MOTHER 4 Update Thing

Friday, June 27th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 12 Comments

Nothing much, but I should mention I added a little bit to this older entry about MOTHER 4: here Basically, just put up another snippet from an older interview where he says no MOTHER 4. No new news, really. ... Read More >>>

Yes, Tony is Gay. And Mr. Saturn is Innocent

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 10 Comments

The topic’s come up a few times recently, so I figure I’ll translate this one snippet of an Itoi interview, which can be seen here. Note that this is also the same interview where he talks about the inspiration for Giygas. In any case, here’s the tiny excerpt. I’ll translate the entireeeeeee thing someday. A few parts are already available on my blog, though. Itoi: Well, fo... Read More >>>

Courage is Overrated

Monday, June 16th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Japan Stuff, Videos | 4 Comments

- Caution! MOTHER 3 Spoilers! - Saw this on YouTube just now and really liked it. So now I’m spreading it across the land! The video is called “I Tore Up the Letter from You”. Here’s what’s in the video. (more…) ... Read More >>>

Women Love MOTHER 2

Monday, June 16th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Japan Stuff | 9 Comments

Okay, finally got time to sit down and read some parts of this book. For those just joining us, in the 2002 novel The Three Natagiri Women (what is natagiri? anyone know? I see some possible definitions, but they don’t make sense), the very first chapter is about three women who randomly play MOTHER 2 one day and get addicted. Anyway, I’d like to translate this chapter someday, but won... Read More >>>

Weird Book Update

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Japan Stuff | 3 Comments

A quick update to this. The book arrived today, and I took a quick look at it. And I do mean quick, because the very first chapter is titled “Mr. Baseball Cap” Did a very quick skim of it, it looks like it’s going to be about three women in their 20s, one of them happens to bring over a Super Famicom and then another one who’s never been interested in games will fall in lo... Read More >>>

Itoi’s Thoughts (June 2, 2008)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 7 Comments

I saw this in one of Itoi’s recent entries and thought it was interesting. By itself, it’s nothing special, but if you apply it to the gaming industry, and especially Nintendo’s somewhat recent stance of only focusing on the really big titles and over-relying on its main brands, it becomes even more interesting. If only someone like him were pulling the strings at Nintendo, IR... Read More >>>