Weirdly enough, I don’t think it could be a Sonic reference, despite Dr. Eggman/Robotnik existing back then. He was primarily referred to as Robotnik, though he was supposedly given the name Eggman in Japan, rather than it being an American localization thing. Just saying, “Eggman” sounds pretty Western/English. Or both Sonic and Earthbound took inspiration from The Beatles at roughly the same time.
@@peenywallie true this with how i am the walrus relates to eggman like his clasic design having 2 triangles that resemble tusks and the fact that eggmans sa2 theme song repeats the line i am the eggman its likely both took insperation from the beetles
There is no song in the _EarthBound_ soundtrack called "But Somethin', Will Ya". That's a fan title someone came up with when creating titles for the SPC rip of the game's soundtrack. The same piece of music was called "Humoresque of a Little Dog" on one of the albums that came after the release of the first _Mother_ game. That is the correct title or at least closer to the title for the song within _EarthBound._
I feel like so long as the colloquial name is as recognizable as the correct name it isn’t super offensive. You do hear the song in the shops, and the made up title is to the vibe of that setting.
apparently referencing a series of trippy music videos released at the time, which bears the same name. Itoi did say in an interview something to the effect of the guy in charge of the visual effects being a huge fan of those.
Awesome video! One thing though, I think the reason the early screenshots look wider is because they were stretched to 4:3, while your gameplay uses 8:7, which is the AR of the SNES when using square pixels (5:59 is a good example).
Loving the resurgence of EarthBound stuff lately, perhaps in celebration of Mother 2's 30th anniversary. It's still one of my favorite games of all time. So crazy that I keep hearing about new stuff from this game that I've never discovered before! Bless you, Iwata.
0:27 That might be due to how a LOT of late 80s/early 90s games (most prominently, arcade games and early Mega Drive/SNES games) always went for a desaturated look. Games like Ghouls n Ghosts (arcade), Haunted Castle, Final Fantasy 4, Phantasy Star 2, Super Mario World, etc
22:44 I’m surprised no one has ever made this connection, but the term “video drug” has been used by developers to refer to the backgrounds in the game. Perhaps this is a vestigial debug tool that was dummied out?
I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but the character named Shige-chan is more than likely a reference to Shigesato Itoi himself. He worked as a miner for a while doing excavations and the sprite even looks a bit like him.
A lot of Prototype localization stuff is leftover on the Player's Guide. Like for example PSI Rockin' being called Drill and Power and Talah Rama being Tarah Rama by mistake.
35:57 I just thought of something. Ness had his hands inside his pant pockets all along, but was misinterpreted as having them held in front of him, giving birth to his weird pose seen in official artwork and rendes like in Brawl. No wonder the pose feels so weird when recreated. It's bc Ness is not posing; he just has his hands in his pockets
Fascinating info here! I really wish some of those scrapped ideas could have made it into the final game, and I'm very curious as to what Fiverent would have been like. I must assume that most of the scrapped content was do to cartridge limitations. If the game was ever remade, I'd love to see it be more like the original vision of the game with that stuff finally included.
34:16 A RADIO TOWER? LOBSTER WITH A PISTOL???? UFO STARMAN??? WE WERE SO ROBBED (on a serious note, wish we could see sprite redemption of those enemies)
I imagine the devs called George "Shige-Chan" because the desert mine part of the game is based on a real-life event in which Shigesato Itoi participated in a televised expedition to mine for buried gold.
When you're going over the names around 28 minutes in, most of the women are named after Twin Peaks characters. Lucy, Donna, Catherine, Audrey, and Josie. Because the letters L and R when translating Japanese are weird, I'm gonna go out on a limb & say Sherry was supposed to be Shelly, another Twin Peaks character
Video relaxant may be a reference to nitrates or "poppers" which people would inhale for a rush. When they were banned and classified as a drug companies still sold them under the name "videohead cleaner" because one of its uses was for cleaning your VCRs tape reader when it became dirty.
I just realized the Prototype version of the Tenda villagers almost look identical to what the Bunny Statues were made into, just adjusted to fit the theming more. Same black body and beady eyes.
@37:56 Does anyone else think that "Twin Pigs Village" is supposed to be a reference to Twin Peaks? The names sound similar and according to WikiBound, they meet a detective there who is trying to solve a mystery about the town. Kinda cool if true!
22:52 apparently, "viceo drugs" is a Japanese term referring to the act of spacing out while staring at automatically generated visualisations from early software media players.
The PSI powers levels are Greek letters. So a is Alpha, b is beta, y is Gamma, E is Sigma, etc. My guess about the Giygas Debug menu trick is it was a place holder for the infamous save file deletion copy protection method before finalizing that. For the Ness's Mom sitting sprite, they might have planned for her to be sitting at the table. I think there is a rethemed version of Strong in Summers called the Overzealous Cop. I am guessing the lizard could be a member of the Tenda tribe. Outside of the dinos in Lost Underworld, those are probably the only NPCs that look like lizards.
First edit: the first mother game I played was mother 3 and I didn't know anything about the the series and I thought this game was about raising two twins and then I was flabbergasted dumbfounded when hinawa passed away and then after I finished the game I titled it as my favorite game forever
I wonder if King was an optional party member like in the Benimaru Itoh Manga. Since Itoh San's interpretation of the game seems to be based on the prototype (I swear I could recall seeing somewhere that it was serialized in WC comics in 1993...). I also want to know if you'd find Mr. Saturn (or Baka San) in Twin Pigs.
The 224 sign on the pizza place was probably supposed to read as "zza" which is a slang for pizza. Shame that they removed it, that was kind of clever.
I'm so mad they cut the "Weakest Man Of Twoson" his entire interaction is so funny
Us Earthbound fans are eating good tonight.
Cybershell's just came out not too long ago as well
BuzzBound was pretty epic too
No were eating, real bad 🤫🔫
Am eating really really REALLY GOOD Right now
What does this even mean?
The name Eggman could also be a reference to the Beatles song “I Am The Walrus” since Itoi left lots of Beatles references in the game
Such as the Yellow Submarine
Weirdly enough, I don’t think it could be a Sonic reference, despite Dr. Eggman/Robotnik existing back then. He was primarily referred to as Robotnik, though he was supposedly given the name Eggman in Japan, rather than it being an American localization thing. Just saying, “Eggman” sounds pretty Western/English. Or both Sonic and Earthbound took inspiration from The Beatles at roughly the same time.
@@laneriddle6893He was always Eggman in Japan
@@peenywallie true this with how i am the walrus relates to eggman like his clasic design having 2 triangles that resemble tusks and the fact that eggmans sa2 theme song repeats the line i am the eggman its likely both took insperation from the beetles
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. goo goo gajoob
TCRF editors gonna have tons of work to do
They might as well just paste a link to this video lol
They're boutta have a field day with this
Going to the event in person must have been so cool I’m geeking out with just the reveal of Frank’s eyes in his model
There is no song in the _EarthBound_ soundtrack called "But Somethin', Will Ya". That's a fan title someone came up with when creating titles for the SPC rip of the game's soundtrack. The same piece of music was called "Humoresque of a Little Dog" on one of the albums that came after the release of the first _Mother_ game. That is the correct title or at least closer to the title for the song within _EarthBound._
I had a feeling that this was the truth
I feel like so long as the colloquial name is as recognizable as the correct name it isn’t super offensive. You do hear the song in the shops, and the made up title is to the vibe of that setting.
@@Zawmbbehalways going to call porky's battle theme porky means business. Even if it's fanmade
@@Zawmbbeh But "Humoresque of a Little Dog" is used in Super Smash Bros.
@@kevinlee7678 My comment is arguing it was fine for the reason both are recognizable as the same tune.
That "Come" truck is crazy
People in EB be drinking white coke 💀
@@KyumifunIt's flat fr
Iwata was just so special... ❤
Earthbound DX director's cut
Mother 3: Battle
@@thereturnofglenhaven721 mother 3.5 heroes
Masked Man (would that be the Shadow the Hedgehog equivalent?)
@@MonkeyNess nah masked was gonna be Maria and flints shadow but I guess the masked man game has to be mother 3 battle but In his perspective
mother 06
Looking forward to the Earthbound DOILUS video, MonkeyNess!
Earthbound originally being about going to other planets seemed like such a cool idea.
Phantasy StarBound
"Video Drug" is what the developers called the funky battle backgrounds.
apparently referencing a series of trippy music videos released at the time, which bears the same name. Itoi did say in an interview something to the effect of the guy in charge of the visual effects being a huge fan of those.
Here I thought it was a weird nod to Poppers/Amyls 😂 since they get sold a lot as VHS Head Cleaners
Holy moly, a fourty-minute video? We're eating good.
Awesome video! One thing though, I think the reason the early screenshots look wider is because they were stretched to 4:3, while your gameplay uses 8:7, which is the AR of the SNES when using square pixels (5:59 is a good example).
1:49 - I interpreted Dalaam as not being snowy, but being on the clouds themselves
Heard this interpretation, but the rocky walls make me think otherwise.
40 minute video from my favorite RUclipsr??? LETS GOOOO
Loving the resurgence of EarthBound stuff lately, perhaps in celebration of Mother 2's 30th anniversary. It's still one of my favorite games of all time. So crazy that I keep hearing about new stuff from this game that I've never discovered before! Bless you, Iwata.
This was amazing Information about The Mother/Earthbound Series!
R.I.P Satoru Iwata, and I have so many reasons why he’s the Goat of Nintendo
An earthbound dedicated youtube channel is awesome, keep up the great vids
I'll bet they switched beds so the camera would show more of the room when the camera first cuts to the orphanage, since it centers on the player.
EarthBound is pretty cool
Gotta agree with you there 🤝🫡
☀️😁👍👍🤑🤑🤑
0:27 That might be due to how a LOT of late 80s/early 90s games (most prominently, arcade games and early Mega Drive/SNES games) always went for a desaturated look. Games like Ghouls n Ghosts (arcade), Haunted Castle, Final Fantasy 4, Phantasy Star 2, Super Mario World, etc
16:03 to be fair, I don't think there's enough room on the sprite to fit "ATM" on it
22:44 I’m surprised no one has ever made this connection, but the term “video drug” has been used by developers to refer to the backgrounds in the game. Perhaps this is a vestigial debug tool that was dummied out?
This is where we feast. Incredible.
Wow, not only was this video super interesting, it was the exact duration I needed to fold my clothes! Thanks!!
Those clay models are much bigger than I thought too. I was thinking they were like half a foot or something
The name Eggman could also be a reference to the Beatles long “I Am The Walrus” since Itoi left lots of Beatles references I. The game
Hey I was in the thread you got a ton of this info from. Neat!
@@Vidya_Cat I received my info from Cahara and Lone, prior to the thread. Be careful with that one btw! Lots of it is blatantly untrue!
I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but the character named Shige-chan is more than likely a reference to Shigesato Itoi himself. He worked as a miner for a while doing excavations and the sprite even looks a bit like him.
Man I love the cut content videos. I've played it several times and always seem to encounter something new or even a few rare glitches.
Great in detail work!
Looking forward to this video getting a billion trillion bajillion views somehow!
40 minute eb video from monkeyness??? we eatin good today.
"Video Relaxer" omg, like poppers? 😮
Gotta enjoy that Video Relaxant with some Come
@@iancalloway2991 lmao wat
The video relaxant could have been a way to watch the battle background of facts. Since those are known as video drug, as far as I know.
Ooooh interesting point!
When you were talking about the diagonal walking sprites there was a black haired npc who was not seen in the final game
A lot of Prototype localization stuff is leftover on the Player's Guide. Like for example PSI Rockin' being called Drill and Power and Talah Rama being Tarah Rama by mistake.
40 minute earthbound video about cut content🥶🥶🥶
Crazy how much new info we got recently
great video homie
Great video as usual bro 🎉
You are also forgetting that shrooom used to fight you with 2 ramblin evil mushrooms as seen in the players guide
Didn't forget, just didn't mention. This video's not about every single detail that changed, just the ones I think people would find most interesting.
Great video!
2024 IS OUR YEAR
35:57 I just thought of something. Ness had his hands inside his pant pockets all along, but was misinterpreted as having them held in front of him, giving birth to his weird pose seen in official artwork and rendes like in Brawl. No wonder the pose feels so weird when recreated. It's bc Ness is not posing; he just has his hands in his pockets
Dude I love this channel so much mother goodness
Come is the BEST soft drink!
Fascinating info here! I really wish some of those scrapped ideas could have made it into the final game, and I'm very curious as to what Fiverent would have been like. I must assume that most of the scrapped content was do to cartridge limitations. If the game was ever remade, I'd love to see it be more like the original vision of the game with that stuff finally included.
Gonna watch this with my Chosen Four Plush Set (they get lonely)
awesome
28:28 Pancho is a name. By itself or also as a short for of Francisco.
Great video man!
Hi man!!! Woah, I didn't know you still watched my stuff! Still remember you plugging my channel in your challenges video :)
@MonkeyNess You're big time now man, of course I'm still watching!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It’s fantastic.
34:16
A RADIO TOWER? LOBSTER WITH A PISTOL???? UFO STARMAN???
WE WERE SO ROBBED
(on a serious note, wish we could see sprite redemption of those enemies)
I imagine the devs called George "Shige-Chan" because the desert mine part of the game is based on a real-life event in which Shigesato Itoi participated in a televised expedition to mine for buried gold.
Great video! Think I should replay the game one of these days.
I love this series.
this is a certified video relaxant
I can’t wait for some cool rom hacks and fan games using this cut content
yeah if we actually got to see photos of any of it lmao
Toby Fox's Halloween Hack uses some, mainly unused music, like the Mother 1 cave theme
When you're going over the names around 28 minutes in, most of the women are named after Twin Peaks characters. Lucy, Donna, Catherine, Audrey, and Josie. Because the letters L and R when translating Japanese are weird, I'm gonna go out on a limb & say Sherry was supposed to be Shelly, another Twin Peaks character
Wow, great video!
Oh boy, nearly hour long video about a game ive never played!
Very interesting, I beat Earthbound a long time ago but boy what a classic. Amazing in almost every aspect of the game
Video relaxant may be a reference to nitrates or "poppers" which people would inhale for a rush. When they were banned and classified as a drug companies still sold them under the name "videohead cleaner" because one of its uses was for cleaning your VCRs tape reader when it became dirty.
Great video! Just a small note, at 19:26 it should be “Nani WO shimasuka” instead of “Nani WA shimasuka.”
WALUIGI
I just realized the Prototype version of the Tenda villagers almost look identical to what the Bunny Statues were made into, just adjusted to fit the theming more. Same black body and beady eyes.
Big shout-out to my man Snake salesman Pancho
Ya know, this and the whole leaking of the concert that happened a bit ago may lead to less stuff like The Secrets of MOTHER 2 being released
Possibly...? I doubt it. Profits are still huge for Hobonichi.
Fair enough
I just wanna say, as a fairly new Mother series fan who recently beat 2 and 3 (I’m in the middle of 1), I love these videos
Hope you enjoyed it!! :D
@@MonkeyNess of course I did! It was very informative and cool to see all the cut stuff dude, I love your channel
@@BradleeTheNerd thank you so much! 🙏❤️
i Earth love Bound
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22:50
video drug was the name the development team used to describe battle backgrounds
Finally. We have discovered the pee pee and poo poo text window colors.
12:29 and a hat
@37:56 Does anyone else think that "Twin Pigs Village" is supposed to be a reference to Twin Peaks? The names sound similar and according to WikiBound, they meet a detective there who is trying to solve a mystery about the town. Kinda cool if true!
@@rayball36 definitely the case. Itoi is a huge fan.
Lmao I just left a comment about a lot of the npcs being named after Twin Peaks characters. It 100% is meant to be a reference lol
22:52 apparently, "viceo drugs" is a Japanese term referring to the act of spacing out while staring at automatically generated visualisations from early software media players.
the unused town name twin pigs is probably a reference to twin peaks :)
@@flipflopnerd4759 definitely is! Itoi is a huge fan!
It would be so cool to actually see the clay models in person!! Too bad I don’t live in Japan. 😢
Forty minutes of Earthbound? Count me in, brother, God bless ya and Jesus loves ya!
It’s like I’m watching that Cybershell video by someone with a softer voice.
The PSI powers levels are Greek letters. So a is Alpha, b is beta, y is Gamma, E is Sigma, etc.
My guess about the Giygas Debug menu trick is it was a place holder for the infamous save file deletion copy protection method before finalizing that.
For the Ness's Mom sitting sprite, they might have planned for her to be sitting at the table.
I think there is a rethemed version of Strong in Summers called the Overzealous Cop.
I am guessing the lizard could be a member of the Tenda tribe. Outside of the dinos in Lost Underworld, those are probably the only NPCs that look like lizards.
My theory is that the Video Relaxant would have been just a display of battle backgrounds with no enemy sprites or UI.
itoi’s art is amazing
40:01 his self portrait actually goes so hard
6:58 its not remove, its just a customer from the For Sale Sign
This customer does not appear in the final game.
@@MonkeyNess Oh, I didn't understand right, sorry!!!!
Now if only we can find the 1992 prototype
First edit: the first mother game I played was mother 3 and I didn't know anything about the the series and I thought this game was about raising two twins and then I was flabbergasted dumbfounded when hinawa passed away and then after I finished the game I titled it as my favorite game forever
first you say? MY ARMY SAY THE THING!
Oh hell yeah
earthbound bonus video
Let him cook 🔥
glad to know he probably doesn't need to make a new video after the hobonichi stream
10:43
That's probably why on one occasion, the strategy guide called it that too
Also, i think it's more likely Dalaam was a cloud, not snowy
I just see rocky walls and am not sure about that.
@@MonkeyNess Oh, well damn, i stand corrected
Goated video as always monkeyness.
OHMYGOD
Man why did they cut the weakest man in Twoson
That sounds really funny
I wonder if King was an optional party member like in the Benimaru Itoh Manga. Since Itoh San's interpretation of the game seems to be based on the prototype (I swear I could recall seeing somewhere that it was serialized in WC comics in 1993...). I also want to know if you'd find Mr. Saturn (or Baka San) in Twin Pigs.
The 224 sign on the pizza place was probably supposed to read as "zza" which is a slang for pizza. Shame that they removed it, that was kind of clever.
Twoson.... Tuscon Arizona???
Gosh I need to play this game
Finally, it's the Massive EarthBound Fan Excited To Play It For The First Time!
@@quadpad_music yep im going to play 3 first don’t ask how and it seems awesome
I always out earrbound vidoes as sleep background. So this video is a re remade that's why its so familiar even just uploaded a day go