The last mainline release was Mother 3, which was released on Game Boy Advance in 2006. The interest in Itoi's comments is driven in part by the lack of new Earthbound games over the last few years. A little later, he posted a third tweet featuring a weather map. Itoi's cryptic tweet immediately sent Nintendo fan speculation into overdrive, with some sending shots of various Earthbound characters in the snow.Īpparently taking notice, Itoi followed by quipping that he was seeing a lot of foreign language responses to his tweet, and wondering if they were especially interested in the topic of snow. for Nintendo 64, and have remained a permanent fixture in the games ever since.With a Nintendo Direct set to go live in just over two hours, a series of tweets from Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi has fans speculating on a potential announcement for the beloved series during the upcoming stream.Įarlier today, Itoi quote-tweeted the official Nintendo Direct tweet with a comment that roughly translates to, '7am, huh? Amazing. Since then, the surrealist role-playing franchise has largely been absent for players outside of Japan, with protagonists Ness and Lucas only notable for their continued presence in Nintendo’s beloved fighting game series, Super Smash Bros. Mother 2, or Earthbound, released on SNES in the West in 1995, amassing a cult following.

No longer at Nintendo, it seems the decision is ultimately out of Kameoka’s hands, yet in the same Nintendo Everything, the producer goes on to say: “As a lover of games, I will continue to wait for Mother 3’s release worldwide release (in English).”

In an interview with Nintendo Everything, Mother 3 producer Shinichi Kameoka stated he would “also love to see Mother 3 released in the US and Europe.” While the original Mother game launched in Japan in 1989, it wasn’t until 2015 that the game received a worldwide launch, courtesy of the Wii U Virtual console.

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