The cult hit EarthBound (Mother 2) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, so naturally, that means that Japan is getting another collaboration between Mother and watch manufacturer Casio.
Due for launch on 14 March, 2024 via a lottery purchase system, the 'Mother Red's GW-6900' follows a previous collaboration back in 2021. This time, however, the watch is red... Like, really red. You've got the Mother logo at the top of the display, while the word 'Potential' is nestled in at the bottom.
That's not all though. If you turn on the backlight for the watch, the word 'SMAAAASH!!' will illuminate, while the game's black phone sprite is engraved on the back.
We'll be honest, we're not super keen on the bright red colour of this one, but we understand the need for something a bit different from the standard black seen in the previous design. It's also apparently the second watch in a planned 'trilogy', with the words 'To Be Continued' printed on the strap. It's not known when the third model will arrive, but we'll keep our eyes peeled.
Mother Red's GW-6900 will cost 23,980 yen at launch, which converts to roughly $160 / £127.
What do you make of this latest collaboration between Mother and Casio? Would you like to own one of these? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
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I love Casio watches. This is also friendlier priced than the Tag Heuer/ Mario Kart one. Hopefully they'll do more of these collaborations. Metallic Orange Metroid for example.
I hope Nintendo of America would release an earthbound collection with mother 3 port in the west for its anniversary..🤞
Wow. I knew Mother 3 was a Japan-only thing, but I didn't know it was popular enough to still earn itself a watch design all these years later.
how about honoring the series with something really crazy like a game release of some kind? 🙄
160 dollars. Wowzers, a real watch like that back in the day was 20 or less, with inflation, maybe 30 or so. Eek
@sleepinglion
This is a g-shock watch. Prefered by military, law enforcement and scuba divers. The 160 dollars are relatively cheap.
I like that Mother still gets new merch. I recently bought the Chosen Four plushies from the Hobonichi Mother Project store, and they are cute.
I don't have much use for a watch though, I don't like wearing them. Cool to see anyway.
As a G-Shock fan and collector I'll be keeping my eye out for this one. Already picked up the Mario and Pokemon G-Shock from the past few years.
@StAmbrosius Dang, I had no idea
Holy cow! I actually used to wear watches from this company but I started to wear armitron watches because my body would react weakly to them.
I love it but frankly, the GWM5610 models are the end all be all: solar, 6-band radio support, raise wrist to auto-light the back light…
That being said, this looks awesome but I’ll stick with swapping between my GWM5610NASA4 and Apple Watch U2.
@sleepinglion Yeah, these watches have an extremely cheap look. I mistook it for a 20-buck-watch at first glance, too.
@floxi Thanks, that helps me feel a bit better
$160 for a rubber watch? They're crazy.
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