Mother 3 localization was happening, but stopped due to potential controversy

[Lil Ayy Big Gay]

There is perhaps nothing in the history of the Big N quite as enduring as EarthBound fans begging Nintendo of America for Mother 3, the GBA masterpiece that is at once a heartrending conclusion to the Mother trilogy and a treatise on the goodness of humanity. The requests have been so prevalent and persistent that you sometimes wonder why the heck they haven’t gotten around to it already — but now a new rumor suggests that NoA, in fact, was attempting to localize the game, until they stopped.

“Why would they ever do that?!†yell the EarthBound fans (and me). Well, the rumor comes from a decently reputable source: Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan. On ResetEra, Khan stated that “[The localization] was full steam ahead for a while but upon re-evaluation there were aspects of the game that weren’t going to go without controversy.†However, he doesn’t expand on what that potential controversy might have been.

 

 

The uninitiated might wonder what kind of controversy this cutesy and quirky yet bleak RPG would produce. There are a few possibilities. Probably the most likely “culprits†are the Magypsies — an important group of characters in the game that are depicted as drag queens. There’s a couple other aspects of the game that would likely garner a bit of rabble, like an oxygen machine shaped like a merman that kisses you to dispense air, or some suggestive lines here and there. The Magypsies are probably the main element at play here, as the other bits could probably be easily edited and reworked if needed. But apparently NoA didn’t think it was worth the effort, so it was scrapped.

Of course, these are all just rumors, and Khan also doesn’t state which year all this happened — there’s a possibility it was shortly after the game’s original release in 2006, when elements like the above-mentioned would have been much more controversial in a seemingly kid-friendly game. But the news is unlikely to deter passionate Mother fans from pleading with the Nintendo gods for acknowledgement.

 

Source, https://nintendowire.com/news/2019/02/11/rumor-mother-3-localization-was-happening-but-stopped-due-to-potential-controversy/

 

 

 

 

 

That feel when many Mother fans are apart of LGBT but they wanted not to offend us,. Smh

[vortex]

my sisters in love w/ this game

she's been begging me to play it .. i hope they localize it so i can play it tbh

[Azucar]

cowards, but not surprised

 

feels like an excuse at this point anyway, they've had plenty chances to localise the game

[Lil Ayy Big Gay]

 

my sisters in love w/ this game

she's been begging me to play it .. i hope they localize it so i can play it tbh

 

It more than likely isnt going to happen, so you can try Mother and Earthbound if you haven't yet.

 

You can easily find an translated emulated rom for Mother 3 and people actually prefer that since it wouldnt be localizated

[nr123]

But it is already translated?

[Lil Ayy Big Gay]

But it is already translated?

By fans, and only with emulators obviously

 

People want it from Nintendo and available from VC