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“And we never got tired. And we never got old. We just ran through the streets forever. And everything was perfect.”
Nintendo comic maker Zac Gorman is selling 13”x19” prints of his moonstruck Earthbound comic, but he’s only making 50 signed and numbered copies ($30 each), so order one before this sells out in the next hour.
So, uh, did I mention my birthday is next week?
Buy: Earthbound
See also: More Zac Gorman comics
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It likely won’t receive the attention that the Mother 3 fan translation enjoyed, but Tomato has put out an English patch for Mother 1+2, Nintendo’s Japan-only compilation released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003.
Though Mother 1 has an English NES prototype floating around, this version, this version features a retranslated script, bug fixes, and various tweaks, as well as some enhancements by Tomato. The Mother 2 script is still in Japanese (menus have been translated), but it’s not like you can’t already play it in English with Earthbound.
You’ll need a copy of Mother 1+2’s ROM (one you acquire through relatively legal methods, we hope) to install the patch before running it on a flashcart or emulator.
Import: Mother 1+2
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Mother/Earthbound posts
tags / mother / earthbound / imports / homebrew / translation / tomato / patch / gaming / ec
Ness nerds, Lucas lovers, and Ninten-thusiasts: The awesome merch company Fangamer is hosting a two-month-long “Earthbound Fanfest,” during which fans are invited to play Earthbound on SNES along with live video footage of Fangamer staff playing. Meanwhile, themed fanart/fanfic contests are being held, with Fangamer EB swag as prizes.
Maybe this is just the push you need to start playing an old SNES game again instead of all that new stuff coming out! Save all those games for their own fan events in 15 years.
And while you’re there, Buy: Fangamer products
tags / earthbound / fanfest / fangamer / jc
Mr. Saturn plush! Banpresto is releasing these delightful little Mother mascots as arcade prizes in Japan next month. They’ll be available from UFO catchers and similar machines, of course, as well as through random giveaways to survey respondents.
Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, 2006’s Mother 3 has yet to be officially released and arcades are a rare and dying breed.
[Via Inside-Games]
See also: More Mother 3 posts
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Negative Man figures by Camille Young. Presumably, this signed and numbered set for the downtrodden Mother 3 enemy will show up for sale on Fangamer.net.
Negative Man is one of the most pitiful characters you can come across in any game, even more so than Pokemon’s notoriously puny Magikarp. At least Magikarp can look forward to one day evolving into a fearsome Gyarados. With Negative Man, “it’s always the same…”
See also: Ness resin figure by Camille Young, Barrier Trio
tags / negative man / camille young / fangamer / toys / mother 3 / earthbound / brownie brown / mother / ec“What is Mother?” by Bob. Goofy animation, I know!
On an unrelated note, check out what JC picked up at TGS. I’ve wanted one of these Level-5 preview carts for years! Inazuma Eleven 2! Ni no Kuni! Soooo jealous.
tags / earthbound / mother / flipnote / fanart / what is love / haddaway / ecNess resin figure by Camille Young.
If you haven’t seen Camille’s Mother/Earthbound sculptures before, you should get familiar — they’re fab.
On a related note (literally, hur hur hur), her husband Reid Young, of Starmen.net and Fangamer fame, once told me about an old Iron Chef episode that featured Mother creator Shigesato Itoi as a guest judge. I finally watched that “Battle Bell Pepper” episode this morning:
I know most people consider the dubbed voices cheesy, but I love them! JC tells me that some of Iron Chef’s voice actors lent their talents to Shenmue, which I find brilliant.
See also: The exhausted Barrier Trio
[Via Camille Young, Select Button]
tags / camille young / reid young / earthbound / mother / iron chef / shigesato itoiEarthbound’s Onett recreated in 3D by Benn Friedrich. For some reason, it kind of looks to me like how Onett would appear in Mega Man Legends or The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.
More Earthbound art: check out this custom Ness Munny from AlbertArt (via Infinite Lives):
A scene from Mother 3: “The exhausted Barrier Trio struck one final Barrier Pose… It was spectacular.”
See also: Download the Mother 3 fan translation
[Via Ryeblog]
tags / earthbound / mother 3 / shigesato itoi / brownie brown / barrier trio / ecWe’ve got 30,000 people signed up to get an email when the translation is released; Nintendo’s marketing department would pay untold sums of money to get their hands on an email list that huge and highly targeted.
The fans have huge potential, which has gone largely ignored by the industry, something we’re hoping to change. Starmen.net has proven, beyond a doubt, that there is a giant pool of amazing talent in well-managed fan communities.” Starmen.net’s Reid Young, a day before the Mother 3 English translation patch’s release, commenting on publishers ignoring the fan translation community. tags / mother 3 / translation / starmen / reid young / earthbound / mother / ec
Along with today’s release of the Mother 3 English translation patch, the Starmen.net community revealed its plans to release the Mother 3 Handbook, a Earth bound companion to the GBA RPG.
In addition to the traditional walkthrough, the guide will feature eight chapters of original illustrations, photos of clay models, charts, maps, statistics, and game secrets. Starmen.net head Reid Young says that they might also include scratch-and-sniff trading cards with the handbook, just like the Earthbound Player’s Guide.
Expected to ship in January 2009, the Mother 3 Handbook is now available for preorder. Those who put in an early reservation ($20) will receive a custom-minted Courage Badge keychain and early PDF copies of each chapter.
Furthermore, Starmen.net will eventually release free, low-resolution copies of the guide online. You can download a sample PDF chapter from the site right now!
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