From the way these articles were worded, fans understandably believed that the game would be produced and that it would likely get a translated release: Other magazines, including Nintendo Power, covered this news too, but claimed that the sequel was on track for a 1998 release date. There were some claims that the game was set to be released in 1997 in Japan. 1997ĮarthBound fans were excited when news of an EarthBound sequel for the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive began to hit gaming magazines. If I find them later on I’ll be sure to add them here. It was going to be titled “C’mon Nintendo, Give Us Mother 3”, and it even hit a bunch of news sites when I first announced it.Īt one point I had a handful of fan posts from Usenet groups, AOL clubs, and the like with brief discussion about the EarthBound sequel, but I can’t remember where I saved them to. But then it eventually grew so big that I decided to turn it into another of my Legends of Localization books. It quickly grew so big that I was going to give it its own dedicated section on the site instead. I originally intended for this to be a simple article on my EarthBound Central site. There’s a lot to cover, so I’ve broken my write-up into five parts. But as a fan who’s worked on EarthBound-related sites and projects for most of those 23 years, I thought I’d try to document those ups and downs for newer fans and everyone wondering what the whole MOTHER 3 hoopla is about. ![]() ![]() Trickles of information and rumors created a cycle of hope, hype, and disappointment that has repeated more times than I can count. This change from a quiet hope to a thundering roar didn’t happen overnight.
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