Mother 3! The sequel to Earthbound!

Could y'all please call the Nintendo hotline and ask if they'll release MOTHER 3 (sequel to Earthbound)?

Sadly, the GBA is basically dead to new carts right now. And I definitely can't imagine them going to the effort of translating the cart for DS, because that'd mean using another screen, blah blah blah...

they should really just rerelease every GB game ever for the WVC at two bucks a pop.

Its coming out at the end of this week!!!!

no wai; link?

link!
http://mother3.fobby.net/2008/10/14/testing-finishes-patch-this-week/#more-842

so awesome! will be loading this onto the flash cart

ZOMFG

*my boner a-splode*

HOLY SHIT

Earthbound is one of those games I really enjoyed as a kid but think I appreciate more as an adult. There is nothing like it; it's like a video game art piece, but on more than a purely aesthetic level like most games. RPG creators need to spend less time ripping off the Final Fantasy franchise and more time ripping off Earthbound

Earthbound is definitely amazing... as a kid it was this weird wacky throwback kinda game, but now you realize there's so much to appreciate it in. There was a good essay I read about it and its creator a while back, but I totally forget what it is now. How helpful.

its out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://mother3.fobby.net/

I know I can google my way to it, but could somebody hold my hand and explain what's necessary to get this from the website to my DS?

I am willing to spend money if pointed at the right places.

forks - you'll have to spend money to get it to a DS. I'm surprised nobody else on here posted a response earlier as I know there are people on here with more knowledge / experience than me on this kind of stuff. Obviously it would be much easier to play this on your computer via one of the popular gba emulators. Also illegal, but. I've never actually hacked a ds, but I was looking into it recently. To play GBA games on a DS, not only do you need to pick up a slot one micro sd adapter (R4 and the CycloDS seem to be the most popular choices), but also an ezflash 3 in 1 for that goes into slot 2 (the gba slot). There are lots of tutorials on how to make this work on youtube... just do a search for the products I mentioned. There are places to buy both online - just do a google search. You also will obviously need a ROM image of the Japanese game and the patch.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3528/hiphopee1.png

Nice. ANy of you guys know where to find one of those MOther 3 roms? I'm totally throwing this on my cracked PSP... I can't find my GBA + flashcard anywhere.

HOLY SHIT

― original dixieland jaas band (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:55 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

^^^ this

patched rom
http://rapidshare.com/files/155028165/Mother_3.gba.html

thanks for the tips dudes

Okay, we need to bump that RPG names thread. Best/most sophomoric character names win.

Dude thx sleep!

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.