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|title = Mother
| Name = Death Magnetic
|image = [[Image:Mother boxart.png|256px|Box art of MOTHER]]
| Type = studio
|developer = [[Creatures Inc.|Ape, Inc.]]{{fact|date=October 2008}}<br />[[Pax Softnica]]{{fact|date=October 2008}}<br />Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products{{fact|date=October 2008}}
| Artist = [[Metallica]]
|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
| Cover = Metallica_Death_Magnetic.jpg
|designer = [[Shigesato Itoi]] <small>([[game director|director]], [[game designer|designer]])</small><br />[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <small>([[game producer|producer]])</small><br />[[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] <small>([[executive producer]])</small><br />[[Keiichi Suzuki]]<small>([[composer]])</small><br />[[Hirokazu Tanaka]] <small>([[composer]])</small><br />Shinbo Minami <small>(character designer)</small><br />[[Tatsuya Ishii]] <small>(character designer)</small>
| Released = {{Start date|2008|9|12}}
|engine =
| Recorded = March 12, 2007–May 11, 2008 at Sound City in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles, California]]; Shangri La Studios in [[Malibu, California]] and HQ in [[San Rafael, California]]
|version =
| Length = 75:00<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/article/?id=48459|title=Metallica Album: Our First Impression|date=2008-06-11|work=News Article|publisher=Metal Hammer|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
|series = ''[[EarthBound (series)|EarthBound]]''
| Genre =
|released = {{vgrelease|JP=[[July 27]], [[1989]]}}
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
|genre = [[Console role-playing game|Console role-playing]]
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
|modes = [[Single player]]
| Reviews =
|ratings =
| Last album = ''[[St. Anger]]''<br/>(2003)
|platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]]
| This album = '''''Death Magnetic'''''<br/>(2008)
|media = 3-[[megabit]] [[Cartridge (electronics)|cartridge]]
| Next album =
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| Misc = {{Singles
|input =
| Name = Death Magnetic
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[The Day That Never Comes]]
| single 1 date = August 21, 2008<ref name="TDHC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601058|title=The Day Has Come|date=2008-08-01|work=News Headline|publisher=Metallica.com|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
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{{nihongo|'''''Mother'''''|マザー|Mazā}} (otherwise known as ''"EarthBound Zero"'') is a [[console role-playing game]] developed by [[Creatures Inc.|Ape, Inc.]], [[Pax Softnica]] and Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] [[video game console]]. It was designed and directed by [[Shigesato Itoi]] and produced by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], with music by [[Keiichi Suzuki]] and [[Hirokazu Tanaka]]. It is the first game in the ''[[EarthBound (series)|EarthBound]]'' video game series, and was never released outside of Japan. ''Mother'' tells the story of Ninten, a 12-year-old boy with [[Psionics|psionic powers]] who journeys around the world to collect eight melodies in order to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens.


The game was later re-released in a compilation with its sequel, ''[[EarthBound]]'', on the [[Game Boy Advance]] as ''[[Mother 1 + 2]]''.
'''''Death Magnetic''''' is the upcoming ninth [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]]. It is scheduled for release on [[September 12]], [[2008 in music|2008]] by [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name="Release dates">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102069|title=METALLICA: 'Death Magnetic' Release Date Announced|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> The album will be the band's first to feature current bassist [[Robert Trujillo]],<!--Bob Rock performed bass on ''St. Anger'', not Trujillo--> and the first to be produced by [[Rick Rubin]].<ref name="RickRubin">{{cite web |url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002035228 |title=Rick Rubin Producing New Metallica Album |accessdate=2007-07-18 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=2006-02-20 |publisher=''[[Billboard]]''}}</ref> ''Death Magnetic'' also marks the first time in the band's history in which all band members contributed to each song on an album. It will be their first studio album released through Warner Bros.; although, they still remain with [[Warner Music Group]], which also owns [[Elektra Records]], the band's previous label. ''Death Magnetic'' is promoted by the preceding single "[[The Day That Never Comes]]," released [[August 21]], [[2008]]. On [[August 26th]] [[Metallica]] released "My Apocalypse" on their official website as well on Mission Metallica and in [[ITunes]].<Ref>[{cite web|url=http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601136}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
Starting on {{start date|2008|5|12}}, the future album has been heavily promoted on the specially dedicated website, entitled Mission Metallica, which features daily updates of exclusive, behind-the-scenes sneak previews with photos and video clips from the studio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missionmetallica.com/about-mission-metallica |title=About Mission:Metallica |publisher=missionmetallica.com |accessdate=2008-05-12 }}</ref> On {{start date|2008|6|14}}, the album's official title was announced, followed by the revealing of its cover art on {{start date|2008|7|17}}, which depicts a metallic coffin with a black and white design around it (representing iron filings in a magnetic field). The cover also features the original Metallica logo, used on the band's first five albums.
[[Image:Mother battle.png|left|thumb|A standard battle showing Ninten fighting a crow.]]
''Mother''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gameplay is divided into two main parts: field maps and the game's battle system. ''Mother'' does not use a small-scale [[overworld|overworld map]] and instead connects towns, dungeons, and other places together by large outdoor areas. When in towns on the field map, players can talk with other [[non-playable character]]s, go to stores to buy equipment or items, rest in hotels, or enter other various buildings. By using any telephone in the game, Ninten can talk to his dad, who deposits money into Ninten's bank account and offers to record his progress.


When outside of towns on the field map or inside dungeons, the party will be [[random encounter|attacked]] by enemies, at which point the game shifts into its battle system. When in battle, the game switches to a first-person view, only showing the enemies and a menu system used to issue commands. Actions are chosen for each character by the player, and then characters and enemies take turns doing them in an order determined by their speed [[Statistic (role-playing games)|statistics]]. Winning battles awards [[experience points]], which characters require to level up. Leveling up increases a character's stats and lets them learn more abilities. If a character loses all of their [[Health (game mechanism)|hit points]], they will die and the player must go to a hospital and pay to revive them. If every character dies, no progress is lost, but the party is transported back to the last area they saved at, only Ninten is left alive, and the amount of money they had on hand is halved.
==Album title==
On {{start date|2008|7|16}}, James Hetfield commented on the album's title:
{{cquote|''Death Magnetic'', at least the title, to me [...] started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like [[Layne Staley]] and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101057|title=HETFIELD: TRUJILLO Has Written More On New METALLICA Album Than NEWSTED Had In 14 Years|date=2008-07-17|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>}}


==Writing process==
==Plot==
{{see also|List of Mother characters}}
As early as {{start date|2004|1|16}}, Metallica frontman and rhythm guitarist [[James Hetfield]] revealed that the band had roughly 18 songs that did not see release on their 2003 album ''[[St. Anger]]'', and that they may be reworked in the future, if not potentially released as is. Hetfield also said that they had been playing new material during studio jams, but that there was no mention of plans for a ninth studio album as of yet.<ref name="Jams">{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=18188 |title=Metallica's Hetfield Talks About Dave Mustaine, Exodus And Follow-up To 'St. Anger' |publisher=''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=2004-01-16 |accessdate=2004-03-12 }}</ref> On {{start date|2004|3|12}}, drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] reported that the band had performed thirty-minute jam sessions prior to live performances, and that the jams are recorded for future reference. Select music from the jam sessions may be used on the album, as Ulrich stated, "I definitely look forward to sifting through some of that stuff when we get back to the studio in January."<ref name="JamRecordings">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA's ULRICH Is Looking Forward To Returning To The Studio In January'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20296 Blabbermouth.net] [[March 12]] [[2004]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> On that note, by October 2004 the band had already compiled nearly 50 hours of pre-set jamming, with hundreds of riffs, chord progressions and bass lines.<ref name="JamRecordingsByOctober">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA Bassist Says There Are More Than 50 Recorded Hours Of New Music To Sift Through'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28040 Blabbermouth.net] [[October 15]] [[2004]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> On {{start date|2004|9|30}}, Launch Radio revealed from an interview with Hetfield that the band hoped to return to the studio in spring of 2005 to begin recording their ninth studio album for [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name="WarnerBros.Announcement">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA Frontman Wishes 'St. Anger' Songs Were Shorter'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=27438 Blabbermouth.net] [[September 30]] [[2004]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref>
''Mother'' tells the story of [[Ninten]], a 12-year-old boy with psionic powers who journeys around the world to collect [[eight melodies]] in order to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens. Along the way he is joined by three friends; a young boy tormented at his school for being a nerdy genius, a girl whose mother mysteriously went missing, and a gang leader whose parents were murdered. They meet many unusual characters and visit strange settings before ultimately confronting the leader of the aliens, Gyiyg (known as Giygas outside Japan).


Ninten's power, [[Psionics|PSI]], was utilized by an alien race that abducted George and Maria, his great-grandmother and great-grandfather. George stole the secrets to the power while living among the aliens, and upon his return to Earth attempted to research it further and spread the research. Of the four playable [[List of Mother characters|characters]], Ninten, possessed it due to being the great-grandson of George, while Ana, the only female in your team, had developed her PSI powers on her own, and became famous in her hometown, Snowman, for having done so.
On {{start date|2006|3|10}}, it was reported that the band was planning to use the following six months to write material for the album, in addition to the previous two months they had already been spending writing music. It was also revealed that Ulrich, Hetfield and [[Robert Trujillo]] were active contributors in the process at this point; guitarist Hammett was an infrequent contributor due to his wife's pregnancy. <ref name="SixMonthsWriting">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA To Spend Six Months Writing Before Commencing Recording Process'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49414 Blabbermouth.net] [[March 10]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> Lars Ulrich also stated that the band was getting along much better in the studio than they did during the recording of their 2003 album ''[[St. Anger]]''.<ref name="GettingAlong">Blabbermouth.net. ''LARS ULRICH: No Therapist Needed On New METALLICA Album'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49867 Blabbermouth.net] [[March 20]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> On {{start date|2006|4|16}}, Lars Ulrich revealed that the band had composed "six to seven" songs, (except for vocals), from their findings of the riff tapes recording during pre-sets of the [[Madly in Anger with the World]] tour.<ref name="SixToSevenSongs">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA Continue Work On New Album, Attend QUEEN Show In California'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51044 Blabbermouth.net] [[April 16]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> He also said that by this point, the band's new material was reminiscent of "old school" Metallica works, and that it certainly does not feel like a ''St. Anger'' "part two".


Though George and Maria were not mistreated while in captivity of the aliens (Due to Maria taking care of an alien named Gyiyg), Gyiyg sought revenge on George for stealing the secrets of PSI, and subsequently launched an invasion of the planet Earth.
On {{start date|2006|5|20}}, Kirk Hammett revealed that the band had 15 songs written and were writing on average two to three songs per week. James Hetfield also praised producer Rick Rubin for his production style in giving the band their own freedom and keeping the pressure at a minimum, despite the sessions becoming sometimes briefly unfocused.<ref name="FifteenSongs&Rick">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA's HAMMETT: 'We Have Fifteen Songs' Written For Next Album'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=52553 Blabbermouth.net] [[May 20]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> On {{start date|2006|5|27}}, Metallica updated their website with a video featuring information regarding the album. Lars Ulrich, who spearheaded the video, said about the new album:
{{cquote|If you're in the studio, everybody presumes you're recording or making a record [...]. Last time there was no real separation between the writing process and the recording process. [With] ''[[St. Anger]]'' nobody brought in any pre-recorded stuff or ideas; it was just make it up on the spot, be in the moment [...]. So this time we are doing exactly what we did on all the other albums — first we're writing, then we're recording. The only difference is [...] that we're writing where we record. So we're writing here at HQ because this is our home, [...] we're writing in the studio.<ref name="LarsSays">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA's ULRICH: 'We're Actually Not Recording Right Now' '', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=52884 Blabbermouth.net] [[May 20]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref>}}


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==Recording process==
[[Image:Metallica Death Magnetic sessions Yeager 1.jpg|220px|thumb|right|Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield during the ''Death Magnetic'' recording sessions.]]
On {{start date|2007|1|17}}, Lars Ulrich stated in an interview with ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' that the band would be conceiving the album much like they did their albums prior to working with ex-producer [[Bob Rock]]; they would sit down, write a select amount of songs, then enter the studio to record them. He also quoted current producer Rick Rubin by saying Rubin doesn't want them to start the recording process until every song that they are going to record is as close to 100 percent as possible.<ref name="ProductionStyle">''Revolver''. ''METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On New Songs: 'We're Trying To Be As Self-Critical As Possible' '', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=65482 Blabbermouth.net] [[February 19]] [[2007]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref>


==Development==
On {{start date|2007|3|5}}, Lars Ulrich revealed that the band had narrowed a potential 25 songs down to 14, and that they would begin recording those 14 songs on the following week. He also expanded on Rick Rubin's style of production, saying,
''Mother'' was designed and directed by Japanese copywriter and television personality [[Shigesato Itoi]]. One of the inspirations for the name was [[John Lennon]]'s song "[[Mother (John Lennon song)|Mother]]."<ref name="12event">A Mother 1 + 2 promotional event with Shigesato Itoi. (2003) [http://youtube.com/watch?v=lKpaKlatg5M YouTube link with subtitles]</ref>
{{cquote|Rick's big thing is to kind of have all these songs completely embedded in our bodies and basically next Monday, on [[D-Day]], just go in and execute them [...]. So you leave the creative element of the process out of the recording, so you go in and basically just record a bunch of songs that you know inside out and upside down, and you don't have to spend too much of your energy in the recording studio creating and thinking and analyzing and doing all that stuff. His whole analogy is, the recording process becomes more like a gig — just going in and playing and leaving all the thinking at the door.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68219|title=Metallica to Record 14 New Songs Starting Next Week; 2008 Release Expected|date=2007-03-05|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2007-07-18}}</ref>}}


Shigesato Itoi, the game's designer, said that the last parts of ''Mother'' were not tested for bugs and balance issues.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} When talking about this at a ''Mother 1 + 2'' promotional event, Itoi humorously stated, "When we got to fine-tuning the difficulty there, I was like, 'Whatever!'".<ref name="12event" />
On {{start date|2007|3|14}}, the band's official website issued a statement: "Metallica left the comfort of HQ this week to descend upon the greater Los Angeles area to begin recording their ninth original album. This is the first time they've recorded outside of the Bay Area since they spent time at One-on-One Studios recording ''[[Metallica (album)|The Black Album]]'' in '90 and '91."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=600185|title=...And Recording for All|date=2007-03-14|work=News Headline|publisher=Metallica.com|accessdate=2008-12-04}}</ref> This was confirmed on {{start date|2008|7|24}} on Mission: Metallica, as a video surfaced showed the crew moving into Sound City Studios of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missionmetallica.com/node/102414/get?width=775&height=600|title=Fly on the Wall Video|date=2008-07-24|publisher=Mission: Metallica|accessdate=2008-07-25}}</ref>
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===Planned United States release===
Nintendo of America had translated and originally planned to release ''Mother'' in the United States under the title ''Earth Bound''.<ref name="pakwatch">{{cite journal | year = 1990 | month = November | title = Nintendo Power's Pak Watch | journal = Nintendo Power | volume = 18 | pages = 92 | url = http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/earth-06.shtml }}</ref> The [[localization]] was completed in 1990, but marketing pushed the release into fall of 1991, and it was eventually canceled.<ref name="earthbound">{{cite web | url=http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407-earthbound.shtml | title=Spotlight: EarthBound | accessdaymonth=15 December | accessyear=2007 | author=Jonathan Wirth | date=[[2004-07-31]] | work=[http://www.lostlevels.org/ Lost Levels]}}</ref> The Localization Producer and English Script Writer for ''Earth Bound'', Phil Sandhop, explained, "Once the Super NES squatted in the pipeline and shoved the game aside from its appointed time, I believe that the marketing execs just decided that the game would be too expensive to produce and unsuccessful without marketing, and that's why it fell into oblivion."<ref name="earthbound" /> During localization some changes were made to the game, such as removing blood from enemy sprites or changing town names.<ref name="earthbound2">{{cite web | url=http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/earth-02.shtml | title=Spotlight: EarthBound - Violence | accessdaymonth=08 May | accessyear=2008 | date=[[2004-07-31]] | work=[http://www.lostlevels.org/ Lost Levels]}}</ref>


Eventually, the fan translation group Demiforce found a beta cartridge of the game on eBay, and organized an effort to collect enough money to buy the game.<ref name="earthbound" /> The project was a success, and soon after, the game was dumped into a ROM and circulated around the internet.<ref name="earthbound" /> As the unmodified game did not work properly on emulators at that time, Demiforce released modified versions of ''Earth Bound'' with the copy protection disabled, and appended "Zero" onto the title to retroactively discern it from its sequel, ''EarthBound''. Since Demiforce had built its reputation on releasing their English translations out of the blue, some fans debated whether the cartridge had been translated by Nintendo or by Demiforce themselves. However the release was confirmed as legitimate by Phil Sandhop, producer of the cancelled English localization, as well as the compilation release ''Mother 1 + 2'' which contains all of the changes found in the beta cartridge.<ref name="earthbound"/>
On {{start date|2007|6|4}}, bassist Robert Trujillo revealed that only select portions of the two new songs debuted in Berlin and Tokyo respectively will be featured on the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=73895|title=Metallica Bassist Trujillo: New Album Is Dynamic, Heavy and Groovin'|date=2007-06-04|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2007-07-18}}</ref> To the surprise of fans, Metallica played "The Other New Song" once again on [[June 29]], 2007 in [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]].


==Music==
On {{start date|2007|7|1}}, Lars Ulrich stated that all backing tracks were done in May. He said that all that the album was missing were vocals and overdubs, which were to be recorded in August. They hope to have finished the album by October or November, when the album will be mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76664|title=Metallica's Lars Ulrich: New Album to Arrive Next Spring|date=2007-07-12|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2007-07-18}}</ref> He predicted the album would be out in February 2008. He also revealed that the songs they are working with are quite long. By December 2007, it was reported by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', that overdubs and Hetfield's vocals still had yet to be recorded. On {{start date|2008|1|21}}, through pictures on Metclub.com's "Top Secret" section, it has been revealed that Hetfield began recording vocals for the album.
''Mother''{{'}}s soundtrack was composed by [[Keiichi Suzuki]] and [[Hirokazu Tanaka]]. The music was released on [[compact disc]] and [[cassette tape]] by [[Sony Records]] on [[1989-08-21]]. It consists of eleven tracks, seven of which have vocals. Some of the game's notable pieces include "Eight Melodies", which plays a heavy role in the story, and "Pollyanna". Both have lyrical versions on the album, sung by St. Paul's Cathedinal Choir and Catherine Warwick, respectively. On [[2004-02-18]] the soundtrack was re-released with digitally remastered tracks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/462/462438p1.html | title=Mother Soundtrack | accessdaymonth=06 February | accessyear=2008 | author=IGN Staff | date=[[2004-01-13]] | work=[http://www.ign.com/ IGN]}}</ref> Songs from ''Mother'' appear in ''[[EarthBound]]'', ''[[Mother 3]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

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On {{start date|2008|2|29}}, according to Sterlingsound.com, it was discovered that [[Ted Jensen]] from Sterling Sound Studios would be mastering the new record. Supposedly, he signed on to do it on {{start date|2006|8|24}}. Their name has since been removed from Ted Jensen's list of projects, however.<ref>[http://sterlingsound.com/ Launch Sterling Sound<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> According to Blabbermouth.net and other sources, Greg Fidelman, who has served as an [[Audio engineering|sound engineer]], has also been tapped to mix the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=97151|title=Metallica's New Album to Be Mixed by Greg Fidelman|date=2008-05-16|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
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[[Lars Ulrich]] confirmed on {{start date|2008|5|15}} that Metallica recorded 11 songs for ''Death Magnetic'', although only 10 will appear on the album due to the constraints of the physical medium.<ref name="Spin">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/articles/breaking-news-metallica-tells-all-about-new-album|title=Breaking News: Metallica Tells All About New Album |date=2008-05-15|last=Goodman|first=William|work=News|publisher=Spin Magazine Online|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
| title1 = Pollyanna (I Believe In You)

| title2 = Bein' Friends
In an interview with a Turkish television station prior to Metallica's concert in [[Istanbul]] this year, James Hetfield confirmed that an instrumental will appear on ''Death Magnetic'', since revealed to be "Suicide & Redemption."<ref name="TonyHicks">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibabuzz.com/insertfoot/2008/08/21/early-metallica-cd-review/|title=Early Metallica CD review|date=2008-08-21|last=Hicks|first=Tony|publisher=Contra Costa Times|accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref>
| title3 = The Paradise Line

| title4 = Magicant
==Release==
| title5 = Wisdom of the World
In {{start date|2008|1}}, a statement was made by Stereo Warning that the album would be delayed until September of 2008,<ref>[http://www.stereowarning.com/2008/01/metallica_album_delayed_again_until_september Stereo Warning: Metallica album delayed again until September<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but was quickly denied by Metallica's management since an album without a defined release date can not be "delayed." The album, which was since completed on {{start date|2008|8|10}},<ref>http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601090</ref> is now scheduled for release on {{start date|2008|9|12}}, and will be issued in a variety of different packages.
| title6 = Flying Man

| title7 = Snow Man
===Release versions===
| title8 = All That I Needed (Was You)
*'''''Experience 2'''''
| title9 = Fallin' Love, and
:[[Digital download]] of ''Death Magnetic'' at 320 [[Bit rate|kbit/s]], [[ringtone]]s, two live shows, additional two hours of exclusive "making of" footage, 250 photos. Also includes exclusive Mission: Metallica footage of the writing and recording of ''Death Magnetic'', as well as riffs and excerpts from it, exclusive photos and live tracks.
| title10 = Eight Melodies
*'''''Experience 3'''''
| title11 = The World of Mother
:A physical copy of ''Death Magnetic'' [[Compact Disc|CD]]. Also includes the same extras as ''Experience 2''.
}}
*'''''Experience 4'''''
:A set of ''Death Magnetic'' on five [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] [[LP album]]s, in a 180-gram box, with five individual sleeves and a Mission: Metallica [[lithograph]]. Also includes the same extras as ''Experience 2'' and ''3''.
*'''''The Box Magnetic'''''
:A collector's edition white coffin-shaped box, available in three different sizes (M, L, or XL), which includes a ''Death Magnetic'' CD in a special carton box, an additional CD with 10 demos of the songs from the album,<ref name="Empik2">{{cite web |url=http://www.empik.com/death-magnetic-death-in-a-coffin-rozm-xl-muzyka,prod2270046,p |title=Death Magnetic (Death in a Coffin) rozm. XL |accessdate=2008-07-15 |publisher= [[EMPiK]] |language=Polish }}</ref> a DVD of additional "making of" footage not seen on Mission: Metallica, an exclusive t-shirt with the ''Death Magnetic'' logo, a flag, [[guitar pick]]s, a fold out coffin-shaped poster with the members of Metallica,<ref name="Empik2"/> and a collector's credit card with a code for a free download of a performance in [[Europe]] in September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601002 |title=The Box Magnetic (Death in a Coffin) |publisher=metallica.com |accessdate=2008-07-09 }}</ref>

===First songs performed===
During their [[Escape from the Studio '06]] tour, the band debuted two songs, temporarily titled "The New Song"<ref name="TheNewSong">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA Debut New Song At Berlin Concert'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53342 Blabbermouth.net] [[June 6]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> and "The Other New Song".<ref name="TheOtherNewSong">Blabbermouth.net. ''METALLICA Performs Another New Song At Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival'', reported by [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56390 Blabbermouth.net] [[August 12]] [[2006]]. Last accessed [[July 18]] [[2007]]</ref> "The New Song" debuted on the European leg in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] on {{start date|2006|6|6}}. The song, as performed, is approximately eight minutes long. The title was rumored to be "Death Is Not the End" as Hetfield repeatedly sings the line throughout the song.<ref name="TheNewSong" /> This song would appear again in multiple Fly on the Wall videos on the Mission: Metallica website, showing the band partway through the song's recording, as noted by the slower tempo and lack of lyrics. "The Other New Song" debuted {{start date|2006|8|12}} in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], and is much shorter, taking just below four minutes to perform.<ref name="TheOtherNewSong" />

On {{start date|2008|8|9}}, Metallica debuted the first album track, "Cyanide," at [[Ozzfest]], in [[Dallas, Texas]], and on [[August 22]] at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Leeds Festival]], they debuted the first [[Single (music)|single]], "[[The Day That Never Comes]]."

===Digital premiere through video games===
In an {{start date|2007|10}} interview with the creators of the ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' video game, it was stated that Metallica has given rights to [[MTV|MTV Games]], the game's publisher, to have the first single off ''Death Magnetic'' available for playability on the game before the album's release.<ref>[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/metallica_to_premiere_new_song_in_rock_band.html ''Ultimate Guitar''] [[October 30]], [[2007]]. Last accessed [[December 9]] [[2007]]</ref> The band have since revealed the first album's first single to be "[[The Day That Never Comes]]."

On {{start date|2008|7|14}}, it was revealed at the [[Microsoft]] [[E3]] demonstration, that the entire ''Death Magnetic'' album would be made playable for the game ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' at the time when the album is released, and later in October, in the new ''[[Guitar Hero (series)|Guitar Hero]]'' game, ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888954p1.html IGN: E3 2008: New Metallica and REM Songs Coming to Guitar Hero<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Track listing==
<small>All songs written and composed by [[James Hetfield]], [[Kirk Hammett]], [[Robert Trujillo]] and [[Lars Ulrich]].</small>
# "That Was Just Your Life"
# "The End of the Line"
# "Broken, Beat & Scarred"
# "[[The Day That Never Comes]]"
# "All Nightmare Long"
# "Cyanide"
# "The Unforgiven III"
# "The Judas Kiss"
# "Suicide & Redemption"
# "My Apocalypse"


==Reception==
==Reception==
''Mother'' was successful in Japan, selling approximately 400,000 copies.<ref>Hiroyuki Nakada. 1990. ''Nintendō daisenryaku: Mario ga Toyota o koeru hi! : handōtai sedai no sakusesu shinwa''. JICC Shuppankyoku. ISBN 4796600639</ref> In two polls conducted by ''[[Famitsu]]'', it was rated as the 9th best game on the Famicom and the 38th best game of all time.<ref name="history">{{cite web | url=http://www.ntsc-uk.com/feature.php?featuretype=ret&fea=FamicomHistory | title=Form is Superior to Mass: Famicom History | accessdaymonth=18 December | accessyear=2007 | author=John Szczepaniak | work=[http://www.ntsc-uk.com/ NTSC-uk]}}</ref><ref name="famitsu100">{{cite web | url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2401&Itemid=2 | title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 | accessdaymonth=15 December | accessyear=2007 | author=Colin Campbell | date=[[2006-03-03]] | work=[http://www.next-gen.biz/ Next Generation]}}</ref> The game was listed as the fourth most-wanted [[Virtual Console]] release in a poll in the June 2008 issue of [[Nintendo Power]],<ref name="nppoll">{{Cite book | year=2008 | title=Nintendo Power June, 2008 | pages=25 | language=English | publisher=Future US}}</ref> and in the following issue it moved up to second most-wanted.<ref name="nppoll2">{{Cite book | year=2008 | title=Nintendo Power July, 2008 | language=English | publisher=Future US}}</ref> In a ''Mother 1 + 2'' review, Netjak praised ''Mother'''s modern setting and broad themes, calling the game, "quite dark and mature."<ref name="netjakreview">{{cite web | url=http://www.netjak.com/review.php/857 | title=Mother 1+2 (EarthBound and EarthBound Zero) | accessdaymonth=16 January | accessyear=2008 | author=Rick "32_footsteps" Healey | work=[http://www.netjak.com/ Netjak]}}</ref> Jeremy Parish from [[1UP.com]] states, "the game balance is completely ridiculous, relying far too heavily on picking up better weapons and [[Grind (gaming)|grinding]] for far too long."<ref name="retronauts">{{cite web | url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8067071&publicUserId=5655917 | title=Retronauts Hall of Fame: Earthbound Zero | accessdaymonth=16 December | accessyear=2007 | author=Jeremy Parish | date=[[2006-04-22]] | work=[http://www.1up.com/ 1UP.com]}}</ref>
In a 2007 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Velvet Revolver]] [[drummer]] [[Matt Sorum]] described his impressions of the unfinished songs:
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{{cquote|Lars is a good friend of mine. He played me the demos from San Francisco, and I turned and looked at him and I said, 'Master that shit and put it out.' It's ridiculous. The demos were sick. Eight-minute songs, all these tempo changes, crazy fast. It's like, 'Dude, don't get slower when you get older, but don't get faster!? How are you gonna play this live?' And then me and Lars were out partying all night, and he had to go in the studio the next day and do this stupid like nine- or ten-minute song, and I was laughing at him — because he played me the demo of it, and it was [sings really fast drum part], so fast. I called him, and said, 'Dude, how are you feeling?' He was like, 'Dude, I'm hurting.' They're cutting everything to tape, no fuckin' [[Pro Tools]] — live, no clicks.<ref name="SorumOnNewAlbum">''Metallica’s New Album: “Ridiculous,” “Sick,” “Bitchin’” Says Matt Sorum'', reported by [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/25/metallicas-new-album-ridiculous-sick-bitchin-says-matt-sorum/ rollingstone.com] [[July 25]] [[2007]]. Last accessed [[July 25]] [[2007]]</ref>}}

Six of ''Death Magnetic'''s ten tracks were revealed to members of the UK music press at a listening party on {{start date|2008|6|4}}, where it was confirmed that there are two eight minute songs present on the album.

The album's first [[Single (music)|single]], "The Day That Never Comes", is described as the most downbeat track on the album, and is said to be reminiscent of their 1990 [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-winning epic breakthrough single "[[One (Metallica song)|One]];" ''[[Rock Sound]]'' has also compared it to the likes of [[Thin Lizzy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98355|title=METALLICA's New Album Previewed: ROCK SOUND And METAL HAMMER Offer Their Opinions|date=2008-06-04|work=News|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
The band have reportedly abandoned the solo-free approach that they followed on ''St. Anger'', returning to complex, multi-layered arrangements such as those typically found on the band's fourth album ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]''.<ref>[http://www.thequietus.com/2008/06/metallica-and-reviews-for-all/ The Quietus - first listen to Metallica's new album]</ref>

Thrash Hits was one of the first websites, along with [[The Quietus]] to comment on ''Death Magnetic''<ref name="Thrash Hits">{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2008/06/metallicas-new-album-the-verdict/|title=Metallica’s new album: the verdict|last=Cutmore|first=Henry|date=2008-05-06|publisher=Thrash Hits|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>, suggesting "it is a vast improvement on 2003 album ''[[St. Anger|St Anger]]''." ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' has noted on ''Death Magnetic'''s "sharp riffs" and "uncharacteristic bouncing grooves," and compares the band's sound throughout these six tracks to other bands including [[Slayer]], [[Led Zeppelin]] and even [[Rage Against the Machine]].<ref name="Metal Hammer"/>

While Metallica was on the first leg of its 2008 tour in Europe, a third party at Metallica's management Q Prime demanded that media impressions and blogs be taken down for reasons undefined. However, when notified upon their return to the United States, the band was reportedly angered by their management's demands, and drummer Lars Ulrich rectified this issue by posting as many links as Metallica could find on their official website, along with an apology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metallica.com/index.asp?item=600942 |title=Reviews... |publisher=metallica.com |date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref>

==Personnel==
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* [[James Hetfield]] – [[lead vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Kirk Hammett]] – [[lead guitar]], [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Robert Trujillo]] – [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals]]
* [[Lars Ulrich]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]

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== Trivia ==
;<big>'''Production'''</big>
* [[Rick Rubin]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
* [[Ted Jensen]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* Greg Fidelman – [[Audio mixing|mixing]]


{{Trivia|date=September 2008}}
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*The game features briefly in volume 16 of the manga [[Nana (manga)|Nana]]. In the final extra pages, a short comic explaining Nobu's past, a classmate of him gives him the game, which apparently he had borrowed from Nobu. He states that, "at the end, he even cried", reflecting the Japanese advertising tagline of "No crying until the end."
==Release history==
*Ninten is named after Nintendo, just as Ness is named after the NES.
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://starmen.net/mother1/ Starmen.net: Mother 1] - Website with information and fan works on ''Mother''.
* [http://missionmetallica.com/ Mission: Metallica]
* [http://www.mother-jp.net/ Mother Party (Mother-jp.net): Mother] - Japanese fan site with information on ''Mother''. {{ja icon}}


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Mother
Box art of MOTHER
Developer(s)Ape, Inc.[citation needed]
Pax Softnica[citation needed]
Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products[citation needed]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Shigesato Itoi (director, designer)
Shigeru Miyamoto (producer)
Hiroshi Yamauchi (executive producer)
Keiichi Suzuki(composer)
Hirokazu Tanaka (composer)
Shinbo Minami (character designer)
Tatsuya Ishii (character designer)
SeriesEarthBound
Platform(s)Famicom
Genre(s)Console role-playing
Mode(s)Single player

Mother (マザー, Mazā) (otherwise known as "EarthBound Zero") is a console role-playing game developed by Ape, Inc., Pax Softnica and Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products and published by Nintendo for the Famicom video game console. It was designed and directed by Shigesato Itoi and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, with music by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka. It is the first game in the EarthBound video game series, and was never released outside of Japan. Mother tells the story of Ninten, a 12-year-old boy with psionic powers who journeys around the world to collect eight melodies in order to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens.

The game was later re-released in a compilation with its sequel, EarthBound, on the Game Boy Advance as Mother 1 + 2.

Gameplay

File:Mother battle.png
A standard battle showing Ninten fighting a crow.

Mother's gameplay is divided into two main parts: field maps and the game's battle system. Mother does not use a small-scale overworld map and instead connects towns, dungeons, and other places together by large outdoor areas. When in towns on the field map, players can talk with other non-playable characters, go to stores to buy equipment or items, rest in hotels, or enter other various buildings. By using any telephone in the game, Ninten can talk to his dad, who deposits money into Ninten's bank account and offers to record his progress.

When outside of towns on the field map or inside dungeons, the party will be attacked by enemies, at which point the game shifts into its battle system. When in battle, the game switches to a first-person view, only showing the enemies and a menu system used to issue commands. Actions are chosen for each character by the player, and then characters and enemies take turns doing them in an order determined by their speed statistics. Winning battles awards experience points, which characters require to level up. Leveling up increases a character's stats and lets them learn more abilities. If a character loses all of their hit points, they will die and the player must go to a hospital and pay to revive them. If every character dies, no progress is lost, but the party is transported back to the last area they saved at, only Ninten is left alive, and the amount of money they had on hand is halved.

Plot

See also: List of Mother characters

Mother tells the story of Ninten, a 12-year-old boy with psionic powers who journeys around the world to collect eight melodies in order to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens. Along the way he is joined by three friends; a young boy tormented at his school for being a nerdy genius, a girl whose mother mysteriously went missing, and a gang leader whose parents were murdered. They meet many unusual characters and visit strange settings before ultimately confronting the leader of the aliens, Gyiyg (known as Giygas outside Japan).

Ninten's power, PSI, was utilized by an alien race that abducted George and Maria, his great-grandmother and great-grandfather. George stole the secrets to the power while living among the aliens, and upon his return to Earth attempted to research it further and spread the research. Of the four playable characters, Ninten, possessed it due to being the great-grandson of George, while Ana, the only female in your team, had developed her PSI powers on her own, and became famous in her hometown, Snowman, for having done so.

Though George and Maria were not mistreated while in captivity of the aliens (Due to Maria taking care of an alien named Gyiyg), Gyiyg sought revenge on George for stealing the secrets of PSI, and subsequently launched an invasion of the planet Earth.

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Development

Mother was designed and directed by Japanese copywriter and television personality Shigesato Itoi. One of the inspirations for the name was John Lennon's song "Mother."[1]

Shigesato Itoi, the game's designer, said that the last parts of Mother were not tested for bugs and balance issues.[citation needed] When talking about this at a Mother 1 + 2 promotional event, Itoi humorously stated, "When we got to fine-tuning the difficulty there, I was like, 'Whatever!'".[1]

Planned United States release

Nintendo of America had translated and originally planned to release Mother in the United States under the title Earth Bound.[2] The localization was completed in 1990, but marketing pushed the release into fall of 1991, and it was eventually canceled.[3] The Localization Producer and English Script Writer for Earth Bound, Phil Sandhop, explained, "Once the Super NES squatted in the pipeline and shoved the game aside from its appointed time, I believe that the marketing execs just decided that the game would be too expensive to produce and unsuccessful without marketing, and that's why it fell into oblivion."[3] During localization some changes were made to the game, such as removing blood from enemy sprites or changing town names.[4]

Eventually, the fan translation group Demiforce found a beta cartridge of the game on eBay, and organized an effort to collect enough money to buy the game.[3] The project was a success, and soon after, the game was dumped into a ROM and circulated around the internet.[3] As the unmodified game did not work properly on emulators at that time, Demiforce released modified versions of Earth Bound with the copy protection disabled, and appended "Zero" onto the title to retroactively discern it from its sequel, EarthBound. Since Demiforce had built its reputation on releasing their English translations out of the blue, some fans debated whether the cartridge had been translated by Nintendo or by Demiforce themselves. However the release was confirmed as legitimate by Phil Sandhop, producer of the cancelled English localization, as well as the compilation release Mother 1 + 2 which contains all of the changes found in the beta cartridge.[3]

Music

Mother's soundtrack was composed by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka. The music was released on compact disc and cassette tape by Sony Records on 1989-08-21. It consists of eleven tracks, seven of which have vocals. Some of the game's notable pieces include "Eight Melodies", which plays a heavy role in the story, and "Pollyanna". Both have lyrical versions on the album, sung by St. Paul's Cathedinal Choir and Catherine Warwick, respectively. On 2004-02-18 the soundtrack was re-released with digitally remastered tracks.[5] Songs from Mother appear in EarthBound, Mother 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Mother track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pollyanna (I Believe In You)" 
2."Bein' Friends" 
3."The Paradise Line" 
4."Magicant" 
5."Wisdom of the World" 
6."Flying Man" 
7."Snow Man" 
8."All That I Needed (Was You)" 
9."Fallin' Love, and" 
10."Eight Melodies" 
11."The World of Mother" 

Reception

Mother was successful in Japan, selling approximately 400,000 copies.[6] In two polls conducted by Famitsu, it was rated as the 9th best game on the Famicom and the 38th best game of all time.[7][8] The game was listed as the fourth most-wanted Virtual Console release in a poll in the June 2008 issue of Nintendo Power,[9] and in the following issue it moved up to second most-wanted.[10] In a Mother 1 + 2 review, Netjak praised Mother's modern setting and broad themes, calling the game, "quite dark and mature."[11] Jeremy Parish from 1UP.com states, "the game balance is completely ridiculous, relying far too heavily on picking up better weapons and grinding for far too long."[12]

Trivia

  • The game features briefly in volume 16 of the manga Nana. In the final extra pages, a short comic explaining Nobu's past, a classmate of him gives him the game, which apparently he had borrowed from Nobu. He states that, "at the end, he even cried", reflecting the Japanese advertising tagline of "No crying until the end."
  • Ninten is named after Nintendo, just as Ness is named after the NES.

References

  1. ^ a b A Mother 1 + 2 promotional event with Shigesato Itoi. (2003) YouTube link with subtitles
  2. ^ "Nintendo Power's Pak Watch". Nintendo Power. 18: 92. 1990. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e Jonathan Wirth (2004-07-31). "Spotlight: EarthBound". Lost Levels. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Spotlight: EarthBound - Violence". Lost Levels. 2004-07-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ IGN Staff (2004-01-13). "Mother Soundtrack". IGN. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Hiroyuki Nakada. 1990. Nintendō daisenryaku: Mario ga Toyota o koeru hi! : handōtai sedai no sakusesu shinwa. JICC Shuppankyoku. ISBN 4796600639
  7. ^ John Szczepaniak. "Form is Superior to Mass: Famicom History". NTSC-uk. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Colin Campbell (2006-03-03). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Next Generation. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Nintendo Power June, 2008. Future US. 2008. p. 25.
  10. ^ Nintendo Power July, 2008. Future US. 2008.
  11. ^ Rick "32_footsteps" Healey. "Mother 1+2 (EarthBound and EarthBound Zero)". Netjak. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Jeremy Parish (2006-04-22). "Retronauts Hall of Fame: Earthbound Zero". 1UP.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

External links

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