Sprite sheets from the Secrets of MOTHER2 revealed that the Skelpion was originally going to have a much more frightening design. 👻🎃Happy Halloween🎃👻

E3 2010 3DS demos, discovered by James-Money, reveal that the 3D Classics line had many more games planned. "Earth Bound Zero" is one of them, showing that there was already internal interest in releasing the localization build and that Nintendo used the fan name to refer to it.

More new MOTHER 3 concept art posted by Akiyuki Suzuki (@/pipi_tan) on Twitter! x.com/pipi_tan/sta... x.com/pipi_tan/sta...

Akiyuki Suzuki has posted more MOTHER 3 concept art on his Twitter @/pipi_tan

New MOTHER 3 concept art posted by Akiyuki Suzuki @ pipi_tan on Twitter!

Early concept art of Ness, Paula, and Jeff with designs drastically different than in the final game.

At 8:15 PM (JST) there will be a livestream for the Shape of MOTHER exhibit. www.youtube.com/live/fjKDL6z...

Today is the 30th anniversary of MOTHER 2's release in Japan!

Today marks the 25 years since the cancellation announcement of EarthBound 64.

Today is MOTHER's 36th anniversary in Japan!

The Shape of MOTHER event and MOTHER Shop have opened! game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/kikaku/...

High quality figures based on the models have just been announced. www.1101.com/mother_proje...

New merch revealed! MOTHER 2 logo figure and Mr. Saturn flip clock. Releasing July 16 11 AM (JST). www.1101.com/mother_proje... www.1101.com/mother_proje...

Recently, Twitter user doseiyota shared photos they took at the MOTHER 1+2 release event. In one of them, you can see the second iteration of Paula along with the replacement Mr. Saturn, both of these models are extremely rare. But there is also a Ness model that has never been documented before.

It was just announced that there will be an event dedicated to the original models made for MOTHER 1 and 2 from July 25 - September 8, with all 180 of them being on display. Lots of merchandise featuring the models will also be released. www.1101.com/mother_proje...

Today is the 30th anniversary of EarthBound in the US!

The actress who played Ana in the commercial for MOTHER 1 may have been identified. User on Reddit, u/No_Kaleidoscope_4359, claims that their mother was the one in the role.

An early version and the final version of the MOTHER logo from patent filings. Registered on October 21, 1988 and March 23, 1989. Taken in high, pixel-perfect quality from the pdf documents.

If you live in the US and haven't bought the new plush set yet then you're not gonna be able to get them for a while. www.1101.com/store/techo/...

It is MOTHER 3's 19th anniversary in Japan!

The 1996 music software SimTunes features Benimaru Itoh as one of its artists. The gallery notes of the software lists the various artists along with a short description. Benimaru Itoh's description references him currently being involved in an N64 RPG, most likely EarthBound 64.

Concept art of Dr. Andonuts' lab. Nearly every aspect of what is seen in this art differs greatly from the final game. (Original scans below) drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Another example of Picross 3D reusing EarthBound 64 concept art can be seen with this map background that has the concept art of the tree cafe placed as a landmark. It is also worth noting that the map has other landmarks that may also be recycled (and undocumented) concept art.

Picross 3D reuses concept art from EarthBound 64 as backgrounds of some of its levels. This jungle background is reused concept art of the Shimedori Forest. The version used in Picross 3D has much more of the full image and is also in color, however with the animals edited out.

A render of Fourside used in some Japanese guidebooks. Scanned by @ biozilla archive.org/details/moth...

According the the Twoson Souvenir, the "Twoson Hotel" is located on Theater Ave.

Early concept art of Winters, specifically of Lake Tess, show it to be rather green.

This unuses sprite table in MOTHER 3 suggests that the ending of Chapter 3 may have originally been planned to take place in the Mt. Oriander river area (same place where the campfire scene takes place), rather than in the heart of the Sunshine Forest.

Render of the ATM card item from MOTHER 2. On it is an edit of the art of George Washington seen on the US dollar bill. This implies that this is what George Washington looked like in MOTHER 2's universe or that his role in history was filled by somebody else.

According the the MOTHER Encyclopedia, all of the Bio enemies (Bio Centipede, Bio Scorpion, and Bio Bat) were created by the aliens, by modifying the animals, to aid them in their invasion of Earth.

The EarthBound Player's Guide mistakenly calls the Slimy Little Pile the "Slimy Little Pig".

No official paper clay models of the shackled or trash can Mr. Saturn were ever made, technically making the TOMY and Banpresto figures of them the first official 3D models of them.

An early version of EarthBound's title screen that is much more reminiscent of EarthBound Beginnings.

In EarthBound 64, the Murasaki Forest was called the Shimedori Forest and was a dense jungle. It would've still housed many of the same locations such as the Factory and Club Titiboo.

Gonna be reposting facts previously posted on our Twitter account for anybody new.

Today is Ana's birthday. One year, on the snowy night before Christmas Eve, the bell of the Snowman church rang twice. Every person in town knew it wasn't because the pastor misread the calendar. If it was a boy, there'd be one ring. If a girl, there'd be two.

Art of the Bihito enemy from EarthBound 64 by EarthBound 64's enemy designer, Toshinao Aoki, for his section in the Pollyanna book.

A MOTHER 3 store stand.