I'm a BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, BOR, Issue 679 Earthbound, also known as Mother 2, Gigu no Giacushu, or Mother True, Gig strikes back.

Joining me, Rich Davidson, in Issue 679 or John Salmon.

Fuzzy Pickles.

Leah Heydoo.

I was going to say fuzzy pickles.

And Eddie Inzato.

I'm a photographic genius, if I do say so myself.

Indeed.

So Eddie's returning to Canem Rince after a significant hiatus of 12 years to form the

unholy trinity of Cana Rinse shows. So we've got deadly premonition in Cana Rinse issue

number 93. We have Fahrenheit in Cana Rinse No, 96. And of course, here we are in volume 14, some 12 and a bit years later for Earthbound.

What I would recommend for listeners is that they return to our former show in Issue 670.

That is the original mother, the Shigasato Itoi podcast where we went into the predecessor of Earthbound.

I think that's a really great companion piece for this show.

There's a lovely, I mean, this is very modest of me, a lovely biopic we did of Shigasato Itoy

and some of his thinking and sort of stylings that will really inform on your enjoyment

and knowledge of mother here.

What is Earthbound, or Mother to Gigo no Gakushu,

Mother 2 Geek strikes back? So I've taken this from the eponymous starman.net. It says,

few games dared to defy the mold until Earthbound, Mother 2, as it's known in Japan. No other game

was like it, except for maybe its prequel, Mother, which had not been

released outside of Japan. Earthbound was introduced, and even today continues to introduce

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