My hopes for the republishing are a trilogy, the proper NA Namings (EarthBound, EarthBound 2, EarthBound 3. EarthBound Zero was NEVER an official name and don't you try to sell me that it is.), and some of the visual quirks remaining.

So basically what you're saying is.

Earthbound/Mother 2

Earthbound 2/Mother 3

Earthbound 3/Mother

?

I like you - you say what I'm going to say so I don't have to. :3

@AlexSays You've been pointing out how 'outdated' the series is and saying that that's a reason not to localise it yet Atlus have localised various old-school RPGs like the Etrian odyssey series and The dark spire. Some of the Shin megami tensei games are pretty old-school too. They wouldn't still be localising games like these if they weren't successful. Not every game has to be a big hit to be worth localising, it just needs to sell enough to cover the costs of localisation.

I'm just gonna make a note to myself to never make more than one attempt to reason with Alexsays.

@Fonis - Already explained all that to him. He rebuffed it with false information (Atlus is a developer) then continued on about the same points as if nothing happened.

...

... Mother Themed Slipper Set.
Just trying to break whatever is left of tension.

im going to send everyone a cib of earthbound on here and call it a day

No, no. What I'd hope for is numbering identical to that in Japan. Just the name Mother replaced with EarthBound. Mother 1 = EarthBound, Mother 2 = EarthBound 2 (renamed from just EarthBound in the US), Mother 3 = EarthBound 3, that kinda thing.

EarthBound in a nutshell: http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/01/what-happened-to-earthbo...

His points are blatantly obvious to comprehend. I don't know how you people can't see where he's coming from?

I can see where he's coming from but that doesn't mean he's definitively correct. Or that he needs to scream about how right he is like it matters. Or that he didn't get that the lack of releases in Japan and NOA not wanting to get sued are the actual main reasons why the series might never return to America.

What you said didn't somehow negate him lying btw.

I basically felt like some random dude walking on the street casually saying I don't like (political party) and then being yelled at for daring to not believe the political party is always in the right. Not to dare bring politics into something ultimately unimportant but it reminded me why I don't try to debate politics with people.

just a quick note/possible hint:
shigesato itoi just made a planner, and someone from starmen.net did the english tranlation for him...make what you can out of it
http://starmen.net/

So...he's...selling Day Planners now? That's...different...

Everyone keeps saying that Earthbound isn't dead, but why do we insist on continuing to beat the dead horse though?

Update time!
http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/01/itoi-mentions-mother-rev...

Wonder what the hell it means

It means some people, somewhere, will get the chance to purchase/play Mother again.

Just when I finally myself something big wasn't going to happen within my teenage years, this happens. Here's to hope,

dont fight the strongth

oooh heeey look, a new official iPhone 5 case...just hope he made one for my rotary phone cuz i keep it old school son!

i think its just the two of us that really know whats going on with all this