#guide quiz

[abybweisse]

To the anon who asked why Yana-san hasn't mentioned Mother3 outside of its appearance in the manga as "Mouse3", here's the Character Guide mention I wanted to show you. I think it's a bit funny that Sebastian seems to be pointing towards the game, too. The pointer finger is indeed pointed directly at it. I know this isn't the same as her tweeting about the game, sharing fan art or crossover art, etc. However, it is the very first question in this quiz, and the rest of the questions are about things that are not in same order as they occur in the series. As I said in my initial reply, we might yet see her mention the game or show us fan art she's done of it... as the series gets closer to the end.

[abybweisse]

Why has Yana Toboso never publicly mentioned, or even alluded to Mother 3 for almost 11 years? She often talks about games and films that she likes. If she dedicated her life to an adaptation surely she would have at least drawn fan art or something.

Perhaps because that would make the connection too obvious, in her opinion? She didn’t want to bring extra attention to it? I will say, however, that the Character Guide has a little quiz near the end, and one of the questions shows that game packaging with the name removed. You have to recall the name of it. I’ll take a pic and post it in a moment. (I can’t add pics to a reply with the mobile app.)

She did do some crossover artwork when everyone was obsessed with Pokémon Go, and Ash shares some obvious character traits with Ninten from Mother and *even more* with Ness from Mother2. One of Finny’s possible character parallels is Ness, and one of her crossovers depicts Finny dressed like Ash and Ness…. His outfit is like a cross between those two characters’ typical outfits.

Perhaps we will eventually see Yana-san release Mother series fan art, particularly for Mother3, at some point. Maybe even crossover art…. I don’t know, but it could happen.