Localization
This is what the town known as "Threed" in the American localization of MOTHER 2 was called in the Japanese version
What is "Threek"
This was the inspiration for Mr. Saturn's dialogue font style
What is Shigesato Itoi's daughter's handwriting
This mechanic in MOTHER 1 only existed in the American localization of the game (and future Japanese re-releases) due to the game's US localizer Phil Sandhop while testing out the localization liking the use of the debug mode's speed-up feature
What is overworld running
These 2 characters are the ones that connect the MOTHER series plot together which for the part is a series in which stories can be played in any order you want to without really needing to know too much about the previous game's story
Who is Giygas and Porky Minch
This is the only weapon in MOTHER 2 that Poo can equip. It has a 1/128 enemy drop rate to even obtain it
What is the Sword of Kings
The reason why some NPC sprites in MOTHER 1's American Localization got redesigned and changed up a bit
What is the resemblance to characters from the Peanuts/Charlie Brown franchise
This is revealed about Frank Fly to the player if the player decides to talk to Frank Fly at Burger Shop in Onett town after defeating Giygas in MOTHER 2
What is Frank Fly is underaged
This happens in MOTHER 2 if the player selects an equip-able item while in their GOODs section in the middle of a battle
What is the character equips the selected item in the middle of the battle
This character originally had a more prominent playable party role from Chapter 4 all the way through the end of Chapter 6 of MOTHER 3
Who is Flint
Unlike in MOTHER 2 and 3, MOTHER 1 has multiple of this item instead of just one.
What is the Franklin Badge
This person thought up the non-Japanese localized name for the MOTHER series "EarthBound"
Who is Phil Sandhop
In MOTHER 1 if you manage to get yourself into a certain position to where Ninten is facing a party member behind him in line and the player decides to use the TALK command this specific quote that every party member says happens
What is "What?!"
This stat/battle mechanic although still slightly functional and even still upgradable if you do certain tasks throughout the entire game of MOTHER 3 originally had a bigger role in the game's N64 and early GBA development
What is the Kindness stat
The original Japanese version of MOTHER 1 lacked this due to the game's Japanese development being rushed by the Mt Itoi section of the game in order to meet deadlines. The American localization added it back in and future Japanese re-releases of the game added it back in as well.
What is post Giygas defeat epilogue
This is a running gag item that has existed in every single MOTHER game in one way or another
What is "Strawberry Tofu"
These were the types of puns and wordplay the Japanese names of the Antoid species of enemies used in the Japanese version of MOTHER 2.
What is Coffee Puns
This happens when you keep on using the TALK command in MOTHER 2 in front of the Iwata look-a-like NPC located in Twoson's hotel
What is he pays you $50 for you to stop trying to talk to him
This was the way you encountered enemies in the N64 version of MOTHER 3 instead of simply touching your enemy to initiate combat like in the previous MOTHER games (and MOTHER 3's GBA version)
What is attacking the enemy in the overworld in order to stun them, then jumping on their stunned body to initiate the battle sequence
These couple of characters unfortunately never made the cut from MOTHER 3's development transition from the N64 to the GBA.
Who is Hiroki
Who is Mr. Yattore
Who is Tobacco
Who is Papa
This weapon although impossible to actually see in-game without party member change hacks or cheats is equip-able by both Lucas and Flint in MOTHER 3
What is the Mystical Stick
The amount of names Giygas has had over the years.
(This includes both Japanese and English versions of the name as well as early localization developement mistranslations. Porky's nicknames don't count)
How many is 5 times
Giygas
Giegue
Gyiyg
Geek
Googi
In later versions of MOTHER 3's English fan translation, this person voiced Lucas in Chapter 4 of the game when Lucas has to play Stone, Sheets, Clippers against OJ
Who is Lani Maniella
In MOTHER 3's N64 version, this would happen if the player was close enough to an enemy in the overworld if they were located in a cave or any other location that would have ambient music/sounds
This was the idea for MOTHER 2's plot in the early days of 2's development/ right around MOTHER 1's development was complete
What is Ninten and his friends return as the protagonist and travel to space in order to defeat Giygas once and for all
This unused item in the original version of MOTHER 1 was revived and brought back completely usable in the game's GBA compilation re-release of MOTHER 1+2
What is the IC-Chip/Memory Chip