Reggie has no news to share about Mother 3 despite EarthBound Wii U VC success
EarthBound was as successful as Nintendo could have hoped for. It sold very well, with the company announcing this month that it became the third best-selling title on the eShop following its launch on the Wii U eShop.
Surely the positive response to EarthBound means Nintendo is working on a way to get Mother 3 to North America, right? Well, not so fast.
Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN:
“To answer your specific question, I would have to say no. We knew the response to EarthBound was going to be strong. Believe me, I’ve met those fans. The first question out of their mouth is, ‘Reggie, when is EarthBound coming? Mother 3!’ I’ve met, I think, all of them. So we’re always looking at our rich history to identify those opportunities of games we could bring back and have consumers experience.”
“For me, it was Chrono Trigger. That was a key game in my early video-game-playing days, and I love when we made that game available. So we’re constantly looking at opportunities to bring back some of our great legacy content, reintroduce that to consumers, and have them enjoy it the way many of us did years and years ago.”
“I have nothing to announce regarding Mother 3 at this time.”
Mother 3 would obviously require a lot more work to bring over. For one thing, it was never officially localized. Second it’s a Game Boy Advance game, and the Wii U and 3DS currently do not support the platform on the Virtual Console (though the Wii U will be receiving support… eventually).
