Mother Forever Survey 2022
by: Kody on 10/30/2022
During the summer of 2022, Mother Forever conducted a survey in the MOTHER community that totaled 784 participants to gather data on what kinds of trends exist in the community (or at least as much of the community as we could reach). We asked questions about each person’s background and about their experiences with each MOTHER game! Results follow under each respective section’s heading and all results are ordered from the most common to least common answers.
Backgrounds
How much did you play EarthBound Beginnings / MOTHER?
- Played it, but didn’t beat it
284 - Beaten it once
207 - Beaten it more than once
163 - Never played it
130
How much did you play EarthBound / MOTHER 2?
- Beaten it more than once
389 - Beaten it once
259 - Played it, but didn’t beat it
117 - Never played it
19
How much did you play MOTHER 3?
- Beaten it more than once
329 - Beaten it once
268 - Played it, but didn’t beat it
121 - Never played it
66
Age
- 15-19 Years
336 - 20-24 Years
206 - 25-29 Years
91 - 10-14 Years
64 - 30-34 Years
34 - No response
34 - 35-39 Years
17 - 40-44 Years
2
Continent
- North America
527 - Europe
129 - South America
73 - Asia
28 - No response
26 - Australia
16 - Africa
3 - Antarctica
2
(I’m not sure what I was expecting by putting Antarctica as an option…)
EarthBound Beginnings / MOTHER
Favorite Melody
- EVE
205 - Dragon
88 - Cactus
88 - Gravestone
72 - Haunted Piano
52 - Doll
47 - Laura the Canary
47 - Singing Monkey
46
Favorite Area
- Magicant
493 - Reindeer, Snowman
248 - Ellay, Mt. Itoi
198 - Podunk, Cemetery
180 - Yucca Desert, Youngtown, Swamp
159 - Canary Village, Zoo
106 - Spookane, Rosemary Manor
84 - Merrysville, Factories
53
How Do You Personally Pronounce “Giegue” ?
- Geeg
313 - Gee-gu
164 - Guy-gu
139 - Guyg
66 - Gee-gu-ey
37 - Guy-gu-ey
27
EarthBound / MOTHER 2
Favorite Sanctuary
- Lumine Hall
257 - Pink Cloud
125 - Giant Step
110 - Fire Spring
59 - Magnet Hill
52 - Rainy Circle
50 - Milky Well
44 - Lilliput Steps
31
Favorite Area
- Fourside, Moonside
481 - Onett
447 - Saturn Valley
429 - Magicant
403 - Winters
310 - Summers
292 - Twoson
291 - Cave of the Past
229 - Threed, Dusty Dunes Desert
166 - Deep Darkness, Lost Underground
165 - Happy Happy Village
164 - Scaraba, Dungeon Man
139 - Dalaam
112
How Do You Personally Pronounce “Onett” ?
- Oh-nett
356 - On-net
348 - One-ett
74
MOTHER 3
Favorite Magypsy
- Ionia
185 - Mixolydia
115 - Aeolia
101 - Lydia
79 - Doria
71 - Locria
67 - Phyrgia
35
Favorite Area
- Tazmily (Chapters 1-3), Sunshine Forest, Mt. Oriander, Death Desert
448 - New Pork City
426 - Tazmily (Chapters 4-8), Clayman Factory, Club Titiboo
363 - Saturn Valley, Volcano
301 - Murasaki Forest, Highway, Thunder Tower
274 - Osohe Castle, Cemetery
255 - Ocean, Tanetane Island
209 - Mole Cricket Hole, Snowcap Mountain
146
Have You Ever Landed a 16-Hit Combo?
- Yes
433 - No
310
Favorite Difference from the Nintendo 64 Version
The Art Style
Series Favorites
Favorite Menu Flavor
- Mint
268 - Plain
215 - Strawberry
106 - Peanut
65 - Grape
51 - Banana
49 - Melon
18
Favorite Theme Song
- Eight Melodies
275 - Smiles and Tears
256 - Love Theme
227
Favorite Protagonist
- Lucas
341 - Ness
319 - Ninten
108
Favorite Offensive PSI – Top 5
- Freeze
460 - Rockin’
445 - Starstorm
439 - Love
405 - Fire
213
Favorite Non-Offensive PSI – Top 5
- Lifeup
500 - Teleport
403 - Shield/Counter
396 - Offense Up
228 - Defense Up
226
Favorite Non-PSI Ability
- Duster’s Thief Tools
382 - Paula’s Pray
144 - Jeff’s Spy and Boney’s Sniff
72 - Ninten, Lloyd, Ana, and Teddy’s Sing
68 - Poo’s Mirror
39 - Flint’s Brute Force
34 - Salsa’s Monkey Tricks
30
BOING!
- ZOOM
349 - KAY-O
176 - DAKOTA
150 - DING
90
Favorite MOTHER Series Character – Top 5
Kumatora
100
Lucas
97
Ness
82
Duster
81
Claus and the Masked Man
46