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EB trilogy summaries: Mother 3, part 1/2
Feb. 14th, 2013 11:13 amSet long after the events of Earthbound, Mother 3 takes place in the initially rural farming community of Tazmily Village, in a remote place called the Nowhere Islands, the only place left on Earth that is able to sustain life after the rest of the world was ruined by humanity itself. In a lot of ways, it is nothing like either of its prequels.
That point that Zerodius inferred about Earthbound? It would truly apply to this game. It has a lot more melancholy to them, and also shows much more of the bad guys' direct activities. On the flip side, while the first two games could be considered straightforward enough (items, enemies, sideline stuff, and contrived coincidences aside), there are things that play a direct role in the more lighthearted parts of the story that could not possibly be written into anything down-to-earth, such as a coffee table that acts like a horse, a man tall enough to ring a town bell without climbing up, Thomas's comical way of running around frantically, a refrigerator on top of a snowcapped mountain, male mermaids who help you breathe underwater by mouth-to-mouth contact, etc.
Just the other day, I have seen official novel adaptations of Mother 1 and 2, which, while written by someone other than Shigesato Itoi, and also darker and edgier than, do retain the same quirky humor that the games were known for. Unfortunately, I'm not so sure if that's something I'll be able to quite pull off with Starbound. Humor is neither my specialty nor Chelle's. Even though Jake does not like Lucky Star, he has written a comical adaptation of Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, titled Johto: The Funne Version!!!, and said that he'd try, though even he can't make any promises.
That said, Starbound is most likely going to originate as something mostly straightforward, just like what Earthbound 199X is to Earthbound. If a game adaptation even is feasable enough after I complete the fic, I might consider hiring people to work on humor.
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That point that Zerodius inferred about Earthbound? It would truly apply to this game. It has a lot more melancholy to them, and also shows much more of the bad guys' direct activities. On the flip side, while the first two games could be considered straightforward enough (items, enemies, sideline stuff, and contrived coincidences aside), there are things that play a direct role in the more lighthearted parts of the story that could not possibly be written into anything down-to-earth, such as a coffee table that acts like a horse, a man tall enough to ring a town bell without climbing up, Thomas's comical way of running around frantically, a refrigerator on top of a snowcapped mountain, male mermaids who help you breathe underwater by mouth-to-mouth contact, etc.
Just the other day, I have seen official novel adaptations of Mother 1 and 2, which, while written by someone other than Shigesato Itoi, and also darker and edgier than, do retain the same quirky humor that the games were known for. Unfortunately, I'm not so sure if that's something I'll be able to quite pull off with Starbound. Humor is neither my specialty nor Chelle's. Even though Jake does not like Lucky Star, he has written a comical adaptation of Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, titled Johto: The Funne Version!!!, and said that he'd try, though even he can't make any promises.
That said, Starbound is most likely going to originate as something mostly straightforward, just like what Earthbound 199X is to Earthbound. If a game adaptation even is feasable enough after I complete the fic, I might consider hiring people to work on humor.
( Read more... )