Possible Mother/Earthbound series Re-release

[Teryu]

Taken from Oprainfall:

Well, this is officially a thing now! Shigesato Itoi just announced on his Twitter that he’s working on something related to the Mother franchise. According to the translation from Earthbound Central, his “MOTHER republication” project is making some good progress. Though he didn’t explain what exactly it was, he was very quick to point out that this isn’t Mother 4. I was unaware that people were still asking him about a new entry in the franchise, but there you go.

“Since it’s now okay to blurt this out, here goes: the “MOTHER republication” thing I mentioned briefly before is making progress.”

“It’s not “(MOTHER) 4″, though! This has to do with making “MOTHER” playable. I can’t give out any details just yet, but I do at least need to say that it isn’t 4.”

Bear in mind that this is a quick translation, so it may not be entirely accurate, aside from Itoi denying that it’s Mother 4 anyway. Still, if what Itoi’s saying is true, there’s hope for this franchise yet. One can only hope that this is a compilation/re-release of all three Mother games. If it is, I sincerely hope it’ll make its way internationally this time around.

Good god I hope this happens.

[Hitoshura]

Probably 3DS bound like Space Harrier remake.

[Mugmug]

I would love a physical release of Mother 1-3 on the 3DS, but I doubt that'll happen.

Most likely an Earthbound release on the VC. I hear there were some legal issues and thats why it hasn't come out yet. They'll prob have to change a few minor things.

[Julian]

I would love a physical release of Mother 1-3 on the 3DS, but I doubt that'll happen.

Most likely an Earthbound release on the VC. I hear there were some legal issues and thats why it hasn't come out yet. They'll prob have to change a few minor things.

If they were just rereleasing it on a virtual console, there wouldn't be much "progress" that needs to be made.

[hey]

If they were just rereleasing it on a virtual console, there wouldn't be much "progress" that needs to be made.

There would be if there are legal issues holding it back.

[Julian]

Legal issues holding it back from being released in Japan?

[Kaisha]

Does Nintendo still own the publishing rights? Trying to rule out them just porting them to iOS like a particular other company....

[Ratatapa]

Well they will do it on IOS cuz SE is now a mobile company!

[Fereydoon]

Well they will do it on IOS cuz SE is now a mobile company!

What. Are you implying SE made the Mother series? lol

[Ratatapa]

Nah i'm implying that I did stupid and postedi n the wrong thread again

Or mostly didnt read the thread at all and that's what happen

[Moridam]

Whatever this turns out to be, there's zero chance of it releasing outside of Japan. Kind of hard to get excited.

[Xerlic]

^What he said. A Mother 1-3 collection would be the tits, but lol at people thinking it will be localized.

[AoE]

I want to replay Mother 3 so bad but I kinda don't want to feel like killing myself after beating it.

[Teryu]

I didn't post this but he made a special mention to starman.net when he made these tweets, which is an NA fanbase. Not sure why he would reference them if he didn't intend on having them released outside of Japan.

[Fereydoon]

I want to replay Mother 3 so bad but I kinda don't want to feel like killing myself after beating it.

Oh god this.

[Minions]

Personally would like to hear they paid for the fan translation (for Mother 3) and decided to release that translation on VC. Would be awesome, and likely substantially reduce time/costs required. (As per my icon I've had since the fan translation was released)

[Teryu]

Earthbound being re-released on the JP Wii-U Virtual Console in March. I'm sort of disappointed it's not a re-release on the 3DS or at least possibly downloadable on the 3DS, but at least it's a step forward.

http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/01...-revival-site/

MOTHER 2 Revival
Just what are the “MOTHER” games? To this day, it’s really difficult to answer that.

It’s like the world a child can go on forever talking about when they pull dolls out of toy boxes, old utensils out of kitchens, nuts and bolts out of tool boxes, leaves and flowers out of the yard, and line them up all over the carpet. That’s the feeling in which I made the MOTHER series.

Since I’m an adult, I added some new angles to it and lavished it with secrets and pranks.

Then, many, many friends came over to play, and each with their own way of playing, they took the simple story composed only of a root and stem and added branches and leaves and flowers to make it come alive. So MOTHER really only came to be through the amount of people that have played the game.

In all kinds of circumstances in which I’ve met people, I’ve been told, “I learned about you from the MOTHER games.” This not only happened when the game was first released, but still does, in all the many years since.

All sorts of people share with me their memories of the tiny safety pins and the colored glass shards and the withered leaves I sprinkled in my MOTHER playground. I’ll tell them, “I’m amazed you remember that,” and they gush, “I loved every tiny detail about that world.” I just say, “I did too.”

Oh! Well, maybe that’s it. Maybe I just wanted to make a playground where people would even cherish its unimportant rubbish. It’s as if my friends from all over the world who played the game discovered this theme for me that I didn’t realize before I made it. But that’s true, that what I was going for.

I was plenty adult when I created MOTHER, and now that thirty years have passed since then, I’m that much more of an adult. I think about things now that I didn’t back then.

For example, “What sort of person do I want to die as?” I already have an answer. “Someone whose wake is nice and lively.” What has the deceased spent his life doing? How has he been foolish? What did he enjoy? And how kind was he? He should be in the memories of all kinds of people. And the people left behind would smile and scramble to chat with everyone around them. I want to live a life that can end in a party like that.

Fame, wealth, achievements and records don’t mean much. A man lives inside the stories that other people tell when they start with “One time he…”

Well—it’s not dead, and it’s not human, but I feel MOTHER is like that kind of person.

So, now that you can play MOTHER 2 to your heart’s content, go ahead and try out some new memories as you play alongside other people. I’m happy this day has come. I’m sure the many people involved in the game are, too.

Thank you for everything.

[AoE]

So sad that the re-release for the U.S version is so unlikely. The Mother series was my first real RPG and I still feel like I can't play that game enough.