"Japanese Earthbound/Mother fans haven’t seen a new game in its lovable series since the release of Mother 3 in 2006, so when one fan tweeted creator Shigesato Itoi about a Mother 4, he was met with a curt reply of “Impossible.”
You do have to keep in mind that Mother 3 suffered from an overly long development cycle. It was initially slated as a 3D RPG on the N64, dubbed Earthbound 64 in the West before being canceled in 1999. It took seven years to resurrect the game in 2D form on the GBA. Meanwhile, North America and Europe have yet to see it officially appear stateside, though the recent announcement regarding Earthbound coming to the Wii U Virtual Console does stir up some hope."
- Patrick Kulikowski
In 2015, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata sadly passed away. Dear friend and EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi compiled his musings as a tribute.
If you love the Mother franchise, the fan game that began life as the unofficial Mother 4, Oddity, might tickle your fancy.
"It will be out when it's ready. Relax til then." Lulz, I love it. Alright, I'll relax until it's ready and then I'll check it out. This especially needs to come to the Switch. That way they have to have it on their storefront.
Twenty-six years ago, on July 27, 1989, the classic Mother series began its classic journey in Japan on the Family Computer (Famicom).
Well poop.
No soup for you.
I've been saying this repeatedly but people just bash me for saying it without even trying to look at the reasons.
Instead, they just speculate to their own advantage and come to their own conclusions based on what they want.
There are too many issues that prevent Mother 3 from coming to America just the same as Tingle Adventure and Captain Rainbow.
Nothing is impossible. Not if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about I mean game developer.
Unfortunately, I think the issue is that Itoi is an old school developer who even at the time of Mother/Mother 2 wasn't very good at taking his creative talent and putting it into video game code form. He struggled even more with Mother 3, and now in his older age, and never having kept up with technologies that have far eclipsed that which he struggled with, it's just, 'Impossible'.
That is of course unless he's willing to step aside, let others handle the IP, and work as a creative consultant.
That's probably what's best for the series anyway.