Mother to Earth - A Documentary about Earthbound Beginnings

A project in Dallas, TX by 54&O Productions
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A documentary about a formerly unreleased Nintendo game, its international release, and the secret black market of unreleased games.
Backers: 560
Average Pledge Per Backer: $67

Funded: $37,354 of $35,000
Dates: Apr 19th -> May 19th (30 days)
Project By: 54&O Productions
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Latest News

Stretch Goals! Oh My!

May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
With hours of funding left, we've not only hit our funding goal, but we have also added a few STRETCH GOALS! You can check them out on the main page, but for your convenience, we'll post them here as well! $40,000 - "Making Of" FeaturetteAt this... (Read More)

A Waterfall of Joyous Tears

May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
...Wow. Hey folks, it's Josh here! I know that Evan's gonna want me to make this letter a backer update, so I'll guess I'll write it as one. Grab some tissues, because here come the waterfalls... Also it's allergy season, and I need them for my... (Read More)

Wooooooo, We're Halfway There! (Over Half, Actually)

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I am excite. We are past the HALFWAY MARK and we are IN OUR LAST WEEK OF FUNDING. I need you guys to understand that this is the most critical time if you want to see this movie come out. We, both you and us, have an opportunity to work together... (Read More)

Double the Doodle, Double the Fun

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hiya! We only have one more week then I'll stop spamming your inbox!!! Yay! We want to thank you all for all of your support and love and everything! Please consider adding an add-on or two and spread the love! We all have a friend that would LOVE... (Read More)

New Add-ons! And a New Tier!

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Major Update!I want to show you guys our amazing new Tier! If you were on the fence before, now you can just got hog wild! [$50+S/H] Sweet Tier – At this tier, you get a DVD or Blu-ray copy of the film plus a Miniposter, the Sticker Sheet, and the... (Read More)

A New Video!

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Oh boy! Do I have an update for you! A new Promo Video! Made by on of our team members, Patrick Deasy!  Expect new posters tomorrow :o But here's a Daily Doodle for now! This enemy was in the game and was named Raeb Yddet. That's a strange name... I... (Read More)

Happy Mother's Day

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!We thought about bugging you today but we decided not to. We are just gonna give you a Daily Doodle and a best of wishes on this Mother's Day. :) Tomorrow, we show off a new t-shirt, trailer, miniposters, and MORE. :O We love our... (Read More)

Tomorrow is Mother's Day! Don't Forget Flowers.

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Did you know what tomorrow is? It is Mother's Day! That's right! Celebrate your mom, buy her some flowers, maybe some chocolate, tell her about a video game made in 1989 named Mother. You know, the standard fare. I'm going to hint that we have some... (Read More)

A Video Update!

May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Producer Evan Butler and Production Assistant Quincy Pringle were recently invited to be interviewed and provide guest commentary on the newest episode of the popular YouTube series, Smashified! You have to check it out! They provide a lot of... (Read More)

So... Close.... Hhhnnnngggggg!

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We Are SO CLOSETo hitting some majorly exciting milestones! We are about a dozen followers away from hitting 1,000 followers on Twitter. We are about a dozen followers away from hitting 300 backers on our Kickstarter campaign. We are about a grand... (Read More)

May the Fourth Update!

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Heya! Happy May the Fourth! I know that normally we only post thing related to Earthbound Beginnings, but today's post about Mother 3 was just too funny to ignore. If you don't get it, just play the game, it'll make sense with time :) And to... (Read More)

Your Shoes are Done! Also, an Event~

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
My shoes... Are Cooler than Your's! Here's your Daily Doodle! Shoes! Last time, I may have posted them too soon. They were a bit under-cooked. Here they are, well done! Maybe you should message us if you want your shoes Daily Doodled on ;) In actual... (Read More)

$15,000 Dollar Milestone

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Oh no, I promised I wouldn't get emotional but I got emotional and now I'm writing an update and I can't stop it. We just broke $15,000 and while it isn't huge and it isn't even half, it is important for all of us on the team. We all talked on this... (Read More)

Late Night Update! Again! This time, we have good reason!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! It is me, Captain Update. I'm here with some good news and some bad news. I'll start with the bad news because I know how much you guys love bad news. One of our production assistants is in the hospital. Zack was admitted with respiratory... (Read More)

Late Night Update!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! Today's Daily Doodle isn't by one of our normal artists but is instead by our Production Assistant, James Neumeister. He really wanted to contribute to the project and wanted to do more than field emails, answer tweets, and post updates, so... (Read More)

Podcasts and Art and Friendship!

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! It's me again, the Updater! I just wanted to update you all that our team has been super busy. We did two podcasts last night. One for the Starmen.net Podcast and the other for the Geek Guru! It was a blast and both are actually really... (Read More)

Adding to the Hype

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We're excited! We got to be on a podcast tonight! No, you can't listen, it hasn't been uploaded but trust us, you guys will be some of the first to hear it. I'll post a link in our next update so everyone can check it out! In the meantime, here's a... (Read More)

Promo #1!

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Look mom! We made a promo! Honestly, I doubt my mom actually even knows about this project but anyways, we just wanted to share a little thing we worked on while hanging around on the lawn today. This is just your super-short preview of the subject... (Read More)

Woah, we're one third there. Woah, that's more than fair!

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I swear this is a reference to the game, not a threat.  GUYS, WE ARE A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE! Yay! This is so exciting! Thank you all so much once again. As for other stuff, we have our Daily Doodle, this time by artist Marco Fedele. If you guys... (Read More)

One Week Down!

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a fantastic first week! And all of you are freaking fantastic! As a little reward, here's another daily doodle from one of our artists, Audrey Tichanuk! Share the #MothertoEarth Love!  We are super excited to have hit a funding milestone of... (Read More)

Update! Fresh off the 3AM Call-In Press!

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
So our in-house artist woke us up at 3 AM to show us her newest doodle. We don't know what to think about it but she literally called everyone on the production crew and laughed on the phone as she told us how much she loved it, so I guess we have to... (Read More)

Another Day at PAX East!

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We met a lot of people who had backed the Mother to Earth Kickstarter project today at ‪#‎PAXEast‬.  They were so excited to meet us and hear more about the project. It was so heartwarming. There was this one younger Ness cosplayer who came up... (Read More)

ALL ABOARD THE UPDATE TRAIN

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We broke the $10,000 barrier!Thanks to your amazing help, we've managed to smash through the 10k milestone! Give yourselves a round of applause! Don't forget, we still have some of our crew attending PAX East. If you want to meet up or get in touch... (Read More)

The Update 2: The Game: The Motion Picture

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
 Hey folks! Thanks to your help, we were able to make over $1800 on our second day! A few of the crew members will be at PAX East this weekend. We'll be talking with some key figures in the Mother community about the film, but we'd also like to... (Read More)

Thank you for the fantastic first day!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
 We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of you who've helped us so far! Your support has helped us raise over 20% of our goal in the first 24 hours! Another round of thanks to Earthbound Central, Tiny Cartridge, and Go Nintendo for spreading... (Read More)

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