Mother 3 Possibly Hitting U.S.?

Disclaimer: You're probably going to see quite a bit of Mother/Earthbound coverage from me on here. I'll apologize in advance.


Any sort of new for a Mother fan these days is good news. Recently, Siliconera had the chance to interview Brownie Brown President Shinichi Kameoka (Brownie Brown was one of the core developers in making Mother 3). During the interview, the topic of Mother 3 and it's relationship with the west was discussed. Kameoka stated, "If we were asked to make one [a DS version of Mother 3], then we would definitely like for fans abroad to play the game.” A statement like that is the first step in the right direction I've seen from anyone concerning Mother 3. It's been nearly three years since Mother 3 was released in Japan, and we're slowly but surely approaching the ten year mark of the original Mother 3's cancellation on the Nintendo 64... and that game was announced in 1996, only a year after Mother 2 (Earthbound came out).

Is this the future?

This is the kind of announcement that fuels the Earthbound community. However, our toes have been stepped on a countless amount of times, with our hopes and dreams taken from us by one Reggie Fils-Aime who enjoys raping them behind the dumpster at NOA (theory). It's hard to believe something like this until something else actually happens. The good folks over at Starmen.net have luckily kept the fanbase alive (and growing stronger daily) while Nintendo seems to care little to none about marketing their own in-house franchise. It's semi-understandable, considering Earthbound's poor sales in the U.S. when it was released, but they have themselves to blame for that. What do you really expect when your marketing campaign is "This game stinks."?

Mother fans are hardcore. Here's my personal collection.

Starmen.net did everything they could in getting Mother 3 stateside (and they worked just as hard to get Earthbound released on the Virtual Console), and we have yet to see anything. Nintendo knows the fanbase is here, and I have a feeling Brownie Brown does too. They're practically asking Nintendo to approach them about re-releasing the game on the DS. I certainly hope that the efforts of the fan translation don't come back to bite us in the ass.

Let's cross our fingers.