I was just wondering if anybody here was familiar with this game series. EarthBound (known as Mother 2 in Japan) was released on the SNES in the mid '90s. It was a huge success in Japan but not so much over here, as RPGs were still a niche market, and this game was much different than most others in the genre. So, ten years later, with Mother 3 finally released in Japan to much fanfare, do you think it will ever come over here? And has anybody played the original Mother? I started playing it recently. It's the only ROM I've ever played, and that's only because it's the only way to play the game in English. But I got my hands on a bad ROM that goes to the copyright protection screen at a pivotal moment in the game, so now I have to start over. Damn.