Mother 3! The sequel to Earthbound!

I always name a character "Banyon II."

I've played through some of it today and it looks to be really well done, a real labour of love.

Nintendo should get some money to these guys and get the translation released for real. Are there any logistical, political, publishing, or commercial reasons why they wouldn't? The main entrenched cost in this kind of project is the translation isn't it? I imagine they would get labour for a snippet of the price from these dudes, were they to choose to 'license' it.

Abbott, why?

is this where I admit I've never really played an RPG? unless zeldas count

i'm really enjoying this. the story is quite depressing though, for an rpg.

yeah, I'm at the end of the first chapter, suffice to say the moment when you gain the drago fang is a bit of a downer; funny when the dad starts spazzing out tho

Holy shit, the mushroom trip level is as genuine a headfuck as a bad trip.

okay, this sold me on finding an ez card: http://cruiseelroy.net/2009/01/mother-3-battle-music/

Abbott are you playing this on pc or ds? I want to make sure whatever card I get can handle the mother 3 rom

ez flash 3-1 seems to be standard?

PC

I am really bad at the beat-based bonus hits.

FINALLY playing this; I have never seen a game try to convey genuine pathos! It almost works, but it's still kinda funny.
Obvs, writing is great, general interaction very engaging. Just getting started tho'.

hella fun; I'm at chapter 7 and cruising through. I named the father Obama and the mother Oprah, which has led to all manner of lolz.

Avoiding spoilers at all costs... Got through Chapter 1, this is great so far. BUT.

I cannot get the damn musical timing down at all. This is very possibly due to the emulator I'm using, and my options are quite limited on Mac - is this game still playable without being able to do the huge multihit combos? I can't ever do more than 2.

i never really got the hang of it & finished the game with no problems at all. just forget its there.

holy shit my flash cart just showed up and I can finally play this fucking thing! oh man too many great games to play right now.

I definitely feel like I have to grind a little more than I should because of it, but it's livable, especially compared to the frustration of Earthbound's encounters. Still enjoying every minute of this.

On a random whim I decided to buy the Mother 3 Guidebook after looking at all of the pretty typography on the site where they sell it. It's a fucking amazing package for something made by a bunch of eccentric fans!

I can't do the timing thing either. It's not a big deal.

I have been saving the last bit for later.

the ending is pretty special.
I got real good at the timing stuff.

Beat it. So good. I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about it, but instead I'll link to this excellent 8-part series of insightful articles at Cruise Elroy.

Spoilers of course - also for these funny comics.

Here's an epic Itoi interview about the making of the game, very interesting.

I need to finish it...I think I'm at least 85% done with it. I always do this with a game I really love...put off finishing it bcz it is so sad to say goodbye.

ending is must see

A couple of blog posts on how they used the town as a central location and how the characters were there mostly so you could observe them and get invested in them, as opposed to the typical RPG NPC item/quest dispensers.

http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2009/04/playground-hero.html
http://gangles.ca/2009/04/23/progression-in-mother-3/

finally playing this now and it's just omg. also everyone told me the music was good but god DAMN this music is REALLY good. I've been playing it w/ my lol hueg monitors plugged into my micro; it feels almost insurmountably nerdy but then the music is just ARGH SO GOOD.

Ha, as usual, I had about 2 hours left after months of letting it hibernate.

"We can meet again.
We can meet as many times as we want."

Perfect thing to hear.

You ARE "the end"!

thx for all those links, too, Nhex...that Itoi interview was fucking incredible.

Happy to help, this is the kind of game bound to inspire passionate internet writing. And Itoi is a wonderful nut.

Guys, this.

Just in general?

I love this game, I need to pick it up again.

I'm on holiday in New Zealand and put mother3 on my M3 so I could play it on (at least some part of) the ridiculous 33 hour journey. All the DS says is that the sd card isn't reconised. :( so sad, now I'll have to play it again when I get home.

Could somebody point me to a webpage that shows exactly what I need to play this game?

Translation and instructions here...
http://mother3.fobby.net/

You need a Nintendo DS
Some wily internet knowledge
GBA Flashcard: http://www.gameboy-advance.net/nintendo_ds/nds_flash_card.htm

well, you don't need a DS or flashcard if you're fine with playing it on your computer.

Tru

I played it through on the computer and loved it, but if you do have the option or wherewithal to get it done on an actual portable I would do it, because the whole musical timing element is completely screwed in emulation. You can get through the game regardless but I imagine it's less fun, the battles are more frustrating when you can't do the attack tapping.

I did not know that (only played the first little bit). Maybe it depends on the emulator you use too, maybe some are better than others?

That's definitely possible, but I'm sure the emulation will never 100% match the original hardware cycle-for-cycle. 99% of games you don't need to be accurate down to milliseconds but for this (and I imagine the original Rhythm Heaven), even when your emulator fluctuates from 99% to 100% clock speed, it's enough to completely blow this. Like I said you can still get through battles but it's definitely more grindy than the game intends. For Mother 3, you won't even notice this problem until 3 or 4 chapters in when the battles get significantly harder.

holy shit that gba flashcard side is amazing!!!

*site

I guess Itoi was inspired in making this by a trilogy of novels called The Notebook/The Proof/The Third Lie. I'm reading them right now, and so far: very good, but intensely disturbing. Way more so than anything in Mother 3.

A teenage girl has sex with a dog in the first 30 pages.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/0370.jpg

I started playing this through again. I forgot this game's crazy coincidence!

There is a wife & husband couple called Abbey & Abbot in this game

which are both misspelled versions of things I have been called, my name and my "name"

IRL (Abb13) and on the onlnie (Abbott)

argh why do i need a 3in1 to play this on my ds??