There are many, let’s call them “curious things” that happen in the gaming industry that we’ll never fully understand. For example, remember that Xbox “Business Update” thing that happened a while back? Yeah, we still don’t understand that. Sony has mysteries like why they thought putting the PS3 at $600 at launch was a “good idea,” which backfired on them, as you know. Then, for Nintendo, as the longest-reigning console maker out there, they’ve had plenty of mysteries about the things they’ve done. But the one that fans are still wondering about is the mystery of Mother 3. Today, that mystery continued in the worst way.
If you didn’t notice, there was a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase today, and while it did feature “some titles” from 3rd party developers, it wasn’t exactly a “riveting thing,” as fans have noted online. The twist is that there was also a showcase going on in Japan, and they had a much different result among the fanbase. Specifically, they revealed that Mother 3 would be coming to Nintendo Switch Online during their Direct. As you can imagine, once fans got word of this, they were pretty mad and pretty sad that it wasn’t coming to the West still:
The Japanese stream of the #NintendoDirect had a Mother3 announcement for Switch online. Please, Nintendo, give us Mother 3
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