I swear I've used this headline before (which would be rather appropriate, don't you think?), but I can't be bothered to search the archives at the moment. Anyway, my apologies if that's the case.
As for why I'm using it here: Well, it appears that someone is busy hacking EarthBound (aka Mother 2) in order to remake the first Mother game (EarthBound Zero to us savages in the States). Here's a "walkabout" video of said hack's currently unpopulated world:
Considering the number of similarities between EarthBound Zero and its officially-released-in-the-US sequel (or Mother and Mother 2, if you're a purist), I'm not entirely sure I understand the point of this project.
Still, I'm such a fan of Shigesato Itoi's series that I'll surely keep an eye on it until it sees the light of day. Who knows, I may even decide to play through it. Should I do that, though, I hope I'll make it further than I did when I tried to play through the original.
(Via gonintendo.com)
This is neato! I'm all for remaking anything in the style of Earthbound!
ReplyDeleteYes, the style of EarthBound is pretty darn awesome, Justin. Still, I thought the original was fine as is. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how this project progresses all the same!
ReplyDeleteNot calling it a copy-pasta job... but something like this would be easy to implement I think if the similarities are that close.
ReplyDeleteThough I have never personally played the original EarthBound Zero, I think I would still seek down the original NES ROM and plat that instead.
Hey there, MogKnight! I haven't played enough of the first Mother/EarthBound Zero to know, first-hand, just how similar they are, but the portion I played last year definitely showcased a lot of similarities.
ReplyDeleteStill, it's interesting that someone is doing this, I guess. And anything that brings attention to EarthBound, EarthBound Zero, Mother and Mother 2 is a good things, in my opinion.
Just because a game is similar to another game is not a good enough reason to me to think "ehh....why bother remaking it" and in this case we're discussing a game from its own series anyway - ( yeah I say series even though there's really only like three games....I feel bad for all the games / manga ect. that only have like three games or three books or whatever....really need more for it to truly be a "series" but I digress ) - There's some differences in between "zero" and 2 that it is meaningful - ( especially to us "hardcore" mother / earthbound fans ) - for a remake to make sense and besides the graphic are old. Although I don't hate zero's graphics nearly half has much I do when it comes to various other games old graphics , I am happy to have stumbled across this site and to learn that a remake for this particular game is in progress. - Kara
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, Kara! And, really, I shouldn't have suggested that there wasn't a point in remaking this game using its sequel's engine. I guess what I was trying to say was that I am not personally all that interested in it, in part because I rather like Zero's graphics and also because I like the difference in look and feel between Zero and its sequel. That said, I'm glad it's being made so folks like yourself can enjoy it. And like I said at the end of the post, I may enjoy it myself at some point, too :)
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