The ULTIMATE Mother/EarthBound Series Iceberg

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
  • This video contains major spoilers for Mother, Mother 2, and Mother 3.
    A deep-dive (literally) into the lore, fandom, development, and legacy of the Mother/EarthBound games!
    Here's the big one. Never done an iceberg video before, but if I'm going to, I'm going all out! As far as I know (and can find,) this is the longest fully edited Mother video on the platform as of its upload date.
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:35 - The Sky
    19:53 - The Summit
    49:42 - The Surface
    01:04:16 - The Shallows
    01:41:06 - Midwater
    02:28:40 - Deepwater
    03:11:38 - The Depths
    Co-commentators:
    Jonathan: / @daegg123
    Malphasura: / @malphasura
    Credits:
    Directed by MonkeyNess
    Written by MonkeyNess, DaEgg123, and Malphasura
    Edited by MonkeyNess
    Additional Narration by MonkeyPaula
    Graphic Design help by Malphasura and Justice
    Special Thanks to RK-d, Melo, MapleMoriko, and Thane Gaming
    Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/16...
    Legends of Localization | EarthBound: legendsoflocalization.com/ear...
    Twitter: / monkeyness
    Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/monkeyness
    Discord Server: discord.gg/N9TkMaEmdE
    Stream Edits Channel: / @primateninten
    Clips Channel: / @monkeynessshorts
    Corrections:
    - For the "Franklin Bage Lore" section, Mother 1 only has two badges, while it is said there are three.
    - Takeshi's Challenge was developed and published by Taito, not Nintendo, though it was still approved for the Famicom system by Nintendo.
    - Since this video was made, it's been discovered the models are also NOT paper mache, but a similar substance known as paper clay!
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  • @honeyOTU_
    @honeyOTU_ 4 місяці тому +445

    Learning that itoi asked for undertale 2 is so sweet and funny 😭😭😭

    • @Stoopid420
      @Stoopid420 4 місяці тому +43

      Image itoi actually playing undertale 2 (unofficial)

    • @meyadin5844
      @meyadin5844 4 місяці тому +42

      i saw a source that said itoi didnt know who toby fox was nor undertale but the site that comes from has some of the most baffling articles ive ever seen so im taking that with a huge grain of salt

    • @misterdaleboomshears8619
      @misterdaleboomshears8619 4 місяці тому +5

      Pretty sure he was being sardonic.

    • @blekiscooler
      @blekiscooler 4 місяці тому +43

      @@misterdaleboomshears8619sardonic? isn’t that one of those little tins with the fish in them? I think u mean bubonic

    • @theleonpasta7336
      @theleonpasta7336 4 місяці тому +9

      Lol, honestly it really is since we've all been asking him for years for a Mother 4, so him asking someone who's game he's a fan of for a sequel is definitely pretty ironic and funny to think that a creator of something we all love can want more content from a creator THEY love too, like idk man it kind of inspires me to make my own project, itd be worth it even if just one person in the entire world enjoys it and wants more from it afterwards, that kind of love for a game/movie/show is just something special in my opinion, and honestly the fact that Mother hasn't gotten a shit ton of sequels/remakes like the Pokemon series just makes those original 3 games that much more special, especially since they haven't been tarnished by lack-luster lazy-ass remakes like the Pokemon series has. {RANT INCOMING ABOUT NINTENDO/PKMN 😭🤣😭:}((seriously, fuck Nintendo for how they treat us Pokemon fans, wether it's not including the classic games on NSO FOR LITERALLY ZERO REAL NON-BS REASONS, to removing mega evolution and replacing it with a much lamer gimmick despite Mega Evolving being the perfect solution to improving old Pokemon that already have a full evolution line or making 1:1 remakes of classic games with ZERO quality of life fixes or even bothering to add Pokemon that came later in the game series like they used to do back when remakes were something special and not just 1:1 the same fucking game but with shitty-looking 3d models instead of the near-perfect pixel art from Gen 4/5 #FuckBrilliantDiamondandShiningPearl and #FuckNintendo for thinking they'd get away with giving us the same exact game from 15+ years ago cuz theres no "official" way to play the originals, but fuck being "official", if you wanna play literally any old Nintendo game just say "No, fuck you." to NSO or the "Expansion Pass" and just download an emulator and some roms. If you got a phone or laptop or hell an old Wii or PS3 you can mod there's zero fucking excuse to deal with Nintendo's BS and pay for a subscription just to play through their old games (and not even have access to the Pokemon games for literally no reason outside of Nintendo wanting us to buy the remakes/the overpriced dlc for the new games that add literally nothing except the old Pokemon they removed for no reason in the first place...just to be able to use our old (fan favorite) Pokemon again.) Fuck you Nintendo, seriously fuck them they're the worst, greediest or atleast most anti-consumer gaming company around right now, and thats really saying something considering how scummy the gaming industry is nowadays, but even then Nintendo is the worst with it since they seem to actively be against giving us fans what we want, which is just y'know a SOUND, FUNCTIONAL fucking game that isn't buggy as hell or lazily made/only made to cash in on Nostalgia. I genuinely, truly hope Nintendo goes under for good during the next console generation and a component company buys up their IPs and actually gives us the bare minimum that we expect and deserve from our favorite franchises, cuz man Nintendo is running itself and every franchise it has into the fucking ground at mach-speed 😭😭😭))

  • @revolverspsychedelicbreakf8747
    @revolverspsychedelicbreakf8747 4 місяці тому +71

    1:39:17 this is such a legendary frame. The hyper realistic EB 64 Wess, the unaligned halo, the hypnotic facial design on the doors. There's nothing to compare it to, really. There may never be.

    • @lcdtmob4143
      @lcdtmob4143 4 місяці тому

      Kid named moron

    • @Kichona
      @Kichona 4 місяці тому +19

      Waltuh

    • @blekiscooler
      @blekiscooler 4 місяці тому +13

      he looks like finger

    • @nilvana7540
      @nilvana7540 3 місяці тому +9

      Put ya mask away, Dustuh
      Ah'm not trainin' ya right now, Dustuh

  • @mino2123
    @mino2123 4 місяці тому +144

    thank you shigesato itoi's asthma for giving us earthbound 🙏

    • @Key-Knight87
      @Key-Knight87 4 місяці тому +4

      kinda abelist but ok.... 😒

    • @Newtined
      @Newtined 4 місяці тому +32

      @@Key-Knight87 ever heard of a fuckin joke

    • @Key-Knight87
      @Key-Knight87 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Newtined Jokes are usually fucking funny....

    • @mino2123
      @mino2123 4 місяці тому +23

      @@Key-Knight87 oh I thought your first reply was sarcastic. to clarify, no I do not really think that shigesato itoi having asthma is the reason we got earthbound

    • @Newtined
      @Newtined 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Key-Knight87 yeah and you’re fuckin sensitive

  • @maxlimit9129
    @maxlimit9129 4 місяці тому +225

    24:42 the people who call EarthBound's sampling techniques "stealing" are the type of people who say hip-hop isn't music. sampling has been a _staple_ of hip-hop since the genre's inception, and as a producer myself, it's so much more difficult than people make it out to be - look up the sample breakdown for Daft Punk's "Face To Face" for an example. (As an aside, "Face To Face" has only had all of its samples discovered as recently as late 2023.) anyway I respect the shit out of EarthBound for this

    • @josephboehmer1245
      @josephboehmer1245 4 місяці тому +4

      The people who call sampling stealing will also call AI Art stealing.

    • @m.l.7558
      @m.l.7558 4 місяці тому +1

      Because AI art is stealing, ad it's getting it's art from lots of stolen art. NFL, you could have made a better example​@@josephboehmer1245

    • @dubemudeze8156
      @dubemudeze8156 4 місяці тому +85

      ​@@josephboehmer1245 The problem is AI art is stealing and sampling music is not. The way sampled music is used is transformative compared to the original source. Unlike AI art that only tries to replicate its source of inspiration without recognizing how it was created.

    • @Briskeeeen
      @Briskeeeen 4 місяці тому +49

      @@josephboehmer1245 AI art is stealing, full stop.

    • @Periwinkleaccount
      @Periwinkleaccount 4 місяці тому +8

      @@Briskeeeen It isn’t if you somehow got the artist’s permission, but either way, it’s still pretty unethical.

  • @clowniguess
    @clowniguess 4 місяці тому +32

    1:55:14 considering Toby has stated that he can't draw to save his life and the artstyle of this piece, this was most likely drawn by his friend, Temmie, who also worked on Undertale.

    • @CassiusStelar
      @CassiusStelar 2 місяці тому +2

      Toby *actually* draws like I used to. See the original Sans concept art, dude looks like a stick figure, I love it

  • @FlareBlitzBanana
    @FlareBlitzBanana 4 місяці тому +145

    Keemstar appearing in a Mother iceberg was the most unexpected jumpscare of all time.

    • @GribbleGob
      @GribbleGob 3 місяці тому +6

      nah the dog he ran over got the most unexpected jumpscare

    • @Zorothegallade-gg7zg
      @Zorothegallade-gg7zg 3 місяці тому +10

      Keemstar is the side character of every internet story

    • @GribbleGob
      @GribbleGob 3 місяці тому +13

      @@Zorothegallade-gg7zgits what happens when you force yourself into every topic for attention.

    • @RageGS
      @RageGS 2 місяці тому +1

      God dammit LMAOOO ​@@GribbleGob

  • @GribbleGob
    @GribbleGob 4 місяці тому +119

    "something new has come up" could just be Ninten's dad apologizing for not being able to go home as soon as he thought.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +52

      I don't think so. The framing of the scene strongly indicates he's talking about a new threat.

    • @IbrahimAmer-rq6mv
      @IbrahimAmer-rq6mv 4 місяці тому +3

      Nah he/she is right, I actually have a pretty good theory about it but it's pretty long ​@@MonkeyNess

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +9

      @@IbrahimAmer-rq6mv We’ll just have to agree to disagree.

    • @IbrahimAmer-rq6mv
      @IbrahimAmer-rq6mv 4 місяці тому +6

      @@MonkeyNess Well technically my theory proves both of you right, I think nintens dad is actually buzz buzz but because buzz buzz went back in time everything kinda got warped so ninten is actually ness. That's why ninten doesn't end up doing anything later on in the series

    • @concept8192
      @concept8192 4 місяці тому +12

      @@IbrahimAmer-rq6mv What???

  • @tobexomega
    @tobexomega 4 місяці тому +90

    Being honest, my interest in the MOTHER series kinda started fading away these past months, maybe because I stopped being that involved with the community, stopped conssuming the series content, started focussing on other franchises or other reasons. But thanks to this video I'm rembering why I like this series. Thank you MonkeyNess, I may not be as MOTHER obscessed, but thank you still.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +42

      There’s no law saying you have to be super into the same thing for forever. Enjoy whatever it is you currently enjoy and maybe sometimes you’ll find your way back at things you already have! No one stays the same forever. :)

    • @runnersdialzero1244
      @runnersdialzero1244 4 місяці тому +2

      weird comment. "i don't like any of this shit anymore because i walked away from it but this is cool i guess."

    • @Key-Knight87
      @Key-Knight87 4 місяці тому +13

      @@runnersdialzero1244 It's not lol. For a series that's just dormant most of the time, you can't expect anybody but super fans to be super engaged all of the time....

    • @alectriciti
      @alectriciti 4 місяці тому

      That was me for 10 years. It could be time for a break. If you loved it before, come back later on and maybe it'll hit different.

    • @tobexomega
      @tobexomega 4 місяці тому +3

      ​@@runnersdialzero1244 Weird reply.
      That you're super obbsessed with a piece of media, doesn't mean that you have autority over how different people look at the same series (that also, it's last game released almost 18 years ago, only in Japan).
      Also I never said I "didn't like the series anymore" I just said I wasn't AS involved with it.
      Please, calm down, don't be an over-obbsesive defender of your favorite niche, JRPG series. People can have different opinions, it isn't the end of the world.

  • @edcola6671
    @edcola6671 4 місяці тому +333

    If you remember the chaos the hunt for Ness’s amiibo caused you deserve a veterans’ discount

    • @DaEgg123
      @DaEgg123 4 місяці тому +51

      Lol where I live I remember just walking into a store the day the Ness amiibo released and buying it with no issue. It wasn't even a store exclusive here!

    • @nessdbest8708
      @nessdbest8708 4 місяці тому +3

      MTP

    • @BahuschBahusch
      @BahuschBahusch 4 місяці тому +21

      I actually got two by accident and gave one to my best friend

    • @Electro_Specter
      @Electro_Specter 4 місяці тому +12

      I remember standing in line with about 4 other people and watching GameStops systems go down in flames in real time. Shits wild.

    • @superblueinfinity
      @superblueinfinity 4 місяці тому +1

      I think I ordered a JP ness amiibo due to the chaos

  • @ThaneGaming
    @ThaneGaming 4 місяці тому +44

    This video will get 1M views, mark my words! Congrats on putting out a video this long, it takes forever to make but now you've got a masterwork that'll serve as a fantastic resource for the community.
    I'm adding it to my Watch Later right now, but I'll comment again once I finish this thing!

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +9

      Thanks so much, Thane! Thanks again for letting me use some of your footage!

    • @Kuttyman
      @Kuttyman 4 місяці тому +2

      omg thane gaming!!! i love you dude!!!

  • @Lemchi217
    @Lemchi217 4 місяці тому +34

    A 3 and a half hour long iceberg video all about the mother series uploaded on my birthday? What an amazing birthday gift 🎉

  • @SDREHXC
    @SDREHXC 2 місяці тому +12

    Bro that mother 4 fan game “oddity” has been “in development” for wayyy longer than 10 years. That project popped up when I was a teenager and I’m 34 now lol.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  2 місяці тому +10

      The “10 years” figure is drawn from the date it was intended to release.

    • @solarflare9078
      @solarflare9078 2 дні тому

      Wdym? It’s gonna be out in Winter 2014

  • @PabbyPabbles
    @PabbyPabbles 4 місяці тому +59

    I interpreted the kids in Easter as just running around, yelling "B0OBIES !!1". Like, because they have no parents to tell them to stop saying bad things.
    They're still on the Switch Japanese version

  • @pokemaniacdavid
    @pokemaniacdavid 4 місяці тому +47

    I recently dove into the mother series last month and beat the trinity and now I don’t know what to do with my life. It’s such a masterpiece that it’s hard to feel satisfied playing anything else. Anyone else have a similar experience?

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +22

      The realest feeling ever.

    • @KirbyIsCute
      @KirbyIsCute 4 місяці тому

      Omori and Undertale is the closest I can think of but they are so popular you might have already played them.
      Well, there is another inspired Earthbound game on steam called Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. It has quirky characters and humor like Earthbound, but can get extremely dark just like in Mother 3. Might wanna check it out.

    • @tree_0550
      @tree_0550 4 місяці тому

      You can always try out omori if you're looking for something else in the same vein that deals with serious content.

    • @Bobb11881
      @Bobb11881 4 місяці тому

      Not with these games.

    • @pokemaniacdavid
      @pokemaniacdavid 4 місяці тому

      @@Bobb11881 what games did it to you?

  • @heyfella5217
    @heyfella5217 Місяць тому +5

    Localization memes aside, i think the MOTHER community should pride itself on its fanmade contributions. Music, ROM hacks, inspired games, animations, amazing art, comics, and the famed M3 translation are products of passion that you dont typically see in fanbases. Im just happy to see fans appriciate the work and take it upon themselves to build upon it rather than rage about what the games lack, like a lot of other gaming fans. Its just so nice, idk

  • @Remie_REM_Sleep
    @Remie_REM_Sleep 4 місяці тому +16

    It’s been a long while since I’ve seen any iceberg video. So this was a excellent refresher! Not to mention, seeing my old work here was a pleasant surprise. Gives me a fuzzy feeling inside, such as the texture of a certain vegetable. Keep at it fellow enthusiast!

  • @armythecat
    @armythecat 4 місяці тому +7

    During Mother 3 I always thought Ionia was like drowning Lucas to force his body to get a fever and awaken his PSI abilities, especially after the game tells the player that sudden fevers indicate latent PSI development

  • @anevilghost670
    @anevilghost670 4 місяці тому +9

    I do enjoy that almost all of the points are about interesting Earthbound trivia instead of wasting time with made-up Creepypasta nonsense.

  • @FoxGG411
    @FoxGG411 4 місяці тому +10

    How wonderful is Being a big Mother Fan, I'm going to be so satisfied to see every second of this until the end.

  • @gizga
    @gizga 4 місяці тому +29

    There is a way to softlock yourself in forside, to be more specific the monkey cave. Give paula the pencil eraser before she gets kidnapped in the dept store

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +50

      Actually, the game designers thought of this! It will be automatically placed in Escargot Express or with Tracy, and you'll receive a phone call letting you know! :)

    • @m.l.7558
      @m.l.7558 4 місяці тому +3

      Same when Poo disappears and you need...shit I don't rmeebe what key object was, but it happened

    • @gizga
      @gizga 4 місяці тому

      Okey ​@@MonkeyNessbut for some reason i didnt got a call of tracy

    • @TC_EHGL
      @TC_EHGL 3 місяці тому

      ​@@m.l.7558 The Hawkeye

  • @maxlimit9129
    @maxlimit9129 4 місяці тому +11

    I love how you guys are constantly manifesting EB64 leaking. It's not _if_ it gets leaked, it's _when._

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +6

      It's all about believing!

  • @saltshakerstudio2190
    @saltshakerstudio2190 4 місяці тому +6

    One of the best and most researched iceberg I’ve ever seen, fantastic work and I hope it gets the recognition it deserves

  • @Periwinkleaccount
    @Periwinkleaccount 4 місяці тому +3

    1:14:01 I remember a tweet saying something like “there should be a word for when a fandom goes insane after not receiving any new content after a few years”.

  • @RufioTheThird
    @RufioTheThird 4 місяці тому +10

    *adds to Watch Later*

  • @aliceanesthesia1593
    @aliceanesthesia1593 4 місяці тому +6

    This was uploaded literally right after i was searching for mother icebergs and adding them to my watch later, beautiful timing

  • @MapleMoriko
    @MapleMoriko 4 місяці тому +18

    I don't know if you know, but I'm your biggest fan :D

    • @Jje261YT
      @Jje261YT 4 місяці тому +3

      That makes me his second!

    • @mayromoment2989
      @mayromoment2989 4 місяці тому

      @@Jje261YT third!

    • @ingrowntoenailiv
      @ingrowntoenailiv 4 місяці тому +1

      Nah ur wrong, im the biggest monkeyness fan

    • @ThrackerZ0d
      @ThrackerZ0d 4 місяці тому +1

      @@mayromoment2989 i'm actually the fourth biggest fan!

    • @heckincat1406
      @heckincat1406 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ThrackerZ0dNaw I'm the 3rd biggest fan

  • @jimmyrcg4966
    @jimmyrcg4966 4 місяці тому +6

    Idk why since i know Stephen has been such a big part of the community but seeing my favorite internet grandpa in this iceberg makes me smile

  • @SpedyFoxIV
    @SpedyFoxIV 3 місяці тому +3

    2:27:40 I remember bringing this up on EarthBound Central when the rating was first revealed and I'll bring it up again here: The M rating here in Australia is the same as the T rating in the US. The MA 15+ rating here is what the M rating is in the US.

  • @Kuttyman
    @Kuttyman 4 місяці тому +7

    3 HOUR MONKEY NESS VIDEO LETSS FREAKIN GOOOO!!!! I LOVE YOU AND YOUR CONTENT DUDE!!!!

  • @Malphasura
    @Malphasura 4 місяці тому +9

    Best video you've ever released, you should do more videos with this Malphasura guy!

  • @monolophosaurus
    @monolophosaurus 4 місяці тому +7

    I’m surprised that the Unused Track from Earthbound (the one that’s just a song from Mother 1) wasn’t brought up, or maybe it was and I just didn’t realise it because I have the attention span of a Goldfish.
    Anyways, this was an AMAZING video, and I hope the Algorithm blesses it

  • @creeptrap3104
    @creeptrap3104 4 місяці тому +8

    True popcorn worthy content
    This is the cinematic experience I've been waiting for

  • @tsths
    @tsths 4 місяці тому +8

    I'm summoning the goated expert of the mother series here : do you guys have that manga panel where a kid with glasses is getting a transfusion from a mother cardridge ?

  • @trevortrev6789
    @trevortrev6789 4 місяці тому +5

    Thank you for making this! This is going to be the first iceberg video that i watch in it's entirety. I probably won't watch it all at once, but by golly what I lack in watch time I'll make up for with intense attentiveness.

  • @brianfreeman2729
    @brianfreeman2729 4 місяці тому +5

    I watched the entire thing! Congrats on 10,000 subs monkey! I look forward to more of your videos.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!!

  • @luigifan001
    @luigifan001 4 місяці тому +4

    3:12:14 All the kids are just saying "Sister, big boobs!"
    Sister, nee-chan is a common way to speak to someone in a childlike manner even if they're not actual family

  • @cerealqueenll
    @cerealqueenll 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice video! It was really enjoyable and informative! Love seeing fans making quality content in this day and age!

  • @SuperQuadocky
    @SuperQuadocky 4 місяці тому +10

    the white ship is the white dragon

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +6

      Very interesting interpretation! Probably has some validity too!

  • @maddosshmillore
    @maddosshmillore 4 місяці тому +5

    3 and a half HOURS!!!, it’s so beautiful to see

  • @starboy35tcoos
    @starboy35tcoos 4 місяці тому +4

    8:27 and now for the NSO, Mother 3 is available! But only for Japan.

  • @thedestin_alexander
    @thedestin_alexander 2 місяці тому +3

    Anyone else wake up to this video and wondered why Cybershell was talking about Earthbound?
    Hi btw.

  • @MishKoz
    @MishKoz 4 місяці тому +17

    I really wish we lived in the timeline where Nintendo realized they could have released Mother 3 on the DS. I can't imagine that it'd be hard to bring it over, seeing as the DS has all the necessary hardware to run GBA games. They could've even had stuff like the action being on the top screen, and the map and item menus being on the bottom screen, or vise versa.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +5

      While there is a case to be made that the DS Lite was able to run GBA games, porting a game from one system to another is a lot of work, and just not as simple as it seems sadly. Simply making both screens usable would've been a large task to undertake for a game, again, that just wasn't seen as being all that profitable for the company.
      On an unrelated note, thanks for commenting! You make great videos!

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz 4 місяці тому

      ​@@MonkeyNessTruuue 😔
      It sucks even more now because at this point, it's probably even _less_ profitable to localize Mother 3.
      Also thank you, you make great videos too!!

    • @tobexomega
      @tobexomega 4 місяці тому

      Hello Mish!

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz 4 місяці тому

      @@tobexomega
      Hello Tobex Omega

    • @maskofthedragon
      @maskofthedragon 4 місяці тому +4

      They were way too sick of working on the game, to even think of a port

  • @wowie-zowie
    @wowie-zowie Місяць тому +2

    great vid! I love all the lore.

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette 3 місяці тому +1

    Three and a half hours?! Thank you so much!

  • @maxlimit9129
    @maxlimit9129 4 місяці тому +6

    25:38 y'all couldn't have picked a better pic to represent the beatles lmao

  • @kenthetrainartist
    @kenthetrainartist 4 місяці тому +4

    Thanks to the NSO, I finally got to play both Earthbound Beginnings and Earthbound (Mother 2) for the first time. I now hold those games so dearly and they're some of my favorite things in the world ever.

  • @skapokonroll
    @skapokonroll 4 місяці тому +2

    When talking about the connections to Kirby, I'm surprised that you didn't mention the ESP ability from Planet Robobot, in which Kirby has psychic powers, wears a hat similar to Ness' and the basic attack controls similarly to PK Flash/Freeze from the Smash games. The pause menu description even mentions Ness indirectly (at least in the Spanish version), and the Ness amiibo gives you ESP when scanned.

  • @SleekGoose
    @SleekGoose 4 місяці тому +2

    Another banger from my guy monkeyness great work 🎉🙏

  • @RemnantCult
    @RemnantCult 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm so full of Mother content, yum. This is a flagship video of this channel, Great job y'all!

  • @cfaibah
    @cfaibah 4 місяці тому +3

    what a behemoth of a video holy moly, going to take a while to digest

  • @Sam0121_
    @Sam0121_ 4 місяці тому +8

    Just what the doctor ordered. I have been looking for one of these. 😊

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +2

      Hope you like it! 💊

  • @smallestastronaut1140
    @smallestastronaut1140 Місяць тому +1

    Those old unused final boss Claus background sprites are so unsettling. It’s like you can see the fear and terror in Claus’ face

  • @gizga
    @gizga 4 місяці тому +7

    Funfact about mother 3:
    The idea of the chimera lab where you get chased by the ultimate chimera actually came from another unlocalized game (not anymore since the remake came out) called LIVE A LIVE... there is a chapter where you navigate yourself as cube through a space ship while a hostile behemoth is wandering around the ship and if he touches you, you die instantly like in mother 3 with the ultimate chimera....
    The reason why this gimmick is in mother 3 is because a producer of LIVE A LIVE also worked on mother 3..
    Ps: Toby fox took inspiration for Megalovania from LIVE A LIVES megalomania....

  • @milkiski
    @milkiski 3 місяці тому +4

    You sound so much like cybershell it’s crazy

    • @Bunger8539
      @Bunger8539 3 місяці тому +2

      Ikr I thought the same thing. Hes the cybershell of earthbound

  • @NathanielBarlam
    @NathanielBarlam 3 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video, learned a lot. I would add a few minor additions:
    Dunkey's partial play through of Earthbound is frustrating, but later on his short-lived podcast Dunk Tank he, his wife, and his friends all play through and discuss Earthbound in detail, giving it a warm reception.
    Another link between the Mother and Kirby series is that Itoi came up with the final title for Kirby Super Star as well as the Japanese box art (designed to look like an expensive wooden gift box).
    A lot of great fan projects are mentioned, I'd add to them the Pollyanna animation by SaganYee, which covers the plot of Earthbound as a music video to the vocal version of Pollyanna as well as the channel 綿野レモンT/ WatanoLemonT, which has been putting out animated clips for the Mother games for many years. Both of these creators have made pretty high quality stuff and are worth a watch.

  • @FlareBlitzBanana
    @FlareBlitzBanana 4 місяці тому +6

    The "sans is ness" video truly rotted his brain

  • @GalekC
    @GalekC 4 місяці тому +5

    the number of times for the past 16 years i've felt like i've been personally gaslit by nintendo to forget how much Mother 3 means to me...& that it's my actual favorite game.
    all the way into today

  • @StubbyStuff
    @StubbyStuff 4 місяці тому +8

    When I heard you mention Steven Vlogs, I had a pit in my stomach as knew in my head that there was absolutely another Internet personality that was originally on that iceberg. I do not condone/support him anymore or for what he did in the past, but I would lying out my ass if he wasn’t responsible for how millions of people got into the mother series.

    • @Gabe0823
      @Gabe0823 4 місяці тому

      feels bad man

    • @heckincat1406
      @heckincat1406 4 місяці тому +2

      If you may, who was this person you are speaking of?

    • @rolboo6158
      @rolboo6158 4 місяці тому

      Oh? Who?

    • @foursidekm
      @foursidekm 4 місяці тому

      ​@@rolboo6158 chuggaaconroy

    • @foursidekm
      @foursidekm 4 місяці тому

      ​@@heckincat1406they're talking about chuggaaconroy

  • @dannydemetro20
    @dannydemetro20 4 місяці тому +3

    stephen georg mentioned let’s go

  • @bathilra5364
    @bathilra5364 4 місяці тому +19

    dusters model being shorter could be from his posture since he is crippeled

    • @thisispkmadness
      @thisispkmadness 4 місяці тому

      He's not crippled, he just has trouble walking because of his leg

    • @bathilra5364
      @bathilra5364 4 місяці тому +4

      @@thisispkmadness what I am pretty sure that his leg was permanently injured in a training accident when wess pushed him to hard

    • @Flamsterette
      @Flamsterette 3 місяці тому +1

      @@bathilra5364 Punctuation is a good idea here.

  • @maneruloquendero
    @maneruloquendero 4 місяці тому +2

    2:48:30 I've been OBSSESED with this render/creature for quite some time. It's horrifying, and I love it for that. It captures perfectly the creepiness of early 64 models. Imagine playing Mario 64 and finding this thing instead of Dory. It would be horrifying, swimming in the waters of HMC, and boom, jumpscared by it. It makes me want it even more

  • @KirbyIsCute
    @KirbyIsCute 4 місяці тому +7

    "People see this cowboy guy as the main character of Earthbound 64 and people where upset that they weren't playing Ness."
    I remember way back then being kinda bummed when I thought the main character is the cowboy guy but it was because he was a grown adult. Earthbound to me was playing a young child who goes off in this big wide world, full of adventure that makes you feel like a kid yourself and remember your childhood. Couldn't feel that kind of thing with a grizzled adult who looks like he's seen it all already.
    I was glad to learn that Lucas was the real main character but I didn't know people back then were thinking they were playing Ness again. But I remember seeing a screenshot of the game in a magazine that had a kid who looked like Ness on a skateboard so maybe that's were the thought came from?

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 4 місяці тому +2

      Many people speculate that the “Ness” seen in those early screenshots you’re referring to was actually an early version of Lucas or Claus merely designed to resemble Ness, much like how Ness was designed to resemble Ninten from Mother 1, but Itoi confirmed long ago that the Ness-like character seen in those early screenshots was actually only added in temporarily to better visually represent the series in showcases and promotional footage. On the surface, nothing about EB64 actually looked very much like a Mother game at all, so the development team felt the need to better indicate to people that the game they were looking at in various screenshots and footage was indeed a Mother game. In other words, the red cap boy was never intended to appear in the final game, at least not in any major capacity. Ness does technically appear in the final release of the game, in a series of screenshots displayed in a theater in New Pork City, so I do personally think it’s possible that the stand-in red cap boy they used in that EB64 footage actually might have been a legit in-game character model for Ness which was meant to appear elsewhere in the finished version of EarthBound 64. That’s just entirely my own speculation, though.

    • @KirbyIsCute
      @KirbyIsCute 4 місяці тому +1

      @@BareBandSubscription That does make sense. Thinking back, when I first saw the screenshot it was the very first thing I saw from Mother 64, so I thought Ness might have been in the game even if he wasn't going to be the main character. Then more screenshots came out with Ness no where to be found so I thought the creators changed their minds in putting him in the game.

  • @krispbold
    @krispbold 4 місяці тому +5

    we learning the lore with this one

  • @ag4363
    @ag4363 4 місяці тому +1

    Loved this, lots of gaps of information filled! Heres to THE 30TH ANNI COMING!!

  • @blockeontheleafeon
    @blockeontheleafeon 3 місяці тому +6

    "You know nothing about the Mother series" is such a cold opening line, dude. Awesome video from the get go.

  • @sketchyscratch
    @sketchyscratch Місяць тому

    bout to binge all the videos on this channel great work everyone

  • @landothatg2268
    @landothatg2268 3 місяці тому +1

    I’ve never even played these games but as a Nintendo fan I gotta tell you your videos are so interesting and well put together

  • @ShinySalazzle
    @ShinySalazzle 3 місяці тому +2

    I’m late to the party, but I have two things I want to say
    1, I find it funny how most of these entries are of EarthBound 64
    2, MOTHER 3 never got official paper mache models because I suppose those were usually made for NES and SNES, because they have paper mache models for Plok, another SNES game.

  • @thehydrationman5500
    @thehydrationman5500 4 місяці тому +2

    When you see a video in your recommended that is in your favorite presentation style, of your favorite game series, made by your favorite UA-camr who makes content for said series, and is 3+ hours long:

  • @Electro_Specter
    @Electro_Specter 4 місяці тому +3

    I look forward to spending about half my workday with you. See you Monday!

  • @StrawberryFox56
    @StrawberryFox56 4 місяці тому +5

    This deserves more views

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +2

      Appreciate that :) please share it so more can enjoy it! 🐵💛

    • @StrawberryFox56
      @StrawberryFox56 4 місяці тому +1

      @@MonkeyNessalrighty I gotcha!
      I’m a huge fan of your channel and I can really feel the passion and care in this vids :] ❤

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much, your comment goes a long way!

  • @EarthboundBenjy
    @EarthboundBenjy 4 місяці тому +2

    2:38:05 there are only two franklin badges in mother 1 though. You always have to decide who's not getting the Beam Gamma protection when it's time to face Mt Itoi lol.

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +3

      Thanks for the heads up, total error on my part. Correction will be added to the description.

  • @yoshikoopa9545
    @yoshikoopa9545 4 місяці тому +4

    Yipe, 3 Hour monkeyness video! Thanks bestie Monkeyness! 😊

  • @kumatorahaltmanndreemurr
    @kumatorahaltmanndreemurr 4 місяці тому +4

    I’m only two minutes in but I can tell this is gonna be a great video 👍

  • @Super_ATI
    @Super_ATI 4 місяці тому +5

    I always woundered why earthbound 64 wasnt ported to project dolphin (Gamecube) or the Nintendo DS

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +9

      Porting is much more work than adjusting some text and controls, it’d be a huge process, just wasn’t that simple sadly.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 4 місяці тому +1

      They would need to completely rework the game, basically starting from scratch

    • @Super_ATI
      @Super_ATI 3 місяці тому

      @@MonkeyNess I just thought of something they should have tried to use the 3D effect from the 3ds on the battle backgrounds where you could see actual depth, I would think that would be cool

  • @Gabe0823
    @Gabe0823 4 місяці тому +2

    Huge Earthbound Fan Excited to Watch 3½ Hour Iceberg Video About Mother (i've never finished a mother game)

  • @rainbowmacaroon9189
    @rainbowmacaroon9189 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank god Teddy's death isn't canon, would be absolutely heartbreaking

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +4

      God does exist

    • @Key-Knight87
      @Key-Knight87 4 місяці тому

      Why does it matter lol?

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +1

      beacuse otherwise it would've been the saddest moment in all of fiction

    • @Key-Knight87
      @Key-Knight87 4 місяці тому

      Idk, I kinda liked the original ending tbh. It opens the door to speculation. And judging from this iceberg video alone, a lot of people in this fandom would like that. Also the ending setting up for a future entry only to be scrapped is painful lol...

  • @wowie-zowie
    @wowie-zowie 15 днів тому

    Huge fan! I love to watch while cleaning, cooking, gaming, sleeping, breathing , dying, etc

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer 3 місяці тому +2

    Two weeks, 50,000 views, this is going to be a FANTASTIC watch! I'm not even a big Earthbound fan (It never released here until the mid-2000s!), but I absolutely adore the game's music and visuals, and I hope to pick up a copy some day.

  • @SillyLilFella
    @SillyLilFella 4 місяці тому

    New favorite video, just wish there was enough for a 10 hour iceberg lol

  • @Slenderquil
    @Slenderquil 4 місяці тому +2

    Somehow I never put together that the machanised guy in eb64 was a chimera zombie. The framing of the scene made him seem like a giant robot instead.

  • @bjorkflow
    @bjorkflow 4 місяці тому +6

    AAAAAAA I AUDIBLY GASPED WHEN SAW THIS OH MY GOD

    • @mayromoment2989
      @mayromoment2989 4 місяці тому +3

      bro same monkey ness naration and a 3 hour long earthbound iceberg

    • @MonkeyNess
      @MonkeyNess  4 місяці тому +4

      Enjoy! :D

  • @Sprited
    @Sprited Місяць тому

    This video got me back on my mother hyperfixation so thank you 🙏

  • @novelezra
    @novelezra 4 місяці тому +1

    Huge Earthbound iceberg fan excited to watch video for the first time.

  • @qstmrk8004
    @qstmrk8004 3 місяці тому

    idk if anybody said this before but ur channel feel like a mother version of cyber shell (which is very good thing )

  • @ALuckyLoser
    @ALuckyLoser 2 місяці тому

    This was so awesome

  • @10001kr
    @10001kr 3 місяці тому

    Im so happy to see so many Earthbound fan under one video

  • @untipoxddd5784
    @untipoxddd5784 4 місяці тому +2

    DaEgg123,MapleMoriko,Press Start To Continue, Thane Gaming and you (MonkeyNess)
    Are my favorite youtubers that talk about mother 😅

  • @drsnoes6337
    @drsnoes6337 4 місяці тому +3

    I know this video is going to be epic

  • @gamerloser1247
    @gamerloser1247 4 місяці тому

    5:21 There's another for SSBU via the picture of the Sans Mii costume on Magicant, the picture can be found when checking the Mii Costume DLC Eshop Promo Picture

  • @revolverspsychedelicbreakf8747
    @revolverspsychedelicbreakf8747 4 місяці тому +2

    Another masterpiece.

  • @unnaturalselection8330
    @unnaturalselection8330 2 місяці тому +1

    "You know nothing about the Mother series."
    ...Glenn Danzig has entered the chat

  • @Videogabemoment
    @Videogabemoment 3 місяці тому +1

    34:50 This fact makes me really glad I didn’t know I could get more Flying Man. I just stuck it out against the Krackens and the Mani Mani Statue on my own once I lost the one 😭.

  • @jammy1232
    @jammy1232 4 місяці тому +3

    NEW MONKEY NESS!? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @gibrandiaz7300
    @gibrandiaz7300 27 днів тому +1

    The good thing about earthbound not being popular in my school is cuz i used earthbound as “my own video game” and just changed the settings and sprites and i got a 100

  • @MumboMod
    @MumboMod 3 місяці тому +1

    It's me, one of MonkeyNess' 3.9% of viewers from the UK. Winters represent!

  • @PabbyPabbles
    @PabbyPabbles 4 місяці тому

    Here's one straight from my brain but that's also pretty easy to verify: in the Twinkle Elementary theme from Mother 1, the first 4 notes are the same as the second part of the universal-ish Japanese school chime (guess it's called the Westminster Chime)

  • @d00styTV
    @d00styTV 4 місяці тому +1

    1:00:35 that's the Ego Orb, its offense is 125 and its defense is 140

  • @Kingofhuskys
    @Kingofhuskys Місяць тому

    I love how when I wake up it’s a earthbound iceberg and he’s talking about anime

  • @byking6247
    @byking6247 9 днів тому

    As a veteran of the Peloponnes war I admire your dedication and courage not hiding from the battle field