This album was edited on May 5th, 2026
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| Name: Mother 3i | Name: MOTHER3i |
| Alternative Titles: | Alternative Titles: Mother 3 |
| Catalog Number: 204318843 | Catalog Number: N/A |
| 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.-- | Description: MOTHER3i was released on the 6th of February, 2007 in the iTunes Music Store and Napster in Japan, as well as a few other online music services (price unknown). On April 1st, 2007, it was released in the iTunes Music Store in the United States ($9.99). Produced by Shigesato Itoi All music written and arrangement by Shogo Sakai (HAL Laboratory, Inc.) Mastering Studio : BERNIE GRUNDMAN MASTERING Graphics : NOBUHIRO IMAGAWA (BROWNIE BROWN Inc.) Digital Booklet : Takumi Watanabe (IMG SRC), Takanori Nishi (IMG SRC) TOKYO ITOI SHIGESATO OFFICE Hirono Tomita, Hanae Koike, Yasuo Yamaguchi Special Thanks to Satoru Iwata (Nintendo), Masayoshi Tanimura (HAL Laboratory,Inc.), Yoichi Yamamoto (HAL Laboratory,Inc.), Akihito Toda, Motoyoshi Unno (PROMAX), Natsuko Harada (PROMAX), NMNL LTD., ON ASSOCIATES MUSIC PUBLISHER INC., BROWNIE BROWN Inc., 5293, Z's Inc., SAKEROCK, KAKUBARHYTHM Source tracks: 01: Fun Naming (002), Welcome! (004), True Welcome! (212) 02: LOG-O-TYPE (017), Something Strange is Going On (117), Run, My Dog, Run! (038) 03: Mr. Batty Twist (026), Rock and Roll (Mild) (144), Mischievous Blues (042) 04: Confusion (044), Somewhere, Someday (039), Gentle Rain (033) 05: Mambo de Battle (055), And El Mariachi (081) 06: Sorrowful Tazmily (046), Morning Already (093), Mind of a Thief (070) 07: Ragtime Osohe (085), Osohe Castle (078), Etude for Ghosts (083) 08: Chapter 3 (103), Monkey's Love Song (104), Open Sesame Oil! (097), Open Sesame Tofu! (098), Monkey's Delivery Service (109) 09: Piggy Guys (095), Unfounded Revenge (088) 10: Happy Town? (126), And Then There Were None (206) 11: Pink Shell (182), Magypsy's Home, Sweetie-Pie (173) 12: Astonishing March (057), Wasteful Anthem (158), Formidable Foe (101), Intense Guys (140) 13: Shower Time Ballad (138), Letter from You, My Sweet (035), Mother?! (168) 14: Porky's Porkies (240), Master Porky's Theme (242), Battle Memory (this is a medley of many battle tracks and not an actual single track in the game) 15: Isn't This Such a Utopia?! (216), Suspicious Flying Object (071), His Highness' Theme (187), Memory of Life (250) |
This album was edited on Jun 9th, 2025
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| Name: MOTHER3i | Name: Mother 3i |
This album was replaced by a different version on Mar 13th, 2024
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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.
This album was edited on Mar 13th, 2024
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| Year: 2006 | Year: 2007 |
| Catalog Number: N/A | Catalog Number: 204318843 |
| Description: | 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.-- |
| Platforms: | Platforms: GBA |
| Publishers: | Publishers: Tokyo Itoi Shigesato Office |
This album was edited on Nov 25th, 2022
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| Name: Mother 3i | Name: MOTHER3i |
| Catalog Number: | Catalog Number: N/A |
| Album Type: | Album Type: Arrangement |
| Platforms: GBA | Platforms: |