I'm sure many of you are familiar with the Mother series, by its other name, the Earthbound series. While I was gone I finally got a chance to play some of Mother 3. That inspired me to make this thread. It's an ok game. It isn't as good as its prequels but I still think it would have done alright if it got a release here in the rest of the world.
Earthbound was the second Mother game and it went on to be successful. No one ever got to play Mother 1 in its original NES form other than the Earthbound Zero rom which would later on earn notoriety for its intense difficulty. Mother 3 was going to be released as Earthbound 64 but after countless years of pushing its release back, it got cancelled to the disappointment of many. The game finally came out as Mother 3 on GBA over in Japan but it did not get released anywhere else despite being the long awaited sequel to Earthbound.
I think that the NES version of Mother 1 would have done decently, enough to garner even more attention for Mother 2 (Earthbound) and that game would have still become the classic it is viewed as today. With both of the first two games available, the odds of the 3rd released worldwide would increase and I believe it would have done good too but not as good as Earthbound because it just isn't as good of a game. The 64 version might have been alright, but I'm glad Mother 3 became a GBA title instead as the 64 graphics didn't do the game justice and I'm sure many would agree with me. The series should have all been released worldwide and they would have done well, just look at how Earthbound did on its own. They could even have still called it the Earthbound series rather than Mother. I honestly believe they would all 3 have done well because they are fun games to play that make you come back for more.
So I'm asking you guys these questions....
1. Do you think that Earthbound Zero would have been successful if released on the NES worldwide as Mother 1, why or why not?
2. Would it have impacted Earthbound negatively to be released after Mother 1 as Mother 2 rather than being most of the world's first taste of the series in what they thought was a stand-alone game instead of a sequel? Why or why not?
3. And what about Mother 3? Should it have been released as Earthbound 2 worldwide? How do you think its 64 counterpart would have done if it ever got finished?
4. What are your thoughts. Should things remain the way they are with the series being Earthbound as a stand-alone game while both its prequel and sequel are only available as downloads, or should all the games have been released worldwide as the Mother series? How well do you think they would have done as a whole, and why?
Remember this is a non-spam section so DO NOT answer questions without including why you feel the way that you do about your answer.
Discuss!
Earthbound was the second Mother game and it went on to be successful. No one ever got to play Mother 1 in its original NES form other than the Earthbound Zero rom which would later on earn notoriety for its intense difficulty. Mother 3 was going to be released as Earthbound 64 but after countless years of pushing its release back, it got cancelled to the disappointment of many. The game finally came out as Mother 3 on GBA over in Japan but it did not get released anywhere else despite being the long awaited sequel to Earthbound.
I think that the NES version of Mother 1 would have done decently, enough to garner even more attention for Mother 2 (Earthbound) and that game would have still become the classic it is viewed as today. With both of the first two games available, the odds of the 3rd released worldwide would increase and I believe it would have done good too but not as good as Earthbound because it just isn't as good of a game. The 64 version might have been alright, but I'm glad Mother 3 became a GBA title instead as the 64 graphics didn't do the game justice and I'm sure many would agree with me. The series should have all been released worldwide and they would have done well, just look at how Earthbound did on its own. They could even have still called it the Earthbound series rather than Mother. I honestly believe they would all 3 have done well because they are fun games to play that make you come back for more.
So I'm asking you guys these questions....
1. Do you think that Earthbound Zero would have been successful if released on the NES worldwide as Mother 1, why or why not?
2. Would it have impacted Earthbound negatively to be released after Mother 1 as Mother 2 rather than being most of the world's first taste of the series in what they thought was a stand-alone game instead of a sequel? Why or why not?
3. And what about Mother 3? Should it have been released as Earthbound 2 worldwide? How do you think its 64 counterpart would have done if it ever got finished?
4. What are your thoughts. Should things remain the way they are with the series being Earthbound as a stand-alone game while both its prequel and sequel are only available as downloads, or should all the games have been released worldwide as the Mother series? How well do you think they would have done as a whole, and why?
Remember this is a non-spam section so DO NOT answer questions without including why you feel the way that you do about your answer.
Discuss!
