Mother 3 was Chuggaaconroy's 5th Let's Play. With 108 videos and a time length of 16 hours, it is one of his longest Let's Plays to date, and his third longest overall (behind Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2). The game follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, and a party of characters as they attempt to prevent a mysterious invading army from corrupting and destroying the world.
Having completed EarthBound and Mother as his first and second Let's Plays, Emile went back to the Mother series for his fifth and most ambitious Let's Play. Mother 3 was facilitated by use of an emulator and the Mother 3 Fan Translation by Starmen.Net.
Plot[]
Mother 3 is set in the fictional Nowhere Islands, an unknown length of time after the events of Mother 2. The game begins with twins Lucas and Claus and their mother Hinawa preparing to return home to Tazmily Village after visiting Hinawa's father, who lives in the northern reaches of the Islands. Before they can return, Tazmily Village is attacked by a mysterious military force known as the Pigmask Army, who bomb the nearby forest and start a forest fire. Hinawa's husband, Flint, is alerted to the fire and sets out to rescue his family. He finds Lucas and Claus, but discovers that Hinawa was killed defending them from a hostile Drago, a normally peaceful lizard-like creature. Later, Claus leaves the village to take revenge on the Drago; Flint attempts to follow him and discovers and defeats the Drago, which has been turned into a cyborg, but fails to find Claus.
In response to the Pigmasks' invasion, neophyte thief Duster is sent by his father and teacher Wess to the abandoned Osohe Castle to retrieve the mysterious Egg of Light. While there he meets the spirited young Princess Kumatora, but both he and the Egg are caught in a trap and vanish. At the same time a mysterious peddler known as Yokuba, who works with the Pigmasks, sells television-like devices known as Happy Boxes to the townspeople, with the unwilling help of a monkey named Salsa who he abuses. Yokuba introduces the villagers to the concept of currency, giving some money to one of them and then framing Duster for the theft of it. Salsa escapes from Yokuba's control with the help of Kumatora, Lucas, and Wess.
Three years later, Tazmily Village has been taken over by the Pigmask Army, who have modernized it with railways, Happy Boxes, and other modern technology. Lucas hears rumours that Duster, who has been missing since leaving for Osohe Castle, is working as a bassist at the nearby Club Titiboo, and sets off with his dog Boney. While travelling there, he learns psychic powers from a superpowered, benevolent, androgynous creature known as a Magypsy. At the club, he finds Kumatora working as a waitress, as well as Duster, who has lost his memory. They join and recover the Egg and restore Duster's memory, but while attempting to board a flying Pigmask airship, a mysterious Masked Man shakes them off and sends them flying to the ground, separating them.
Lucas and Boney land in a haystack back in Tazmily, and learn from the Magypsies that beneath the Islands is a massive dragon. The Magypsies' purpose is to guard seven Needles that were placed in the dragon to control its power; whoever pulls most of the Needles will be able to use the dragon's incredible power to completely reshape the world. Because of this, the Masked Man is trying to find and pull the Needles. Lucas and Boney reunite with Duster and Kumatora and race to pull the Needles before the Masked Man, but only manage to pull three before him, with the Masked Man pulling another three.
The seventh and final Needle is located beneath New Pork City, the capital of the Pigmasks. Lucas and company travel there and meet Leder, another villager, who reveals that the inhabitants of Tazmily Village are the last survivors of a global apocalypse, who travelled to the Nowhere Islands as they were protected by the dragon's power. To prevent a second apocalypse from reoccurring, the survivors sealed their previous memories in the Egg of Light; Leder was given the role of revealing the truth if the situation called for it. He also reveals that the leader of the Pigmasks is Porky Minch (Known as Pokey Minch in Mother 2), who after the events of Mother 2 travelled in time to the Nowhere Islands and began building an empire there, kidnapping inhabitants from other time periods (including Dr. Andonuts from Mother 2) to populate it, as well as transforming the local wildlife into twisted new forms (including the Drago that killed Hinawa).
Lucas and company set out to confront Porky and pull the last needle. While fighting their way to him, they discover that Yokuba was the Magypsy responsible for protecting the seventh Needle, who turned traitor and started working for the Pigmasks. The heroes confront Porky deep beneath New Pork City, but he seals himself inside an "Absolutely Safe Capsule" built by Dr. Andonuts; unbeknownst to him, however, Andonuts has tricked him, as the Absolutely Safe Capsule also renders the outside world safe by permanently sealing Porky within it.
Lucas reaches the seventh needle and confronts the Masked Man, who is revealed to be a brainwashed Claus. During the battle between Claus and Lucas, Claus's memory of his mother restores his humanity and ultimately unleashes the lightning on Lucas as a sacrifice, which was reflected by the Franklin's badge. Lucas pulls the final Needle, awakening the Dragon and destroying the Nowhere Islands.
In an epilogue set in pitch darkness, the game's cast reveals that they have survived and wish the player farewell. After the credits, the Mother 3 logo is shown restored to being made completely of wood.
Fan translation[]
The Mother 3 fan translation is a complete English-language localization of the 2006 Japanese video game Mother 3 by members of the EarthBound fan community led by Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin. The original game was released in Japan after a decade of development hell. When fan interest in an English localization went unanswered, members of the EarthBound fansite Starmen.net announced their own fan translation in November 2006.
The dozen fans who worked on the project had been vetted by Mandelin and had prior localization experience. Thousands of hours were put into the project between hacking the game data and translating the 1,000 pages of scripted dialogue. They built their own tools for the work. The completed version was released in October 2008 and issued as a patch. The patch was downloaded over 100,000 times in its first week. A fan-made, full-color, 200-page, professional-quality player's guide was released alongside the translation.
Let's Play[]
Mother 3 was Chuggaaconroy's 5th Let's Play. With 108 videos and a time length of 16 hours, it is one of his longest Let's Plays to date, and his third longest overall (behind Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2). Having completed EarthBound and Mother as his first and second Let's Plays, Emile went back to the Mother series for his fifth and most ambitious Let's Play. Mother 3 was facilitated by use of an emulator and the Mother 3 Fan Translation.
Description[]
October 17, 2008 - February 14, 2009
I personally consider this to be my best work. It may be my longest LP, but I feel that I needed that amount of time to make this one. It's one of the few things I've done that I'm genuinely proud of.
Episodes[]
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Prologue[] | |||
01 | Mother 3 - Prologue | October 17, 2008 | |
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Chapter 1: Night of the Funeral[] | |||
02 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 1 | October 18, 2008 | |
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03 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 2 | October 19, 2008 | |
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04 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 3 | October 20, 2008 | |
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05 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 4 | October 21, 2008 | |
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06 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 5 | October 22, 2008 | |
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07 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 6 | October 23, 2008 | |
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08 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 7 | October 24, 2008 | |
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09 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 8 | October 25, 2008 | |
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10 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 9 | October 26, 2008 | |
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11 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 10 | October 26, 2008 | |
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12 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 11 | October 27, 2008 | |
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13 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 12 | October 28, 2008 | |
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14 | Mother 3 - Chapter 1 - Episode 13 | October 29, 2008 | |
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15 | Mother 3 - End of Chapter 1 | October 29, 2008 | |
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Chapter 2: Thief Adventure[] | |||
16 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 1 | October 30, 2008 | |
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17 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 2 | October 31, 2008 | |
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18 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 3 | November 1, 2008 | |
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19 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 4 | November 2, 2008 | |
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20 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 5 | November 3, 2008 | |
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21 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 6 | November 4, 2008 | |
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22 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 7 | November 5, 2008 | |
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23 | Mother 3 - Chapter 2 - Episode 8 | November 6, 2008 | |
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24 | Mother 3 - End of Chapter 2 | November 6, 2008 | |
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Chapter 3: The Suspicious Peddler[] | |||
25 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 1 | November 7, 2008 | |
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26 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 2 | November 8, 2008 | |
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27 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 3 | November 9, 2008 | |
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28 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 4 | November 10, 2008 | |
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29 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 5 | November 11, 2008 | |
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30 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 6 | November 12, 2008 | |
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31 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 7 | November 13, 2008 | |
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32 | Mother 3 - Chapter 3 - Episode 8 | November 14, 2008 | |
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33 | Mother 3 - End of Chapter 3 | November 14, 2008 | |
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Chapter 4: Club Titiboo[] | |||
34 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 1 | November 17, 2008 | |
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35 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 2 | November 18, 2008 | |
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36 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 3 | November 19, 2008 | |
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37 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 4 [Part 1/2] | November 26, 2008 | |
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38 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 4 [Part 2/2] | November 26, 2008 | |
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39 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 5 | November 27, 2008 | |
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40 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 6 | November 28, 2008 | |
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41 | November 28, 2008 | ||
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42 | November 29, 2008 | ||
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43 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 8 | November 30, 2008 | |
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44 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Episode 9 | December 1, 2008 | |
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45 | Mother 3 - Chapter 4 - Ending | December 2, 2008 | |
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Chapter 5: Tower of Thunder[] | |||
46 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 1 | December 3, 2008
(Re-uploaded: December 12, 2008) | |
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47 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 2 [Part 1/2] | December 4, 2008 | |
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48 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 2 [Part 2/2] | December 4, 2008 | |
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49 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 3 | December 5, 2008 | |
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50 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 4 | December 6, 2008 | |
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51 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 5 | December 7, 2008 | |
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52 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 6 [Part 1/2] | December 8, 2008 | |
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53 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 6 [Part 2/2] | December 8, 2008 | |
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54 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 7 | December 9, 2008 | |
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55 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 8 | December 10, 2008 | |
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56 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 9 | December 11, 2008 | |
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57 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Episode 10 | December 12, 2008 | |
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58 | Mother 3 - Chapter 5 - Finale | December 13, 2008 | |
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Chapter 6: Sunflower Fields[] | |||
59 | Mother 3 - Chapter 6 | December 19, 2008 | |
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Chapter 7: The Seven Needles[] | |||
60 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 1 | December 26, 2008 | |
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61 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 2 | December 27, 2008 | |
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62 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 3 | December 28, 2008 | |
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63 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 4 | December 29, 2008 | |
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64 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 5 | December 30, 2008 | |
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65 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 6 | December 31, 2008 | |
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66 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 7 | January 1, 2009 | |
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67 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 8 | January 2, 2009 | |
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68 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 9 | January 3, 2009 | |
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69 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 10 | January 4, 2009 | |
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70 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 11 | January 5, 2009 | |
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71 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 12 | January 6, 2009 | |
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72 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 13 | January 7, 2009 | |
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73 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 14 | January 8, 2009 | |
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74 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 15 | January 9, 2009 | |
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75 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 16 | January 10, 20909 | |
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76 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 17 [Part 1/2] | January 11, 2009 | |
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77 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 17 [Part 2/2] | January 11, 2009 | |
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78 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 18 | January 12, 2009 | |
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79 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 19 | January 13, 2009 | |
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80 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 20 [Part 1/2] | January 14, 2009 | |
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81 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 2 [Part 2/2] | January 14, 2009 | |
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82 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 21 | January 15, 2009 | |
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83 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 22 | January 16, 2009 | |
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84 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 23 | January 19, 2009 | |
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85 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 - Episode 24 | January 20, 2009 | |
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86 | Mother 3 - Chapter 7 Finale | January 21, 2009 | |
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Chapter 8: All Things[] | |||
87 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 1 | January 22, 2009
(Re-uploaded: January 29, 2009) | |
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88 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 2 | January 23, 2009 | |
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89 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 3 | January 24, 2009 | |
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90 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 4 | January 25, 2009 | |
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91 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 5 | January 26, 2009 | |
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92 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 6 | January 27, 2009 | |
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93 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 7 | January 28, 2009 | |
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94 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 8 | January 29, 2009 | |
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95 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 9 | January 30, 2009 | |
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96 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 10 | January 31, 2009 | |
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97 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 11 | February 1, 2009 | |
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98 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 12 | February 2, 2009 | |
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99 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 13 | February 3, 2009 | |
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100 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 14 | February 10, 2009 | |
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101 | Mother 3 - Chapter 8 - Episode 15 | February 11, 2009
(Re-uploaded: February 16, 2019) | |
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102 | February 13, 2009 | ||
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103 | February 13, 2009 | ||
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104 | February 13, 2009 | ||
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105 | February 14, 2009 | ||
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106 | Mother 3 - Cast | February 14, 2009 | |
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107 | February 14, 2009 | ||
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108 | February 17, 2009 | ||
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Memorable Quotes and Moments[]
- When trying to get back sprites for Spud Bugs "For The Love of Hilary Duff on a Stick!" -Chapter 1 Episode 10
- Ionia In the hot spring with Lucas
- NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- All of the voice acting, most notably Porky, and the Finale, where several other YouTubers pitched in.
- Episode 4-4, and the monotonous job Chugga was doing in it. This eventually led to sped-up footage, complete with chipmunk speak.
- "It's the floating dis-em-bodied head of Porky!"
- Having ProtonJon play Rope Snake in the Finale
- The intro to "Last Episode Part 1"
- Waiting for Mini Porky to finish the Purple Bridge Race
- Chapter 6
- Saying that Earthbound will not be re-released in North America, only for Nintendo to announce it 4 years later.
- Tanetane Island
- Praising the soundtrack
- During the rematch for the Fierce Pork Trooper, when the Trooper "jumped on top of Kumatora and punched away", he responds with " I wanted to be on Kumator-EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!"
Trivia[]
- This Let's Play was probably the start of Chuggaaconroy's running gag of having a "crush" on characters inside the game, especially those with red-hair, with his on going joke of having a crush on Kumatora.
- At one point during the Let's Play, the Kumatora fanart (created by Matilda Caboose) was heavily criticized and received negative feedback to the point that the original artist received death threats and other ridicule. Chuggaaconroy removed and reuploaded videos with edited art and at one point created a audio vlog on his channel about the issue, expressing complete disappointment and disgust with the fans. This video was since then removed and the situation has been resolved.
- Chapter 8 Episode 15 had to be uploaded on Machinima due to the 10 minute video time limit, which would have cut the fight in a bad spot. Machinima didn't reference Emile in the video, the title, or the description. They also added a huge watermark and their Machinima original intro, sparking a bad reaction from fans in the comment section. For a while, the episode wasn't reuploaded on Emile's channel when the time limit was extended, likely because he didn't have the original recording at the time. After Machinima deleted all the videos in the channel, Emile reuploaded the video to his channel, unlisted to avoid giving spoilers.
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