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Name: MOTHER3i

Year: 2007
Catalog Number: 204318843
Platforms: GBA
Published by: Tokyo Itoi Shigesato Office

Description: 

On the release of “MOTHER 3i”
Shogo Sakai

The wonderful album title “MOTHER 3i” was given by Shigesato Itoi, just like “MOTHER 3+” a CD that was released recently.

According to Mr. Itoi, MOTHER 3+ was an album which included things and people outside of the game, “MOTHER 3.” We had Taeko Onuki sing some of the songs, members of Crazy Ken Band perform, and many outside staff including mixers and engineers helped us record them. Some of the songs on the album were written by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, and in that sense, I think the album is a “+” to MOTHER 3.

But what is the meaning behind the “i” in “MOTHER 3i”? According to Mr. Itoi: “It’s the ‘i’ in ‘iPod’ and ‘iTunes,’ but above all, it’s the ‘I’ in the first person.”

“Who is the first person?” I asked. In short, he answered, “I mean you, Sakai.”

During the long development period (10 years!) of MOTHER 3, I, Sakai, wrote many songs for the game, all of which I arranged and mixed myself. In contrast to the “+” in MOTHER 3+, which indicates how open the album was to the outside world, the “i” represents an album that matured internally.

I worked on this project for about a month in the summer of 2006. Strangely enough, I never got stuck.

I think it was because of the concept of “i” that Mr. Itoi gave me.

Before this, I wondered what kind of music the audience would want to hear and I couldn’t settle on a song selection. But I gained motivation after Mr. Itoi chose the name and pushed me, saying, “You’re the one, Sakai.” “I see!” I realized, “I can make an album from my own perspective, featuring songs I like and I’m satisfied with!” I relaxed.

Therefore, the music selection for MOTHER 3i is a reflection of my own taste. If your favorite song isn’t included, I’m sorry!

--Translation credits to Moola#5699 on Discord for running the liner notes through DeepL and refining the results, alongside Kody NOKOLO (Professional localizer and webmaster of mother4ever.net, the site these translations come from.) for his accurate traditional translations of the track titles. I've included Sakai-san's notes on each and every track as a .txt file as well, cause it's wayyyyyyy too long to put here. They're pretty enlightening and funny though. I've also included all of the images from MOTHER3i's "booklet" on the official MOTHER 3 website.--

Published on site: 13th of March, 2024

Change Log: 

2024-03-13: 
MOTHER3i received both a digital-only Japanese and international release, however the quality of the international release (the one on the site before this update) is horrible for some reason, and the Japanese version requires a Japanese credit card or alternative methods of processing your payment. I've been looking for the Japanese release for many years, and I'm sure others have been too. Since this album was only released on iTunes, only lossy .m4a is available.