Why We'll Never See Another EarthBound/Mother Game
The creator of Undertale recently discussed why he believes there won't be any more entries in the EarthBound/Motherseries. There are three Mother games in the existence, yet only two of them have been localized, with Mother 3 remaining a Japan-exclusive title to this day, despite launching on the Game Boy Advance in 2006. Nintendo has had the chance to release the game on the Virtual Console or through Nintendo Switch Online, yet Mother 3 has still yet to be officially localized.
Mother 3 had a notoriously troubled development, starting out as a Nintendo 64 DD game, before being canceled, and then reworked into a Game Boy Advance title. Mother series creator Shigesato Itoi has said that he doesn't want to make any other entries in the series and it has remained dormant since the release of Mother 3. The Mother fans of the world haven't forgotten the series, least of all Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai, who has included Mother characters as fighters in every entry in the series. It took a dedicated fan effort, but Mother 2 (known as EarthBound outside of Japan) was eventually brought to the Virtual Console, while the original Mother was released as EarthBound Beginnings. The two EarthBound games are now on Nintendo Switch Online, while Mother 3 is still absent.
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The biggest effect that the Mother series has had on gaming is as an inspiration for other games, including Yume Nikki and the Lisa trilogy. The most popular game that was inspired by Mother is Undertale, which is a game steeped in references to the 16-bit era of JRPGs. Undertale creator Toby Fox was recently interviewed by the Mother Forever YouTube channel. Fox was asked about meeting
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