Dark Aspects of MOTHER is back, with an analysis of the even darker storylines planned for the unreleased EarthBound 64! From reports of missing sailors to kidnapped children, there were lots of mysterious plot points proposed by official promotional material that never made it into the MOTHER 3 we know today. ⍟ Subscribe: null Consider supporting me on Patreon! You'll receive a special shout-out in the credits, and access to exclusive behind-the-scenes stuff! https://www.patreon.com/ThaneGaming If you enjoyed this, please check out these other playlists & videos of mine! ► All MOTHER/EarthBound videos:    • EarthBound/MOTHER 3 Videos   ► Dark Aspects of MOTHER: The Complete Series Playlist    • Dark Aspects of MOTHER/EarthBound   ► How The Notebook Trilogy Inspired MOTHER 3:    • How "The Notebook" Trilogy Inspired M...   ► The Meaning of MOTHER Spirits in Smash Ultimate:    • Smash Bros. x EarthBound/MOTHER 3!   ► How MOTHER Inspired Animal Crossing:    • Animal Crossing + MOTHER Videos   ► All Dark Aspects of Nintendo episodes:    • Dark Aspects of Nintendo Series   Sources & further reading: Translations, books, and articles ⍟ The 64DREAM '96 & '97 interview translations by Chewy https://yomuka.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-64dream-november-1996/ https://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/itoi-miyamoto-interview-64dd/ ⍟ Nindori.com Itoi interview translation by Chewy http://mother3.fobby.net/interview ⍟ The MOTHER 3 Times - Scans, translations, and summaries by Kody NOKOLO. Translations from The Cutting Room Floor by Echoes https://mother4ever.net/the-mother-3-times/ https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Mother_3 ⍟ MOTHER 64 interviews featuring Itoh, Sakai, and Miura archived by Mother Forever & TCRF https://mother4ever.net/interviews-about-mother-64/ https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Mother_3 ⍟ Dengeki N64 February 1997 interview archived by Mother Forever https://mother4ever.net/dengeki-nintendo-64-february-1997/ ⍟ Shigesato Itoi & Satoru Iwata Famitsu June 1997 interview summary by Kody NOKOLO https://mother4ever.net/famitsu-june-1997/ ⍟ Official EB64 cancellation interview translated by Chewy https://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/earthbound-64-cancellation-interview-itoi-miyamoto-iwata/ ⍟ About & History of MOTHER 64 articles by Mother Forever https://mother4ever.net/about-mother-64/ https://mother4ever.net/history-of-mother-64/ ⍟ 64 Dream 2000 interview translated by Mycom Inc. https://mother4ever.net/64-dream-march-2000/ ⍟ Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound by Mato https://www.fangamer.com/products/legends-of-localization-book-2-earthbound ⍟ Legends of Localization articles by Mato https://legendsoflocalization.com/mother-3/ https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-problem-with-l-r-and-other-letters-in-japanese-translation/ Images ⍟ MOTHER 64 screenshots archived by Mother Forever. English translations by Mato & Lone, edited into images by SnowWood https://mother4ever.net/mother-64-screenshots/ ⍟ All sprites used in this video were ripped by The Spriters Resource. Ness sprites ripped by M. Bison and Depressed Mario https://www.spriters-resource.com/ ⍟ Cabbage 64DD magazine scan by Unseen64 https://www.unseen64.net/2010/10/17/cabbage-n64-dd-cancelled/ ⍟ Literal cabbage stock photos by Pumuki111 and ulleo ⍟ EB64 magazine scan by Mato https://legendsoflocalization.com/media/site/games/earthbound-64-game.jpg ⍟ Haniwa photo by Daderot ⍟ Fried shrimp photo by allybally4b ⍟ Coffee & newspaper photo by markusspiske, photoshopped by me Footage ⍟ Wii Would Like To Play uploaded by Foulowe59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20kxjz-IyE ⍟ Doraemon movie clip uploaded by CartoonSeries YT ⍟ Shigesato Itoi gold mining TV special uploaded by 波多腰鉄治 and Kris Meagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg29EXha_nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MLRGDgRkvA ⍟ Hobonichi Tour filmed by StephenVlog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXceshMHcmY ⍟ Chewy livestream by Fangamer https://www.twitch.tv/fangamer/videos?filter=all&sort=time ⍟ Game Catalogue II Itoi Interview achived by Mother Forever ⍟ EarthBound 64 remastered trailer w/ English translation By Echoes, Sam, Park, and Irikachana ⍟ EarthBound 64 trailer color corrected by Park ⍟ Spaceworld 1997 Footage recovered by Zen64 https://mother4ever.net/mother-64-videos/ Sound FX ⍟ Crickets chirping by FunkApache https://freesound.org/people/FunkApache/sounds/393389/ ⍟ Coughing by joedeshon https://freesound.org/people/joedeshon/sounds/266019/ ⍟ MOTHER 1 and 2 sounds by Starmen https://starmen.net/mother1/soundfx/ http://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/ Follow me for channel updates on social media: ► Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThaneGaming ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thanegaming #mother3 #n64