Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mother: No crying until the ending.
In 1989, one of Japan's most famous writers, Shigesato Itoi, a man who had never made a game in his life, walked into Nintendo and pitched an RPG to the creator of Mario. The result was MOTHER.
This is the full story of the game everyone skips: Mother or Earthbound Beginnings.
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➤Chapters:
00:00 - The Story of MOTHER
01:12 - Podunk and the Mechanics of Mother
07:38 - Magicant and the Ocarina of Hope
09:09 - The Development of MOTHER | Shigesato Itoi
13:27 - Meeting Lloyd
14:58 - Meeting Ana and the Encyclopedia Mother
18:57 - Spookane
20:02 - The Religious Origins of Yucca Desert
21:18 - Youngtown
22:18 - Meeting Teddy
23:46 - Mt. Itoi
24:56 - The Development of MOTHER (Continued)
26:37 - The Importance of Music in Mother
28:24 - The Eight Melodies
32:26 - Giegue
36:42 - The Reason it's Called MOTHER
#mother #earthbound #earthboundbeginnings
Mother: No crying until the ending.
In 1989, one of Japan's most famous writers, Shigesato Itoi, a man who had never made a game in his life, walked into Nintendo and pitched an RPG to the creator of Mario. The result was MOTHER.
This is the full story of the game everyone skips: Mother or Earthbound Beginnings.
Follow TheMentok:
■ Patreon: patreon.com/c/TheMentok
■ X/Twitter: twitter.com/MentokThe
■ Instagram: instagram.com/therealmentok
■ TikTok: tiktok.com/@theprophetawakens
■ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thementok.bsky.social
■ Discord: discord.gg/phSMq7n
➤Chapters:
00:00 - The Story of MOTHER
01:12 - Podunk and the Mechanics of Mother
07:38 - Magicant and the Ocarina of Hope
09:09 - The Development of MOTHER | Shigesato Itoi
13:27 - Meeting Lloyd
14:58 - Meeting Ana and the Encyclopedia Mother
18:57 - Spookane
20:02 - The Religious Origins of Yucca Desert
21:18 - Youngtown
22:18 - Meeting Teddy
23:46 - Mt. Itoi
24:56 - The Development of MOTHER (Continued)
26:37 - The Importance of Music in Mother
28:24 - The Eight Melodies
32:26 - Giegue
36:42 - The Reason it's Called MOTHER
#mother #earthbound #earthboundbeginnings
