Mother 3 Commentary

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  @majorD01 · 5 years ago

  I remember when I was in elementary school and I asked for Mother 3 for my birthday so my father installed a GBA Emulator with the Mother 3 translation patch on the computer. Honestly one of the best birthday presents ever and rewatching this video reminds me of those times over a decade later. Thanks for making this, it's brought back some old memories.

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• KA

  @kathigh8122 · 2 years ago

  A hint for Locria being a traitorous Magypsy is actually the types of chords of each diatonic scale. The first six (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian, in order) are a pattern of minor and major. Locrian, the final scale, is neither a minor nor major, but a diminished scale. Locria is nothing like the other magypsies, because the locrian scale is nothing like the other scales. It would make perfect sense for Locria to be the traitor.

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• GA

  @GameBooAdvancePlus · 5 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact: The one time in that final fight that Lucas can actually attack Claus normally without stopping or getting second thoughts is when Flint gets obliterated. Without any words shared and gameplay alone you can tell that Lucas is absolutely furious and ready to kill at that moment, which is absolutely tragic.

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• BI

  @Bi_scotti_5 · 5 years ago

  One touch that I love about the disguised Mr. Saturn at around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4cChAIn1o&amp;t=9470">2:37:50</a> is that if you walk back you can see that he is still there staring at a wall. He says &quot;Zuchinni&quot;. The reason he&apos;s there was because initially because of a bug, but Itoi thought it was so funny he left it in and gave it a line of dialog. Another example of something unnecessary but a joy to experience.

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• MA

  @MattJDave · 9 months ago

  Heya, just letting ya know that of all the YouTube videos in the world, I decided to return to this one as a pilgrimage ahead of the new year, as a sentimental drunk 31-year-old reflecting on life.<br><br>This video continues to be an inspiration to me.

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• ST

  @starstruxtion · 3 years ago

  Thanks to Itoi stating that the ending is up to the player to interpret, my headcanon given the events of the end credits with Claus now being 13 with Lucas and running with him means the Dragon revived him and Hinawa. Of course this is my interpretation, but still, it feels like it is truly canon.

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• OC

  @OccuredJakub12 · 5 years ago

  How is it that someone could&apos;ve made a game so emotionally mature and heartbreaking almost 20 years ago? It blows my mind that, even as videogames nowadays still struggle with connecting to the players in the way that an artform should, as long as it&apos;s taken/taking people to understand the value of exploring different emotional relationships with the players, such as frustration, sadness and pain, Mother 3, and honestly the entire Mother series seems to take it for granted and do it so effortlessly. People still to this day disregard video games as mindless drivel and an immature waste of time. For most games, that may even be true.<br><br>But still, Itoi seemed to just... get it, from the moment he approached the medium of video games, back in the fucking 80s! <br><br>Of course people will care about what happens in a game.<br><br>Of course, you can bring a person to tears while they hold a controller.<br><br>Of course, you can convey the entirety of human experience in one, tiny, megabyte-sized cartridge.<br><br>Because if you care about it, if you love it, then others will love it too.<br><br>Fuck.<br><br>Shit.<br><br>Goddamnit.

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• ST

  @steepology5985 · 3 years ago

  Mother 3’s title drop is one of my favorite moments in gaming. It simultaneously feels so welcoming yet so intimidating. It makes me feel like i’m about to witness something BIG.

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• PO

  @PorkyMinch · 3 years ago (edited)

  In the present was a very nice video.<br><br>Ah

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• IW

  @iwannabethekid34xc · 4 years ago

  I haven&apos;t seen this mentioned yet, but I couldn&apos;t help but notice the name of the mother, Hinawa, is very similar to the Japanese word for sunflower &quot;Himawari&quot;. I don&apos;t know if this was intentional, but regardless, I find it beautiful, and worth mentioning.

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• KA

  @kathigh8122 · 2 years ago

  It doesnt matter how many times I watch it, the ending of Mother 3 always makes me cry so hard

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• AN

  @Anonymous_Individual · 2 years ago

  This was such a joy to listen through. I finally played this game for the first time and I’m obsessed now.

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