MOTHER/EarthBound series

Breaking news: MOTHER 1 is getting officially released in the US and Europe for the first time!

-happening intensifies-

Get hyped.

Yet another reason I need money.

Nintendo really wants my money, don't they?

This is most unexpected.

Since I still need to play Earthbound I'm not super excited about this. I'm more interested in the possibility of Mother 3 coming over.

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I bet they're saving the third game for tomorrow, right as they're wrapping things up. It's only fitting.

Yeah, MOTHER 1 is sorta... meh.

Hopefully this'll prompt MOTHER 3 though.

Probably shouldn't get too carried away here...

It's really cool that we're getting the game. A the same time, though, I think Earthbound improved on the first game in just about every aspect.

Until I see some proof of a MOTHER 3 rerelease, I'm not jumping to any conclusions.

Mother 1 isn't particularly great as far as the series is concerned, but there are still enough people who consider it a classic for a release to be viable. The atmosphere, if nothing else, is a plus. Maybe some people don't like the long walking distances, but to me it sort of gives the feeling of you playing a group of young children on a big adventure. The music helps.

Not getting my hopes up with Mother 3, honestly, but I'd love for it to be true. We've got the first two games, why not the third?

edited 14th Jun '15 4:04:23 PM by Midna

I suppose Earthbound Zero always was a fan name. Earthbound Beginnings is a little less cliche.

Earthbound Endings would be a perfect name for Mother 3.

I wonder if it'll be the censored prototype or the uncut one with an English localization.

edit: Probably the prototype, since "Mild Blood" isn't listed, and one of the bits of censorship was scrubbing the blood off of a few undead enemies.

edited 14th Jun '15 5:27:41 PM by Hashil

AAAHHHHHHH!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!

I'm one of those peole who enjoyed MOTER 1! The sound I made when I saw the announcement is not one fitting of a 23 year old man.

This on top of the Super Smash Bros additions?

Wow. Today is a crazy but awesome day for Nintendo.

I'm still waiting for that fan remake of Mother 1 that uses Earthbound graphics, but this is still really neat.

More Mother stuff is always really neat.

It still amuses me that Itoi is apparently some sort of minor celebrity in Japan, and MOTHER is closer to "a game designed by a famous person!" there.

I'm glad he supports the international release of MOTHER.

edited 14th Jun '15 9:05:49 PM by universalperson

It's already been 20 years since Earth Bound's international release?! Jesus Christ, time flies by fast!

Not interested in buying this one, but hopefully this'll prompt Mother 3.

In honor of EarthBound Beginnings, have a nice cover of Pollyanna.

Speaking as the guy who launched the page for Mother years ago, I cannot be more excited to finally have an American release of this game. And maybe it's my age (I grew up playing the NES), maybe it's because I remember being disappointed that Nintendo Power talked about this neat RPG in one of its earliest issues and we never got it, or maybe it's because I remember nearly crying as an adult when fighting Giygas for the first time... but I'm super psyched for this release. I'm glad to finally own this classic.

Mind you, I'm never giving up my copy of Mother 1+2 - that was my first version of the game that I owned, and it's always going to have a special place in my heart and in my collection.

edited 15th Jun '15 5:46:14 AM by 32_Footsteps

not cool Miiverse

edited 15th Jun '15 8:01:35 AM by Hashil