The vibrant visuals and rhythm-RPG turn-based battle mechanics were highly praised, despite being released so late in the Game Boy Advance’s lifespan, as well as the heavy subject matter in the game’s story. The game was released to critical acclaim, becoming one of the best selling games in Japan at the time. Instead the game was delayed and changed development onto the Game Boy Advance, finally releasing in 2006. Mother 3’s development began soon after the release of Earthbound, beginning as a Nintendo 64 title and could have been the first game in the series to break into 3D. It was the Super Nintendo that saw the release of Mother 2 a.k.a Earthbound and became a cult-classic, spawning other quirky RPGs like Undertale and Everhood. The first two games in the Mother series, known in English as Earthbound, saw an initial release on the Nintendo Entertainment System, which at first, also didn’t see an English release. Which is a pretty weird anomaly in the grand scheme of Nintendo’s crossover fighter, which predominantly features characters that are world renown, icons of the medium.īut for now, on the game’s 15th anniversary, the world has yet to see the official release of Mother 3 in English, and just like ex-president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, we might just have to resort to the fan translated version through an emulator until the end of time.

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