I've only played Mother 3. It lives up to its tagline.
So. Let's all pause for a moment to smell what the Rock was, is, and forever will be... cooking.—Cave JohnsonThere's a very well made translation patch, if you want to take that route.
And was the Battle Memory in the original? I think I read that that was actually an addition to the English version.
edited 6th Oct '12 9:14:42 PM by hnd03
So. Let's all pause for a moment to smell what the Rock was, is, and forever will be... cooking.—Cave JohnsonI think the Battle Memory was in M3 from the get-go.
What the translation patch added to it, I think, was a star that appears when you see every enemy, as well as the enemies' behinds, where applicable (can't make bosses turn around, natch, and some Mooks, such as the Pseudoor, do not have a rear sprite).
When you wish upon a side of beef, soon will come an end to all your griefThere's a fantastic fan translation available here.
It was in from the get-go.
edited 6th Oct '12 9:32:26 PM by Marioguy128
You got some dirt on you. Here's some more!I think I'm in love with the phasing synth riff from "Kraken of the Sea
".
-Applies patch-
Wow, that was like half as painful as applying the Der Langrisser patch. Probably only got like half as many viruses in the process too.
Thanks for the link, Marioguy.
You are not alone.How about giving a listen to the song
it samples.
I need to replay Earthbound. I started up an alternate file a while ago, with all the main characters named after Psychonauts characters and references ( still want to draw a sweet crossover fanart piece between the two), but never got too far into it.
Earthbound's one of those games I like for the atmosphere. Even in Winters, something about Earthbound has always felt "quintessentially Summer" to me. It feels like a game meant to be played during the lazy days of Summer, preferrably with some of your friends around to cheer you on and offer advice while you play.
I still can't decide if I like Earthbound or Mother 3 better. My heart, she cannot choose!
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaI've only ever played Earth Bound, but I loved it. One of my favourite games. So weird, but so fun.
X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.I didn't realize it was that easy to get. I thought I'd have to surf the pirate bay or something to get it, since whenever people talked about the translation patch they just called it "The translation patch" they never mentioned the team, or the site, or anything...
You are not alone.Speaking of patches, I found this curious patch
that makes Earth Bound more in line with the original Japanese release. For example, it replaces all instances of "Pokey" with "Porky", adds red crosses to all the hospitals, and averts Never Say "Die".
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I'd probably blame Fan Myopia for that. When it first came out a couple years ago, it was pretty well-publicized even on some of the bigger gaming news sites, so most people probably assume that when they talk about "the" translation patch, everyone knows exactly what they're talking about and where to get it.
It's kind of interesting, actually. It's so well-known that Nintendo can't not know about it, but they quietly let it be.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaNintendo can't actually acknowledge that, or it'll cause like a law and copyright related ruckus. Same goes for all game devs acknowledging fan stuff like rom hacks or fan translations. They could know about them, but they can't say a single word about them.
You got some dirt on you. Here's some more!Played through M3 twice. Once legit, once using a patched ROM. I have an ongoing Earthbound run, but have been kinda sidetracked from that by other games.
Also, a little bit of advice for anyone looking to get into the series: Don't start with MOTHER 3. It's got a lot of useful and fun mechanics that are absent in the first 2 entries that you will miss once you're exposed to them and will more likely than not cut into your enjoyment of the other two games' narrative to some extent. Which makes me a little worried about how I'm going to take MOTHER 1 what with its insane encounter rate and barebones battle system.
There's a patch for Mother 1 that reduces the encounter rate and boosts EXP gain to be more in line with Earthbound somewhere.
So. Let's all pause for a moment to smell what the Rock was, is, and forever will be... cooking.—Cave Johnson
Is MOTHER 1 really difficult? I thought only the last level was that difficult, and that was due to lack of playtesting on that part.

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