

Its returning staff from Mother (1989) included writer/director Shigesato Itoi and lead programmer Satoru Iwata, as well as composers Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, who incorporated a diverse range of styles into the soundtrack, including salsa, reggae, and dub. As Ness and his party of Paula, Jeff and Poo, the player travels the world to collect melodies from eight Sanctuaries in order to defeat the universal cosmic destroyer Giygas.ĮarthBound had a lengthy development period that spanned five years. The second entry in the Mother series, it was first released in Japan in August 1994, and in North America in June 1995. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. We invite you to learn about our team and explore the promotional artwork we created for the project.EarthBound, released in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū, is a role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. We're so grateful for everything they've done for the MOTHER community. None of this would've ever happened were it not for the efforts of Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin and Heidi "Poe" Mandelin, who created a fan translation of the original MOTHER 3 for the GBA. Together with a team of 22 creatives from around the world, we produced hundreds of assets, which came together in the form of a mock trailer that depicts our vision for what MOTHER 3 could be like if it were remade using modern technology.īut no creator reaches any heights without standing on the shoulders of those who came before. Everything you see on this website, from videos to artwork, represents the culmination of over 2 years of work. MOTHER 3: Tribute is our contribution to that river of creativity-a love letter to the third game of the trilogy. Despite this, the series has managed to inspire so many of its players to create amazing things.

With 3 games that are widely regarded as cult classics, the series never really took hold in the West, with its third installment having never been officially released outside of Japan.

The MOTHER series by Shigesato Itoi is a trilogy that is often overlooked.
