thoughts on Mother 4 rebranding
could go either way honestly
i definitely think it not being mother 4 anymore makes it lose something. its basically the same game and we never really even knew to what extent it even related to the mother universe, but either way that connection felt special because the production values were so high and it looked genuinely like a mother 4
itoi isn’t going to make one. that much is certain and he’s said in the past that he’d be happy to play one himself, so i was in the mentality that The Day Has Finally Come! and he would, and i guess it’s not going away
on the other hand, now there’s a chance to play this game on the switch- being a “true” indie means way, way more, and i’m hoping that the game mostly stays the same barring a handful of rewrites (and i’d love to get my hands on some of the original scripts to compare) because then, in theory, the switch could be the first console to let you play all four mother titles (assuming mother 3 actually hits VC) without changing systems. EB0 and earthbound both were on the wii u, so if mother 3 and whatever mother 4 becomes make their way as well then we’d come full circle