Hang on, nobody told me the site updated.
I wonder what Itoi would think about it.
>>271269163
Surely he must know about it by now, right?
>>271269050
I want it to be good.
I really do.
>>271269264
Who knows, really. But if he would play it and say "yes, I like it", I would be all over Mother 4.
>>271269531
I imagine his fans probably bug him about it, so i'm sure he knows. He did say in an interview that if a Mother 4 was made, he wanted to be the player instead.
Well, I hope we can all enjoy a nice, calm discussion about Mother 4 before it all goes to shit like alwaysLeo best character
>>271269050
>site updated
It still looks the same to me.
http://blog.mother4game.com/
>>271269050
You're bluffing.
This is one ruse I won't fall for.
>>271269050
>inb4 it releases summer 2015
Did anyone know about that Earthbound kickstarter?
>>271274886
First I've heard of it, what is it?
>>271275087
Apparently there was an Earthbound kickstarter by the Fangamer guys.
Unsurprisingly, it's already funded, but I hadn't known about it until a few minutes ago.
>>271275289
What were they trying to fund?
>>271275718
From the looks of it:
>reimagined Earthbound guide
>Earthbound/Mother fandom documentary
>another fanmade soundtrack
>fan magazine
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fangamer/you-are-now-earthbound/
>>271276110
Fuck that then
>>271274241
http://www.mother4game.com/
Gotta go to main site. It's shit on mobile, but it updated.
>>271276281
I still don't see it. If you can provide a screenshot of how it looks update. That would be very much appreciated.
>>271276382
This is what I'm seeing, but the clay models and screenshots are new.
>>271277103
I'm guessing the main website still has yet to update then.
why is /vr/-tan part of the mother 4 team
20 posts in and not a single faggot said "WHY CALL IT MOTHER 4"
Anyways I'm excited for this.
I wish they would get a cease and desist letter from Nintendo. I usually never wish for those things but this travesty is literally "fedora wearer self inserts: the game".
>>271277667
You beat me to it.
Fan game trying to parade itself around as being part of an actual series? Fuck right off, that shit is out of order. Only a spastic will defend that nonsense.
WHY IS THE MUSIC SO GOOD
>>271277770
I agree, I don't have any problem with the game, I'm actually looking forward to it, but calling it Mother 4? That's one smug move
>yfw it has a chapters system like mother 3
>tfw it doesn't follow the superior 'collect the 8 [...]' format
>>271277770
Fuck off, it calls itself a fangame. It doesn't try to claim it is the end all, be all of Mother 4.
The only autists here are the ones getting butthurt over a name.
>>271277770
Now it's a real thread.
>>271277889
yeah, JRPG.'s don't have enough formulaic collecting of Mc'guffins.
>>271277889
What? Mother 3 still had that with the needles.
>>271278105
only 7 needles tho
>claiming your indie shovelware is the sequel to a highly praised cult game
What the fuck is next? Majora's Mask 2: Fedora's Mask? Psychonauts 2: Psychonautism?
>>271277620
speaking of /vr/, has there been any info of the megaman game they were making?
Make all the threads you want Mother "4" devs, I ain't gonna play it.
why does it still have the same fucking battle hud if this is supposed to be modern mother.
>>271278163
How do you know it's shovelware? it's not even out
Anyone know what the status is of that one romhack of Earthbound? It's the one that gives it Mother 3's combat engine.
How fucking pretentions, to pass their unoriginal garbage as the official sequel to someone else's game.
Not only they have no originality or talent and are instead making le lolsoretro pixel game, on top of that they lack all originality and are copying the formula of someone else's game. AND they're fucking passing it as the official sequel for attention.
This makes me rage really hard. I wish they would get sued.
>>271278280
>How do you know I'm shitting on your plate? It's not even out yet!
>>271269050
It looks beautiful
>>271278473
>passing it as an official sequel
Can you screencap where they say they're making the OFFICIAL sequel? I'm really curious about it
>>271278639
oh shit son, a shit as food analogy, you sure showed me
>>271278738
get unwrecked mat
>>271278679
>MOTHER FOUR
Sounds pretty official to me. They're not making an "original do not steal" indie jrpg, they're making MOTHER FOUR, after Mother, Mother 2 and Mother 3 came out for various Nintendo consoles.
>le pop culture reference
yeah, no.
>>271277770
>>271278163
>>271278473
>>271278796
i hate all of you so much
>>271278796
Have you ever heard of a fangame?
>>271278903
Official as fuck for me
>yfw the game turns out to be as amazing as the soundtrack
>>271279036
>those level up jingles
>>271277756
That guy was kicked off years ago
>>271278864
You've never played Earthbound
>>271278897
What's the point of a "fan game"? It's all pretentious wanting to be part of something they're have nothing in common with.
>b-but we're not associated with Nintendo!
Bullshit. If you don't want to be associated make an original game you untalented hacks and don't fucking give it a title that implies it's the next game in a popular series.
Kids are going to play Mother 3 and then wonder if there's a sequel and bam, free publicity for these talentless copying autists.
>>271278186
You're gonna play it and then either spout whatever the hivemind thinks, or spout the opposite of what everyone else thinks, which is usually the same thing
>>271279296
Would rather it be Not-Mother and have people like you call it a ripoff? It knows it's nothing new so it doesn' try to sell itself as anything but an humle fangame
anyone else feel this is really pretentious ?
>>271279296
Imagine you made a painting and you poured your heart and soul into it. Then some faggot comes out of nowhere, makes a painting copying your drawing style, colors, and everything, and then passes it as "Anon's Painting 2".
You would be fucking pissed.
>>271279471
>humble
>named as if it were the sequel to Mother3
>>271279112
That idea felt Itoi as fuck
>>271279482
Shut up retard
>>271279520
Actually a better analogy, let's assume Anon was a filmmaker and he made a movie over the course of many years, it was original and successful and it found a niche for itself. Then some faggot comes out of nowhere and clones your humor, cinematography, music, camera work, and calls it Anon's Movie 2: Electric Boogaloo, while self inserting himself and all of his friends as characters into the movie.
How would you feel?
>>271279296
>Kids are going to play Mother 3
That said, I also think it is scummy to call it Mother 4. I don't know of any other "fangame" that has appended itself to the series in an attempt to sound official like that.
>>271279291
I did, the references in Earthbound were much more subtle.
I can already see the writing is obviously not as good as Itoi's.
>>271279827
>I can already see the writing is obviously not as good as Itoi's.
No shit, they're a bunch of cloning hacks, they don't have any real talent, they can only imitate.
>there will be another Mother game in your lifetime
Thank you based gaming gods
It isn't gonna cost any money, so I'm gonna play it and enjoy it. We'll never see an offical Mother 4 anywayFirst i played Mother 3, recently played Mother 1 gba, still haven't played Earthbound...
>>271279520
>>271279785
If you knew anything about creating art you would see why those metaphors really don't work
![superwonderfulmario[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Td59lTz.jpg "superwonderfulmario[1].jpg")
Ignore this shit like you would ignore pic related. It's the same thing after all, a bootleg chinese clone tier game.
>>271279682
wow
>>271278903
There is literally no reason to call it Mother 4 other than to make it sound official. That is the only reason, anything else is bullshit. They can bold and highlight "UNOFFICIAL" all they want, the bottom line is they just can't bring themselves to change the name because that's how important the 4 is to them.
It's pretentious because the usage of 4 suggests "this is what we think an actual sequel to the series would be like," and it also automatically puts itself above any other hypothetical Mother fangame.
>>271279827
>much more subtle
>"what is the name of a song by the beatles XXXterday"
nah
>>271269163
Didn't he say if it ever would be a Mother 4, he would want it to be a game made by fans?
I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. I don't expect it to live up to the original games at all but it'll probably be a nice little adventure.
>>271279975
posting a canon game is not helping your argument
>>271278168
progress is slow
I'm not a big Mother dude and was wondering why these idiots didn't call it Mother Gaiden at first or some shit.
Then I realized some things.
>Mother isn't going to have another official game, as the series is officially over
>Itoi said that he would like to be the player of Mother 4, not the creator
So like, I SORTA get it.
>>271280216
No, he said that real life is Mother 4.
>>271280308
>Mother isn't going to have another official game, as the series is officially over
That's the point. They are attempting to capitalize on the fact that people who don't know any better will search for "Mother 4" in an attempt to find an official sequel, and instead they will be directed to a fan game. If it was just "Mother: Gaiden" they wouldn't have nearly as much exposure.
>>271279482
You don't know what pretentious means, you pretentious cunt.
Anyway this looks so fucking good I'm genuinely surprised anyone has able to pull off a decent fangame. I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
>>271280159
he already proved you wrong, your arguement is over faggot
>>271279785
Except 'anon' in question himself said he'd want someone from fanbase continue his work
>>271280479
And then it would say 'this is obviously a fucking fangame' and anyone that isn't autistic would realize that, download it and enjoy the closest thing to a sequel to Mother 3 that this world has. You fucking wanker.
>>271280159
They said the reason for calling it mother 4 is in the beginning of the game
but it's not out yet so just wait until then to bitch.
>>271280479Mother: Gaiden is a shit name
>>271280479
What do you mean by capitalize on it? they're not gonna sell it
Posting the new screenshots from the site.
>>271280962
Mother is shit anyway
>>271280856
Fame and exposure are currency. Obviously there is a contingent of fans who are unhappy with the name, so why not change it to make everyone happy? The answer is because the 4 is so important to them that they would prefer pissing off a bunch of fans.
>Hometown: Belring
Germany?
>>271281057
>>271281057
Really digging the sprite art.
>>271281130
>>271281065
is a little fame and exposure really worth this much? the project's been going on for years, it's obviously more a labour of love
>>271281201
>>271281057
the first thing i thought of when i saw that ufo was "ayy lmao"
what has this place done to me
>>271281279
>>271278639
You still need evidence in that case. Poor analogy, unless you have evidence the game is shovelware.
>>271277207
It updates for me.
>>271281286
>>271281351
Aaaaand that's it.
>>271281065
>a bunch of fans
>fans
>not "a bunch of self-righteous manchildren with burgers of the ass"
fuck im hyped
>them system requirements
>>271281446
>Will never be able to provide an answer to "Why not change the name?"
>>271278291
You mean the one that puts Mother on Earthbound? I don't think people can hack much of 3 yet
the soundtrack is pretty sick
>>271281549
>why not move to an entirely new domain?
>why not throw everyone who's actually been following the project they know as "mother 4" for a total loop?
>why not come up with a stupid and shitty romhack subtitle like "gaiden" or "the string of fate" or something all because a bunch of manchildren literally worship itoi as a god?
Thoughts?
>>271269050
whats the deal with this?
is this all about the story because it looks like shit
>>271281065
>Obviously there is a contingent of fans who are unhappy with the name
That "contingent" is only comprised of a few vocal butthurt autists on /v/. The vast majority of Mother fans are actually okay with it.
>>271281808Meryl looks cute
>>271281808
>What are you, a cop?
Hehe. Game looks like it will be kinda fun. I like how they've kept everyone in the dark about most things.
>>271281808
Leo seems weird to me for some reason
>>271282002
His eyes are a bit uneven.
>>271282002
He's probably a pedophile.
how the fuck are you faggots hyped for this?
>>271281992
>kinda fun
And because of that it deserves the title 'Mother 3'?
what
>>271280159
Just out of curiosity, what would have you called it?
http://strawpoll.me/2964417
http://strawpoll.me/2964417
http://strawpoll.me/2964417
>>271282124
Your right,
it should get the title mother 4
>>271282124
It's Itoi who decides what title the game deserves, not you. Go write him a letter about this or something and stop taking everything so seriously you autistic manchild.
>>271282426
>here we go
Stepmother
Mother Gaiden
Father
>>271282656
5/10
2/10
6/10
Got any more?
>>271282426
Not the same Anon, but any number of things to reference the series without sounding like it wants to be taken as real.
Mother's Day, Mother Gaiden/Doijin, Earthbound: Another; any number of things related to the game's actual plot.
>game went YEARS without so much as a tech demo being released
>recolored assets from the previous game
>"indie"
Either it'll be shit, or it'll never come out.
>yfw these dumbfucks get axed by nintendo if they ever try putting a pricetag on their ripoff
>>271281808
Floyd seems too normal and plain which is Travis role. He being quick witted and street mart also seems like an attribute that would fit Leo.
>>271282882
>yfw these dumbfucks get axed by nintendo if they ever try putting a pricetag on their ripoff
Well, yeah
Because that's illegal
>>271277835
because it rips from basic/popular rock songs?
Not complaining, its actually good
>>271280479
>people who don't know any better
Friend, those people do not exist. Mother 3 barely exists outside of Japan as it is, requiring one to go through the effort of researching if there's a sequel and why it was never released here. I have very little doubt that anyone who would find those answers, download the game, and download and apply the fan translation patch would be able to find the relevant information involving why Mother 4 from its original creator isn't going to happen.
If this were not such a niche series, like a fan made megaman game or something of the sort, I believe your concern would be valid.
>>271282867
Mothers Day is the only one that actually sounds pretty good
>>271282985
>yfw they get axed anyway
>>271282817
Not the guy you're replying to, but I got some.
Mother Fan
PK Mother
Saturnverse
One Two Three Mother
The Adventure Past My Wholesome Motherly Hometown
Ey yo fuck Project M.
>>271281808
>LOOK! WE MADE CLAY FIGURES! And here's all this info about their personality.
>w-what... how they "play"? gam-gamewhat? gameplay? whatplay? what? huh? you troll! stop trolling!
>>271283173
>one two three mother
>pk mother
>saturnverse
bro
>>271283124
Still illegal
>>271283225
Have you seen the teaser? It looks like it plays the same as Mother 3, with a world structure more similar to Earthbound.
>>271283225
who are you quoting?
>>271283275
At least you didn't barf at the other two.
>>271278473
>Not only they have no originality or talent
To be fair, neither did the devs for Mother 2 and 3.
>>271283173
3/10
god fucking dammit/10
no/10
what the fuck are you doing/10
i fucking hate this website/10
>>271282002
>tfw he's final boss
>>271283319
Yeah, some of the tracks are a complete rip-off from the series. Hell, the Hotel theme from the games is there!
>>271283225
Are we now pretending that the gameplay wasn't easily the worst part of Earthbound?
>>271283225
To be fair, the Mother series has pretty shit gameplay, even for rpg standards.
The main highlight of the games has always been the enviroments, places and dialog.
>>271269050
If this is half as good as Mother3 /v/ will cream his pants.
>>271282817
>Stepmother is 5/10
Come on, that's by far the best name for it.
>>271283173
>The Adventure Past My Wholesome Motherly Hometown
This makes me glad that the name is Mother 4 instead
>>271283325
>released over a year ago
>looks nothing like how the game looks now
>game has been in development for over five years
It's never coming out and if it does it'll be shit. Starmen starchildren tears are delicious.
But hey, at least it'll keep in line with the other mother games, right? Garbage that took years to make and has nothing to show for it.
ITT: everyone's falling for the most obvious baits.
>>271278168
It doesn't have anything to do with /vr/ anymore.
>>271283507
>doesn't even like the mother series
>still comes into the threads to shitpost
>>271282656
Stepmother would had been a fitting and rad name given the origins of the games tittle.
>Mother, you had me but I never had you
>I wanted you, you didn't want me
>Mama, don't go
>>271283732
>stop trolling! stop! stop! gamewhat?
Wow, you actually exist. Incredible.
That blond dude's face is creepy.
>>271282817
Let me check the archive.
>>271283796
you really like putting words in people's mouths don't you?
>>271280962
What the hell is that.
Maybe instead of a Smaaaash! attack, every member has their own version of it or something?
>>271283173
oh god I'm crying
>>271269050
Release date fucking when?
>>271284414
Supposedly winter of this year.
>/vr/ actually likes that 25th fan edition of Mother
>still calling it Mother 4
Right, fuck off, change the name and start development and promotion over from start. If they don't they've still got most of the promotion from this game off the Mother 4 name which is worse than keeping it. Change it, start again, don't be faggots this time and call your game something like Mother; Another Adventure instead
>>271284497
>little to no content
>within the next couple months
no way
>>271284497
For the next trailer maybe
>>271284497
Winter 2014 is January 2014 you faggot, they missed out on releasing it. They fucked up. The next winter is december which counts as winter 2015
>>271284658
No actual release date worries me, too.
>>271284615
call it "Divorce Lawyer"
>>271284615
>start the development of this game which has been going for years from the start
you little entitled piece of shit
>>271276110
How in the hell did nintendo let that slide?
>calling the game mother 4
dude you don't do that
>>271284856
Imagine there was a game for years called Mario Sunshine 2 and everyone was hyped and then it turns out it was a shitty fangame and they changed their name at last minute to 'Bario Sunny Land'
How fucking pissed would you be that you had been lied to? Very, they should start their game again without any of the promotion they've gotten off 'Mother 4'
>>271285545
Except it was clear from the beginning Mother 4 was a fangame, now will you stop repeating the same argument over and over again?
Only a brain dead retard could be led to believe this is an official sequel
>>271285650
Can I make a game called Mother 4 or do I have to go with Mother 5 now?
>>271284731
Q4 of 2014, Winter 2014
>>271285729
You can go with anything you want as long as you don't try to profit from it, who cares besides some autists on a video game board?
>People are getting ass blasted about the name
>Even though Itoi said someone else could go ahead and make Mother 4.
You guys get upset about the dumbest shit
>>271284497
Nope, it's "Coming Soon" now.
>>271285729
Neither, you'll get faggots who don't understand basic logic jumping down your throat.
>>271285803
Winter 2014 is January 2014 you thick cunt
>>271281808
>no female protagonist
>75% of the party is male
into the trash it goes. It looks terrible from the screenshots anyway.
>>271282817
What about
>Motherfucker
>>271282817
You're Mother
>>271285650
No shit but it still profited off the Mother name, now fuck off.
>>271286214
Every Mother game is like this.
>>271286329
>Profited off the Mother name
By doing what? Getting attention due to the name? That's what a fangame does. No actual money was made from this
What do we think of Meryl's new clay model?
>>271280739
Except thats a fucking lie, he never said he wanted fans to do a new game, he would like to play a Mother like game but never said Mother 4
>>271282817
Mother from Another Brother
>>271286482
I want to see Takena make a movie with her.
Also, hotglue.
>>271286379
and it's getting repetitive. They could at least try their best to not make it feel like just an inferior mother game but so far they're not succeeding.
http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/04/shigesato-itoi-discusses-mother-4/
>>271286656
But then people would complain that 'IT BREAKS MOTHER GAMEPLAY!!!!11!' or some kind of bullshit because you know how autistic can get Mother fanbase.
>people that reply to obvious bait
>>271286214
>>>/tumblr/
>>271283173
Why is anyone excited or interested in this?
A bunch of nobodies make a jrpg and you are excited because they slap a recognizable name on it?
Unless you think what makes Mother games good is the name you shouldn't even be paying attention.
>>271269050
I don't know what this is.
How would you feel if Nintendo took this game and made it official? Or sent a C&D?
>>271286875
Over the Garden Wall with Mother/Yume Nikki gameplay, when?
>>271285471
By not giving a flying fuck about Mother/Earthbound like they've always done.
>>271287117
Someone is trying to make money out of their property anon
>>271286972
What if they did both?
>>271286214
>no female protagonist
>75% of the party is male
sjw pls go
>>271286214
fuck off anita
You guys are trying way too hard to act like you are above this. Fucking pathetic.
>>271287175
>>271287338
>>271283173
We've got a ruseman here.
>>271287393
I JUST MADE A SINGLE POST, WHAT THE FUCK ANON
>>271286867
>>271287189
>>271287264
>wanting your main party to be a sausage fest
gayfags pls go
So is this the second coming of the project M autist fanbase?
>>271287807
hatebase*
>>271287773
you mean like in the other Mother games?
>>271287807
It's the second coming of "IT'S A FANGAME SO IT'S SHIT STOP PRETENDING IT'S A REAL GAME" nonsense across /v/.
My only problem is how they are selfinsert of the devs instead of new actual characters
>>271287773
Hey, there's a chick.
>>271281808
These characters are forgettable as fuck, who designed these. Only space dandy on the right looks memorable and then maybe the girl on account that she's the only girl.
>>271287872
well you know, if it wants to be more than just a shitty inferior mother wannabe the least it could do is not having the main characters be shitty copies of actual mother characters.
>>271288174
You're a little blasted.
>>271281808
>Age: Buzz off
Alright, I admit, that got a hearty chuckle out of me.
>>271287971
There's a real life Meryl? Where can I find her?
>>271288584
Really now, do you really do not think that the devs make their characters not be their own idealized version?
>>271280203
Ohh, how cute, babby played earthbound's first five minutes
>>271287773
I'd just rather not have the story devolve into cuckoldry and strong independent womyns, which is far too easy to shoehorn when you've got a female protag.
>>271288725
XXXterday's not in the first five minutes of Earthbound.
>>271288683
Which characters look like any of the team at all?
>>271289057
what's it like living your life in the closet? :^)
>>271289259
For you
>>271282002
He's an adult walking around with children
Mother = Earth
All these fucking names you guys keep suggesting is giving me cancer so please stop
>>271276278
Haha this so much
>>271277620
/vr/ tan is the biggest gary stu
tumblr level neckbeards wishing they were handsome
>>271278639
This project seems to be a legitimate passion project rather than a cash-in at least recognize that
>>271289420
What about Duster?
Not gonna lie though I'm pretty hyped. The music sounds beautiful too.
>>271289767
fuck off shill
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2211/
Have you guys seen this? Itr's a fanhack of Mother 1 made for the 25th anniversary.
It's actually really cool.
>>271289984
That's pretty decent work! I like the art upgrade.
>>271287000
NeverAnd that's a rrrrock fact
As someone who doesn't like anything that isn't official, I'm actually quite excited for Mother 4. Looks very well made and they are putting a lot of effort on it.
However, it still botheres me that they are calling it Mother 4. Not onlty this isn't a true sequel as calling it that way makes the path to C&E much easier.
In one way or another, I'll play it. Will they really release in 2014?
>>271290446
Probably not. I can't just see it happening this soon...to be honest, I'm surprised it hasn't been delayed already.
If I was making it I probably would have called it something stupid like "Re:Mother", but the name doesn't bother me. If you're legitimately butthurt about it, you're probably autistic.
>>271289792
duster got a free pass because he had the mind of a child.
>>271285949
THEN WHAT THE FUCK IS DECEMBER, YOU APE
>>271286642
Who the fuck is Takena?
>>271278473
>How fucking pretentions, to pass their unoriginal garbage as the official sequel to someone else's game.
Itoi himself said he would want someone else to make MOther 4.
He's a pretentious asshole isn't he?
>Not only they have no originality or talent
Neither did the official Mother devs.
>ND they're fucking passing it as the official sequel for attention.
Hey, I'm going to make a shitty 2d mario spin off sprite game based off Super Mario 2.
I'm going to call it Mother 4.
Does that mean I'm passing it off as an official sequel for attention?
Or am I passing it off as an unofficial sequel?
>>271278639
>How do you know I'm shitting on your plate? It's not even out yet!
You're not in the shitting position.
In fact, you're about to provide me with some 5 star food which "I" will shit out once I've finished eating the fuck out of it.
>>271278903
HOLY SHIT, THAT'S PRETENTIOUS AS FUCK
THEY'RE LYING THE GAME IS ACTUALLY OFFICIAL
SO UNORIGINAL LOL
>>271279296
>What's the point of a "fan game"?
I'm little Jimmy. I want to play some Sonik the Hedgedog.
I can't, because they don't make any more good games.
Oh wait, people make fan games of the games that were good.
More content for Jimmy.
>>271280216
>Didn't he say if it ever would be a Mother 4, he would want it to be a game made by fans?
that's certainly a heady interpretation
>>271279790
>Fangame titles that people have used in other series
From the top of my head, Sonic 4 and Mario 4
Mother 4 is so gross
Talk about underserved ego
And yes they have an ego, otherwise they wouldn't call their project Mother 4.
>>271269050
It's supposed to be coming out next month
>>271280479
>They are attempting to capitalize on the fact that people who don't know any better will search for "Mother 4" in an attempt to find an official sequel, and instead they will be directed to a fan game. If it was just "Mother: Gaiden" they wouldn't have nearly as much exposure.
What's wrong with this?
It non-profit anyway so they wouldn't benefit anything from it.
>>271293601
and do you see constant threads on /v/ endorsing these autistic little endeavors?
That's the difference here
>>271293740
>It non-profit anyway so they wouldn't benefit anything from it.
They're fucking nobodies with no track record and they've already been reported on by multiple news sites.
If you don't see a benefit in that then you're just being belligerent.
>the guy is STILL fucking going after 4 hours
holy shit
