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They’ve done it again. Today, Hobonichi announced a full set of new and restocked merchandise for the now-legendary Hobonichi Mother Project – And my wallet can’t take it. Please, I can’t keep up…

A detailed description and report posted in 2015 by artist JINKO about the MOTHER 64 Demo at Spaceworld 1999 was discovered on their Pixiv page! They wrote and illustrated this report shortly after playing the demo, then posted it to a website they had at the time. Their report goes into detail about Tazmily’s layout, demo cutscenes, and more!

As the Hobonichi Mother Project keeps developing, there’s been an influx of new releases and news to keep track of, ranging from new merchandise pieces to themed events, and even physical pop-up shops dedicated to the Mother series. As the title suggests though, here, we’ll be focusing on the more recent merchandise releases, and looking to find some new information about them. Again, special thanks goes to Lone for translating the website descriptions, and special thanks also goes to Kody NOKOLO for proofreading and editing the translated text!

(Remember to click on the images to see them in full view!)

17 years ago, during the promotion of MOTHER 1+2, Shigesato Itoi posted parts of his “Mr. Saturn Translation Course” on Hobonichi. On September 30th, Itoi began a new series of posts about writing like Mr. Saturn!

Last year, Hobonichi published a book about Satoru Iwata simply called Iwata-San. Today, VIZ Media has announced they will be publishing the book for a release outside of Japan as Ask Iwata.

In November 2019, Shigesato Itoi was interviewed about Iwata-San (localized in English as Ask Iwata), a book published by Hobonichi that compiles the words of Satoru Iwata. Itoi talks about his time with Iwata and explores what MOTHER 4 could’ve been like, even though he wouldn’t make another MOTHER game himself.

The very first interview about MOTHER 3 has been discovered in the July 1996 issue of Dengeki Nintendo 64! Satoru Iwata gives his impressions on the series and discusses what this MOTHER on the Nintendo 64 will be like, how it will be similar to the rest of the series, and what will be different from other entries.

A few hours ago, Hobonichi announced part one of the Hobonichi MOTHER Project: a comic book dedicated to MOTHER called Pollyanna!
Watch my translation of the announcement below to see what will be included in the book. 35 artists have drawn for the book including the artist for MOTHER 3, Nobuhiro Imagawa, and the creator of UNDERTALE, Toby Fox.

Announced yesterday, Hobonichi has begun their brand new Hobonichi MOTHER Project!
Watch my translation of the project’s announcement to hear more about their upcoming MOTHER book. In addition to the book, it seems like new content and merchandise are on their way, according to Shigesato Itoi himself!