E3 2015 is almost over and a slew of freshly announced content has made its way to the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
The Mother series is one of the most beloved franchises in gaming history. Known as Earthbound in the west, the series is renowned for its quirkiness, unique graphics, and nontraditional RPG gameplay, but it hasn't always had great success. Jason Capp is here to discuss whether it is worth bringing the franchise back to life... or not.
The odd game does have die hard fans out there. There is a NES and a SNES game Nintendo dropped the SNES port onto the SNES mini the cart alone fetches a pretty penny on Ebay. I have to get around to playing Earthbound on my SNES mini I tried it out from what I played I liked it. If Nintendo made a new game I would probably grab it wish Nintendo made a new Star Tropics as well.
Star Tropic might be way too obscure for a good portion of the audience today.
For some reason, something tells me if Star Tropic was revived, it wouldn't get the love it actually deserves.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones' uniqueness is precisely what makes it one of the best RPGs on the Game Boy Advance.
Had this on 3ds thanks to the ambassador program. Was loving it right up till the point I lost my bag with the 3DS in on a train, and it was never returned. And the real kicker was that it never appeared on the e-shop for whatever reason heh.
From GamesBeat: "Hey, look! Actual Earthbound news from Nintendo! Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings are coming to Nintendo Switch Online later today.
The Mother series debuted on the Famicom in 1989. That’s the game Nintendo calls Earthbound Beginnings elsewhere. Its sequel, known outside of Japan as Earthbound, launched for SNES in 1995."
