What do you think of your in-game Mom?

[Brookie]

Thought this would be a fun discussion.

I always find it interesting what dialogue they give her in the letters. I always thought it was a cute, minor staple of the series.
Seems like a cool mom!

 

[Xara]

i honestly don’t think about her much lol, but she’s definitely a series staple imo. she seems like a very kind and caring mom, and she’s sent me plenty of cute letters and items over the years! i always look forward to receiving a letter from her every month. :’)

 

[Dunquixote]

I’m indifferent. I don’t know enough about her and I honestly stopped reading the messages . May start reading them again now with this update since I just lost interest in everything after some time of playing and I would like to start fresh (clear all those negative thoughts) but without necessarily resetting my island.

 

[Crowsie]

I always liked her. The letter she sends you on your birthday almost put a tear in my eye (granted, I was already pretty tender thanks to a text my sister sent me). I dunno if it's nostalgia, but she felt funnier to me in the first game. I do like the special gifts she sends you in NH though.

 

[Pig-Pen]

Honestly I never read mail, at all.... but I have wondered, where is "dad"?

 

[Mutti]

I always loved getting letters off her in previous games, but i think as i get more in this game (one a month min) ive gotten too usedto just throwing letters out, which i think has ruined my joy of getting letters from mom

 

[Monokuma73]

I just have accept this, as a part of the game. There is some "mom" and she is completely unrelated to me, my character. In my opinion, player could at least choose their "next of kin", who could be mom / dad / uncle / granddauther / teacher / friend etc. I personally percieving "this mom" as a stragner, and must accept her presence. I have to live with this exactly as I accept spam would eventually will land in my mailbox.

 

[Croconaw]

I loved getting her letters, but I wish we could respond to her letters. She probably thinks we’re ignoring her and the thought of that always made me sad. I loved the Mom’s items! My favorite was the Mom’s Plush in the Puppers variation.

 

[-Blue-]

Honestly I never read mail, at all.... but I have wondered, where is "dad"?

The in-game dad did use to write letters and on father's day would send you one and a special father's day carnation. They took him out of the game for some reason this time though.

 

[Pyoopi]

I don't mind her but I don't love her. I feel like her gifts are more what a grandma would make for you than a mom (or my general idea of a mom). I think maybe if we had cooking in the game earlier, I would've liked it better if she sent casseroles or you know, care packages. I'm just not a fan of handmade gifts like that.

 

[Hylian Spectre]

I forget that she's a thing until I get letters from her tbh, lol. I think the issue is that they are entirely one-sided. You cannot send letters back to her and therefore it feels like a very dull interaction overall, even if some of the letters are pretty nice.

 

[Orius]

I've only received two letters so far, I think, since I've only bought this game in September. She's kinda corny, I think? With these cheesy poems and rhymes... but it's definitely sweet.

I was never big on parental figures though.

 

[Imbri]

The letters each month always made me chuckle. Now that I've lost my mother, I honestly look forward to my 'Game Mom' letters/presents, because I can pretend for a few minutes.

 

[Manah]

She sends me stuff I still need sometimes. The letters are cute but I don't think much about them.

 

[CinnamonCrab]

I'm kind of indifferent... the letters are fun to read and the gifts are sweet. I think I like the sisterly villager letters a bit better

 

[daisyflowers]

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[VexTheHex]

A portion of her stuff has been useful for my decorating, so I appreciate she exists to give me these items. Not that attached to her existence and how we apparently we had no other family or friends, but realistically it makes they couldn't cover a whole bunch of people sending unique sets, but I mean couldn't we get a Father, Brother, and Sister set to? Heck, they could have smaller sets and send less often.

 

[.: Meri :.]

She seems like a really sweet mom! She definitely reminds me a lot more of my grandmother on my dad's side than my mom though—not to say my mom isn't sweet, she is, but the in-game mom just really doesn't sound like her. I joke with her about it sometimes, ahahaha. I've always liked the fan idea/suggestion of choosing who to receive the letters from; if that were an actual in-game feature, I'd probably prefer to receive letters from Dad instead for that reason.
Not sure how my aunt feels about it, but I know my mom finds the letters kind of unsettling, since my maternal grandmother passed away a couple years ago. She typically prefers to pass the gifts on to me.

 

[Sara?]

I wish I could have a somewhat closer relationship with her and that she would tell me something about my in game dad lol, she write somewhat often ( although always very repetitive message ) however, i nearly know about dad...

I wish i could write her and that she could somewhat react to my letters, it would be wonderful is she could be like "Alexa" from Amazon, more interactive and a bit more responsive to her environment.

 

[Regalli]

I like that they gave Game Mom a crafting hobby this time around - the items she sends are cute, even if I don’t use them all. But I definitely agree it’d be better for people to choose who to receive letters from Back Home from in case getting letters from Mom is a tender spot for whatever reason.