Mother 3 Impressions.

The Mother 3 English translation is out!!!!!!!! Take that NOA! (well it came out in October, but I just started playing it, so sue me)
Wait WHAT...you don't know what the best videogame of all time is ?????X(
If you don't know what the Mother/Earthbound series is, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_series

If you haven't played the game yet but intend to you probably shouldn't read this since I'm going to talk in detail about what I like/dislike about the game.

I've gotten to chapter 3 in Mother 3 and I'm really starting to like the game. It definitely has the same "Feel" that Earthbound (Mother 2) did. Thanks no doubt due to using some music from Earthbound and having similar graphics and overall quirkiness the series is known for. Thank god it wasn't released for the N64DD like they planned with god-awful first-gen 3d graphics.

The graphics are tried-and-true 2D. The battle backgrounds have the same wacky seizure-inducing effect that EB had.

I'm not sure how I feel about the game changing characters every chapter. I felt more connected to Ness in EB because you played him for the whole game.

The battle system is the same as the previous games only with a twist- you can get combos if you attack in tune to the rhythm of the music.

I really like how each enemy has their own battle theme, like the bat enemy having the batman theme. AND the inclusion of the weird creepy dungeon music from EB is a VERY smart choice.

Chapter 3 is an interesting change of pace. I liked the dancing minigame and I felt that having the guy shock the monkey if he fails makes me care about the monkey lol. I didn't like having to carry the boxes to the different houses, that was dumb.

I wish Nintendo would add gameboy advance games to the Virtual Console and include this game. I don't think it'd be too much to ask. AHEM...speaking of which when is EarthBound coming to VC? Why does Nintendo hate North American EB/Mother fans so much?

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