So Mother 3 sparked my curiosity randomly. 
It started with checking out some old Earthbound reviews. Then with digging around for anything Earthbound related. Then after I woke up from my blackout, I found myself listening to the entire Mother 3 soundtrack. 
 
THEN there was a Gamebaz page open in my browser with a listing for the Mother 3 GBM for almost a thousand dollars.
And oh GOd there are 2 up on ebay for about 600 less... What the hell.. 

Why do I do this to myself? I'm going to have to play this. I'd prefer to do so legitimately, but I am so enthralled...

So Mother 3 sparked my curiosity randomly. 
It started with checking out some old Earthbound reviews. Then with digging around for anything Earthbound related. Then after I woke up from my blackout, I found myself listening to the entire Mother 3 soundtrack. 
 
THEN there was a Gamebaz page open in my browser with a listing for the Mother 3 GBM for almost a thousand dollars.
And oh GOd there are 2 up on ebay for about 600 less... What the hell.. 

Why do I do this to myself? I'm going to have to play this. I'd prefer to do so legitimately, but I am so enthralled...

I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese).

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

In situations like this it's perfectly ok to get a rom and the fan translation.

" In situations like this it's perfectly ok to get a rom and the fan translation. "

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

" @Captainlunchbox said:

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

Also it seems like you might need a japanese snes system to even play the game since the shape of the cartridges are pretty different. They are the same as European cartridges, but European SNES's run in a PAL format where as the game itself is probably NTSC-J so you'd still be out of luck. "

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

" @Captainlunchbox said:

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

Also it seems like you might need a japanese snes system to even play the game since the shape of the cartridges are pretty different. They are the same as European cartridges, but European SNES's run in a PAL format where as the game itself is probably NTSC-J so you'd still be out of luck. "

I'm looking at Mother 3 for the GBA. But the first Mother game was released here as Earthbound.

" @wolf_blitzer85 said:

" @Captainlunchbox said:

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

Also it seems like you might need a japanese snes system to even play the game since the shape of the cartridges are pretty different. They are the same as European cartridges, but European SNES's run in a PAL format where as the game itself is probably NTSC-J so you'd still be out of luck. "

I'm looking at Mother 3 for the GBA. But the first Mother game was released here as Earthbound. "

" @Captainlunchbox

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

" @Captainlunchbox said:

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

Also it seems like you might need a japanese snes system to even play the game since the shape of the cartridges are pretty different. They are the same as European cartridges, but European SNES's run in a PAL format where as the game itself is probably NTSC-J so you'd still be out of luck. "

I'm looking at Mother 3 for the GBA. But the first Mother game was released here as Earthbound.

That was mother 2. "

I can say it is as good as Earthbound/Mother 2, it's simply brilliant.
It gave me this good feeling when playing, something that I've missed in recent games
 
Also the N64 game was canned for Mother 3 on the Advance

" @TooWalrus said:

" @Captainlunchbox

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

" @Captainlunchbox said:

" @FancySoapsMan said:

" I played it on my laptop it works pretty well. If you buy a legitimate cartridge you won't be able to understand it anyways (I'm assuming you don't speak japanese). "

It's just sad that The U.S. and U.K. get the shaft from Nintendo on this. "

Also it seems like you might need a japanese snes system to even play the game since the shape of the cartridges are pretty different. They are the same as European cartridges, but European SNES's run in a PAL format where as the game itself is probably NTSC-J so you'd still be out of luck. "

I'm looking at Mother 3 for the GBA. But the first Mother game was released here as Earthbound.

That was mother 2. "

I thought Mother 2 was the N64 version? "

" I can say it is as good as Earthbound/Mother 2, it's simply brilliant. It gave me this good feeling when playing, something that I've missed in recent games  Also the N64 game was canned for Mother 3 on the Advance "

" @Kjellm87 said:

" I can say it is as good as Earthbound/Mother 2, it's simply brilliant. It gave me this good feeling when playing, something that I've missed in recent games  Also the N64 game was canned for Mother 3 on the Advance "

Like "good feeling" as in how you smile a little bit when you think about playing it? "