History VideoGame / Mother1

** [[FridgeBrilliance One theory could be that the map is upside down. Further supported by the fact that the Earth on the Mother series' logo is actually the famous 'Blue Marble' photograph upside down.]]

* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler: Giygas promises to meet again Ninten before he leaves.]]

** However it makes sense, because [[spoiler: Maria raised Giegue/Giygas]], so it's likely [[spoiler: she]] taught [[spoiler: Giegue/Giygas]] English.

* FanRemake: An in-progress [[http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-Remake/page/1/ remake of MOTHER]] is being developed as a GameMod/Hack for its sequel, Earthbound/Mother 2.
** There is a [[http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th-Anniversary-Edition/page/1 second Remake]] in progress at the moment, celebrating MOTHER's 25th anniversary, but unlike the first one, this is a remake redone in the original NES game, polishing sprites, the overworld, the script and enemies. It will also rebalance the enemies to tone down the game's difficulty, and make it less confusing to get around the swamp and Duncan's Factory.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: EVE. For players of the original Famicom version, nothing says that Teddy survived, so most assumed that he died. However, in later versions of the game, they make it clear that Teddy actually lives.]]

* WhiteMagicianGirl: 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).

* HumansAreBastards: Giygas reason for invading earth and abducting people. [[spoiler:He learned that Ninten's father, George, had stolen information that could be used against his own kind. This information was used to create psychic potential in humans which is the explanation for Ninten's and Ana's psychic powers.]]

** This is especially the case in the original Japenese version, as it's implied that [[spoiler:Teddy got killed]].

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* GuideDangIt: The 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 party members; rather, it cures petrification.

* OneHitKill: PK Beam Gamma, a favorite PK attack of Starmen. Fortunately, the Franklin Badge just reflects the attack back at the attacker. Unfortunately, there's only two in the entire game, meaning that one party member will be vulnerable at all times.

* SpellLevels: The tiers for PSI powers are given by the Greek letters alpha, beta, gamma, and omega.

* UselessUsefulSpell: Averted with PK Beam Gamma, which one-shots a majority of random encounters, and PK Fire Omega, which '''instantly nukes''' every single random encounter in the entire game. [[BraggingRightsReward You have to severely grind for the latter, however.]]

* [[spoiler: AliensSpeakingEnglish]]: [[spoiler: Giygas]] talks directly to Ninten offering him [[spoiler: a place in his ship]].

* [[spoiler:[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Aliens Love Their Mamas]]: It's Giygas's memories of his adoptive human mother, Maria, that end up defeating him.]]

* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Giygas.]]

** Actually, now there is a [[http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Games/EarthBound-Zero-Remake-1/page/1/ second Remake]] in progress at the moment, but unlike the first one, this is a remake made from scratch, but is made in the style of Mother 3.
* FanSequel: ''VideoGame/CognitiveDissonance''.