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