Learning through BRAWLs

No, no, I’m not talking about Super Smash Brothers Brawl, but rather a debate style created by my English teacher (who probably didn’t base it off of SSBB, either). But, surprisingly enough, I ended up finding similarities between the two anyway.

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A Labor of Love: The MOTHER 4 Project

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“For the next game, I’d rather be the player.”

Shigesato Itoi, after the creation of the last game of the MOTHER trilogy, MOTHER 3, he replied many times in interviews that he would rather see people create new games.He would rather be a part of the audience, then to continue on in a franchise that he felt was complete. But like any series with a dedicated fanbase, ending a series, no matter how good, was too unbearable.

And so, of course, a group of people over at Starmen.net decided, hey, if he wants to be the player of the next game, why don’t we make one?
Challenge accepted. And boy did they go through with it.

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