Programmer on Costume Quest 2 and Mother superfan Ben Burbank shows off selected scenes from the entire trilogy and explains the complicated history of this beloved cult series. Featuring a mix of Japanese and English releases, fan translations, and imported hardware, Ben takes us on a journey through the bizarre cultural mashups and heartfelt story that define Mother.
In the first chapter of this three part episode, Ben presents Mother, the Famicom RPG that spawned the cult classic series. Never released in the US yet still translated internally by Nintendo, the build was eventually leaked out into the wild.
Part 2 brings us Mother 2, or Earthbound, as it is known in the West. Building on and improving nearly all aspects of the original, this release saw a limited run in the US that was perhaps cursed by it's oversized packaging and strange marketing campaign.
The trilogy ends with Mother 3, a title which began development for the N64 DD unit before being switched over the the Game Boy Advance due to technical issues. Still unreleased in the US, a translation was created by the Starmen.net community to help fans in the US finally experience this emotional end to the series.
