Mother 1+2 (Fan Translation)

Set in a fictional version of USA, both games follow a young boy who uses psychic powers to put an end to the paranormal phenomena spiralling the country into disarray.

Mother, unofficially known outside of Japan as EarthBound Zero, and later officially known outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings, is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed by Ape Inc. and Nintendo, and published by Nintendo in 1989. EarthBound, originally released in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushuu, is a 1994 role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. A different version of the first game, alongside a port of its sequel, was released on a single-cartridge compilation titled Mother 1+2 for the Game Boy Advance in 2003 as part of advertisement campaign for Mother 3. These games are the first two titles of the Mother series, which was originally not well known in the mainstream media, but gained a large cult following on the Internet, and heavily influenced such independently developed games as Yume Nikki, OFF, Lisa: the Painful, Undertale and many others.

This video game trilogy is notable for being one of very few in its era that had an actual professional writer behind its dialogue script and story. Mother series was designed and directed by famed Japanese copywriter and television personality Shigesato Itoi. It was named after John Lennon's song "Mother". Itoi could heavily relate to the song, which dealt with Lennon's experiences growing up without either of his parents; Itoi's own father was absent for much of his life. Another reason for choosing such title was its connection to the word "mothership", since alien invasion is a major event in the game.

There is a very large amount of differences, big and small, between the Japanese and American releases of the game, which I'm not going to list here.

This longplay consists of two parts. Part 1 is Mother, part 2 is Mother 2. In the first part, I try to show everything in the game, so do not be surprised when you see me circling every area, looking into every nook and cranny, or protracting some battles. The excessive map exploration which you will surely notice also serves the purpose of gaining EXP, which I would have to do anyway in order to get all abilities. It is a better viewing experience to see the map during grinding than to watch me pacing back and forth on the same spot for extended periods of time while I wait for random encounters to trigger. Alternative dialogue options, deaths and other scenes were edited in at the end of the video. At the beginning of the playthrough, you might notice that there is a gift box in the starting room which I do not open. This box is not present in the official release and was hacked into the game by the translator.