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http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/2...higesato-itoi-says-something-is-in-the-works/
Shigesato Itoi, creator of the Earthbound (known as Mother in Japan) series of games and editor-in-chief of the popular Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun website, says that some sort of Earthbound return is underway.
Before you get excited, its not Earthbound 4.
Over Twitter, Itoi shared: Since Im allowed to drop it on you all now, Ill just go ahead and say it. The Mother re-release Id mentioned a bit before, were making progress on that.
He added later: Its not 4! Were trying to get Mother working again right now. I still cant mention any details, but I have to make clear that this isnt 4!
Judging by the way its worded, it sounds like Itoi could be saying that the involved parties are trying to get Earthbound prepped and working on current systems or for current audiences. A Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console release, perhaps?
Earthbound, for those that arent familiar, is a series of role-playing games published by Nintendo. The second game in the series, Mother 2 was released in North America, and was the first and only Mother game to be officially released outside Japan.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/2...higesato-itoi-says-something-is-in-the-works/