Itoi releases Mother 3 theme, screenshots
by Ross Miller 
{ Feb 14th 2006 at 4:30PM }
When Mother 3 information
breaks, it floods. Very recently did we discover that Mother 3 does indeed exist, and now we know that it will
be released in Japan on April 20th--that's
only 65 days away. Now comes even more Mother 3 goodness, care of the franchise's mastermind, Shigesto Itoi. 4
"presents" have been posted (2 last week, 2 today) on his website, revealing the game's slogan
("Strange, Funny, & Heartrending"), theme (in mp3 format), and the first-ever screenshots from the
long-awaited sequel!Not a lot of information, but if the pattern continues we will have two more presents next Tuesday and every Tuesday after that until at least March 22nd. Starmen.net, in their infinite generosity, have created an English version of the website for us to navigate.
Still no word on a release in the US...
[Thanks, JodyAnthony]
[Update: Learned to conjugate verbs.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Blue @ Feb 14th 2006 4:46PM
I'll venture a guess that the word on a stateside Mother 3 is "no".
However, the series is so popular that it will probably get translated by fans at breakneck speed.
Osiris @ Feb 14th 2006 5:01PM
Heh i only just completed Earthbound (in 2 days).
Rather wierd and Japanese but very fun.
I hope they bring this to the rest of the world, the Japanese arent the only ones that like RPGs!
JodyAnthony @ Feb 14th 2006 5:11PM
hooray, my first accepted submission!
Dave Hoffman @ Feb 14th 2006 5:28PM
Oh, I've waited so long for this! I can't wait!
Joshi @ Feb 14th 2006 5:40PM
If Mother 1 + 2 (Earthbound 0 + 1) and Mother 3 (Earthbound 2) aren't released Stateside, I am cry.
Honestly, Nintendo. How hard can it be to translate it? How can that effort not be worth the gain?
Ipsum @ Feb 14th 2006 5:58PM
Eh? Is that not Ness?
lordroba @ Feb 14th 2006 8:02PM
Personally I'm not too excited about Mother 3 anymore after seeing the screenshots. I'm dissapointed that they got rid of the isometric and I'm not too impressed in the changes with the artstyle. I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I was hopping for something closer to the SNES Earthbound...
Dave Silva @ Feb 14th 2006 9:59PM
Er, no offense, but it's Shigesato Itoi. And I'm fairly sure this will make it stateside. Depending on how well it does, Mother 1 + 2 may even be brought here, too. Of course, this is just my humble opinion.
M @ Feb 14th 2006 10:14PM
Uh, #7, are you insane? It looks nearly identical to Earthbound. Unless you're sad it doesn't look like the ugly N64 demo?
32_Footsteps @ Feb 15th 2006 12:58AM
Wow... that's classic Earthbound design alright, although the kid looks quite a bit different from Ness or Ninten. And for that theme... it reminds me very strongly of Eight Melodies (Sound Stone) and Eight Melodies (Queen Mary's Lullabye). I think my import copy of Mother 1+2 is going to have a good friend nearby soon enough.
Okay, time to clear my calendar for late April. I have to have time to plow through Mother 3 for a review.
Lineage 2 Fan Art @ Feb 15th 2006 4:55AM
This news make me want to head to Gamestop and play though Earthbound again. :)
GlitchCog @ Feb 15th 2006 9:09AM
The kid is probably Flint from the cancelled N64 Mother 3. There are screenshots from the N64 version that match up very well with some of these, particularly the rain scene.
http://starmen.net/eb64/screenshots/rain.jpg
GlitchCog @ Feb 15th 2006 9:22AM
It seems theres a no hot-linking thing on that link, so just copy and paste the URL into the address bar.