Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to Dark Aspects of the official MOTHER novel by author Saori Kumi, as presented by Shigesato Itoi! Join Ninten...er..."Ken", Ana, and Lloyd as they hallucinate on cavern water, pass out from a legion of bloodthirsty mice stacked as tall as the children, risk execution by Queen Mary, and destroy the desert ruins (which inadvertently crushes a handful of monkeys).

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► Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete Series Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMXiQfu0qKOO_V-sb-Rs3Hkz
► Dark Aspects of the Paper Mario series: youtube.com/watch?v=2n8XbcoURMY&list=PLK37aGUr9BMWmBCq49u-_-KmuOIHKdzMk&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of Luigi's Mansion: youtube.com/watch?v=6d36buMc1-o&list=PLK37aGUr9BMXe9VbUPortyBD-UntYKwhg&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of The Legend of Zelda series: youtube.com/watch?v=tknOcoUxK5s&list=PLK37aGUr9BMVHKHDKs9Wqp43L9q06mjHF&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of Banjo-Kazooie & Banjo-Tooie: youtube.com/watch?v=l9btrWvKP18
► Dark Aspects of the Donkey Kong Country series: youtube.com/watch?v=my2Q8dwQx0w&t
► All Dark Aspects of Nintendo episodes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMX_TMxnj___A1XDNkyC6-9M

Sources & further reading:

Translations, books, and articles

Nyaasu (JPN to English fan translator)'s website
nyaasunobouken.com

Images

⍟ EarthBound Beginnings sprites ripped by Mike W, Sunny Cassette, Solink, shadowman44 for the Spriters Resource
spriters-resource.com/nes/earthboundbeginningsprototypemotherjpn
⍟ NES Zelda heart ripped by MisterMike
spriters-resource.com/nes/legendofzelda/sheet/119278
⍟ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga sprites ripped by MajinPiccolo
spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/mlss/sheet/7573
⍟ All stock photos used are free for commercial use via Pixabay with no attribution required
pixabay.com
⍟ Bandoliers example photo
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Pancho_Villa_bandolier_crop.jpg
⍟ Ally of Justice Yu-Gi-Oh! card
storage.googleapis.com/ygoprodeck.com/pics/45033006.jpg
⍟ Global Defense Force disc
images.launchbox-app.com/2fa12e7f-8bf3-4c9e-97a7-44014df9ec2b.png
⍟ Plant with lips photo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psychotria_elata_-_FLOR_BESO.jpg

Footage

⍟ POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute by SaganYee
youtube.com/watch?v=-hVuv7mDNqM&t=195s&ab_channel=SaganYee
⍟ "LloydBound Commercial" by BlueNinty
youtube.com/watch?v=nQCo1VpH6Yc&ab_channel=BlueNinty
⍟ Avatar: The Last Airbender cactus juice scene
youtube.com/watch?v=srvfsDiYm84
⍟ MOTHER GBA footage by StephenPlays
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrpfY5oU1DangphC_B2N6x8uhacQ5TCa
⍟ Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door footage by HeroVoltsy
youtube.com/watch?v=Bkg5ZyDfybQ&list=PL-ec1vuqoUzamFTeH8ubA_X30tsAAFNyi&index=21&ab_channel=HeroVoltsy

Sound FX

⍟ MOTHER 1 and 2 sounds by Starmen
starmen.net/mother1/soundfx
starmen.net/mother2/soundfx

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