Mother 3 = Epic

If you've never heard of the game "Earthbound" then this may mean very little to you. Earthbound was an console RPG released for the Super Nintendo in 1995 as a direct rehash/sequel of Mother 0, a game from Japan. The game is possibly one of the greatest console RPG's and should probably be considered socially significant.


The game was special because it was set in current time, not the future nor the past- how many RPG's were. Earthbound stood out in a world of Final Fantasy's, Seiken Denetsu's (Secret Of Mana's) and others. It had a happy nature about it. The characters felt real and amusing. They weren't overly-dramatic and the story wasn't dark as all hell, so even little kids could dig it.

One of the games creators stated in a interview that his main influence for creating the game was John Lennon. Knowing that Lennon is a primary influence for a video game about saving humanity went through my head many times after I read that interview.

Many gamers agree that Earthbound (or Mother 2 in Japan) is considered one of the classic console rpg's, it's made it's rank among some of the greatest games of all time and has sparked an INSANE fan-base across the world, Including tattoos.


While you can download a SNES emulator to play the game and the rom for it- it's still not as great as sitting in front of a TV at three in the morning and defeating Star Man Junior in the first 45 minutes.

Because of the renowned success of the game, a sequel was to be released for the Nintendo 64, but was eventually cancelled because they wanted to do things with the game that were too powerful for the 64, at the time.

In 2003 Mother 3 was announced for the Gameboy Advance... with no English port in the near future.



It was angering to hear that they weren't going to make an English port of it. I tried playing the Japanese rom after it came out... but I don't know Japanese... so I was fucked.

One day I came across the site mother3.fobby.net to find out that THEY were working on the English translation. Of course at that time they were just starting. They were only beginning hacking. This was... late 2007, if I recall correctly... but on the afternoon of October 18Th, 2008- the English patch was released.

It damn near made me orgasm where I sat when I loaded it up for the first time and saw everything in my native language. Earthbound was a game I fondly remember from my childhood, as fucked as that sounds. So when I now have the chance to play the long awaited sequel... it's a nice feeling.

Check out: http://mother3.fobby.net/

to find out how to play it.

(I'm aware that me posting this means that I will NEVER have sex with a female ever again.)