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When a game series' taglines are "[[MOTHER|No crying until the end]]", and "[[Mother 3|Strange, Funny, Heartrending]]", you know have a series with immense Tear Jerkers. |
When a game series' taglines are "[[MOTHER|No crying until the end]]", and "[[Mother 3|Strange, Funny, Heartrending]]", you know you have a series with immense Tear Jerkers on your hands. |
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'''SPOILERS AHEAD''' |
'''SPOILERS AHEAD''' |
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* The Eight Melodies. No matter how it's covered, be it 8-bit, rock, or orchestral, it expertly conveys the sense of childhood adventure. It subtly invokes fear, innocence, heartbreak, and hope, all at once. There's a reason so many professional covers exist. |
* The Eight Melodies. No matter how it's covered, be it 8-bit, rock, or orchestral, it expertly conveys the sense of childhood adventure. It subtly invokes fear, innocence, heartbreak, and hope, all at once. There's a reason so many professional covers exist. |
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** The idea of the Eight Melodies in the game in general. Think about it; A childhood antique doll that used to be played a ton of times, a mother and |
** The idea of the Eight Melodies in the game in general. Think about it; A childhood antique doll that used to be played with a ton of times, a mother bird and her baby separated by humans who didn't know any better, a monkey who's caged and locked up in a zoo, a dusty old piano that plays on its own, a lone cactus in an empty desert where a war happened and exterminated the rest of its friends, a dragon who's been sleeping away its life, a robot companion who defends you from everything, and lastly, the tombstone of your dead and loving grandfather who built the robot companion knowing that you might need it someday. |
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzB_VPc-eFs Oh god I'm crying like my parents are being murdered in front of me]. |
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzB_VPc-eFs Oh god I'm crying like my parents are being murdered in front of me]. |
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* Queen Mary's final scene. Her story in general is |
* Queen Mary's final scene. Her story in general is tear-jerking. |
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** " {{spoiler|Giegue}}! I loved him..." |
** " {{spoiler|Giegue}}! I loved him..." |
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* Teddy's near-death at the hands of R7038. |
* Teddy's near-death at the hands of R7038. |
Latest revision as of 17:22, 3 March 2021
When a game series' taglines are "No crying until the end", and "Strange, Funny, Heartrending", you know you have a series with immense Tear Jerkers on your hands.
SPOILERS AHEAD
Mother/Earthbound 0
- The Eight Melodies. No matter how it's covered, be it 8-bit, rock, or orchestral, it expertly conveys the sense of childhood adventure. It subtly invokes fear, innocence, heartbreak, and hope, all at once. There's a reason so many professional covers exist.
- The idea of the Eight Melodies in the game in general. Think about it; A childhood antique doll that used to be played with a ton of times, a mother bird and her baby separated by humans who didn't know any better, a monkey who's caged and locked up in a zoo, a dusty old piano that plays on its own, a lone cactus in an empty desert where a war happened and exterminated the rest of its friends, a dragon who's been sleeping away its life, a robot companion who defends you from everything, and lastly, the tombstone of your dead and loving grandfather who built the robot companion knowing that you might need it someday.
- Oh god I'm crying like my parents are being murdered in front of me.
- Queen Mary's final scene. Her story in general is tear-jerking.
- " Giegue! I loved him..."
- Teddy's near-death at the hands of R7038.
No crying until the end. |