Mother

In Real Life

How To Improve One Of Nintendo’s Best Games? Like This.

9:30PM January 31, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother‘s opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it’s this. More »

Nintendo

What Makes The Mother Series So Great

2:00PM September 1, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

They may not be chart-toppers – indeed, the third game has never even been officially released in the West – but the Mother/Earthbound series of role-playing games are some of the most revered and cherished of all Nintendo games (at least among certain clicks). More »

In Real Life

Episode IV: A New Earthbound

8:30PM May 9, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

This piece, throwing Nintendo’s classic Mother RPG series (known as EarthBound in the West) and the original Star Wars together, is just too damn cute for words (via 4CR). More »

In Real Life

What If Mother Was A Children’s Story?

6:40PM April 15, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The Mother (known in the West as Earthbound) series of RPGs can be enjoyed by kids, but also have stuff specifically for adults. Just like a fairy tale. More »

News

Talk Of Mother 4 Doesn’t Mean It Will Happen

10:50PM March 30, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Shigesato Itoi, who’s best known as a copywriter and personality in Japan, already said that there will be no Mother 4. Making Mother 3 was no easy task. That doesn’t mean there still isn’t hope – however faint that might be. More »

In Real Life

The Annoying Song That’s Plaguing Japan

5:00PM March 23, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

On March 11, the Tohoko earthquake and tsunami left the northeastern part of Japan in ruins. People were displaced, missing or dead. News coverage reported on the devastation. But what company wants to be the official sponsor of a calamity like this? More »

PC

Video Game Reduced To 30 Seconds Of Disapproving Mums

5:00AM January 19, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Electronic Arts’ latest Dead Space 2 campaign is brilliant. Why? Because it uses the power of the disapproving mum to sell violent video games. More »

In Real Life

How The Wife Of Japan’s Beloved RPG Maker Challenged Nudity Censorship

4:00PM December 22, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

In the West, Shigesato Itoi is best known for the Earthbound series of role-playing games. He might challenge game conventions, but his wife Kanako Higuchi challenged Japanese censorship more. More »

In Real Life

True Love Is Found In Nintendo Classics

7:30PM November 30, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Get ready for some feel-good times, as a man and his lady agree to be wed after a night spent dining, drinking wine then playing classic Nintendo RPG series Earthbound. More »

In Real Life

Mother 4 In Development (By Fans, Not Nintendo)

3:30PM October 19, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The Mother series, known in the West as Earthbound, are some of the best games to ever grace a Game Boy. They’re so good, in fact, that Nintendo of America wants nothing to do with them. More »