Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Official MOTHER icons are here for Nintendo Switch Online, but how did Nitnendo do with their sprite selections? These are all the characters I would keep, and all of the icons I'd cut to make room for others.

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Music used (in order):

🎵 Peaceful Rest Valley (EarthBound)
🎵 You Call This a Utopia! (Smash Ultimate)
🎵 Bein' Friends (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
🎵 MOTHER 3 Love Theme (Smash Ultimate)
🎵 Hospital Dub [I Want to be Called a Great Doctor] (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
🎵 Operation Goblincrush (Dandy Dungeon)
🎵 Go K.K. Rider! Aircheck (Animal Crossing)
🎵 Theme of Bicycle [Spinning Pedals] (MOTHER 1 + 2 OST)
🎵 Boogerville (Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure)
🎵 Kraken of the Sea (EarthBound)
🎵 Mr. Saturn Theme Z (MOTHER 3)
🎵 With Magypsy (MOTHER 3i)
🎵 Ode to Ancestors; 8th Movement (MOTHER 3)
🎵 Osohe Castle (MOTHER 3)
🎵 Accelerondo (MOTHER 3)
🎵 Unfounded Revenge - Smashing Song of Praise (Smash Ultimate)

Sources & further reading:

Additional video clips:

⍟ Pokérap uploaded by thetoonman
youtu.be/PZzbO3L_-CA?si=J5LQYIaF6nsj1X8r
⍟ Survivor clip uploaded by Global TV
youtu.be/2HIkOqemmnc?si=c8u-GMG1W2ps4pOR
⍟ Super Smash Bros. Brawl - All Stickers & Super Smash Bros. (3DS) - All Trophies by Zephiel810
youtu.be/fPJsoh3lm4M?si=ODXpDWTIUvbOOByk
youtu.be/-DYguoJyHgY?si=IJlRjz6W_TssD9nO
⍟ Snoop Dogg dance (green screen) uploaded by Airzy
youtu.be/z3edZPjQtCQ?si=YpmK_8mK5eIa04xC

Images:

⍟ Drakeposting template by Know Your Meme
knowyourmeme.com/photos/1214406-drakeposting
⍟ MOTHER white logo uploaded by Linkdude20002001
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_series_logo.png
⍟ Full MOTHER series icons photos by NSO Icons Alerts
twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1760470344211779584/photo/1
twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1763007868817801595/photo/1
twitter.com/IconsNSO/status/1765544450749804892/photo/1
⍟ Akfamilyhome NSO MOTHER 3 bug tweet
twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1765559982324617466
⍟ Kody NOKOLO MOTHER 3 icon tweet
twitter.com/KodyNOKOLO/status/1765552005446287448
⍟ Mama Louiji "small W for MOTHER fans" tweet
twitter.com/Mama_Louiji/status/1765723974879924511
⍟ Famicom Disk Writer Reddit post by u/lightyear8
reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/xjiioc/does_anyone_know_what_this_is_or_what_its
⍟ Famicom Disk Writer icon tweet (did not show in video, but it inspired me to mention it)
twitter.com/KingNintendoFan/status/1765551351642341615
⍟ Groucho Marx toy glasses
mastgeneralstore.com/prodimages/24768-DEFAULT-l.jpg
⍟ Ness & Exit Mouse drawings by Nyaasu Nekoban
deviantart.com/nyaasu/art/Ness-and-an-Exit-Mouse-879062948
patreon.com/posts/ness-exit-mouse-62906385?l=de
⍟ EarthBound / MOTHER 2 Translation Comparisons by Tomato
legendsoflocalization.com/earthbound
⍟ Lucas Super Smash Bros. 3DS All-Star "Congratulations" image uploaded by Amber Blackstar
ssbwiki.com/Congratulations_screen#/media/File:SSB4-3DS_Congratulations_All-Star_Lucas.png
⍟ Master Belch "This Game Stinks" ad campaign uploaded by Mato
web.archive.org/web/20090122134202/https://earthboundcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ebsac_mail_inside.jpg
⍟ MOTHER 2 manual scan by Orange for MOTHER Forever
mother4ever.net/art-mother

Sprites:

⍟ Enemies & Bosses (EarthBound Beginnings) ripped by Mike W
⍟ Young Lucas - Crash & Darkshot
⍟ Ness - Depressed Mario, M. Bison, Matheus123, and Tonberry2k
⍟ Forest Prayer Sanctuary map, Stinky Ghost, 02 Machine, Big Bro, and Save Frog sprites - redblueyellow
⍟ Ionia - Cass & redblueyellow
⍟ EarthBound enemies - Bacon & Cavery210
⍟ Giygas - SmithyGCN
⍟ Mecha-Drago - Sonik
⍟ Masked Man - Filler, redblueyellow, and Ryan914
⍟ Pigmasks - Crash, Random Talking Bush, redblueyellow, and Tonberry2k
⍟ Salsa - by Ixoyz
⍟ Porky's Girls - TimmY
⍟ Claus - Filler & Sonik
⍟ Porky - Random Talking Bush &Tonberry2k
⍟ Generic MOTHER 3 NPCs - Food_Eater

Additional sound effects/music:
⍟ Mr. Krabs Plays The World's Smallest Violin uploaded by Kem
youtu.be/9pxPRfWjwc8?si=zAkTey_speRGzz5D
⍟ Pokérap (audio) uploaded by EnigmaBarry
youtu.be/C0LoHA_FPAs?si=3ilpyWJivjWL8W53
⍟ Famicom Disk Writer sounds uploaded by SeraphmIII
youtu.be/iKTGETfB3yA?si=xXiABtn26TulgY_6
⍟ MOTHER 3 sound FX posted by Pacifica Productions youtube.com/channel/UCorrn1ixh9r-5fg7Ix_3T0g/videos

#earthbound #earthboundbeginnings #mother3