Shigesato Itoi talks about the story details of MOTHER 2, including his experiences going gold digging.

Shigesato Itoi discusses developing MOTHER 2’s graphics, music, and more.

APE Inc. Programmer Kouji Malta and Satoru Iwata, of HAL at that time, talk about their development together on MOTHER 2.

Shigeru Miyamoto talks about the development of MOTHER 1 and 2.

As reported by Lindsay “Chewy” Moore: “Hippon Super is a gaming magazine with a slightly different tone than that of the more mainstream Weekly Famitsu. There are a couple adult games featured in the magazine, and even the interview with Shigesato Itoi has a different tone than usual. There isn’t much new information in this interview, but there are some really bizarre metaphors and confusing meta-speak. I remember Itoi mentioning in another interview how he was careful with all the details, right down to the pauses in the script and text scrolling. In this interview, he states that the sound guy was so particular that he even had a fit about those small details. Perhaps Itoi wasn’t the only one polishing it up after all…? This interview takes places soon after the release of MOTHER 2 and two months after the informative Weekly Famitsu interview.”

Itoi talks about making strawberry tofu.

Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, and Shigesato Itoi discuss the music of MOTHER 1 and 2.

Shigesato Itoi talks about the deeper themes of MOTHER 2.

Yasuhiro Nagata, Shigesato Itoi, and Satoru Iwata talk about the Wii U Virtual Console release of MOTHER 2.

MOTHER 2 art director Kouichi Oyama describes his work on the art of the game.

A week after Nintendo finally re-released Earthbound for Wii U in 2013, Wired caught up with the game’s writer, Marcus Lindblom.

A log of Marcus Lindblom’s replies during a 2013 Fangamer livestream.

Jason Schreier’s interview with Marcus Lindblom on Kotaku, published in 2013.

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.