A team of incredibly talented and dedicated Mother 3 fans has shared footage of a meticulously detailed «remake.» The video has been made in honor of the cult-classic RPG franchise Mother, also known as Earthbound in North America. Nintendo recently announced that Earthbound and Earthbound Beginningswould both be making their way to the Switch, although Mother 3 has still yet to be localized.
Most North American gamers will probably be most familiar with the Mother series thanks to the inclusion of the iconic characters Ness and Lucas in the Super Smash Bros. games. While those characters offer up exciting and unique combat options for players to explore in the world-famous brawler, their roots in the Mother games are a bit different. Mother is a classic party-based JRPG series that throws players into a colorful, absurd, and (at times) somewhat chilling world, tasking them with stopping a powerful antagonistic force. Lucas takes center-stage in Mother 3 and gamers get to step into his shoes as he tries to take down an army invading the Nowhere Islands. Though the games had and continue to have a very passionate fanbase, Nintendo seemed to abandon the IP following Mother 3's release on the Game Boy Advance back in 2006. Gamers have been clamoring for more Mother/Earthbound content over the years, but Nintendo does not appear to be prioritizing these games.
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Nintendo might not be throwing all its weight behind Mother, but the YouTube channel Curiomatic certainly has. In a video shared just earlier today, Curiomatic showed clips displaying what a rebuilt version of Mother 3could look like. This unofficial Mother 3 remake video features totally overhauled 3D graphics, new
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