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[Azure J]

"Earthbound Conclusions..?!"

Do it, Nintendo.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

"Earthbound Conclusions..?!"

Do it, Nintendo.

EarthBound: Mother 3

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D Collection

 

[GamerJM]

Are they? Nintendo has never flagged them. There are businesses that specialize in making cartridges for unreleased games. Mother 3 and Binding Blade are popular prints.

Isn't the idea that you buy a legitimate copy (to have the license) and then the localized fan copy to play for yourself?

In any case, I'll remove the link.

I think they are. You can legally play fan translations by dumping your own ROM and then applying the patch, but then selling the patched ROM would be distributing your own dumped ROM which is copyright infringement.

I actually don't know how illegal it is to purchase one of these but it's definitely illegal to sell them.

 

[JulianImp]

...This is going to be for WiiU VC, right? At first I was really thrilled since I thought I might be able to get it with my JP n3DS, butafter a while I remembered that GBA VC is (or at least used to be) limited to WiiU, which I sadly don't own a JP version of.

 

[Buttonbasher]

EarthBound: Mother 3

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D Collection

Man, that would rule.

 

[daffy]

Not a doubt in my mind we'll get this eventually. That cute ass eShop gift card however probably not :/

 

[Pokemaniac]

...This is going to be for WiiU VC, right? At first I was really thrilled since I thought I might be able to get it with my JP n3DS, butafter a while I remembered that GBA VC is (or at least used to be) limited to WiiU, which I sadly don't own a JP version of.

Yes, this is for Wii U. While New 3DS could probably run a proper GBA emulator, it's probably not worth it for Nintendo to port theirs to it with it being replaced so soon.

 

[joedick]

The problem with NOA putting it on the NA VC is the fact that they have to go through the process of localizing it. Mother 1 was lucky to already have a localized prototype lying around that was just never officially released at retail.

Perhaps it's time for Nintendo to take the Valve approach and buy the fan translation for official use.

It's probably not worth Nintendo's time to translate most Japanese VC games. But Mother 3? There's no doubt in my mind it will happen. Earthbound is in the top 5 of all-time eShop releases (at least in Canada). They know there's demand and a market for it.

But will it come to Wii U? Probably. But part of me wonders if Nintendo will hold it for NX. Think of the hype that would result from Nintendo showcasing this as an eshop game for their next system.

 

[Green Mamba]

Lol, they can't even give NA Zero Mission.

 

[Theanine3D]

Hell has frozen over so many times this year already that Mother 3 coming to the west actually seems like a real possibility now. I still can't believe we got EarthBound Zero even.

 

[Shizuka]

 

[avrophantasm]

This means it's coming to NA, too. Right? RIGHT!?

Lol, they can't even give NA Zero Mission.

 

[MrSaturn99]

"Earthbound Conclusions..?!"

Do it, Nintendo.

The name "Earthbound Beginnings" is still so goddamn weird to me. I don't know if I'll ever get used to a Mother 3 renaming.