Stunning Mother 3 Tribute Video Gets Side-By-Side Comparison With The Game Boy Advance Original

That Link's Awakening remake style could work with so many Gameboy game remakes.

If we never get an official Earthbound 4, I hope we atleast get some remasters or a physical collection.

@Oddball83 the creator said that there will be no more official earthbound/mother games so remaster/physical collection it is!

@Arckadius That’s a good one. Link’s Awakening for Switch was outstanding, so polished and smooth! (I’m worried it is not getting enough attention by the way.)
But yes, a Mother 3 remake sounds great for the next project. It’s worth pointing out that LA was left functionally identical to the GB original, tile for tile it is the same game. Not sure they could handle M3 the same way (never played it)?

The fans do what nintenjustrefusestodo

Unlike those godawful "Mario/Zelda in Unreal Engine" fan-games, this actually looks quite good.

Now I don't say this often (because I'm not sure exactly what it means) but...

NINTENDO, BUY THESE PEOPLE!

Hope I did that right.

Honestly, I have said since day one, Link's Awakening's style would suit Earthbound and this is simply beautiful. There aren't many fan projects I wish were real, but this is certainly top of that small list.

I still never understand the appeal of this game.
I personally don't see any appeal from Mother 3 as RPG games even from the fanmade recreation.
Yeah.... Because I didn't grow up by this game.

@Anti-Matter I wouldn't worry about it.

Now imagine a Golden Sun remake in a similar style...
The sprites were already pre-rendered 3D, in that old look were everything is kind of similar to claymation already with the simpler shapes. It would be so awesome.

@Anti-Matter Why do you feel the necessity to say this in every Earthbound thread? Go away.

@Troll_Decimator
I still scratched my head to digest the hype of Mother 3 by tons of peoples.
I literally still baffled what was the good thing from Mother 3 when I saw the gameplay was like different type of RPG games that I still didn't see the interesting part to dig in the game. Was that like Final Fantasy or like Miitopia or I dunno...

I dearly loved Links Awakening Remake, played through it 2 times in a row, just because I enjoyed it so much. Honestly, ALL the top-down-RPGs of that era need that treatment. Similar to how that 2,5D thing from ocotpath traveller is a really fitting aesthetic for that kind of games. Love them too.

Can you imagine, CHRONO TRIGGER in that sweet 2,5D?

Wheeeee....

@AlphaXXI Oh yes! Loved Golden Sun back in the day. Would be a perfect fit.

Wow! Just...wow! This is ten thousand times more impressive than any of the "Game N but in Unreal Engine" that is usually posted here as stunning, this truly is stunning. I would pay a lot for the Mother games translated into this style!

It says a lot about both the original's quality and the love that went into that tribute, that years after playing the original the last time, I recognised every scene, even the less interesting ones. I thought it would ruin the gorgeous pixelwork, making it 3d, but I want to be able to play it in claymation style so badly now, it's not even fun anymore (especially considering it has a low probability of happening, but nothing is impossible).

@AlphaXXI Yup, all three (or maybe stick with the original 2) in one game. I literally spent days running back and forth in a simple vertical hallway on a secret boss island in 2, where blue phoenixes spawned for tons of xp and another enemy with a very rare weapon drop, grinding all 8 characters to lv99, with all of the... everything from both games, without ever getting bored of Golden Sun. The only thing it needs is an option to skip long dialogues, and I'm completely on board with doing it all over AGAIN (I lost count of how many times I played through it, and how many hours I spent spamming A while Gareth destroys the roof and practices 'move' on a stone pillar and Saturos and Menardi or Karst and Agatio (and Alex!) were explaining or being vague about their goals.

I've not been interested in Earthbound/Mother before, but I would sure as heck play that. That was beautiful

I wasn't a fan of this art style in the Switch version of Link's Awakening, but it fits perfectly for Mother 3.

This is beautiful.

Any other company would say, "Let's hire this person."
Nintendo would say, "Let's sue this person."

@sleepinglion If they want to get hire then all they had to do is apply. Nintendo like every other company doesn't hire a dev/employee unless they sign application and a contract. It's not the employer's job to hire you without a contract, it's your job to apply first.

Oh my god, this is beautiful. I would explode if the game got remade in this style.

@Anti-Matter If you don't like the game, you can simply not comment. Your input isn't required on every single article. You don't need to come in here and try to bring down the mood. We know your platonic ideal RPG is Yokai Watch for some reason.

@Arckadius Nintendo typically loves to reuse good systems they develop for each console generation. I've been a little disappointed they haven't done exactly what you said.

@sleepinglion Sega has MANY issues... but they correctly see fan games, remixes, etc. as gratis promotion that's good for everyone. We got Sonic Mania out of that ethos! Similarly, Disney is problematic... but they embrace community creations like the Ratatouille Musical as good for their bottom line.

Nintendo sees this stuff as a threat. Like... "if it doesn't come from us, IT'S PIRACY!" They seem to exist in the 1980's on so many things.

@Muddy_4_Ever Right on, you explained it better than I had

@Anti-Matter Let me paint a picture for you. There’s this fellow who prides himself on having different tastes in games. When there’s a Nintendo Direct or game announcement, he often will say he doesn’t like those games. Instead he prefers rhythm and girly games. Sometimes that person is made fun of for what he likes, but he likes what he likes.

Then that same person will come in and tell others he cannot fathom why people like games he doesn’t. You know, the individual who almost formed an identity out of liking niche games?

I say this with respect, that’s how you come across. It’s fine that you don’t like Mother. It’s also fine that some people do whether you understand it or not. Just like a vast majority of gamers don’t have the passion for DDR that you do.

@AlphaXXI I'd wish a golden sun to look less plasticy

I've been wanting to play earthbound and have started recently with it since it was added to SNES online. I like the game so far.
This remake would so SO GOOD! I loved links Awakening remake and love how the fanmade remake looks! Here's hoping for something like this!

@westman98
I just wanted to write that.
Thats how you impress with real affort!

Not those cheap "X iN uNrEAl EnGinEe" Stuff.

All these years and I am just now realizing how wildly weird is Mother's art style / characters

That's impressive. One or two of the models need inproving, but I too would be up a Link's Awakening Remake style. I'd take the original style too to be honest

**Ahem** GREZZO!!! If you're not remaking Zelda: Oracle of Seasons + Ages... then please be remaking MOTHER 3! Better yet make both. And while you're at it Nintie, hire these good fellows to assist.

... And And Nintendo while you're at it make an NSO Game Boy line app with all the originals on it plus other great additions Onett (puntentional lol) all in colour please, thanks & ASAP.

... Wun can only hope!

@Greatluigi No, he said that he won't be working on a new one. It could still happen, but he wouldn't be involved.

@Troll_Decimator oh. Uh...oops

@Troll_Decimator Yes, Mania was made by an actual indie studio. But development began as a labor of love the devs had for Sonic. Enter Google in your search bar to begin your knowledge journey.

The reason they started such an endeavor is that Nintendo style litigiousness about fan projects was not present. It was unlikely their work would be met with a cease and desist in mid project.

As this particular discussion is (bizarrely) prompting what appears to be acrimony, I'll leave it at that and wish you a good one.

@AlphaXXI or the 2D-HD style would be dope too! ❤️

@Ontrevant Meh. The sprites in Golden Sun are pre-rendered 3D, it would be a bit awkward to have them be flat and move around in 3D environements. I'd prefer seeing them as actual 3D.