A Message from Shigesato Itoi

Let’s get Itoi to do a Fanfest GPP show next year!

This is such as a heartwarming message. It definitely doesn’t come across this way through Google Translate.

Itoi is such a nice man.

He’s strange, funny, and heartrending…. Oh, wait

I do miss the old boy.

I wonder if this is a sly endorsement of Mother 4.

THAT IS AWESOME! :3

So awesome.

in the previous tweet he mentioned having a big meeting with iwata and miyamoto.

Yo, Mato. Did you get my other email? Itoi posted a follow-up tweet that mentioned MOTHER again.

Yeah, that one’s a little tougher so I’ll translate it later when I have more time.

My kingdom for a 3D Mother 1+2+3 comp on 3DS.

Shit. Now my hopes are sky high for nothing 😛

Wow. Am I reading this right? Itoi has over 200k followers on Twitter! That’s awesome!

At least it’s not as bad as that Dr. Andonusts door at E3

Oh my god. I’m dreaming of all the possibilities of those words. Some new Mother stuff will be great.

I wouldn’t get TOO excited, you guys. Although, I find it strange that he was in a meeting with the President of Nintendo and creator of Mario, and not tell about it. My hopes aren’t too high, though. We’ve all been let down, but I have a feeling this may be different.

(If it’s a new game, MOTHER or otherwise, and it’s Japan only, I’m gonna rage.)

There is always hope…. MOTHER 3DS! FTW

boogiebot: he’s good personal friends with both of those guys, and them getting together one day is what led the GBA version of Mother 3 to be made. I think that’s why people are semi-intrigued.

Mato: Ah, right.

Anyway, I have a hunch that Nintendo is cooking up something. I wonder if Itoi will explain what he was doing there, although it’s highly unlikely.

Perhaps a DS release in which the possible copyright infringements are edited out?

Just knowing that Itoi still has MOTHER on his mind, and recognizes all the fan-work makes me happy as hell. If this does lead up to something new, I’ll be ecstatic, but I won’t be disappointed otherwise. 🙂

Aah, this is really such a nice thing to hear! When I first heard about this I didn’t even consider the possibility of this eluding to some new MOTHER developments, but I suppose it’s definitely possible! 🙂

@Labrynian Rebel
Hah, man that Dr. Andonuts door was such a tease!

Well, I should thank Itoi-san and also the translators!
I wrote a 21 page (double space) prose poem for my creative writing final on the rough story of Mother 3.

Oh… I hope something comes out of this meeting!

Mother 1 & 2 on the VC.

Or a compilation of the three on DS.

I actually got a bit teary eyed haha don’t know why, specifically. I mean, I know I love the MOTHER series, but I guess just the possibility of the series continuing in some way/format is kind of overwhelming for me haha

but like people have said, I won’t get my hopes up too much. We’ve been let down before. Many, many times before.

Honestly I think the plans for Earthboud/Mother on ds is dead. I’m assuming ds has about 2-2(1/2) years before people stop making games for it. Hes probably
1 Make a new game unrelated
2 Mother 3 remake for 3ds maybe?

Itoi does have a penchant for releasing his games just as a system is dying 😛

Them releasing MOTHER 1+2+3 would be too good to be true, but maybe Itoi is cooking up a brand new video game since the head honchos have seem that his work stays with the consumer for a very long time.

I wonder what it could be? A Mother 4 seems too good to be true. A Mother 1+2+3 seems the most likely, even if the idea is still kinda far fetched. Maybe something special for the 5th anniversary of Mother 3? My dream would be a remake of Mother 1. ^^

If Earthbound 64 comes out on the 3DS I will have an nerdgasmic heart attack, I swear.

Itoi knows he made something different than the COD people, he knows we don’t treat each other rudely with insults, but rather we share fanart.

@boogiebot

Aye. M1,2,3 is a dream but the most realistic outcome is Mother 2 on the Japanese VC. I’ve already deflated my own hopes on this one.

Aw, I love Itoi. He seems like such a great guy to be around. If being a Mother fan has taught me anything, it’s not to get my hopes up about any future releases.

… but I have my hopes up. 🙂

You think this meeting with Miyamoto and Iwata was that “Iwata Asks But Really Itoi Asks This Time Because Iwata Already Did”?

「『MOTHER』のシリーズをつくってるときには、わかられないことなんて、怖くもなんともなかったものね。あっかんべーな気分がないと、底力は出せないよな。」
“When I was working on the MOTHER series, I didn’t know much, so I didn’t have any fear or anything. Without a feeling of cheekiness, it’s hard work to one’s fullest potential.”

…is I think what Itoi was saying in his second mother-related tweet. I’m not pro, though, so don’t quote me on this~

Everyone I found out how to play Mother 1, 2, AND 3 on the DS!!!

1) Buy a NDS or Lite
2a) Buy Mother 1/2
2b) Buy Mother 3
3) Play them using GBA slot.

Problem non-japanese-speaking people?

Yeah, I don’t speak japanese.

And those are two extra GBA carts I would need to carry, and the GBA is being phased out.

They’re probably deciding the final wording on the cease and desist letter Nintendo are going to send to the Mother fan projects.

I’m just fooling, they don’t care that much. Hopefully it’s a 3ds game that uses scratch and sniff barcode cards for items.

Gah, Itoi, I love ya. I’m hoping for a MOTHER 1 remake first actually, because a plain port would not be so good. The game features too much grinding, and the battle system could be slightly improved. But then again, if all 3 MOTHER games were brung here, and MOTHER became like, a big thing here…I would fangasm like I never fangasmed before.

Man,this warms mu heart to see that shiggy hasn’t forgoten about mother. =)

plz make a 3ds remake of mother 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz plz plz plz

^ In English!

It will be great if MOTHER Series has an anime or a movie!! Its just my wish n.n
I like MOTHER Series so much and I like anime to.

Shigesato-san wa shinsetsu hito desu. Watashi wa starmen.net ni Count ga arimasu.
Sore dake desu.

Viva Itoi Shigesato!!

Earthbound 64 on the 3DS? :O