MOTHER Interviews
by: Kody on 1/26/2020
Find interviews about MOTHER from Shigesato Itoi, Louis Phillipe, Keiichi Suzuki, and Hirokazu Tanaka.
Interview with Louis Philippe, singer of Flying Man – 1986
Famicom Hisshou Hon, May 19,1989
As translated by Lindsay “Chewy” Moore: “What do you get when a genius copywriter jumps on board the video-game train? We’ve been waiting for two years. Itoi-san responds to our enormous expectations in the best way possible with MOTHER. This week we bring you an interview with creator Shigesato Itoi to find out about MOTHER, APE, and all kinds of secrets everyone’s dying to know. What’s going on inside Itoi’s head?! Mommy, tell me!!”
GSLA MOTHER Interview – translated by shumplations, 1989
As reported by shmuplations: “In this 1989 interview, Mother series creator Shigesato Itoi talks about the events leading up to the creation of Mother and his desire to break RPG conventions. Mother is one of the better documented series in terms of developer interviews, but this interview is, to my knowledge, the earliest one with Itoi. This interview was found at the GSLA, a Japanese website that preserves developer interviews from print sources.”
“What’s MOTHER Music” with Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, and Shigesato Itoi – Hobonichi, June 16, 2003
MOTHER 1 and 2 Interview by Keiichi Tanaka
In this illustrated column series by author Keiichi Tanaka, he talks with game creators of the 80s and 90s who helped shape the industry in its adolescence. This episode focuses on the creation of MOTHER 1 and 2. Itoi talks about inspirations for the games and information about their development with Nintendo, including his feelings on working with those helping him make the games, like Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata.
