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Mr. Saturn Photo

A high quality photo of Mr. Saturn's original paper clay model.

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Megaborg

According to the MOTHER Encyclopedia, the Megaborg, and most likely the Gigaborg and Last Borg by extension, were "originally developed for Far Eastern use" but is "currently deployed to the U.S. district".

Translated by @ kenisu3000 on Twitter

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Toy Fair Booth

Photos of some of Banpresto's MOTHER merchandise at the Little Buddy booth at the 2020 New York Toy Fair.

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D. Spencer

According to development files, the ATM guy in Deep Darkness is named D. Spencer.

@ ClydeMandelin and @ GameHistoryOrg on Twitter for information and images.

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Roast Chicken

Butch's family primarily eats roast chicken.

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Aloysius Art

Art of Aloysius Minch from the MOTHER 2 Secret Treasure Box guidebook. He is seen wearing brown clothes instead of green clothes.

Scanned by @ gamesetsumeisho on Twitter

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DCMC Screenshot

A lesser known EarthBound 64 screenshot of a DCMC performance.

Scanned by @ KodyNOKOLO on Twitter

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Magicant Art

Art of Magicant from The Complete Guide Book of MOTHER.

Scanned by @ Bi0zilla on Twitter

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The Map

Lier X. Agerate's paper clay model shows him holding a map. This map has text that is somewhat legible, but the geography is very much clear.

Scanned by Comfort Food Content https://comfortfoodcontent.tumblr.com

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MOTHER 3 Dev Material Shared

Producer of MOTHER 3, Shinichi Kameoka, shared a high version of some very early (2002/2003) development materials.

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MOTHER 3 18th

After 12 years of development and jumping from multiple consoles, MOTHER 3 released on this day in Japan 18 years ago.

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Gaming Confusion

Art from the Understand Everything About MOTHER Book of a confused Ninten playing a game while Lloyd and Ana watch him, also in confusion.

Scanned by @ Bi0zilla

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International Zombies

According to the MOTHER Encyclopedia, whoever the Pseudo-Zombie, and potentially by extension the Zombie, was during their life may have not been from the US.

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A Broken Jeff

More recent photos taken of Jeff's paper clay model meant for Hobonichi planners show that the ball point at the end of his gun has broken off at some point.

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Slimy Little Pig

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

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Nothing happened even though you read the tombstone.

Development files from EarthBound reveal that there was once going to be a mechanic, in which, checking tombstones could reward players with items.

Credit @ ClydeMandelin and @ GameHistoryOrg on Twitter for information and images.

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Wellside Square

Magazines from during EarthBound 64's development state that Tazmily Village's square is called "Idobata Square" (イドバタ広場), which can be translated as "Wellside Square". While, it's unknown if this name also applies to the GBA version, there's nothing contradicting it.

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