Reggie Is Glad He No Longer Has To Deal With People Asking Him About Mother 3

Poor guy, I guess that would stress anyone out being asked that constantly.

Haha. Good ol Reggie is at it again!

@Bobb That part was censored for American audiences.

There's only one way to stop all this: RELEASE IT PLEASE

cut to 15 years from now
Reggie: Can someone please ask me about Mother 3?

@Bobb I aim to please 👍

@Dazzle he actually did quite a bit to revitalize Nintendo after the GameCube era, which was not considered successful. He did not just work at Nintendo, he had major influence on the success of the wii. If that had failed, they would have folded. Don’t be a clown

@Dazzle What's wrong with him being an American in a suit?

I guess it's Doug's problem now

An as is port of Mother 3 at this point would be kind of lame. Would need QoL’s

So that's why he retired...

I too would be fed up with the constant repetition repetition.

At his last day at Nintendo He should have announced a Mother 3 release for the next day.

Yeah I'd be glad to be him now.
No more people pestering him about a game that'll probably never be release outside of the West.
I mean the game is actually incredibly easily accessable in English if you know where to find it. Reggie knows it, Itoi knows it, and I'm sure Nintendo knows it.

Mmm, Mother 3 for Switch. That would turn any day into Christmas.

Its already been translated by fans that you can play so you don't have to wait forever on Nintendo.

What exactly were the controversial elements ?

How do people still not realize that a major reason it never got localized was a character named "Reggie" that was dressed like a racist stereotype? I'm amazed Reggie managed to joke/keep it together all these years despite being hounded constantly with something like that in it.

I guess Nintendo just wants us to download a translated rom, ah well

Plot twist: he resigned for just that.
Also, obligatory reminder:

I can understand it being annoying to be asked for all this time, but seriously, it's also rather annoying that Nintendo is aware of this rabid fan demand and still does nothing with it.

I don't really care at this point. I already bought a japanese Mother 3 CIB and an english Mother 3 cartridge.

Good ol' Reggie, still bringing smiles & laughter to all of us Nintendo fans! 🤣
That's why we love him!

I never played any of these. Have I missed out on some great games? Why God why?!

@Sam_Loser2 because the demand is a vocal minority. It won’t sell as well as fans online think, not without a ton of advertising and QoL improvements (which still make it not worth it due to the money spent, it would never be mainstream for gamers). It’s certainly an enjoyable series but Nintendo is well aware of the size of the demand and they choose not to release it for a reason. It’s a niche series.

@Gwynbleidd I'll put it on my list of games to get. It's kind of long though. :/

Thanks for reminding me that Nintendo of America hates Japanese games, especially ones that are really Japanese.

@ShadJV Maybe so, but there's never been a better time to release it. RPGs are finally catching on more. People know who Lucas is after a decade in Smash (and Ness has been in Smash for two decades.) EarthBound's cult following has only grown thanks to that, decent hits like Undertale citing it as inspiration, and a handful of re-releases lately. [I still don't get why they haven't put EB and Beginnings on the Online apps yet. They probably just forgot, but I'd like to think they're saving them for a trilogy collection/remake like Square did with Mana, which will probably never happen, but oh well.] And with the eShop, they could release it pretty cheaply, and only do a small physical release if it turns out there is an audience.

It doesn't make much sense to never release the game in America where demand for it is high. Personally, I don't really give a damn about the game, but there seem to be a ton of other people who want it.

@CoastersPaul Nintendo loves easy money, and so I’m sure they’ve considered it but ultimately they haven’t done it. I’m sure EB and Beginnings ARE coming to Switch, but they’re quick and easy releases so they’ll likely release when there’s no big releases happening... and I’d be surprised if they came to the online apps, Nintendo isn’t stupid, the fans will pay to buy them separate again. As for Mother 3, they have to localize it. Yes, fan translations exist, but Nintendo wouldn’t use any of them, Nintendo doesn’t indulge fan work like that, their MO is more of doing it again themselves and sending C&Ds to the fan projects. So there would be the localization costs and ultimately the likely profits aren’t worth that. Not to mention the supposed “controversial” aspects that they’d then have to change, costing more money. You cite the popularity in RPGs but the fact remains that there are a lot of RPGs and only a few are popular. Even Undertale has a cult following, a vocal minority, and the gamers that dislike Undertale are pretty vocal too. Much of Undertale’s fanbase likely we’re already the ones begging for Mother 3, so that doesn’t really increase their demographic. Additionally, knowing who the characters are from Smash doesn’t really do much nowadays, it has nearly 80 characters and it’s not uncommon for people not to know or care about some of the characters.

Long story short, Nintendo is aware of the demand for another 3 (as Reggie makes clear here) and likely has kept tabs on how large that demand is, but the costs for translation (they won’t use fan translations) and changing controversial content just isn’t worth it to them. Not to mention Nintendo has never responded positively to loud demanding fans. EB and Beginnings likely will be separate releases on Switch during a dry spell, but Mother 3 might not ever see western shores, and no amount of spamming Nintendo will change their minds. They’re a stubborn company that will do what they want and what they believe is most profitable, fan demands only serve to annoy them (heck, Nintendo isn’t the only developer that gets annoyed by that stuff and some outright refuse to make certain content because they’re irritated with fans... developers are well aware of what people are asking for online WITHOUT fans sending in their requests constantly).

@Bliquid I’m sure there are more Wii U ports coming, why wouldn’t they spread them out to fill their dry spells? Luigi’s Mansion wouldn’t necessarily be as easy either, as it’s several gens old and would take more work to get running on Switch than Wii U games (though even porting Wii U games does take some work). And I’d argue LM wouldn’t even be worth the work of the first GameCube port to Switch.

They most definitely like easy money. I don’t see why you think they don’t have ports like that ready to drop when they need to pad out a release period.

Ah Reggie, only a little was needed, just make a small group of devs and release it...

Ah, hardcore Mother fans. The Waluigi fans of yesteryear.

Mother 3 is more upfront in its artistic themes than Earthbound, which hides a bit behind its humor. Mother 3 will talk about societal decay and victims of industrialization and human nature whether you like it or not. I love that it has this great sense of humor and also is poignant and thoughtful. I can see several reasons why corporate Nintendo would hesitate to celebrate the game in the same way.

I think a good approach with Mother 3 is to convert it into a N64 style game like it was originally intended when it was announced.

Poor guy. I can understand why he's happy its behind him. His hands where tied.