Mother (1989)

Official Japanese Famicom box art for Mother.

Mother is a role-playing video game written and directed by copywriter Shigesato Itoi, developed by Ape and published by Nintendo for the Famicom in Japan on July 27, 1989, the first entry in the MOTHER series that continued with Mother 2 and MOTHER3. Set in a small-town America of the 1980s rather than a fantasy kingdom, it follows the boy Ninten as he gathers the eight melodies needed to stop an alien invasion; a finished English localization went unreleased at the time, and the game reached the West only in 2015 as EarthBound Beginnings on the Wii U Virtual Console. (Wikipedia)

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Casio G-Shock GW-M5610UMOT21-1JR

Official product partnership, not an in-work appearance. Casio and Nintendo's Hobonichi MOTHER Project sold this ¥23,100 Tough Solar, Multi-Band 6 GW-M5610U by lottery from January 20 to 27, 2022 for early-February delivery, announced December 21, 2021 as a limited production with no re-release: the MOTHER logo replaces Shock Resist on the face, a dotted "SMAAAASH!!" replaces the water-resist label, and the case back carries the series' Earth mark with the Itoi and Nintendo copyright. It is the first G-Shock x MOTHER collaboration, licensed by Nintendo via the Hobonichi MOTHER Project. (Hobonichi MOTHER Project; G-Central)

Official partnership product · Not shown in the work