History VideoGame / MOTHER1

* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:After Loid has his BigDamnHeroes moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that, as shown by the more accurately translated Mother 1+2 Fan Translation, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late.]] Just goes to show how poorly EarthBound Zero was translated. Not ZeroWinglish poor, but poor.

* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:After Loid has his BigDamnHeroes moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that, as shown by the more accurately translated Mother 1+2 Fan Translation, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late. Just goes to show how poorly EarthBound Zero was translated. Not ZeroWinglish poor, but poor.]]

* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:After Loid has his BigDamnHeroes moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that, as shown by the more accurately translated Mother 1+2 Fan Translation, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late.]]

[[spoiler: -->'''Loid (EarthBound Zero Translation)''': "Shoot! I missed!"]]
-->'''Loid (Mother 1+2 Fan Translation)''': "Oh no! I'm too late!"

* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:After Loid has his BigDamnHeroes moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that, as shown by the more accurately translated Mother 1+2 Fan Translation, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late.
-->'''Loid (EarthBound Zero Translation)''': "Shoot! I missed!"
-->'''Loid (Mother 1+2 Fan Translation)''': "Oh no! I'm too late!"]]

* LostInTranslation: [[spoiler:After Loid has his BigDamnHeroes moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that in the Japanese version, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late.]]

** Also also, Loid's parents are essentially handwaved. His father shows up in/as a trashcan at a remote location in a swamp nowhere near where Loid goes to school, and all he does is ask the player's name - no story exposition of even a minor variety. His father is said to be in the swamp because he is looking for a special plant to cure a fatal illness Lloyd's mother has, which like many things is AllThereInTheManual.

->''Take a melody, simple as can be,\\
Give it some words and sweet harmony.\\
Raise your voices,\\

Sing a melody of love, oh love.''

** IC-Chip may possibly have been the item Memory Chip which can be found in Mother 1+2 only which is obtained after [[Spoiler: EVE gets killed off]]. The item is like a second Onyx Hook, except that it transports you to that same spot that [[Spoiler: EVE died.]].

* ChekhovsGun: There's a guy with a tank in Yucca Desert. If you do a sidequest, you get to ride it, and he warns you to be careful because it's his most prized possession. [[TropeTelegraphing Inevitably]], it breaks, and when you get to Ellay you have to pay him to replace it. Also, in a sidequest that you can do later, Lloyd gets a BigDamnHeroes moment with a tank. What other tank could he possibly get access to? If you do both those sidequests, in order, it's ChekhovsBoomerang.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Teddy
* {{Delinquent}}: Teddy

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: A singing monkey gives you a part of the McGuffin. Later you get to go in a cave full of monkeys. A majority of them lie to you.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: In the beginning of the game there is a zoo with a penguin pen. Later in the game you go in a cave full of monkeys (mentioned above) and there is a secret room with a single lost penguin in it. In addition, Ninten's favorite animal is said to be a penguin, which is AllThereInTheManual.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The bear, polar bear and grizzly bear enemies.

* StuffBlowingUp: One of the first thing Loid does after joining your party is blow up the science lab.

* TwoPartTrilogy: Aside from PSI and [[spoiler: Giygas]], there is barely any evidence that the world of this game is the same world as ''EarthBound''. This game was hit especially hard, as despite the rerelease, it only had publicity back in its day. The CompilationRerelease's commercials focused on the second game, which, while this game got a significant update, the only thing that was changed from the second game, besides the inevitable quality drop in porting from SuperFamicom to GameBoyAdvance, was a few bug fixes.

''MOTHER'' is a 1989 {{Famicom}} EasternRPG, the first installment of [[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} a series]] and the predecessor to the significantly more famous ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''{{VideoGame/MOTHER 3}}''. Set in the year 1988, the story follows Ninten, a normal American boy. He's got a workaholic dad, a loving mom, and twin kid sisters. Everything is pretty normal, up until the day [[EverythingTryingToKillYou his desk lamp suddenly attacks him]], another lamp attacks a sister and the other sister's doll starts threatening her.

In the late nineties, a prototype for an unreleased English version was found by a collector and subsequently put on the internet as a ROM. This prototype version, named ''Earth Bound'', contains a mix of technical enhancements, {{bowdlerization}} and modified maps to reduce difficulty. Several other prototype cartridges have since turned up on eBay; [[http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/09/earthbound-zero-prototype-info/ four legitimate ones are known to exist, with at least one more theorised to be archived at Nintendo of America's headquarters]]. After several modifications to the ROM to make it playable on the widely-used NES emulator of the day, the game became widely known as ''"[=EarthBound=] Zero"'' to attempt to avoid confusion with its far more famous sequel. This page was located at that name for years, but was eventually moved to its current location.

In the lead-up to the [[DevelopmentHell long-awaited]] release of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', this game was rereleased in 2003 along with its immediate sequel, as ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' for the GameBoyAdvance; it contained almost all of the modifications of the ''"[=EarthBound Zero=]"'' prototype, confirming that the prototypes were indeed the real deal. The port was [[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]], though word has it that it was ''almost'' released internationally. In 2011, the ''MOTHER 1'' portion of the game received [[http://mother12.earthboundcentral.com/ a fan translation]] from the same team behind the ''MOTHER 3'' translation, providing a much more polished take on the script than the rather barebones ''"[=EarthBound Zero=]"'' translation.

* SdrawkcabName: The Raeb Yddet in {{Magicant}}.
* SequelHook: Added in the prototype/''MOTHER 1+2'': at the very end of the credits, we see Ninten's father calling him, saying that 'something's come up'. It's an unusual example in that obviously there were sequels, but neither followed up on this.

* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Giygas.]]

* TheAllAmericanBoy: Ninten.

* It should be noted that Itoi was quite involved in the localization of this game and every {{Bowdleri|se}}zation and {{Woolseyism}} that occurred had to have his approval.

->''Take a melody,\\
Simple as can be,\\
Give it some words and,\\
Sweet harmony.\\

Sing a melody of\\
Love, oh love.''

''Mother'' is the first game [[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} in its series]] and the predecessor to the much more well-known ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''{{VideoGame/Mother 3}}''. Set in the year 1988, the story follows Ninten, a normal American boy. He's got a workaholic dad, a loving mom, and twin kid sisters. Everything is pretty normal, up until the day [[EverythingTryingToKillYou his desk lamp suddenly attacks him]], another lamp attacks a sister and the other sister's doll starts threatening her.

[[CompilationRerelease It was later packaged with its sequel as]] ''[[CompilationRerelease Mother 1+2]]'' for the [[GameBoyAdvance GBA]]. The port was [[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]], due to legal problems. In 2011, [[http://mother12.earthboundcentral.com/ an English translation patch was released for the Mother 1 portion of the GBA port.]]

The game is also known as ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'', due to the English title of its sequel. This page was located at that name for years, but was eventually moved to its current location.

** "Pollyanna" in its full version (not the 8-bit theme, obviously), which later went on to become the BootstrappedTheme for the entire ''Mother'' series.

* BlackBeadEyes: In all of the ''Mother'' games.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The English translation got quite a few changes as a result of Nintendo's censorship policies at the time. Infamously, blood was edited out of sprites and cigars and knives were removed from the battle sprites of the Crow and Teddy. Crosses and religious text were removed. Holy Loly Mountain had a DubNameChange to Mt. Itoi, probably half because of the religious reference and half because, [[{{Woolseyism}} well]], it is a major DifficultySpike as well as TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. (Also, to avoid lawsuits, a mention of ''DragonQuest'' was changed to ''Super Mario Bros.'') Some stuff got past the radar, like the strip club in Merrysville and doctors saying "go off and ''die'' then" if you refuse their services, though the strip club instance was changed in ''MOTHER 1+2''. The ''Dragon Quest'' reference was also changed to "that game" as opposed to a Mario reference. All of the sprite changes were also in ''MOTHER 1+2''. It should be noted that Itoi was quite involved in the localization of this game and every {{Bowdleri|se}}zation and {{Woolseyism}} that occurred had to have his approval.

* DistressedDamsel: Probably the only RPG in existence in which you have to rescue [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Pippi Longstocking]] from zombie gangsters.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Your first two enemies are a desk lamp and a doll. It just continues from there.
* FanTranslation: An English release of the game was planned under the title ''[=EarthBound=]'', but it fell through. Eventually, a group of fans who had been working on their own translation got a hold of a prototype of the English version and released the ROM to the general public. Full story [[http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407-earthbound.shtml here]].

* GuideDangIt: Effects of PSI attacks. The game itself doesn't give you any clues on what most of them do. This becomes crucial when you need to figure out which "Healing" skill to use, because unlike in its successors, each level cures only a specific ailment. Plus, Healing Gamma doesn't revive unconscious, rather, it cures petrification.

* MrsRobinson: Mrs. Rosemary. Somehow this stayed in the English version.

* NintendoHard: Lots and lots of RandomEncounters, generally unbalanced enemies, a huge proliferation of OneHitKill moves, and too much ForcedLevelGrinding make this the hardest game in the whole series.

* OminousMusicBoxTune: the first of the 8 Melodies is a music box hidden in Ninten's sister's formerly possessed naked baby doll.
* PaletteSwap: As an early RPG, nearly everywhere.

* ThePowerOfRock:
** [[spoiler: Singing Maria's lullaby to Giygas is what defeats him. And it doesn't just defeat him, in EarthBound / MOTHER 2, it is found that it drove him absolutely insane.]]

* RandomEncounters:
** dear ''lord'', there's a lot of them!
** The world of MOTHER is quite big and fun to explore- but the beauty is ruined by those random encounters.

* SequelHook: At the very end of the credits, we see Ninten's father calling him, saying that 'something's come up'.

** Roid/Loid/Lloyd. The first was the official English version in Japan, though ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' uses the third.
** Also shown by [[spoiler: the main villain - his name is written "giigu" in katakana, written as "Giegue" in the localization, and is finally shown to actually be "Gyiyg" in the sequel. Eventually, Nintendo just makes up a new English name for him ("Giygas"). But before that, he was apparently going to be called ''Geek.'']]

* ThemeNaming: Pretty much every location is named after a holiday. {{Woolseyism}} changed these names because the translator thought they were silly names.

* TwoPartTrilogy: Aside from PSI and [[spoiler: Giygas]], there is no real evidence that the world of this game is the same world as EarthBound. This game was hit especially hard, as despite the rerelease, it only had publicity back in its day. The CompilationRerelease's commercials focused on the second game, which, while this game got a few updates, the only thing that was changed from the second game, besides the inevitable quality drop in porting from SuperFamicom to GameBoyAdvance, was a few bug fixes.
* UpdatedRerelease: The English version, and consequently [[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]. Only the latter was actually released.

* {{Wackyland}}:
** Former TropeNamer, though the sequel's Magicant is most likely what was envisioned when it was named.
** Though technically they're not the same place; in this game it was [[spoiler:a manifestation of Maria's mind trying to regain her memories,]] while the one in EarthBound was a representation of Ness's mind.

* [[spoiler: WeCanRuleTogether: Giegue gives Ninten alone a chance to board his Mother Ship.]]

* DungeonCrawling: Duncan Factory is a annoying large version of this that you have to do so continue the plot and if you're lucky enough to find the right room a second Franklin Badge can be found.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The bear and polar bear enemies.
* EverythingsWorseWithWolves: The wolf, silver wolfs and lone wolf enemies.

* StaffChick: Ana, the only completely straight example in the series (Paula has a similar personality but absolutely no healing powers, and Kumatora is a straight-up BlackMagicianGirl).

->''No crying until the end.''

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* CerebusEnding: Terrifying, emotional final bosses are a staple of the series. Though this is pretty much considered the lightest of them all.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: If you're not Japanese and have heard of this game, you probably know that [[spoiler: Giygas is the main villain. It actually isn't revealed ''at all'' until you get the final MacGuffin at the end of the DiscOneFinalDungeon, and most of the plot is just you going around the world to learn a song for an ailing queen who you met after a bunch of weird stuff started happening in your hometown. Even the game guides have no information on Giegue, and he has no official art.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Not much about the character personalities are stated in-game, but in the Mother Encyclopedia it says many interesting things about Ninten, Ana, Loid and Teddy that you could never find out just by playing the game. It is in Japanese, but was [[FanTranslation translated by a fan.]]
* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: If you're not Japanese and have heard of this game, you probably know that [[spoiler: Giygas is the main villain. It actually isn't revealed ''at all'' until you get the final MacGuffin at the end of the DiscOneFinalDungeon, and most of the plot is just you going around the world to learn a song for an ailing queen who you met after a bunch of weird stuff started happening in your hometown.]]

''Mother'' is the first game [[{{VideoGame/Mother}} in its series]] and the predecessor to the much more well-known ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''{{VideoGame/Mother 3}}''. Set in the year 1988, the story follows Ninten, a normal American boy. He's got a workaholic dad, a loving mom, and twin kid sisters. Everything is pretty normal, up until the day [[EverythingTryingToKillYou his desk lamp suddenly attacks him]], another lamp attacks a sister and the other sister's doll starts threatening her.

''Mother'' is the first game in its series and the predecessor to the much more well-known ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''{{VideoGame/Mother 3}}''. Set in the year 1988, the story follows Ninten, a normal American boy. He's got a workaholic dad, a loving mom, and twin kid sisters. Everything is pretty normal, up until the day [[EverythingTryingToKillYou his desk lamp suddenly attacks him]], another lamp attacks a sister and the other sister's doll starts threatening her.

This game has examples of:

* AffectionateParody: Of ''DragonQuest'', which is natural seeing as that is the game that inspired Itoi to dabble in game-writing.

* AwardBaitSong: "Pollyanna" in its full version (not the 8-bit theme, obviously), which later went on to become the BootstrappedTheme for the entire ''Mother'' series.

* CopyProtection

* FridgeHorror: At first, you're thinking, [[spoiler: Hey, Maria's not dead after all! In fact, she's been Queen Mary all along, everything's gonna be alright.]] But then you realize [[spoiler: Oh, wait- she was kidnapped and placed in a completely remote, barren area for supposedly the rest of her life with only her imagination to keep her company.]]
** [[spoiler: Its even worse, as it is heavily implied in the original version that Giegue himself killed Maria after freaking out because of her song, and imprisoned her mind within Magicant, probably believing that to an act of mercy on his behalf.]]

* GlobalCurrency: Justified as being dollars, and the game mostly taking place entirely in America... though don't ask how Magicant ''also'' takes them.

*** Well, since it's [[spoiler:Maria's world, perhaps Maria made dollars Magicant's official currency, because perhaps she vaguely remembered that currency.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Teddy is an orphan, and Ninten's father doesn't appear until the ending. And only in the unreleased English version and the CompilationRerelease.

* ThePowerOfRock: [[spoiler: Singing Maria's lullaby to Giygas is what defeats him. And it doesn't just defeat him, in EarthBound / MOTHER 2, it is found that it drove him absolutely insane.]]

* RandomEncounters: dear ''lord'', there's a lot of them!

* SoundtrackDissonance: Ninten and Ana have a dance near the end of the game, to relax (and to show them growing fond of each other). The tune that plays, "Fallin' Love", is ''extremely'' melancholy.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Roid/Loid/Lloyd. The first was the official English version in Japan, though ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' uses the third.

* {{Wackyland}}: Former TropeNamer, though the sequel's Magicant is most likely what was envisioned when it was named.

** JerkassWoobie :[[spoiler: He loved Maria very much, but was forced to lead the Earth invasion by his people for vengeance on George for stealing their PSI information. He killed her in attempt to get rid of his deep feelings of love for her, but that doesn't work.]]