VERY FUN FACT One of the Monopoly Super Famicom games (1993) that Itoi supervised development of as president of the Japan Monopoly Association - with character designs by Shogo 'Akihito' Toda / Itoi's long-time assistant throughout the MOTHER series and his copywriting school days ......

Last year's "Secrets of MOTHER2" book isn't digitally available yet but still sold on JP Amazon, took extensive notes when I reviewed my copy with a translator app. Many different iterations of the final battle. Ness originally conceived as the last psychic across timespace to avoid assassination.

I used to be SMNET's resident essayist & phantom-investor; ever since the 'Secrets' came out I've been delving deep into just how much of Itoi's life experiences informed the series. Was assuring an audience on Discord just a bit ago, even now MOTHER still reflects back some pretty timeless lessons.