she’s 12 years old, she would have been born on exactly December 23, 1975 and be nearly 50 years old today (if she were real, that is!)

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Well, howdy folks! Sorry for my disappearance into the ether! You could say they locked me in a capsule for a bit, not literally of course, but my schoolwork was kicking me repeatedly in the shins.

But it’s over now!

Expect to see more of me now that it’s over! Many apologies for the inactivity! It’s time to keep things rolling!

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When are we getting BIG EARTHBOUND FINDINGS?

Ah, you’ve performed necromancy on me. When I finish this pestilent semester. Maybe. I have nothing crazy atm but minor planned posts I simply lacked the energy to type up professionally.

[cloudwingcourt]

Now in Encore style: what bein friends is about! ^^

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Did you know that in EarthBound’s Dusty Dunes Desert there is a random mole near the entrance that is nearly impossible to avoid? This mole is intended to be encountered on purpose to activate a flag that allows the sunstroke condition to start after you enter the area instead of on the road!

Here’s a cool video on the matter for all your mole needs.

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MOTHER 3 Wallpapers

Wallpapers released on Itoi's site in the days leading up to MOTHER 3's release.

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Oops! I forgot to change the icon!

Now what?

Duster is Forever (keep him)

Tony Forever (Go back to the June icon)

Tony… Evolved. (June icon - with Jeff)

Back to Basics (Just Ness)

Other (notes!)

Voting ended onSep 13, 2023

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Am I too lazy to change the icon for two months? Yes. Yes I am.

[obscuretobyfox]

Pictured below is an actual image Toby Fox made for starmen.net's 2007 Fun-Fest! ..I have no words.

Upon further inspection, going to the link found in the image leads to a now-deleted page.

However, through the power of the Wayback Machine, we're actually able to see what this page said all the way back in 2007! "Everyone's named their favorite food "Poop" at least once. But do they understand the effect it has?

"Pokey, would you like some Poop? You don't like Poop? Well T-O-O B-A-D!"

What does this line mean?

Does it mean that Pokey is forced to eat the Poop? Is it that he has to watch his friend eat feces in front of him, while he watches in horror and embarassment that everyone seems to be enjoying themselves except him?

This is why he does all the terrible things he does. This is his motivation. Admist all the snake-slaying, dog-fighting heroes, if the good guys eat poop and laugh at you, wouldn't you turn to the evil side?

This is Pokey's true motivation.

"Poop."

This picture chronicles that fateful event.

ps - I have terrible organizational skills. This was also made entirely in MSPAINT. This entire picture is MUCH better viewed at 200%, unless you have really good eyesight. Trust me." - Toby Fox

(submitted by @spark-eee)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Okay not really but recently I found out about this one earthbound postcard? With a new year's theme and some exclusive sprites. Just look at those boars I love them.

So I tried to recreate a bunch of these. They aren't the best but for the most part they get the point across.

No I'm not making a winter tile set for onett. I don't have as much experience with that sort of thing.

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Did you know that a few things sit outside of ordinary view in Smash’s Onett stage? I’ve gathered a few shots of this to show a few things out of frame! (Sorted by exactly where these are.) The layout of the town naturally has a different layout to how Onett actually is, but it’s kind of cool how most of the essentials are there.

To the left:

[Id: a screenshot of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Onett stage. The camera is rotated left to show a blue house, a yellow fire hydrant, and a tunnel.]

In the fourth wall:

[Id: two screenshots of the same subject, this time tilted back to show objects in the fourth wall. The first picture shows a small market with one stall and red and yellow tulips spread across two yellow checkered picnic blankets, and the corner of a baseball field. The second image shows two bikes across the road in front of the blue house on the stage. Hi Marth, what are you doing on the roof?]

Behind the stage:

[Id: two screenshots showing the area behind the stage. The first one shows the cliffs while the second does not, showing more of the paths and roads. There is a meteorite on the tallest cliff and three houses closer to the viewer on the cliff. The Onett hotel and hospital are in front of the cliffs followed by a grid of six houses. An excavator is between the two houses on the top-right corner.]

To the right:

[Id: two more screenshots, this time with the camera facing the right. A purple house with a billboard, the Onett arcade, and another tunnel can be seen. The billboard says “Onett Message Board. Caution: a black van driven by this guy has been spotted racing recklessly through town. Be careful!” There is a picture of a member of the Runaway Five beside the text.”