Nintendo president gives some hope for the future of Mother/EarthBound overseas
There have been a large contingent of Mother/EarthBound fans who have vocal about Nintendo localizing the series’ games. North America did receive EarthBound, but Mother 3 was left in Japan.
Surprisingly, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently gave a bit of hope that the franchise could have a future overseas.
Take a look at this conversation between Kotaku and Satoru Iwata:
Me: I would be remiss in not telling you that some of my writers would like to play another Advance Wars and they would someday like to play Mother 3 in America… [Note: Iwata writes something down] … Whenever I ask Reggie about Mother 3, he says, ‘ask Mr. Iwata.'”
Iwata: [in English]: “Just yesterday, before I left from Japan, I met with Mr. Itoi, who is the creator of the Earthbound series. [laughs]”
Me: “Oh, I know. Are we ever going to get it?”
Iwata: “And, yeah, accidentally we were discussing that there are huge fans from Western countries for the Mother series [laughs].
Me: “So, someday? Someday?” [I stand up to shake his hand]
Iwata: “[laughs] Thank you. Great to see you!”
To be fair, this doesn’t confirm anything. But given how Nintendo hasn’t previously shown that it’s open to maintaining the series in the west, we’ll take it!
