Since this thread got a bump anyway, starmen.net posted an article last Friday quoting Reggie about looking into localizing Mother 3. Seems odd to still only be thinking about it at this point and an MTV interview isn't the most credible source, but I suppose it's better than nothing.
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Originally Posted by starmen.net
From the most hyped games to the somewhat more obscure, Fils-Aime will discuss any possible title for Nintendo systems. So what of "Mother 3," a 2006 Game Boy Advance game released to cult acclaim in Japan but never so much as whispered for a U.S. release (see "Where Does A Game Called 'Mother' Outsell 'Halo'? Check Out Tokyo's Coolest Street")?
The game has such a strong online following that a group of committed fans have vowed to produce their own translated version of the game if Nintendo won't [That's our Mother 3 Translation Project in case you didn't know  ]. Fils-Aime has never played the game, but he knows about the translation project. He said the "Mother" series (known as "Earthbound" when "Mother 2" was released in the U.S.) is important to Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president, who worked on the series years ago as a developer.
"It certainly is a franchise near and dear to his heart, and it's something I'm trying to get smart on to understand whether or not there is an opportunity here. But certainly I've seen the success in Japan. That hasn't gone unnoticed. And it's certainly something we're looking at." |
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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