This short clip was posted on the official Mother 4 twitter, a few days before the March 1st rebranding announcement. It was greatly overshadowed by that announcement, for understandable reasons. Let’s talk about it, for a second.

What the hell is it that Zack wants to show Travis, in the dead of night? What, exactly, has been “a long time coming“?



Here’s the only other time we’ve see Travis in his bedroom. We’re not sure if this is the same night, or a different night, but there are strange green flashes.



Lime green, in this game, seems to be strongly associated with the strange gel-bearing towers we’ve seen in gifs and trailers. Ominous towers.

Towers that Zack seems to have an odd interest in.

Lime green is also, of course, associated with the Modern Men, their goals, and whatever technological and paranormal powers they’re meddling with.



I…think the Modern Men may be some kind of cult, or secret society, interested in bringing about some kind of “new world order.“ Interested in achieving a state of psionic i mean, transmitter “perfection,“ possibly epitomized by the Modern Mind.



Using those strange towers to broadcast…something.



Mutating radiation?



Seems possible. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re also transmitting some kind of subliminal thought-altering messages, too, since that totally seems like the kind of thing evil psychics and/or evil radio-people would totally do and be naturally good at.

But, going back to the beginning of the post… why does Zack act so strange and suspicious when Travis finds him staring at the slime tower? Why does Zack, speaking in a conspiratorial tone, wait to show Travis something during the dead of night?

…I think Zack is going to end up joining a cult, guys. A weird-ass radio-psychic-supremacist doomsday cult. Not forcibly captured and brainwashed, but of his own free will. At least, initially – real-world cult “brainwashing“ is more a gradual process of indoctrination than one of instantaneous conversion, after all.

Why would Zack do that, though, if he’s got no special paranormal powers himself? Hmmm…who knows. Maybe he’s misled about their real goals. Maybe he thinks he’s helping make a better world for his baby brother.