/vr/ — MOTHER/EarthBound Thread

>>12610515 (OP)
Mother 1
Pippi
Fassad
Pollyanna
Mother 64 looks cooler than Mother 3

>God Tier
Earthbound Beginnings

>Okay tier
Earthbound

>Hipster Tier
Mother 3

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>>12610538
you understand what is good in life

>>12610536
>not only acknowledging Pippi's existence but also cherishing her
Undescribably based

That long awaited M1 remake dropping in 2 weeks, might give it ago

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>MOTHER game
I always said I liked 1 the most and thought it was underappreciated, I also always thought 3 is amazing and technically the best one, but I replayed 2 the most, so that. All 3 are masterpieces though.
>party member
Teddy, Jeff, Boney
>NPC
Mom, obviously
>song
Pollyanna
>random shit you know. Discuss whatever, really
You can enter the Mr Saturn house in Threek after you beat Gyiyg

>>12610802
Hello Rick

>>12610928
Don't know who that is. It says mato originally started it and other people took over

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>>12610772
Pippi is a beloved M1 character.
There was an anon here years ago that was training her to level 99, I wonder what happened to him

>>12610536
>>12610538
>>12610810
How the fuck does anyone genuinely enjoy Mother 1? That's how I know this board is full of complete fucking retards and their opinions should be completely discarded.

It's basically a walking sim with the most braindead and repetitive combat system imaginable. You have random encounters every three steps and have to constantly farm to stay up to level or you will just get rolled. There is zero skill expression whatsoever to the combat and it comes down to an incredibly simplistic flowchart where you just spam the same few actions every single fight. Somehow they even fucked the movement up and there is a huge delay to the movement and you have to hold a direction for a quarter second before your character even starts moving. Story, writing, artstyle, all trash. Literally zero redeeming qualities anywhere in this "game" and one of the most incredibly boring slogs I have ever endured, I think I would rather be filing my taxes or watching paint dry. Haven't bothered with any of the sequels, but don't see how they could possibly be any worse than this.

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>>12611229
...huh?

>>12611229
seethe troon

>>12611229
>It's basically a walking sim
I guess walking sim basically just means "game I don't like" now?

>>12611237
doing the same braindead button mashing flowchart combat against 1000 trashmobs is hardly what I would qualify as gameplay.

>>12610515 (OP)
Is this game actually good?

>>12611245
So the answer is yes. If you don't like something, it's a walking sim, even if it's not actually a walking sim.

>>12611252
mother 1 is a late 80s rpg with some jank and a lotta soul. So yeah, in my opinion, anyway.

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>>12610515 (OP)
I may as well toss my own hat into the ring as well, now that I think of it.
>MOTHER game
MOTHER. The first game, to clarify.
>party member
call me a basic bitch, but Ninten. He's my guy. Teddy is another favorite, because that guy can do some insane shit at high levels
>NPC
Everdred.
>song
Roving Tank
>random shit you know
In the "MOTHER Complete Guidebook", Ninten is referred to as "Champ", Lloyd is named "Ted", Ana is named "Janice" (or maybe "Jennis"), and Teddy is called "Duke."

>>12611254
walking is literally the whole game. walk from a to b, read some text, and walk some more. there's no game there

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>>12610515 (OP)
>MOTHER game
Hard to pick between 1 and 2
>party member
Ninten for a PSI user, Flint for non-PSI
>NPC
The guy who philosophizes about happiness
>song
Coffee break
>random shit you know. Discuss whatever, really
The GBA version of Mother changed the sprite of the cop that sells you back your weapons after you serve time in jail to pic related for some reason.

>>12612212
also fighting. What you're describing is vague enough to fit a lot of games, so are those walking sims as well?

>>12612212
That's every famicom RPG though. Within that context it's a pretty solid RPG with a unique setting and funny writing, you couldn't really ask for anything more at the time. You just seem to be complaining about retro JRPGs in general.

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>>12612339
exactly. you just gotta fill in the cracks with your imagination

>>12611229
People who have already enjoyed 2 and 3 usually have an easier time because they appreciate the other games enough to look past the dated parts in it

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why was the art of the "MOTHER Pre-Launch Comprehensive Checklist" like that? like we have weird ass comic for the cover (left image) and Ninten with weird ass eyes (right image)

>>12612728
They were thinking: kino...

>>12612728
They should have used the left image as the American boxart

>>12610515 (OP)
A MOTHER thread, how great
>MOTHER game
I like all of them but my fav is MOTHER 2
>party member
Teddy, Jeff and Flint
>NPC
Queen Mary
>song
Snowman and Magicant
>random shit you know. Discuss whatever, really
I still don't know what the hell is Rockin and why that's Ness's favorite thing.

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Not fully /vr/ related, but its Mother and a remake so need to mention it: Mother Encore Act Two has been released today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVubWY0Ubzs

>>12610515 (OP)
Mother 1
Jeff
Forgotten Man
Nes Magicant

>>12611229
Because Mother 1 is fun and will kick your teeth in if you're coming from EB/3. It's a unique experience even among the rest of the franchise because of its gameplay, setting and story.

>>12612728
Teddy is in so much art and fanart with the other 3 that I almost wonder if the devs haven't since sort of regretted M1 not having a 4 person party.

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You HAVE beaten the game with Teddy in your party, right, /vr/?

>>12612731
I don't like his egg-ish eyes in the art on the right, but that's just me
>>12612983
not fully sure why they selected Rockin' as his favorite thing in the American release, but I assume they found it hard to figure out to how to best translate the concept of "Kiai" (what it is in the original Japanese release) and decided to make it into something different that would be more understood by American audiences at the time
>>12613034
They gave Ninten PK Flash and I don't know on if I like that. It feels like they're starting to pull away the identity of Mother 1, just a bit. They do call it a reimagining, and it is meant not to replace MOTHER 1, yes, but I know those who play it will ignore that and treat it as the definitive MOTHER 1 experience and come into the fandom with assumptions about things...
>>12613163
I wonder if they had issues with sprite flicker or slowdown regarding that, but I am aware MOTHER 1 was a bit rushed (that's why Mt. Itoi is what it is, difficulty wise), so maybe that's why Teddy doesn't seem to stay for long. I do find it strange you get his second-best weapon in the early game and can just not get his first two at all

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>>12613325
>It feels like they're starting to pull away the identity of Mother 1, just a bit.
just a bit? It's not MOTHER at all. It's like a zoomer's 2nd hand account of a hallucinated AI summary of what happens in MOTHER 1. All these remakes are complete and utter fanfiction

>>12613175
never thought of trying this
guess another playthrough is in order

>>12613325
I think it's sort of like "rocking out"

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>>12613175
>He didn't get the true 4 party member ending

>>12613365
Is it possible without hacking?

>>12613381
yeah but only in the famicom version by using the flea bag glitch iirc

>>12613338
disregarding the memes some of the dev team made aside, from my little experience with Encore, I do recognize some of the stuff as being from the Encyclopedia MOTHER, like the guitar in Ninten's room and what not as an example, so it's pulling from a source that had Itoi involvement, which I can appreciate, at the very least, but it is an odd game to me nonetheless.
>>12613350
That's probably what it is

>>12613034
Two high caliber mother 1 remakes in the same month, damn

>>12613584
Disregard, they really are just doing an early access styled rollout for each bit of the game for encore, that is super ridiculous

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>when some kid showed off a Mother 2 prototype/demo copy on Yahoo auctions to ask what it was and then it was never seen again.

>>12613365
Why is this so cool.
And why does the game properly place the fourth party member in a perfect square formation if it was never meant to happen?

>>12613589
to my understanding, due to it being a fangame and all, it's not the main focus of the devs' lives, so it'll be a while until all 8 Acts are out.

>>12613325
>They gave Ninten PK Flash
Why? I always thought Ninten was a full support character, which I think it was a unique idea back then.

>>12613589
undertale zoomies think releasing games in chapters is super heckin cool and admirable

>>12614213
that's what I'm wondering. They did it by sticking the second Franklin Badge in Duncan's Factory in some sorta power thing, and Ninten prying it out gets him shocked like Lucas gets in Thunder Tower

Test

>>12614508
ok desu ka?

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another guidebook Ninten I do not particularly fuck with. why does he feel like a fucking hieroglyph of all things

>>12611229
>>12611245
>>12612212
Retard.

>>12616019
This is the quintessential retard "game" actually.

>>12613348
I wish you luck, anon. I really should do a Teddy run myself...

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PK Beam Gamma

>>12616220
the bane of any party member without a franklin badge. who do you give your second franklin badge to, anons

>>12613761
>And why does the game properly place the fourth party member in a perfect square formation if it was never meant to happen?
Originally Teddy was going to be a permanent party member but it was changed because of hardware limitations on the nes.
I don't remember where i found it but there is also cut dialogue from Queen Mary where she talks to all the 4 main characters mentioning them all by name.
So basically having the 4 heroes at the same time was the original intention but couldn't be done because of the famicom. If there's ever an official remake i'm sure they'll make it so that you can get Teddy back.

>>12617590
>there is also cut dialogue from Queen Mary where she talks to all the 4 main characters mentioning them all by name.
that's not cut, that's used in the Japanese version