Update [Mon 5th Sep, 2022 05:00 BST]: This documentary initially went reside earlier this 12 months in May. Our US video producer Zion is internet hosting a particular screening at PAX West at present, so we’re republishing this put up alongside it.

Original [Sun 8th May, 2022 18:30 BST]: It’s the second Sunday in May, which implies it is Mother’s Day in an excellent many international locations around the globe (though not within the UK, the place Mothering Sunday falls in March). We’re celebrating Mother’s Day this 12 months in a really particular manner and looking out again fondly on one explicit Mother that Nintendo followers around the globe are united of their adoration of — Shigesato Itoi’s MOTHER sequence.

Zion Grassl, pretty particular person and one among our resident senior video producers, has been lovingly crafting this video — the centrepiece of our Mother’s Day celebration — for weeks, enlisting luminaries from throughout the online game fan and creator house to honour and salute the EarthBound video games: EarthBound Beginnings, EarthBound, and MOTHER 3.

In these conversations Zion explores the particular nature of this distinctive trilogy with some interviewees you will seemingly recognise. Yes, you will see some acquainted faces, hear some acquainted voices, and even hear from one explicit indie recreation developer whose work was massively influenced by the MOTHER sequence. Yep, that indie recreation developer!

We hope you benefit from the video above. It’s a (comparatively) lengthy watch — excellent for a Sunday — and we’re very pleased with it. Happy Mother’s Day!

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