The hat stays ON during the dream sequence

“Characters in a metaphysical world shed their additions from the physical world.” So, Ness was born with a hat on? It’s part of him!

It's weird that the original Japanese version is simultaneously cuter and darker at the same time.

I swear I recall a time when the Canadian Red Cross blew an entire year's budget suing game devs for using the red cross symbol.

The only disturbing part of Ness being nude in his metaphysical state was that he never got rid of his hat. That is what always made me wonder lol.

I like the statue names in the original. See, octopus would be “tako”, so the octopus eraser would be the “tako keshi”. “Takokeshi” contains the word “kokeshi”, so its a bit of a fun pun. And then you run into the kokeshi statues, which are just that pun turned into an object. The “kokeshi keshi” continues the pun while being amusingly redundant. With that in mind, I think the pencil and eraser statues were a very good way of localizing the joke. We get the bizarre first statue (pencil), and an item that removes it (pencil eraser), which is also a pun (instead of being an eraser for pencil marks, it erases pencils). And then we get a second statue that *is* the previous pun, and the item that erases it is amusingly redundant (eraser eraser). Really, great job to the localization team on that one. The idea of the joke translated perfectly.

I find it interesting that despite being a bee in the US pokey's mom calls it a dung beetle, mistaking a rino beetle for a dung beetle makes more sense then mistaking a bee for one

Also, the nakedness thing isn't a perverted thing either. In Japanese culture they often would take baths/hot springs/ etc etc. Together. It's a common way to socialize. But over in the west it's considered awkward.

7:50 the toned-down "spank" noise is the same sound effect that plays when an enemy insults you in the NA version, so you could argue that Mr. Minch is merely shouting at his kids as punishment.

I like how the Japanese Magicant has Ness with his hat, but the American one has Ness without his hat lmao

I must admit, despite the changes, The English translation of Earthbound is really well thought-out and fitting the game's atmosphere.

The most scary thing is being awake at like 4AM playing earthbound and seeing the "War against giygas" screen with the creepy music playing.

Dang Shesez is flexing on all of us by showing off his American _and_ Japanese copies of Earthbound

Me: "But 'labo' is fine.... oh right, I'm French."

I think it's funny that in the Japanese version Ness has no clothes because it's normal for them to not carry over clothes from the real world to the metaphysical ones, yet Ness still has his cap. Especially when they already have a Ness with no cap sprite to use.

An interesting note about the happy happy cult is that it’s also partially based on the Aum Shinrikyo cult which carried out two sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995

Well, Threek makes some sense to me cause it almost sounds like 'Freak' which would make sense since the entire town is filled with freaks.

Definitely prefer the more "cute" clay model of Ness and friends compared to the more "cool" look they gave them for the US release. It better matches their actual sprites, too.

A lot of people don’t realize that the overworlds textures in Japanese Pokémon red and green are completely different than in North American Pokémon red and blue. People tend to think they only changed the Pokémon sprites but they actually changed how the whole game looks like the grass, the water, and the building textures are totally different

The 3d lettering on the box is called "embossed".

Be right back, I'm headed to the department.

It should be rated W for Why Is Mother 3 Still Not Localized?

Onomatopoeia between cultures is so funny. I dated a Korean girl last year and she let me know that for her, “dang” is the sound that a bell makes, she eventually told me that because I always reacted to things with “dang”

Ever since I learned about the "Threek" thing, I think they missed an opportunity not calling it "Threeka", because it sounds like "Topeka". Goes nicely with "Twoson". Also, it's ironic that they edited the cultists to remove a resemblance to real life stuff, because they were modeled after a real cult in Japan that had killed some people, not too long before the game was made even.

It just occurred to me when looking at the logo comparisons ... The title "Mother" sometimes gets poked fun at by us westerners because with the exception of the third game no mother character has a very big role in the game. But looking at the Mother logo with the Earth in it ... I realized just now that it could also be a play on the common term "Mother Earth". Which, if true, I rather like because it means the term "EarthBound" is actually somewhat connected to the original title, rather than just being pulled out of thin air.

Now do the differences between the japanese version of Mother 3 and the... oh. Wait.

15:27 - in fairness, who'd want to drink a soda named *Come,* anyways?

Even though I played the US version, I still had the feeling that the cafe was a bar 😂

As a Earthbound/ Mother Fan all I can say is: No crying until the end.

ah so they dropped the -tle and made him a bee how fitting, even the character's species name is cut short too soon

I work for the Red Cross. Absolutely true that they go after any depiction of it that isn't their own. I get it but it's kind of extreme IMO. There was a Transformers ambulance toy that had the red cross and Hasbro had to either recall and/or change the toy and remove it.

Ness has a Japanese accent in smash, which I think is a character fitting detail. As well as Lucas having an American accent. Both characters have their games released on complete other sides of the earth, Earthbound being released in the USA, and Mother 3 being released in Japan.

Ah, yes, the refreshening taste of Come.

I'm big enough of an EarthBound nerd that I actually knew all of these.

One thing that made me love the earthbound community even more is that in Mother 3, there's a octopus statue identical to the one in Mother 2 (as a little quick reference), but in the Fan-translation of the game, the team CHANGED THE SPRITE to the pencil statue from earthbound. That Just shows how much they put care on translating the game.

10:04 apparently ness's hat is a part of him literally.

region break mother 3, see what the difference are between japan and nowhere else

when are we gonna do the mother 3 region break hehe

Honestly, I think the pencil and eraser statues are great bits of humor. "Pencil eraser" is just great wordplay, but then you get to "eraser eraser" and it's a whole other level of wordplay.

Fun fact: There's a King Crimson album that's called "Earthbound" too.

It's a little odd, they were worried about the cult being confused for the KKK in US (despite them not really being prevelant at the time), but the original cult they were based on would a single year after the original release would commit one of the worst acts of terrorism in Japanese history and even before that were publically suspected of regularly making people disappear.

On Labo is short hand for laboratory in Japan?! That explains Nintendo Labo.

absolutely OBSESSED with this new series. i love stuff like this, honestly even more than the boundary break stuff!!! so interesting, keep it up !

Not sure if this was noticed or mentioned by anyone, but on the Japanese town map, the indicator for the general store is “DRUG” while in the US it’s changed to “SHOP.” At the time there was a strong anti-drug movement aimed at children, spawning such programs as D.A.R.E. and I believe that to be the reason for the localization. Keep up the good work! Your channel is one of my favorites; your videos are well made, I always check for updates, and you seem like a genuinely nice person. Thanks for doing what you do

Psssssst, title says "Boundary Break"

As a French guy "labo" didn't really shock me that much I have to say

Love your content, Sheez! Please keep this series of Regional differences going!

When I heard about the issues you were having, I rewatched a bunch of your old videos, in full screen, and gave them thumbs up. I also click the bell icon for your channel, and you're the only channel I've done that on. I've also manually been coming to your channel looking for new videos, instead of waiting for them to popup on my feed. I hope my efforts have helped.

Imagine getting up and going to get a nice cold glass of come

Huh. Didn't think about the fact that "Earthbound" doesn't have the MOTHER Earth logo in it.

There are so many games that I'd love to see regional difference videos on! I love this series and can't wait to see more!

Lovin' the new show so far, and glad many else are, too!!! Also, I too would enjoy seeing some (if any) differences between PAL region and NTSC region versions of games on the show. How they differ in that region I've not seen much coverage of in my time watching content of this sort.

When Shesez get's recommended the same 7 year old Simpons video.

Im glad that Earthbound blew up, im glad that everyone got to experience a game that I bought when it came out. Beat it 10+ times before the internet was even a thing. Still own the box and everything, and my scratch and sniff cards still smell to this day. This game means soo much to me, and im really really happy other people get to experience it too.

Fantastic episode and I'm digging this new series more and more. Also, I loved how you transitioned / segued between the different topics - incredibly seamless! Great video as usual!

Fun controversy note about the cultists: the cultists are based off of a real life cult in Japan that was responsible for a terrorist attack using sarin gas. I forget the details, but I believe the real life cult had a name having to do with the color blue, or something along those lines, hence the blue cultists in the game.

Reminds me of when I played through Earthbound in Japanese when I didn't know Japanese

If Mother 3 comes west uncensored, it has to be rated M, as well. I think that is what's stopping Nintendo.

"Threed was originally Threek. This was changed to avoid--" Me: To avoid people thinking "Freak?" "To avoid people thinking "Three K's." Me: Oh...

So it looks like everyone is being recommended that "unusually smooth Simpsons animation" video

The more I see someone holding an authentic cartridge of Earthbound, the more it makes me get jealous because dear lord the price is soooooo high for no reason. The game wasn’t even rare!!! I’m tempted to actually freakin’ learn Japanese so I can play and own the Japanese version.

"PAL regions will also be featured on this show" TRAIN ZELDA INTENSIFIES

SHESEZ HOW ARE YOU SO CONSISTENTLY THE SHIT????? Love your channel, very fun to watch and listen to at work or when im having bad anxiety (I have a pretty bad anxiety disorder that I’ve worked on for a long time, and channels like yours help a whole bunch, thank you)

I hope your youtube recommendation viewership issues have fixed itself, ive never been happier to see this video recommended to me. I absolutely love learning region differences, im bout to binge so much content today.

I think the "Labo" title is even more fitting for me because I always assumed winters was in Canada so it would make sense to have some form of French on their signs :)

Fantastic Localization work by the team. I'm glad EarthBound and the Mother trilogy is loved by many. Nudity to represent purity in a metaphysical sense in Japanese media is so intriguing, reminds me of Sailor Moon.

Region break is super cool!! What a great end result, the videos are turning out amazing. Good job Shesez! (but hey don't overwork yourself!)

Glad this channel is still going. I haven't gotten any of these vids in like the last year at least

The American Player's Guide for EarthBound still features an image of a naked Ness in Magicant.

The word “Labo” just reminds me of the Nintendo Labo! XD

I love this new series bro! I've always found regional differences like this really cool and interesting-especially all the cultural changes. Anyway, definitely looking forward to the next episode 😊 great video!

Great episode, I'm loving these so much! Also, I'm super happy to hear about the numbers improving, that's fantastic! Keep up the great work, Shesez~

10:08 So the hat is considered part of Ness' body? That's kinda disturbing...

I wonder how this game would've looked like in Europe because it never came out here sadly. In japan and in most european countries being naked is something natural. It's not sexual unless you make it sexual by putting it into an perverted context or something. I can understand why they changed it for NA because nudity is a really sensitive subject there for some reason. Really dumb

14:40 is that why it’s called “Nintendo Labo?”

Ayyy glad you’re experimenting with video titles. I dig it!

Something that always bothered me about the "Pencil Eraser" or rather the "Octopus Eraser" is, from what I understand in the Japanese Help Text for the Picnic Lunch, rather than having "a Slice of your favorite cake" they contain "octopus wieners" meaning hot dogs cut into the shape of an octopus. The "Octopus Eraser" should erase the delicious octopus wieners from your Picnic Lunch!

I love this new series! The depth you go on these is quite amazing, appreciate all the hard you do man! Hope your 2021 is an explosion to the channel you totally deserve it!

So many cool things I was not aware of. Thank you for putting this together!

It’s funny, this is an older video now, but KZfaq recommended got me on this channel. I remember knowing about Boundary Break in the past but wasn’t an avid viewer, I loved Region Break first time I saw it and realized it was the same dude, glad to have the chance to enjoy this stuff :)

They named the theater "Topolla", not knowing the amount of imagination spanish speakers have.

You are one of the most underrated creators on the platform, you put way more effort into your videos than other creators and you deserve much more

How does a great KZfaq channel with this many subscribers not get more views? I love what you do Shesez, keep up the great work!

Love your new series. Keep up the good work and I hope to see many episodes in the future.

If you enjoyed this video, that Legends of Localization book will be right up your alley. It’s filled with hundreds of pages explaining all the differences (like, ALL OF THEM) between the two games. Highly recommended!

Here before he changes the title from "Boundary Break"

This was really cool, can't wait to see more of these, as well as regular Boundary Break!

These videos are always so well produced! Great job :)

I love this series. Regional changes and their reasonings are always so interesting, even ones I already know about. Good stuff!

Nowdays tough even Japan has become way more strict with nudity in media than they where before so a lot gets toned down to avoid higher ratings. So Im pretty sure Ness would have clothes on him if the game was released today.

This dude is awesome. I don’t understand how you’re not in the millions by now.

I think that was the first time that a call to subscribe actually made me do it. 😂 Great stuff man, I hope you bounce back from the attack of the algorithms.

Rated M for Mother

The fact that he showed the hospital sign is amazing. That’s why I voted for this game

Good video, I’m glad KZfaq recommended Shesez again after years

Hey this was a great video! I just discovered the Mother series so this was a really interesting video to watch! I'm sorry youtube seemed to be dropping your views but I saw this in my recommended and I'll more than happily subscribe because I really liked the video! keep it up!!

6:30 Now that's some unusually smooth animation on "The Simpsons"

Threek makes so much more sense as the town's name, given it sounds like "freak", but the change is understandable.

You’re awesome!! Love the new series! Keep the up the detailed and in depth work!