Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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From the masked, anonymous pink-uniformed soldiers to Porky and the founder of Squid Game driven by an uncomfortable mix of nostalgia and violence, Shigesato Itoi's MOTHER 3 & Hwang Dong-hyuk's Squid Game have a lot in common. This video will explain all of the similarities, parallels, and connections these two stories share in their themes and character arcs (there's more than you'd expect)!

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► All MOTHER/EarthBound videos:
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► How The Notebook Trilogy Inspired MOTHER 3:
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► The Meaning of MOTHER Spirits in Smash Ultimate:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMWmnkfPsXorVf49TMHuv4wY
► How MOTHER Inspired Animal Crossing:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMVncnKwrISy41ySThaELPFa
► Dark Aspects of the MOTHER series (all individual episodes):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMXiQfu0qKOO_V-sb-Rs3Hkz
► All Dark Aspects of Nintendo episodes:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK37aGUr9BMX_TMxnj___A1XDNkyC6-9M

Sources & further reading:

⍟ Watch Squid Game on Netflix
netflix.com/title/81040344
⍟ All MOTHER 3 used in this video were ripped by The Spriters Resource
spriters-resource.com
⍟ MOTHER 3 OST ripped by GiIvaSunner
youtube.com/c/GilvaSunner/playlists
⍟ MOTHER 3 sound FX posted by Pacifica Productions
youtube.com/channel/UCorrn1ixh9r-5fg7Ix_3T0g/videos

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