Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
New series! Nintendo Innuendo is a Dark Aspects spinoff, fully focusing on the risqué & suggestive jokes or themes developers sneak into their family-friendly games. In this first episode on the Super Nintendo classic EarthBound, I cover everything I wasn't able to to in my Dark Aspects videos on the game. More nudity and references to stripping? Uncensored use of the word "sexy"? Join me as I compare the English version to its original Japanese counterpart, revealing all the crude humor lost between versions.
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Dark Aspects of EarthBound/MOTHER Playlist:
►youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMXiQfu0qKOO_V-sb-Rs3Hkz
Sources & further reading:
⍟ Most of the information and facts from this video can be found in Clyde Mandelin's Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound. You can purchase the hardcover version here: fangamer.com/products/legends-of-localization-book-2-earthbound
⍟ There's also a ton of information still on the original Legends of Localization website for free:
legendsoflocalization.com/earthbound
⍟ MOTHER 2 screenshots pulled from "Mato"/Clyde's EarthBound info dump, which can be downloaded on his site:
legendsoflocalization.com/research-mother2-earthbound
⍟ MOTHER 2 manga scans can be downloaded here:
earthboundcentral.com/2010/03/mother-2-manga-scans
⍟ MOTHER 2 footage by YouTube channel "GAME yuna :)"
⍟ All EarthBound footage by me, mostly recorded on a Super Nintendo Classic. The rest was via SNES emulator.
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Music used:
0:00 - ♫ Mother Earth - EarthBound Beginnings
0:11 - Pokey - EarthBound
0:50 - Apple Kid's Theme
1:46 - Twoson's Theme - MOTHER 1 + 2 OST
3:09 - Lucky Nice Blues
5:12 - Hotel Pearl Necklace
6:12 - Ramma's (Dalaam's) Theme
7:36 - Title - ザ・モノポリーゲーム2 / Monopoly 2
8:52 - Flash of Memory - EarthBound
#EarthBound #MOTHER2 #Nintendo
New series! Nintendo Innuendo is a Dark Aspects spinoff, fully focusing on the risqué & suggestive jokes or themes developers sneak into their family-friendly games. In this first episode on the Super Nintendo classic EarthBound, I cover everything I wasn't able to to in my Dark Aspects videos on the game. More nudity and references to stripping? Uncensored use of the word "sexy"? Join me as I compare the English version to its original Japanese counterpart, revealing all the crude humor lost between versions.
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Dark Aspects of EarthBound/MOTHER Playlist:
►youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMXiQfu0qKOO_V-sb-Rs3Hkz
Sources & further reading:
⍟ Most of the information and facts from this video can be found in Clyde Mandelin's Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound. You can purchase the hardcover version here: fangamer.com/products/legends-of-localization-book-2-earthbound
⍟ There's also a ton of information still on the original Legends of Localization website for free:
legendsoflocalization.com/earthbound
⍟ MOTHER 2 screenshots pulled from "Mato"/Clyde's EarthBound info dump, which can be downloaded on his site:
legendsoflocalization.com/research-mother2-earthbound
⍟ MOTHER 2 manga scans can be downloaded here:
earthboundcentral.com/2010/03/mother-2-manga-scans
⍟ MOTHER 2 footage by YouTube channel "GAME yuna :)"
⍟ All EarthBound footage by me, mostly recorded on a Super Nintendo Classic. The rest was via SNES emulator.
Follow me for channel updates on social media:
► Twitter - twitter.com/ThaneGaming
► Instagram - instagram.com/thanegaming
Music used:
0:00 - ♫ Mother Earth - EarthBound Beginnings
0:11 - Pokey - EarthBound
0:50 - Apple Kid's Theme
1:46 - Twoson's Theme - MOTHER 1 + 2 OST
3:09 - Lucky Nice Blues
5:12 - Hotel Pearl Necklace
6:12 - Ramma's (Dalaam's) Theme
7:36 - Title - ザ・モノポリーゲーム2 / Monopoly 2
8:52 - Flash of Memory - EarthBound
#EarthBound #MOTHER2 #Nintendo




![Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door [Remake] (Part 1)
A remake of my Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door analysis for GameCube, now covering the remake on Switch! I go much more in-depth on topics like the sad history of the seediest locale Marios ever visited (Rogueport), the Shadow Queens pet dragon Hooktail, and the many non-standard game overs (like reading Ghost T.s diary on the Excess Express).
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Music used (in order):
♫ Win Battle, Partner Fainted - TTYD [GameCube]
♫ Rogueport Sewers [GameCube]
♫ Rogueport (Sublevel 3) [Switch]
♫ Paper Mario Medley - Super Smash Bros. 4
♫ Professor Franklys Theme [GameCube]
♫ Flurrie [Switch]
♫ Super Luigi [Switch]
♫ Intro Story [GameCube]
♫ The Black Chest [GameCube]
♫ Rogueport Harbor [Switch]
♫ Rogueport Town [Switch]
♫ Pianta Parlor [Switch]
♫ Da Tears of a Pianta Boss [Switch]
♫ Riddle Tower [GameCube]
♫ Hooktail Castle [GameCube]
♫ A Bittersweet Music Box [Switch]
♫ The Palace of Shadow [GameCube]
♫ Danger! [GameCube]
♫ Spikey Ceiling [GameCube]
♫ Danger 2!! [GameCube]
♫ The Ghost in Cabin 4 [Switch]
♫ Its Showtime [Dimentio Battle] - Super Paper Mario
♫ Hooktail Battle [GameCube]
♫ Cortez Battle [GameCube]
♫ Rawk Hawk [GameCube]
Sources & further reading
Additional video clips:
⍟ SpongeBob SquarePants - Coming to bed, honey? uploaded by AreaSixtyNine
https://youtu.be/AfgL9Y1O1ko?si=o9s10C_tLRkR5tdi
⍟ Hotel Mario cutscenes uploaded by TheGameCube64Guy
https://youtu.be/b4qRp4OfUn8?si=aVVWlx2OjIMrT5v4
⍟ Game of Thrones Telltale footage by CJake3
https://youtu.be/T2pCI1qIAaE?si=bWEwHGxq8gvZbHwn
⍟ GameCube TTYD Ghost T. game over footage by Scrooge200
https://youtu.be/GVT6qyoWpxM?si 5xxU6d25ImBLwon
⍟ GameCube TTYD Shadow Queen game over footage by fawfulthegreat64
https://youtu.be/EVGAp_FXlZs?si=W5Exao-DanIbJIxF
Images:
⍟ Paper Mario: TTYD - The Four Heroes of Legend by Zieghost
https://www.deviantart.com/zieghost/art/Paper-Mario-TTYD-The-Four-Heroes-of-Legend-1039222678
⍟ Sprites in thumbnail ripped by fawfulthegreat64, DogToon64, and geometricentric
https://www.spriters-resource.com/nintendo_switch/papermariothethousandyeardoor/
⍟ Art used for the spoiler warning archived by LinkTheLefty
https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Poster_PMTTYD.jpg
⍟ Pianta group image archived by Robotortoise
https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Piantas.png
⍟ Single Pianta (Super Mario Sluggers) archived by Shokora
https://www.mariowiki.com/File:MSS_Pianta_Artwork.png
⍟ TTYD 8-bit party sprites ripped by Average o
https://www.mariowiki.com/File:8bitMarioPartnersPMTTYD.png
⍟ The Thane Gaming logo uses a connected font called “filaturestd” by JBFoundry.
Articles referenced:
⍟ TTYD Regional Differences by The Cutting Room Floor and Zephiles
https://tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door/Regional_Differences
⍟ Shigesato Itoi Nintendo Dream interview translated by Starmen.Net
https://mother3.fobby.net/interview/m3int_09.html
Sound effects & music:
⍟ EarthBound Wow! from intro uploaded by Starmen dot net
https://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/
⍟ Paper slow tear by Aiwha https://freesound.org/s/496136/ License: Attribution 4.0
⍟ censor.wav by zombie_expert https://freesound.org/s/192765/ License: Creative Commons 0
⍟ TTYD GameCube music uploaded by ViviVGM
⍟ TTYD remake music uploaded by Charisma entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLacrXFZ0srRop0LIeetGNKDDqikQCoaPj
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0:00 - Introduction
0:35 - Welcome to Rogueport
03:14 - Rogueports destruction
06:50 - Kidnappings
07:54 - Criminals
09:21 - A broken family
11:42 - Pianta syndicate
13:20 - Marios wave
13:52 - Hooktails appetite
15:04 - Dead Koopas
16:22 - Non-standard game overs
22:09 - Hooktails tricks
23:59 - Audience abuse
24:58 - Conclusion
25:34 - End screen
#papermario #thethousandyeardoor #papermariothethousandyeardoor Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door [Remake] (Part 1)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M6E__uuMlus/mqdefault.jpg)


![Complete History of the MOTHER Novels
A complete history of Saori Kumi’s MOTHER/EarthBound novels & the many attempts to translate them into English, leading to their unofficial release by Nyaasu Nekoban! I interviewed her and kenisu about their roles in the long journey to get here.
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If you enjoyed this, please check out these other playlists & videos of mine!
► All MOTHER/EarthBound videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMUCWlptuIm-Z-aA8D420OAO
► Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete Series Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMXiQfu0qKOO_V-sb-Rs3Hkz
► How The Notebook Trilogy Inspired MOTHER 3:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMWLADwSKHrH3-N2tzEuXuhY
► The Meaning of MOTHER Spirits in Smash Ultimate:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMWmnkfPsXorVf49TMHuv4wY
► How MOTHER Inspired Animal Crossing:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMVncnKwrISy41ySThaELPFa
► All Dark Aspects of Nintendo episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMX_TMxnj A1XDNkyC6-9M
Sources & further reading:
Translations, books, and articles
⍟ Nyaasu Nekobans MOTHER 1 and 2 novel translations
https://twitter.com/NyaasuNekoban/status/1472356000514592774
⍟ Kenisus updated MOTHER Encyclopedia translations
https://twitter.com/kenisu3000
⍟ Chewys MOTHER 2 Novel Translation website (Wayback Machine)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140221060441/http://novel.fobby.net/
⍟ Saori Kumi on why a MOTHER 3 novel was never written
https://web.archive.org/web/20130924213512/http://novel.fobby.net/2010/05/14/saori-kumis-afterword-part-two/
⍟ Matos MOTHER novel chapter summaries
https://earthboundcentral.com/mother-1-novel-summary/
⍟ Kyosukes MOTHER novel chapter 2 summary
https://earthboundcentral.com/2009/11/mother-2-novel-chapter-1-2/
⍟ Kenisus MOTHER novel translation: chapter 1 (complete)
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother1/Official-MOTHER-novel-Chapter-1-sample-translation
⍟ Kenisus MOTHER novel translation: chapters 1-4 (excerpts)
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Writing/Mother-Novel-Excerpts-1000/page/1
⍟ Starmen thread where Kenisu reveals plans to translate novel
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother1/is-there-a-translated-version-of-Mother-Novel-The-Original-Story/page/1#post1563767
Footage
⍟ Earthbound Dimensions Trailer by antourenein [Studio Allele]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVeswntdBQ&t=4s&ab_channel=antourenein%5BStudioAllele%5D
⍟ Shigesato Itoi featured in Gintama (episode 274) - watch on Crunchyroll
⍟ The Earthbound Bash 2013 Day 1 footage by Fangamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQLqrSxM40&ab_channel=Fangamer
⍟ Chewy livestream by Fangamer
https://www.twitch.tv/fangamer/videos?filter=all&sort=time
⍟ POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute by SaganYee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v hVuv7mDNqM&t=195s&ab_channel=SaganYee
⍟ LloydBound Commercial by BlueNinty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQCo1VpH6Yc&ab_channel=BlueNinty
Images
⍟ FATHER 2 screenshot from Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl (episode 11) - watch on Funimation
⍟ All sprites used in this video were ripped by The Spriters Resource
https://www.spriters-resource.com
⍟ Crumpled paper stock photo by steve_a_johnson
https://pixabay.com/photos/garbage-trash-litter-recycling-3259455/
Sound FX
⍟ MOTHER 1 and 2 sounds by Starmen
https://starmen.net/mother1/soundfx/
http://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/
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#mother2 #earthbound #earthboundbeginnings Complete History of the MOTHER Novels](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O0DFZhn5bfg/mqdefault.jpg)


![Dark Aspects of Ocarina of Time [Redux] (Part II)
The second part in my exploration of the Dark Aspects from the N64 classic, Ocarina of Time. This time, I focus on the horror-inspired elements found in each dungeon of the game (like the perplexing traps of the Forest Temple, and the Goron prisoners of the Fire Temple gathered as sustenance for an evil deity).
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If you enjoyed this, please check out these other playlists & videos of mine:
► Dark Aspects of The Legend of Zelda series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tknOcoUxK5s&list=PLK37aGUr9BMVHKHDKs9Wqp43L9q06mjHF&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of Banjo-Kazooie & Banjo-Tooie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9btrWvKP18
► Dark Aspects of the Donkey Kong Country series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my2Q8dwQx0w&t
► Dark Aspects of the Paper Mario series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8XbcoURMY&list=PLK37aGUr9BMWmBCq49u KmuOIHKdzMk&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of Luigis Mansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d36buMc1-o&list=PLK37aGUr9BMXe9VbUPortyBD-UntYKwhg&ab_channel=ThaneGaming
► Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete Series Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-oYGtLxdo
► Full Dark Aspects playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMWJoNhhmPce99yCPpl6B82W
Sources & further reading:
Images
⍟ Thumbnail/character images from Zelda Wiki https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Gallery:Ocarina_of_Time
Music & Sound FX
⍟ Original Fire Temple music uploaded by NadlMo
https://youtu.be/tZGnJF1R0WU
⍟ All Ocarina of Time sound effects compiled by Noproblo, presented by HelpTheWretched https://noproblo.dayjo.org/ZeldaSounds/OOT/index.html
Research articles & books
⍟ Zelda Encyclopedia by Nintendo and Dark Horse Books https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3000-358/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Encyclopedia-HC
⍟ Hyrule Historia by Nintendo and Dark Horse Books https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/20-921/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Hyrule-Historia-HC
0:00 - Opening
0:39 - Inside The Great Deku Tree
01:19 - Dodongos Cavern
01:48 - Inside Jabu-Jabus Belly
02:57 - Forest Temple
04:12 - Fire Temple
05:20 - Water Temple
07:12 - Spirit Temple
08:18 - Ganondorf
11:39 - Thank you patrons
11:48 - End screen
#OcarinaofTime #TheLegendofZelda #N64 Dark Aspects of Ocarina of Time [Redux] (Part II)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OcuVc30qBHg/mqdefault.jpg)