Mother 3 - Localizers HATE This One Weird Game!

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  • čas přidán 30. 11. 2020
  • A look at one of the greatest games to still go unreleased in the West, made with the expectation that this one pathetic video among thousands will single-handedly drive Nintendo to localize it
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  • @reeeeeee551
    @reeeeeee551 Před 3 lety +5757

    mother 3 came out so long ago that we could have learned japanese to this point

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety +80

      Never gonna make it

    • @DexysTakumi
      @DexysTakumi Před 3 lety +189

      I've tried it, it can't be done

    • @evertonc1448
      @evertonc1448 Před 3 lety +370

      Most Americans can't order a taco in spanish. Japanese is on another level.

    • @lemmingscanfly5
      @lemmingscanfly5 Před 3 lety +90

      I came out so long ago I could've done something of worth at this point.

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety +20

      @@lemmingscanfly5 Yeah, but you're gay and like Granddad 7, so you're doomed

  • @mario-oc2if
    @mario-oc2if Před 3 lety +2628

    Props to that one girl who held up a localize mother 3 sign at wwe

    • @notsofunny9651
      @notsofunny9651 Před 3 lety +141

      She the person I strive to be!

    • @mario-oc2if
      @mario-oc2if Před 3 lety +162

      @@notsofunny9651 she's the person we all strive to be

    • @0utrunner237
      @0utrunner237 Před 3 lety +23

      That was definitely a guy

    • @chimp9465
      @chimp9465 Před 3 lety +123

      @@0utrunner237 it was a magypsy

    • @themonkeyvivi
      @themonkeyvivi Před 3 lety +95

      @@0utrunner237 they’re non-binary,. Super kind and talented person too!

  • @scrappy2082
    @scrappy2082 Před 3 lety +3061

    mother 1 took around 25 years to be officially localized
    so see u in 2030 everyone

    • @mariokarter13
      @mariokarter13 Před 3 lety +103

      I think the biggest factor working against it is the fact it's on the GBA. Mother 1 was already designed to be played on a television. By the time they uprez the entire game to make it look presentable they'll probably have sunk more money into it than they'll make. The only reason Nintendo ignores these franchises for years or even decades at a time is because they never made a lot of money to begin with.

    • @ryelo5448
      @ryelo5448 Před 3 lety +48

      @@mariokarter13 also the fact that some of the subjects push it from being published. the very outdated and terrible representation of trans with the mygipsies is one that would make nintendo look bad, while other things like death being such a heavy theme push it even further. and because of this, i wonder if it even did get localized, would it be the same story, or would they change it too much?

    • @BassiKun99
      @BassiKun99 Před 3 lety +82

      @@ryelo5448
      Yeah, I get the intention Itoi had with the Magypsies, but that was back in 2006 and society has changed a lot since then. I didn't find them offensive, but I understand why some people would find them offensive (especially in sites like Twitter...)
      Regarding other themes like death and the TaneTane drug trip... well, just give it a T rating. Earthbound Beginnings got a T Rating when it was released on the Wii U (and that is most likely because of a reference to underage drinking)

    • @scrappy2082
      @scrappy2082 Před 3 lety +13

      @@mariokarter13 maybe back then but earthbound zero and earthbound sold amazingly on the wii-u

    • @glasssawsslipperstraws7410
      @glasssawsslipperstraws7410 Před 3 lety +1

      what are you doing here scrap boy

  • @NEMountainG
    @NEMountainG Před 3 lety +3571

    I still can’t even believe they did the “Reggie give us Mother 3” thing. I remember watching that live.

    • @lemmingscanfly5
      @lemmingscanfly5 Před 3 lety +303

      What Reggie should've said was "how about *you* go get a job you fat, sweaty nerd!"
      And thrown a smelly Yoshi egg at him haha.

    • @Pebphiz
      @Pebphiz Před 3 lety +113

      @@lemmingscanfly5 Ha ha, stinkyyy!

    • @iammaxhailme
      @iammaxhailme Před 3 lety +309

      That was real????????????????? I thought it was like, robot chicken making fun of them or something

    • @NEMountainG
      @NEMountainG Před 3 lety +263

      @@iammaxhailme it actually happened during Nintendo’s 2014 E3 video. I swear Reggie himself wanted to troll us.

    • @exetone
      @exetone Před 3 lety +273

      Technically Nintendo didn't write it - Robot Chicken did. Nintendo just said fuck it and streamed it

  • @1gnore_me.
    @1gnore_me. Před 3 lety +3493

    saying the fan translation for this game is "very good" is totally underselling it. it's absolutely phenomenal, one of the greatest fan efforts ever made. I would have gladly paid full price for it.

    • @ConsarnitTokkori
      @ConsarnitTokkori Před 3 lety +285

      and most of the enemy names being puns is a translation only thing lmao
      they weren't just really good, they were really lucky with them

    • @PkmariO64
      @PkmariO64 Před 3 lety +23

      I personally think he oversells this game, but to each their own.

    • @ezzenious9923
      @ezzenious9923 Před 3 lety +109

      The battle memory item was also a translation exclusive thing iirc

    • @0utrunner237
      @0utrunner237 Před 3 lety +11

      LIVE-A-LIVE

    • @MohammadAhmad-sf6by
      @MohammadAhmad-sf6by Před 3 lety +5

      @@ConsarnitTokkori theres nothing called luck

  • @imunoriginal382
    @imunoriginal382 Před 3 lety +1652

    Imagine the game being localized only to be sold for a limited time only

  • @hranf
    @hranf Před 3 lety +2233

    "Saving is done quickly using frogs instead of calling your dad."
    I'm pretty sure that's a brand new sentence you've constructed there, Nerrel.

  • @Rankerquat
    @Rankerquat Před 3 lety +890

    "Look daddy, teacher says, every-time someone mentions Mother 3 on the internet, an Angel gets its wings!"

    • @Rankerquat
      @Rankerquat Před 3 lety +14

      @Gabriel Howell It's a long discontinued "Skyrunner" poster I purchased once upon a time on Fangamer! Although you can't find the poster anymore, you can still purchase the wonderful Mother 3 Handbook, along with other lovingly crafted merchandise made by skillful artists!

    • @scootypatooty7
      @scootypatooty7 Před 3 lety +18

      if its the biblically accurate ones, with like 3 pairs of wings each, then yes, that would be true.

    • @thedrewdog
      @thedrewdog Před 3 lety +9

      "...your teacher's full of snot."

    • @TheRealNTM
      @TheRealNTM Před 2 lety +5

      "...Torn off by a God-size pair of Pliers owned by Nintendo"

    • @retrofan4963
      @retrofan4963 Před 3 měsíci

      Did I just witness a Rocko's Modern Life reference here? :) That's awesome

  • @jarenbayon9286
    @jarenbayon9286 Před 3 lety +1133

    I really like the boss fight where you can throw his favorite merchandise at him to make him weaker in battle

    • @emanueljohnson26
      @emanueljohnson26 Před 3 lety +64

      Tonda gossaaa lol

    • @CaptmagiKono
      @CaptmagiKono Před 3 lety +75

      The only boss that kicked my ass hard was the Gorilla boss. Which had a damage weakness of lightning, so I used it, but did not realize until like 10 deaths later that hitting it with lightning put the boss into a berserk hard-mode pretty much, which I thought was from a damage threshold or something, lol.

    • @spencer1531
      @spencer1531 Před 3 lety +45

      @@CaptmagiKono The hardest ones for me were the barrier people, miracle Fassad, and Lord Passion. But he's so right that the game responds incredibly well to experimentation. Learning to use your item bitches is super important

    • @Antiformed
      @Antiformed Před 3 lety +15

      @@CaptmagiKono The goddamn Steel Mechorilla. Definitely one of, if not THE hardest bosses in the game. The New Killer Cyborg isn't even as scary as that thing lol

    • @BrickmanZero
      @BrickmanZero Před 3 lety +2

      @@CaptmagiKono I remember that Gorilla, i took another way and found it while only having Lucas and Boney (I don't remember about Duster) but i ended memorizing the 16 hit combo in that battle T.T
      Still easier than barrier trio IMO

  • @Akfamilyhome
    @Akfamilyhome Před 3 lety +795

    Mother 3 will now be exclusively available for a limited time until March 31st, 2021!

    • @paperluigi6132
      @paperluigi6132 Před 3 lety +32

      At this point it's better than nothing.

    • @garythehippopotamus9536
      @garythehippopotamus9536 Před 3 lety +103

      @@paperluigi6132 That's the problem! We have come to expect Nintendo's shitty decisions so much that now we accept them.

    • @tzizr2593
      @tzizr2593 Před 3 lety +16

      @@garythehippopotamus9536 some people will try and change it but other people will see it as “crying” or complaining

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato Před 3 lety +2

      @@garythehippopotamus9536 ok whiner

    • @neinmaster4585
      @neinmaster4585 Před 3 lety +5

      @@GiordanDiodato Begone furry

  • @DensetsuVII
    @DensetsuVII Před 3 lety +769

    I just love the irony Nerrel points out here: that if Nintendo really believed that emulation was the devil and people just want to not pay for games, why does everyone want an official Mother 3 release at all? Check-and-mate-and-RELEASEMOTHER3NINTENDO

    • @pingunooty
      @pingunooty Před 3 lety +27

      @Videodromed but at that point they should just release the game if they don't want people using emulators

    • @QweRinatrtY
      @QweRinatrtY Před 3 lety +21

      @Videodromed i thought "removing content to retain control over intellectual property" was a myth or obsolete? i'm pretty sure i read or heard somewhere that their actions of banning items are completely redundant
      also mother 4 didn't receive a cease and desist, instead, the mother 4 team rebranded it to oddity because of fears of a cease of desist

    • @rodingrajo998
      @rodingrajo998 Před 3 lety +8

      we want an official release to pirate, that's all
      how can we pirate if there's nothing to pirate

    • @QweRinatrtY
      @QweRinatrtY Před 3 lety +5

      @@rodingrajo998 this is incorrect

    • @prettylights8873
      @prettylights8873 Před 3 lety +6

      @@rodingrajo998 japanese fan translation text will be better than watered down language

  • @godofmediocrity7582
    @godofmediocrity7582 Před 3 lety +2520

    I would like to appreciate how Nerrel puts subtitles in his vids. As someone who sometimes has a hard time hearing, I greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

    • @mrniceguy7168
      @mrniceguy7168 Před 3 lety +65

      Lol wtf just listen it isn’t that hard, like just put up the volume lil nigga smfh

    • @nerdaitami7205
      @nerdaitami7205 Před 3 lety +173

      @@mrniceguy7168 :/

    • @nikopierrot
      @nikopierrot Před 3 lety +154

      @@mrniceguy7168 Not everyone has the same physical capabilities as you. Please be considerate of others.

    • @vrien5686
      @vrien5686 Před 3 lety +29

      @@nikopierrot It's a pasta, calm down.

    • @XMonument
      @XMonument Před 3 lety +104

      agreed. not only for hearing for disabilities, but for other language speakers as well! as someone who doesnt speak english for a first language im sometimes uncertain if i heard correctly, so i like having subtitles to assure the words spoken.

  • @hteekay
    @hteekay Před 3 lety +194

    Mother 3's fandom in a way surpasses Half-Life 3's, because fans already get to play it and yet still demanding for an official release because they genuinely want the public to experience this special little thing.

  • @DragoSmash
    @DragoSmash Před 3 lety +261

    "must resist urge to dance"
    you can't, Mr. Batty Twist is just the best track in the game to dance

    • @Azure1013
      @Azure1013 Před 3 lety +6

      But "And Yet, El Mariachi" exists tho

    • @veryexciteddog963
      @veryexciteddog963 Před 3 lety +2

      If you look in the subtitles it says "boogie" instead. I didn't wanna point it out and be *that guy* but if I didn't then someone else would have. Can't have that.

    • @404nonexistent
      @404nonexistent Před 3 lety +3

      Uhhhh, funky monkey/open sesame tofu? It even had it's own dedicated dance competition once lol.

  • @toxictincan
    @toxictincan Před 3 lety +491

    "Come on Reggie give us Mother 3!"

    • @chrisnguyen2316
      @chrisnguyen2316 Před 3 lety +115

      “How about this instead?”

    • @fide1039
      @fide1039 Před 3 lety +63

      *dies

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety +66

      Based Nintendo shitting on their fandom

    • @NeutralL12
      @NeutralL12 Před 3 lety +55

      @@Professor_Utonium_ back when folks thought Nintendo shitting on their fans was a joke

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety +33

      @@NeutralL12 That's a scarily good point though lol They've been pretty low quality lately. Even Wii U era was better than most of this year's decisions

  • @TehSkullKid
    @TehSkullKid Před 3 lety +209

    The fan translation is far better than anything we would probably get from a treehouse-helmed translation nowadays. It's my favorite game of all time, and I think it's gotten to have a decent life online despite never getting an officially-localized physical release, just because of the work Clyde and his team did.

    • @ff-qf1th
      @ff-qf1th Před 2 lety +3

      why don't they just fucking!!!! buy the fan translation
      I know it would go against their anti-emulation principles but for god's sake. just change and grow

    • @fusrosandvich3738
      @fusrosandvich3738 Před rokem +15

      @@ff-qf1th They can't even make a functional port of OOT without there being all-new major graphical bugs, and they still have the guts to be charging 40$+ for it. Any version of mother 3 they released would be bastardized.
      Emulation is the Nintendo fan's savior. Fans do everything related to it so much better than nintendo itself, it's pathetic.
      This is what happens when you can't retain the workers that know how to do these types of jobs.
      Nintendo lost the guy that made their emulated ports, now they are hopelessly bad at it.

    • @_bedbo
      @_bedbo Před rokem +1

      I think it could pass as rated T. That’s what EarthBound’s rating was changed to after it’s Wii U release.

    • @itsasecrettoevery1
      @itsasecrettoevery1 Před 3 měsíci +3

      with how bad modern translators are nowadays, thank god it was made in the early internet days by a professional.

  • @OlleLindestad
    @OlleLindestad Před 3 lety +86

    My favorite thing about Mother 3 that wasn't mentioned in the video: the rhythm-based battle system is used for musical jokes. A couple hours into the game, once the player has figured out how to chain attacks by following the beat, battle themes start speeding up or slowing down, switching time signatures, or abruptly cutting to dumb little musical interludes, disrupting your hits until you learn the songs and start planning around them. It's amazing and made me laugh out loud several times.

  • @Azure1013
    @Azure1013 Před 3 lety +584

    The line, "Either way, the game would certainly generate discussions in today's climate, and they aren't discussions Nintendo likely wants to have," had me crying because literally the whole point of the game is to generate discussions...

    • @jedgrahek1426
      @jedgrahek1426 Před 3 lety +129

      Thank you. I was rather confused when in this video the irreconcilable nature of the game's core themes with Western Neoliberalism was not mentioned even as part of the picture... which it undeniably must have been from Nintendo's perspective, especially considering when the game was originally released: right in the heart of the Cheney administration.

    • @connorross8942
      @connorross8942 Před 3 lety

      Haha here you are again!!

    • @Azure1013
      @Azure1013 Před 3 lety

      @@connorross8942 wtf lmao

    • @LongSinceDead1
      @LongSinceDead1 Před 3 lety +71

      Jed Grahek I mean that was because of Itoi’s writing and creative direction. Modern Nintendo’s corporate leadership (very different from the creative sector that actually developed the game) clearly doesn’t want to touch any of Mother 3’s potentially controversial themes and subject matter with a ten foot pole.

    • @L337playing
      @L337playing Před 3 lety +46

      @Smash 123 So you're one "those" people, huh?

  • @thegreatmajora5089
    @thegreatmajora5089 Před 3 lety +424

    Mother 3 is one of those experiences I dont think I'll ever be able to forget. I wish more people would give it a shot.

    • @Shrek_es_mi_pastor
      @Shrek_es_mi_pastor Před 3 lety +4

      Gotta install the rom and a Gran Buenos Aires (GBA) emulator right now

    • @IceBreak23
      @IceBreak23 Před 3 lety +12

      the final part is one of the best and really sad that actually made me cry, that final battle hurts

    • @fernandobanda5734
      @fernandobanda5734 Před 3 lety +3

      That's exactly why an official localization is important, it would broaden the audience a lot more than people think.

    • @soulreaperx7x
      @soulreaperx7x Před 3 lety

      I would love to but don't know how lol. I actually wish I could play any of them if not all 3 Mother games.

    • @fernandobanda5734
      @fernandobanda5734 Před 3 lety +1

      @@soulreaperx7x If you don't mind playing in emulators, the instructions are fairly easy.

  • @TimBagels
    @TimBagels Před 3 lety +135

    You know, after methodically researching all material about this series I can find for the past 15 years, somehow I'm still able to be surprised. The inference on the map layouts is new to me, and makes sense.

  • @FappinSteve
    @FappinSteve Před 3 lety +59

    3:28 “..and subtle enough you wouldn’t even notice them”
    *_proceeds to play one of the most recognizable bit of music ever_*

  • @OrangeIsBorange
    @OrangeIsBorange Před 3 lety +251

    Well! I had a blast working with you on this one. Thank you for making the video! I was happy I could help you. :)

  • @dumbass4615
    @dumbass4615 Před 3 lety +50

    hearing about mother 3's troubled development is really cool. It makes the finished game almost seem like a fan project with all the recreations of the original game's environments in a pixel art style, except its from the actual team.

  • @shoogles_
    @shoogles_ Před 3 lety +95

    Mother 3 is one of the all-time greats. It inspired some truly excellent games, but none of them quite managed to capture its range or resonance; I'm still thinking about it years later.

    • @BrunodeSouzaLino
      @BrunodeSouzaLino Před 2 lety

      You haven't played Jimmy and The Pulsing Mass apparently.

    • @helloguy8934
      @helloguy8934 Před 2 lety +1

      @@BrunodeSouzaLino Jimmy the pulsing mass?

    • @brya9681
      @brya9681 Před 2 lety +1

      As someone who hated Mother 1 and Earthbound I was an idiot and slept on Mother 3 only to play it in 2014 and it became one of my favorite games of all time

  • @MishKoz
    @MishKoz Před 3 lety +144

    6:34 Nerrel I just want to talk

    • @tuskoub
      @tuskoub Před 3 lety +18

      The feeling of seeing your favorite content creators in each other’s comment sections is nice

    • @veryexciteddog963
      @veryexciteddog963 Před 3 lety +6

      Inside the mailbox was a pile of rotten, putrid WAP.

    • @poxfudd1824
      @poxfudd1824 Před 3 lety +2

      No, I really don't want to think, neither talk about it...

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 3 lety +373

    It probably wasn't released in the West as it didn't have motion controls :P

    • @MarbelSoda
      @MarbelSoda Před 3 lety +15

      helloooo youuuuu

    • @zm1055
      @zm1055 Před 3 lety +8

      That's why they should localize it. They could all kinds of motion controls to it

    • @AoiTachibana
      @AoiTachibana Před 3 lety

      @@zm1055 its sad that I'd be ok with them doing that if its what it takes to release the game

    • @peruserprecurer1446
      @peruserprecurer1446 Před 3 lety

      ... On the GBA?

    • @subaruanon
      @subaruanon Před 3 lety +9

      @@peruserprecurer1446 Kirby's TIlt and Tumble had motion controls on the GBC and Yoshi Topsy-Turvy as well as WarioWare: Twisted! had it on the GBA.

  • @ShadowMKII
    @ShadowMKII Před 3 lety +78

    "It's a story as old as time."
    *Terranigma is shown*
    [Indeed.]

    • @derpoltergeist8265
      @derpoltergeist8265 Před 3 lety +21

      If anyone reads this comment, go and play Terranigma on the SNES if you haven't. It IS one of the best games ever made.

    • @marty1076
      @marty1076 Před 3 lety +2

      Terranigma was localized for Europe though. It just wasn’t released in North America.

    • @derpoltergeist8265
      @derpoltergeist8265 Před 3 lety +5

      @@marty1076 Yeah. I am European so I was lucky enough to grow up with it. But it's a tragedy it wasn't released in USA.
      Also, no company cares for that game. There was never any re release. The only way to play that master piece is to buy an expensive retro cardridge, that might stop functioning in the future, or to download an illegal rom.

    • @marty1076
      @marty1076 Před 3 lety

      @@derpoltergeist8265 I played it in ROM form because there would be no way for me to do so otherwise. Getting a reproduction cartridge shipped to anywhere in Latin America would be incredibly expensive.

    • @derpoltergeist8265
      @derpoltergeist8265 Před 3 lety +3

      @@marty1076 Even tho roms are illegal, they are still necessary for video game preservation. It's a shame some games get forgotten.

  • @friendlynightmares
    @friendlynightmares Před 3 lety +24

    I remember that video I saw of someone finding a Dr. Andonuts door at an E3 event and asking one of the workers what it meant and he was just like "it's not really anything" lol damn

  • @MrSTVR
    @MrSTVR Před 3 lety +100

    Mother 3 will finally launch on the Switch in the West on March 30th 2021!!
    (Only available for a limited time until March 31st 2021)

    • @emanueljohnson26
      @emanueljohnson26 Před 3 lety

      Lol oh for 1 day huh?

    • @MrRisdon1
      @MrRisdon1 Před 3 lety +14

      @@emanueljohnson26 That is the joke...

    • @emanueljohnson26
      @emanueljohnson26 Před 3 lety +18

      @@MrRisdon1 thanks for your insight as I ACTUALLY thought nintendo anounced mother 3 with only a 1 day window to buy........................

    • @battlestarnomore
      @battlestarnomore Před 3 lety

      Non revelaant topical humor.

    • @AmeVIRUS_
      @AmeVIRUS_ Před 3 lety +7

      considering they added fe1 english translation to that list, i could believe that. just constantly releasing limited time localisations of games people want so that when it hits the week before, they're making millions a day for a little while.

  • @zachfakename3747
    @zachfakename3747 Před 3 lety +193

    WHEN PAPPA NERREL POSTS, WE ALL STAND

    • @jerryborjon
      @jerryborjon Před 3 lety

      We also stan

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety

      Yeah, sorry man, gonna have to issue you a warning for posting cringe

    • @jerryborjon
      @jerryborjon Před 3 lety +2

      @@Professor_Utonium_ - It’s fine. No one lost any subscriber.

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ Před 3 lety

      @@jerryborjon What a relief!

    • @LukeOrionMarble
      @LukeOrionMarble Před 3 lety +3

      Fucking cybershell posts yesterday, then nerrel today. What's next?

  • @moved9418
    @moved9418 Před 3 lety +41

    I'm going to be dead before Mother 3 gets localized.

    • @imunoriginalokay4400
      @imunoriginalokay4400 Před 3 lety +3

      When we do die when it gets localized we will wake up in a heartbeat

  • @sketchitDotBiz
    @sketchitDotBiz Před 3 lety +62

    Playing Mother 3 ended a pretty long spell of apathy for me; if it can make an emotionless sack like me feel something, I feel like releasing the game could make a lot of other people happy.

    • @bbbbbbb51
      @bbbbbbb51 Před rokem

      The only game that's had that effect on me was Outer Wilds.

  • @randomties4123
    @randomties4123 Před 3 lety +110

    Omg you run one of the most interesting gaming channels in the scene right now. Thanks so much for the quality content nerrel!

  • @RetroPixelLizard
    @RetroPixelLizard Před 3 lety +257

    I've known people who are so dedicated to an anti- emulation stance, it gets sad when they say they'll wait for the official release. Unless they change that stance or make exception, it's always going to be an unhappy ending for them. :(

    • @LukeOrionMarble
      @LukeOrionMarble Před 3 lety +4

      What about just buying an unofficial cartridge then? I did that just bc I wanted a physical version

    • @RetroPixelLizard
      @RetroPixelLizard Před 3 lety +29

      ​@@LukeOrionMarble So you' paid money to someone profiting off someone else's work, What the hell?

    • @LukeOrionMarble
      @LukeOrionMarble Před 3 lety +43

      @@RetroPixelLizard it was pretty cheap so I'd say it was okay, I probably payed about the amount of work it took to manually put a game onto a cartridge. Its abandonware, and the fan translation is out for free, so I dont really care

    • @Infindox
      @Infindox Před 3 lety +15

      @@RetroPixelLizard actually I don't think of it that way. Finding a cart with the English translation is actually pretty cheap, and you are really only paying for the labor cost and the cartridge shell itself, and not the rom.

    • @arfarfarf256
      @arfarfarf256 Před 3 lety +32

      Anti emulation weenies can just mope by themselves, then.

  • @BrandonTheFanGuy
    @BrandonTheFanGuy Před 3 měsíci +10

    Welp it came to NSO in JP only today. Rewatching just to rub the salt in my wounds I guess IDK I'm just sad ok

  • @miguelescobedo5112
    @miguelescobedo5112 Před 3 lety +85

    I wanna thank the Mother/Earthbound series for giving us great Earthbound-Like games which were inspired by Earthbound/Mother and these great and wonderful games are Citizens Of Earth, Undertale, and LISA The Painful I'm really happy and proud to play them all from beginning to end hopefully in the future people and fans will finally get Mother 3 or Earthbound 3.

    • @pingunooty
      @pingunooty Před 3 lety +1

      Ive been curious about citizens of earth for while now...

  • @Dyundu
    @Dyundu Před 3 měsíci +8

    This video is even funnier this week 😅

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica Před 3 lety +44

    Lucas in Smash Bros and The Completionist's froggy car merch is the closest we've gotten to Mother 3 in the west.

  • @shiggerator6816
    @shiggerator6816 Před 3 lety +153

    I'm gonna say it. I really think there's no reason to want an official localization at this point. The fan translation is frankly better than anything Nintendo of America could give us, and it can be played easily by anyone with even a phone. Even if you want to play it on official hardware, patched cartridges exist. As someone with massive love in my heart for this game, I don't give a damn if Nintendo ever touches it.

    • @PuffyBuffy25
      @PuffyBuffy25 Před 3 lety +16

      This ^
      Very few get this.

    • @Jack_MxM
      @Jack_MxM Před 3 lety +10

      It is nice to be able to play the translation on the system the game was originally intended for, but I'd love for it to get a translation just to see how happy everyone would be and to introduce such a masterpiece to a wider audience. If ever there was a console to do that it would be the Switch

    • @altermann6753
      @altermann6753 Před 3 lety +29

      I have a deep fear they would censor things for the west if the ever officially translated it

    • @NCozy
      @NCozy Před 3 lety +24

      Here's the thing though, the game should be accessible to everyone. Getting a fan translated rom might be easy for you or me but for the average person it might be daunting and an official release would be the first time they get to experience this game

    • @shiggerator6816
      @shiggerator6816 Před 3 lety +36

      @@NCozy You seem to think the average person is a drooling moron. You can google "Mother 3 translated rom" and quickly find a pre-patched one. And then downloading and setting up a GBA emulator is incredibly simple and user-friendly. The game IS accessible to everyone.

  • @mongobongo3338
    @mongobongo3338 Před 3 lety +36

    I laughed good at “spank my little ass for being such a noob”

  • @borb9544
    @borb9544 Před 3 lety +172

    Just gonna watch it before it is on everyone’s recommended

  • @masterspongebat2387
    @masterspongebat2387 Před 3 lety +65

    “A Story as old as time”
    When you don’t officially release a game so you don’t get bad press but let it be played on an emulator to avoid controversy. The end

    • @lamegamertime
      @lamegamertime Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah, back in the caveman days this was a huge problem.

  • @healmore8716
    @healmore8716 Před 3 lety +72

    It doesn’t matter if you don’t like rpg’s or story focused games I will still recommend that you NEED to play mother 3 if you can

    • @tenleesmaindancer1819
      @tenleesmaindancer1819 Před 2 lety

      Well where can I play it???

    • @antonywu6672
      @antonywu6672 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tenleesmaindancer1819 If you have a Ds lite that’s able to play GB games, you can buy the fan translation of Mother 3 online or you can play an emulation if it on an emulator website

    • @etrs
      @etrs Před 2 lety

      You really should explain what you mean when you say something like that.

  • @Hysteria98
    @Hysteria98 Před 3 lety +11

    Shogo Sakai is arguably an unsung hero of the Nintendo composer lineup. Toru Minegishi, too.

  • @OmnipotentO
    @OmnipotentO Před 3 lety +84

    • @Matheus-ki9zo
      @Matheus-ki9zo Před 3 lety +13

      Ultra relatable

    • @jamjon6616
      @jamjon6616 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes

    • @LongSinceDead1
      @LongSinceDead1 Před 3 lety +2

      No crying until the end

    • @OmnipotentO
      @OmnipotentO Před 3 lety

      @@LongSinceDead1 wasnt that the tagline :o
      Also remember the commercial for the game was literally a IRL girl crying

    • @eugger3011
      @eugger3011 Před 2 lety

      This joke will not make sense when you inevitable change your profile pic.

  • @FlameLFH
    @FlameLFH Před 3 lety +12

    As someone who doesn't even like EarthBound or RPGs that much, I used to think the desperation for Mother 3 to get localized was overexaggerated. When I tried the English patched ROM on my 3DS, however, I was blown away - It's easily the best traditional RPG I've ever played.

  • @LalitoTV
    @LalitoTV Před 3 lety +24

    14:40
    "play skullgirls"
    i completely agree

    • @tuluflulu
      @tuluflulu Před 3 lety

      My favorite indie game!

    • @gfmhd1280
      @gfmhd1280 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tuluflulu skullgirls is a bad game

    • @tuluflulu
      @tuluflulu Před 3 lety +3

      @@gfmhd1280 It's basically Marvel Vs. Capcom 4. How is that bad?

    • @tuluflulu
      @tuluflulu Před 3 lety +4

      @JulianRock Is this sarcasm, or do you have anger issues?

  • @healmore8716
    @healmore8716 Před 3 lety +71

    Mother 3 is my favorite game ever and honestly I don’t really care if Nintendo made a official localization because they would probably censor and ruin some stuff in it and you can just play the fan translation which is still open

    • @brya9681
      @brya9681 Před 2 lety +4

      Thank you. I'm so confused as to why people keep begging Nintendo to do it when we already have an amazing localization

    • @kekcrocgod6731
      @kekcrocgod6731 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@brya9681it’s less about actually playing the game and moreso the game getting the western release and recognition that it deserves. Anyone who actually wants to play mother 3 would’ve already played it by now, fans just want Nintendo to acknowledge that their favorite game exists.

  • @Spebby
    @Spebby Před 3 lety +50

    not even watched 15 seconds, but that opening is gold, as per usual.
    ok I watched the full video and that was another banger, amazing job!

    • @Hysteria98
      @Hysteria98 Před 3 lety +2

      'Per usual', 'Perusal' means to look something over.

  • @blakechildress944
    @blakechildress944 Před 3 lety +9

    When I'm on my deathbed I'm certain the memories and emotions I had playing Mother 2 & 3 will resurface during final moments.

  • @megamaster1610
    @megamaster1610 Před 3 lety +85

    What I’d do in Nintendo’s position is release the game as is, then slap on a giant ass red screen every time you boot up the game saying “This game was made for a different audience a long time ago, and some of the concepts and ideas present in the story may not reflect our current views, and may not be for everyone.”

    • @feIon
      @feIon Před 3 lety +29

      or just give it an M rating. then little whiny babies can't complain because it wasn't made for them.

    • @guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543
      @guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543 Před 2 lety +5

      Fucking brilliant

    • @Obviary
      @Obviary Před 2 lety +3

      I would do a remake that fixes all the outdated problems in a neat hd 2d style

    • @thedoozydan
      @thedoozydan Před 2 lety +3

      So basically what they did with Looney Tunes?

    • @drifter402
      @drifter402 Před rokem +2

      I absolutely hate that. It's just such an insult to the art itself

  • @BurnBluefireK
    @BurnBluefireK Před 3 lety +30

    I'm so pleased by how you addressed the magypsies. A lot of online conversations act like theyre too "edgy" for a western audience, as if there's no nuance to their portrayal, and that really pisses me off.
    Just in general I feel like there are so few good videos about mother 3 and this one made me so happy :)

  • @Densester
    @Densester Před 3 lety +50

    That's the sad part about all this, if Nintendo eventually does release their own translation, it'll become the mainstream one, but it will undeniably be inferior to the one we've got now. Either people will get pissed that Nintendo's translation sucks, or the original translation gets lost to time, ya can't really decide if you want Mother 3 to be realistically released of if people just wish the patch was how the game would release all those years ago.

    • @chrisrockett5897
      @chrisrockett5897 Před 3 lety +1

      @@randomnerd4600 But you already know dudes are gonna try to cancel it.

  • @BeeSquared
    @BeeSquared Před 3 lety +28

    If that's you playing at the end, then ugh you are amazing at capturing those emotions. Great work as always, baby daddy Nerrel xoxo

  • @darthteej1
    @darthteej1 Před 3 lety +3

    What sold me on the fan translation was a simple little thing. The healing springs have haikus. Whenever the translations add an extra syllable, it will say so at the end. This actually followed the original gam which would note extra syllables. He kept that part in but then only added it when the English version would have them.
    A wonderful little change which took and applied context in both languages while translating meaning :)

  • @deez1883
    @deez1883 Před 3 lety +10

    If Nintendo was to release it, the game would probably have an M ratting/a disclaimer in the beginning.

    • @suitcasemcgee8889
      @suitcasemcgee8889 Před 3 lety +2

      No way in hell they would make it a M rated game.

    • @fernandobanda5734
      @fernandobanda5734 Před 3 lety +1

      M isn't ideal to reach much of an audience of they're going to go through the trouble

    • @feIon
      @feIon Před 3 lety +3

      @@suitcasemcgee8889 conker was rated M and it still sold tons of copies. plus earthbound is rated T now and no one really cared. what's the issue?

  • @stupidbluebird
    @stupidbluebird Před 3 lety +20

    we even finally got seiken densetsu 3 officially, it's beyond time to localize mother 3

  • @heartbeatsdrum
    @heartbeatsdrum Před 3 lety +7

    After seeing this video, I finally began playing and beat Mother 3 over a couple months on my GBA. There is so much love and attention to detail in this game that I completely understand why it has developed the reputation it has. It is so much more fun and accessible than Earthbound, in my opinion. The ending was very sad and actually made me tear up as I have such a close relationship with my mother and brother. If you've been on the fence, sit down with the game and play it when you have time, as I did with a busy schedule, and you will absolutely adore it.

  • @snowset675
    @snowset675 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Welp. It got announced for switch. Only in Japan though..
    I swear they want to keep this meme going as long as possible

  • @insertnamehere1398
    @insertnamehere1398 Před 3 měsíci +3

    apparently the actual reason it's not released in the US is because of the ost, and japan's wildly more free sampling laws

  • @JephBoyardee
    @JephBoyardee Před 3 lety +29

    So far it's the only game that made me cry

    • @ariakhalaji4676
      @ariakhalaji4676 Před 3 lety +6

      Try Lisa or undertale

    • @user-kingpinwillwin
      @user-kingpinwillwin Před 3 lety

      Or dangonrapa

    • @lepapanouwel4663
      @lepapanouwel4663 Před 3 lety

      Then you haven't played mystery dungeon

    • @JephBoyardee
      @JephBoyardee Před 3 lety

      @@lepapanouwel4663 not yet

    • @feIon
      @feIon Před 3 lety +3

      @@ariakhalaji4676 undertale made you cry? i loved the game, played pacifist/neutral/genocide and i never even got close to getting that emotional. mother 3 did make me cry tho, and i'm a grown ass man!!

  • @pantheonradiance1660
    @pantheonradiance1660 Před 3 lety +6

    If it weren't for Chuggaaconroy's playthrough of Mother 3 (and EarthBound in general), I possibly would have never gotten into the game. I hope someday Nintendo rereleases it, or just makes a full-on remake FFVII style.

  • @jackgarcia5926
    @jackgarcia5926 Před 3 lety +6

    5:23
    _"I'm gonna beat you, boy. Daddy's gonna beat you."_

  • @Yobbyyyy
    @Yobbyyyy Před rokem +1

    5:12
    "It's because you skip through all the dialogues." is what I usually say to my 8yrold cousin (which I introduced to gaming) whenever he gets stucked in a game and asks for help. Talk to every NPC's, break every possible objects are some of the things I encouraged him.

  • @sabo-vf3xj
    @sabo-vf3xj Před 3 lety +4

    4:04
    Some HD recreations actually used the source samples found in the Roland Sound Canvas series of synths.
    Dunno if that's your thing, but I think it would be interesting if you talked about the instruments and modules used in video game music. Sometimes it can be useful for recreation and preservation purposes to know the source of the assets found in video games, including music.

  • @vedi0boy
    @vedi0boy Před 3 lety +5

    I love this video title. It’s like those cancerous ads you see on “news” sites. I love your sense of humour.

  • @guswautier9410
    @guswautier9410 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The main reason it hasnt been ported is because of copyright issues with the songs in the game because of all the "references" it makes to other artists works which are fine legally in japan but would get nintendo themselves copyright striked in america. There is a great video by Moon Channel explaining some of this.

  • @ryanvandenbergh4076
    @ryanvandenbergh4076 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow. These videos all have so much effort in them and it shows. Good job. No wonder your my favorite CZcamsr

  • @PrismaticAngel
    @PrismaticAngel Před 3 lety +5

    Mother 3 is absolutely one of the best games ever. It, more than anything ever, deserves to be localised and played by as many as possible.

  • @greennearo123
    @greennearo123 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm convinced most people don't know what the L button does in Earthbound.

  • @blobspup
    @blobspup Před 3 lety

    I was just checking your channel earlier today to see if you released a new video and I missed it, only to have this show up in my sub box a couple hours later. And it's about my favorite game, too! Even though I knew pretty much everything in this video, your style of editing and writing made this a treat to watch.

  • @aisback1990
    @aisback1990 Před 2 lety +3

    I finally got around to playing this game. Such a masterpiece. The fan translation would probably be better than anything Nintendo will do with the game

  • @ThaneGaming
    @ThaneGaming Před 3 lety +7

    You can actually read the letter/email mentioned at 13:26 here: earthboundcentral.com/2012/01/the-mother-3-e-mail
    The team was able to figure out (based on the mail header info) that it likely originated from Japan!

  • @JohnRodriguez-wk2dt
    @JohnRodriguez-wk2dt Před 3 lety +6

    I never thought I could be emotionally touched by a video essay yet here I am. Thank you, Nerrel. I really mean it.

  • @Terbear299
    @Terbear299 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for releasing this and making a great video, and a trip down memory lane for me that made me cry.

  • @frickinfrick8488
    @frickinfrick8488 Před 3 lety +1

    I love your dry delivery so much. It fits the serous moments and makes the jokes land much harder for me

  • @midnightisnice
    @midnightisnice Před 3 lety +5

    Finally got around to playing this in January. One of the best games I’ve ever played. Drastically exceeded my expectations. Like playing a well written novel. Play it if you haven’t yet

  • @lizabey
    @lizabey Před 3 lety +25

    Honestly, I feel like Mother 3 wouldn't be too out of place with modern games?

    • @samuelaviles824
      @samuelaviles824 Před 3 lety +12

      It's a timeless masterpiece.

    • @feIon
      @feIon Před 3 lety

      @@samuelaviles824 a mastapeece indeed

  • @thomfyoufool
    @thomfyoufool Před 2 lety +2

    I remember playing the same section you talked about with the train station, and I did 100% the exact same thing.

  • @Immadeus
    @Immadeus Před 3 lety +15

    Man, I love this game.

  • @thetophatfreak5627
    @thetophatfreak5627 Před 3 lety +11

    Please Nintendo,
    If it has all of that “inappropriate” stuff
    You can always make it rated T
    like earthbound

    • @MapleMilk
      @MapleMilk Před 3 lety

      TBH they could make it M if they _really_ wanted to go that route

    • @thetophatfreak5627
      @thetophatfreak5627 Před 3 lety

      @@MapleMilk Maybe a little overboard but I see what you mean

    • @mordeymay3739
      @mordeymay3739 Před 3 lety +1

      @@thetophatfreak5627 Mother 3 has people drinking alcohol. That gives it an M

    • @thetophatfreak5627
      @thetophatfreak5627 Před 3 lety

      @@mordeymay3739 probably

  • @justthenamekevin
    @justthenamekevin Před 2 lety +4

    EarthBound Beginnings (Mother)
    EarthBound (Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!)
    EarthBound 2 (Mother 3)

  • @loganbettis2031
    @loganbettis2031 Před 2 lety +1

    Bro the pic that is slightly shown at 0:21 in the fight is pure gold

  • @delirious_z9987
    @delirious_z9987 Před 3 lety +51

    The pepole that know ness from smash be like
    "This game sucks pika fire"
    Btw the king is back and he came back from nowhere

    • @tuluflulu
      @tuluflulu Před 3 lety +1

      Smach?

    • @cryptohello7666
      @cryptohello7666 Před 3 lety

      "it is not even that funny"
      Bold of you to assume it was funny in the first place

    • @Vik1919
      @Vik1919 Před 3 lety +4

      I actually got to know Earthbound from Smash because I didn't have many consoles as a kid. Glad that I finished Earthbound and Mother 3. One of the best games ever.

    • @chuggaa100
      @chuggaa100 Před 3 lety +2

      *PK

  • @Dr._Nicolas
    @Dr._Nicolas Před 3 lety +7

    Someone should make an art piece and call it "Who is afraid of mother 3" on a big wall

    • @valletas
      @valletas Před 3 lety +4

      Whos afraid of earthbound 1 2 and 3
      Then nintendo can pass by anf hit the painting with a knife so the fans have to make a patch to it that will never look the same as the original

    • @samuelaviles824
      @samuelaviles824 Před 3 lety

      I see that this is the meetup of the Modern Art Chads.

  • @bwackbeedows3629
    @bwackbeedows3629 Před 3 lety +6

    10:57
    "..on the *Wii-U* ..."
    Take one step forward and three steps backward.

    • @verdantmischief7092
      @verdantmischief7092 Před 3 lety +1

      That was the console that existed at the time bud. They released it on N3DS also

  • @Spazarts777
    @Spazarts777 Před 3 lety +1

    id just like to say that i really like this type of video, your voice suits it perfectly, id love to see more in the future. Thanks

  • @rasiin9330
    @rasiin9330 Před 3 lety

    you are my favourite youtube channel. the only channel i genuinely look forward to when they will upload next

  • @GamingJoey
    @GamingJoey Před rokem +3

    As a mother fan, I prefer that they never release an "official" translation as it won't be as good as the fan translation and probably horribly censored...

  • @AL_Talks
    @AL_Talks Před rokem +3

    Sorry if I'm like the billionth person to tell you this at this point but Moon Channel did a video recently on why this game won't be localized - its because of the change to US copyright about use of Music. You can thank Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines for that

  • @KennethV2000
    @KennethV2000 Před 2 lety +2

    Bruh they already localizes Mother 1 and Earthbound on the Nintendo Switch. I do hope Mother 3 comes on the Nintendo Switch next year or this Summer.

    • @ians_parks
      @ians_parks Před 2 lety +2

      They were already rereleased on the Wii U and nothing ever came of that. Please don't get your hopes up. You'll be waiting for Mother 3 year, after year, after year with the expectation that it just has to be coming.

  • @senae.
    @senae. Před 2 lety +2

    Just started Mother 2 with a language hack and will soon start playing the other games as well. It definetly is an amazing series

  • @cadentannery4626
    @cadentannery4626 Před 3 lety +5

    Bought a English translated cart a few weeks ago. Beat it in two weeks. Great game

  • @MrFoxInc
    @MrFoxInc Před 3 lety +5

    9:14 It's VERY worth mentioning that the "heartbeat" is usually synchronous with the rhythm of each battle theme and can mostly be guessed, which is why some themes sound wonky or randomly speed up and slow down - it's to throw you off and make the battle harder. Not everyone has a sense of rhythm though, which is why the game works perfectly without it (on my first playthrough using a GameFAQ walkthrough before the fan translation came out, I didn't even know this system existed lol.)
    Anyway, this is a surprising review to come out but I'm happy all the same. Besides the fact that this is a short and sweet presentation of the game, it's also a rational and understandable explanation as to why Nintendo is very unlikely to ever bring it out now. Also, any chance I can get to listen to your permanently annoyed-sounding voice, I will gladly take.

  • @Xenovalence
    @Xenovalence Před 3 lety

    GOD Dammit, I enjoy every video you put out.

  • @MrMW-vm1cm
    @MrMW-vm1cm Před 3 lety

    Excellent job. This is a really good and short video on why this game is loved so much and why it deserves to be translated and released while also telling why it most likely is having a hard time not doing so.

  • @Otigyrum
    @Otigyrum Před 3 lety +4

    @3:38
    One can mod a GBA to remove most of the Hissing and board artifacts for the audio output. Even though it is competing for CPU power, the CPU itself isn't the primary source for most noise.
    You'll have to clean the audio potentiometer out, polish the power switch, and add capacitors/recap the board where the stock capacitance is at its limit.
    You can find guides on how to do this through google, I bulk ordered a bunch of capacitors off of digikey and have cleaned up 6 boards myself. People sell kits to fix this, but they are overpriced. Just find the right size capacitors from any electronic supplier and test the board after each swap/addition.
    I actually use the sound player in Mother 3 to test the GBA's that i've done this mod on, which is why I feel I should leave this comment. The game deserves to be heard with the noise removed while playing on the original system.

  • @EmbarsArt
    @EmbarsArt Před 3 lety +5

    For some reason everything Mother 3 always touches me deeply. It's a great, emotional game. The fans seem so dead set to have the game finally in an official way. It's a rare case of development hell turning out great....
    There is so much right with this Game. It doesn't deserve to be one of the "lesser known" games. It deserves more.

  • @GizzPill
    @GizzPill Před 3 lety +1

    This is probably one of the most comprehensive videos about Mother 3 overall that I've seen and its not even 15 minutes, you bastard you did it again

  • @Mariogirl17
    @Mariogirl17 Před 3 lety +1

    not the piano at the end actually moving me to tears :sobbing:
    this was such a good video, thank you for this