Since I have now played the whole series I'm curious to hear who else here has had experiences with it.
My first encounter with the series was via a magazine article regarding games that never got an european release, with EarthBound being one of the games that were brought up. I don't have the magazine anymore, but a screenshot of Ness in Onett and the claymodel of Master Belch always remained in my memorys, which gave me a bit more context on who Ness is, prior to seeing him in Smash. For years the Mother series was always one that I wanted to get into, but never got around to trying out, that is until EarthBound got it's international Wii U VC release back in 2013 and boy, talk about a game that hits all of the right spots for me, from the simple, but likable artstyle, the music, the battlesystem, it's quirkyness and how, despite said being so quirky and even straight up bizzare at certain points, it still managed to make me feel very emotional at times (Smiles & Tears!), all of that really made me adore the game, to the point were I played trough it twice in a row, which is something that almost never happens for me (unless there are multiple endings).
After that and hearing how well the game's re release did I patiently waited for the other games to come out internationally and my patience was rewarded in the form of Mother 1/EarthBound Beginnings, a game that I have a huge soft spot for, thanks to the openess of it's world and how two of the party members are optional, allowing for several ways to play the game, the tight music and atmosphere for NES standards and the general charm of the series that is already present here. With that said I can't deny that the game does have some serious issues, being very unbalanced, very grindhappy and the extremly limited inventory space, which hold it back unfortunatly.
I have just beaten Mother 3 for the first time (yay for fan translations), having played it since Monday and I can safely say that it is the strongest of the trilogy in terms of characters and story (seriously, this game is freaking heart wrenching at times), I love the addition of rhythm elemnents in the battle system, graphis and soundtrack are stellar for the GBA and a number of things were improved from EarthBound. With that said there are some things that I still like more in that game and I do feel like I need to play Mother 3 a few more times, in order to compare the two games in every aspect (having played through EB so many times, while just coming from Mother 3 for the first time), but I can say that it was an incredible experiences and both games are ones that I can in good conscious put on any personal favorite games list and should Mother 3 ever get an international VC release it will be a day one purchase for me, just like the other two games.
My first encounter with the series was via a magazine article regarding games that never got an european release, with EarthBound being one of the games that were brought up. I don't have the magazine anymore, but a screenshot of Ness in Onett and the claymodel of Master Belch always remained in my memorys, which gave me a bit more context on who Ness is, prior to seeing him in Smash. For years the Mother series was always one that I wanted to get into, but never got around to trying out, that is until EarthBound got it's international Wii U VC release back in 2013 and boy, talk about a game that hits all of the right spots for me, from the simple, but likable artstyle, the music, the battlesystem, it's quirkyness and how, despite said being so quirky and even straight up bizzare at certain points, it still managed to make me feel very emotional at times (Smiles & Tears!), all of that really made me adore the game, to the point were I played trough it twice in a row, which is something that almost never happens for me (unless there are multiple endings).
After that and hearing how well the game's re release did I patiently waited for the other games to come out internationally and my patience was rewarded in the form of Mother 1/EarthBound Beginnings, a game that I have a huge soft spot for, thanks to the openess of it's world and how two of the party members are optional, allowing for several ways to play the game, the tight music and atmosphere for NES standards and the general charm of the series that is already present here. With that said I can't deny that the game does have some serious issues, being very unbalanced, very grindhappy and the extremly limited inventory space, which hold it back unfortunatly.
I have just beaten Mother 3 for the first time (yay for fan translations), having played it since Monday and I can safely say that it is the strongest of the trilogy in terms of characters and story (seriously, this game is freaking heart wrenching at times), I love the addition of rhythm elemnents in the battle system, graphis and soundtrack are stellar for the GBA and a number of things were improved from EarthBound. With that said there are some things that I still like more in that game and I do feel like I need to play Mother 3 a few more times, in order to compare the two games in every aspect (having played through EB so many times, while just coming from Mother 3 for the first time), but I can say that it was an incredible experiences and both games are ones that I can in good conscious put on any personal favorite games list and should Mother 3 ever get an international VC release it will be a day one purchase for me, just like the other two games.
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