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cyphid

As a fan of anything Nintendo, it was wonderful to hear the news of Earthbound releasing for Wii U VC this year. If the sales numbers are positive (I assume so) do you think Nintendo is testing the waters for the Earthbound/ Mother franchise for the US and Europe? Imagine Super Smash Bros, Kid Icarus Uprising creator, Masahiro Sakurai's Team Sora taking the helm for a new Earthbound for Wii U or 3DS! O_o

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While that would definitely be cool, I highly doubt it. Let's just be thankful we get to play EarthBound for a reasonable price legally on our Wii Us

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I don't think this a "test the water's" situation.

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Heh, I hope not. Sakurai takes years to make his games. If he made Earthbound games, people would complain. They'd also complain about Super Smash Bros. 5 taking too long to make, etc etc.

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It's pretty doubtful that there will be a new entry for the earthbound series. As the Earthbound creator isn't going to be making anymore.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296841/earthbound-is-ove...
But hey, anything can happen.

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mariobro4 wrote:

It's pretty doubtful that there will be a new entry for the earthbound series. As the Earthbound creator isn't going to be making anymore.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296841/earthbound-is-ove...
But hey, anything can happen.

I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.

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3Dash wrote:

mariobro4 wrote:

It's pretty doubtful that there will be a new entry for the earthbound series. As the Earthbound creator isn't going to be making anymore.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296841/earthbound-is-ove...
But hey, anything can happen.

I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.

Heh. Heh. Like I said. Anything can happen.

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mariobro4 wrote:

3Dash wrote:

mariobro4 wrote:

It's pretty doubtful that there will be a new entry for the earthbound series. As the Earthbound creator isn't going to be making anymore.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296841/earthbound-is-ove...
But hey, anything can happen.

I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.

Heh. Heh. Like I said. Anything can happen.

Let's not forget Kid Icarus. Who would've thought that that series would get such a major rejuvenation as it did?

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I really do hope this game sells well this time, maybe it will convince them to bring Mother 1 and 3 over somehow. (maybe remakes, I dunno. )

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I think Itoi is warming up to the idea a bit more, due to the EB hype he's been generating, but I don't see it happening in the near future.

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I doubt it. Honestly, the fact we're even getting Earthbound on the Virtual Console is good enough.

mariobro4 wrote:

It's pretty doubtful that there will be a new entry for the earthbound series. As the Earthbound creator isn't going to be making anymore.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296841/earthbound-is-ove...
But hey, anything can happen.

Itoi did mention that he wanted to see a new Mother game made, so it's not impossible for us to get a new game. Not that it's likely at all, but as you said, anything could happen and the franchise can go on without Itoi.

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@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).

Well Mother 4 may happen if there were still some loose ends after 3.

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I think if anything it can inspire Nintendo to bring us Earthbound Zero and Mother 3.

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Ernest_The_Crab wrote:

@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).

Iwata did that with Brawl, too.

If he didn't abandon Nintendo because of that then I don't see why he would do it with this one

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I've recommended in a few threads that Nintendo should actively promote nostalgic RPGs in the eShop - perhaps this will show how much interest there is in those. I'd play ChronoTrigger again...

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brooks83

Probably not, but if it sells well maybe Nintendo will put up the translated version of Mother that was never released.

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SparkOfSpirit wrote:

Ernest_The_Crab wrote:

@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).

Iwata did that with Brawl, too.

If he didn't abandon Nintendo because of that then I don't see why he would do it with this one

Not to mention he didn't force Sakurai to be lead developer on the games. According to Sakurai, for Smash 4 at least, he asked him immediately after the announcement if he wanted the job. It would have happened rather he accepted the request or not, it just would have taken longer to find his replacement, and why would he hand his system-selling baby to someone else? Nintendo owns Smash Bros., not Sakurai. It will exist with or without him. It's safe to say that, like Mario Kart, every future Nintendo console will have a SSB entry.

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