Has anyone ever heard of the Mother/Earthbound games?

[Reyn 1,755]

Its this funny and heartrending RPG video game series that was created by Nintendo. It is very similar to Pokemon in many ways, especially since the people who made Pokemon also made the Earthbound games.

 

They're basically about Kids who have Psychic powers(Or as its called, PSI, which is this games version of Magic) and meet friends on the way who join them in the fight against the biggest threat to the planet. (It varies on the game, in some games its about Aliens, while in another, its about this Time Traveling Insane person who turns the Main character's home into a nightmare)

 

This would actually be probably the Darkest Nintendo series ever made, in all honesty. When you see what some of the games bosses are, and some of the storylines, you'll see what i mean.

 

But it also happens to be the one Nintendo series that is no longer in production, and that Nintendo hates with all its might. It only brought one of the games to US, and the others stayed in Japan, while in Europe they didn't even get the games at all. If this series was made by Square, it wouldve done Infinitely better.

 

It's pretty popular in Japan even now, but only few people know about it, and even less of us like the series.

 

Here is a Newcomer's guide to the series for those of you interested in the games:

 

http://earthboundcentral.com/newcomers-guide/

 

Here is some gameplay:

 

 

 

 

 

[Weiss 8,279]

I've heard of it. I have (sadly) never played it before but I did watch a playthrough of Earthbound and Mother 3 (fan translation version). Mother 3 was awesome to watch so I'll probably play that one day hopefully.

[Reyn 1,755]

I've heard of it. I have (sadly) never played it before but I did watch a playthrough of Earthbound and Mother 3 (fan translation version). Mother 3 was awesome to watch so I'll probably play that one day hopefully.

If you want, here's 2 links that'll tell you how to get a GBA emulator, install the Fan translation and play the game on your computer, here you go:

 

 

 

http://mother3.fobby.net/

 

Check out the Youtube link first and get an Emulator and a ROM. The guy makes it very easy to follow. After you get the Mother 3 ROM, go to Mother 3. fobby. net and then it'll show you how to patch the ROM in English.

 

Hope this helps!

[NintenNessLucas 10]

I've heard of them( duh, look at my username) and played them all.

To start, I must say they are some of the best RPG ever, the story is amazing, the villains are amazing, the side characters are amazing.

If you want to start play Mother 2, its amazing, then Mother 3 and then if you really are bored play mother 1.

[Reyn 1,755]

I've heard of them( duh, look at my username) and played them all.

To start, I must say they are some of the best RPG ever, the story is amazing, the villains are amazing, the side characters are amazing.

If you want to start play Mother 2, its amazing, then Mother 3 and then if you really are bored play mother 1.

I've played all 3. But i never finished Mother 1 though.

[NintenNessLucas 10]

I've played all 3. But i never finished Mother 1 though.

BTW fellow mother fan have you already seen this:

http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/03/itoi-iwata-discuss-mother-2-before-virtual-console-release/

[Reyn 1,755]

BTW fellow mother fan have you already seen this:

http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/03/itoi-iwata-discuss-mother-2-before-virtual-console-release/

yeah, too bad it won't come to US. But have you seen these fan games:

 

http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Games/Mother-4-1000/page/1/

 

http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Games/EarthBound-Zero-Remake-1/page/1/

[Mystics Apprentice 2,397]

Oh yeah, I've heard of the Earthbound games.  I wrote an article on them once, actually.  But yeah, they sound pretty neat, and I definitely agree that it looks like Pokemon.  Sadly, I've yet to play one, but I'd like to at some point or another.

[Reyn 1,755]

Oh yeah, I've heard of the Earthbound games.  I wrote an article on them once, actually.  But yeah, they sound pretty neat, and I definitely agree that it looks like Pokemon.  Sadly, I've yet to play one, but I'd like to at some point or another.

Can you show me this article?

 

Also if you want to play Mother 3 on your computer, go up and look at the comment i posted to Weiss about how you can do it.

[Mystics Apprentice 2,397]

Can you show me this article?

 

Also if you want to play Mother 3 on your computer, go up and look at the comment i posted to Weiss about how you can do it.

Unfortunately, I cannot.  I'd written about it in a conglomerate article of the top 30 RPGs of all time for a site called RantGaming.com, but the site failed to thrive and has been taken off the internet.  I do believe I still have a copy of it on my hard drive, though, if you'd still like to read it I could PM it to you.  The Earthbound section is only about 300 words long, though; I'd written about several other games in the article.

[Reyn 1,755]

Unfortunately, I cannot.  I'd written about it in a conglomerate article of the top 30 RPGs of all time for a site called RantGaming.com, but the site failed to thrive and has been taken off the internet.  I do believe I still have a copy of it on my hard drive, though, if you'd still like to read it I could PM it to you.  The Earthbound section is only about 300 words long, though; I'd written about several other games in the article.

Sure, you can PM me it.

[Isaix 924]

I beat Mother 3 a while ago(on emulator) and it was EPIC,I didn't expected much from the game at first,but the story is really good and I don't understand why it never came here.