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Mother

Developer: Ape Publisher: Nintendo
27 July 1989
NES
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57 Ratings /
#1,900 All-time
#14 for 1989
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Turn-based RPG#173 JRPG#226 Comedy#240 Low fantasy#100 Science fiction#449 Alien#102
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Mother
1989 • Ape Nintendo  
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JP 4 902370 500998 HVC-MX
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2015 • Ape Nintendo  
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I recently beat Earthbound and it is now one of my favorite games of all time so naturally I decided I'd try the other games in the Mother franchise. So I played through about 4 to 5 hours of Mother and I gotta say, it kinda sucks. It has good qualities but overall it's a frustrating slog that is completely out-shined by Earthbound. The random encounters are intrusive, the menus are clunky, the dialogue is weak. Plus a lot of the qualities that make Earthbound incredible are not here or have not been developed to their full potential. I hope I can beat it one day, but for now, I'm moving on to Mother 3.
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NG4100 Mother 2024-03-23T01:58:16Z
NES • JP
2024-03-23T01:58:16Z
4.5
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tomcrito Mother 2024-03-18T13:21:13Z
NES • JP
2024-03-18T13:21:13Z
1
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
cencilezzi Mother 2024-01-23T16:14:04Z
NES • JP
2024-01-23T16:14:04Z
4.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
reshader Mother 2024-01-23T14:14:17Z
NES • JP
2024-01-23T14:14:17Z
5.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Giann96 Mother 2024-01-19T01:47:18Z
NES • JP
2024-01-19T01:47:18Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
hevykofe Mother 2024-01-02T12:25:54Z
NES • JP
2024-01-02T12:25:54Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
communitypeach Mother 2023-12-31T09:19:42Z
NES • JP
2023-12-31T09:19:42Z
2.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
peterjlaughlin Mother 2023-12-14T19:38:13Z
NES • JP
2023-12-14T19:38:13Z
4.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Kobayoshi Mother 2023-10-31T06:25:22Z
NES • JP
2023-10-31T06:25:22Z
1.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Kowareta99 Mother 2023-09-24T05:25:07Z
NES • JP
2023-09-24T05:25:07Z
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pterarobo Mother 2023-08-17T16:03:48Z
NES • JP
2023-08-17T16:03:48Z
1
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Marat_Alimov Mother 2023-06-29T12:37:03Z
NES • JP
2023-06-29T12:37:03Z
4.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
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Mother
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Mother 1+2
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4 902370 500998/HVC-MX/jp

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  • AntennasToHeaven 2023-08-09 23:34:51.640662+00
    I remember buying Earthbound Beginnings in 2015 in the hopes that it would motivate Nintendo to release Mother 3 in the US.
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  • wesi7 2023-09-12 21:17:32.097592+00
    im gonna play this before earthbound and no one can stop me
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    • hopeascendchaos 2023-09-18 16:49:36.914767+00
      based
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  • Scrade 2023-09-20 18:28:41.918886+00
    it's alright
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  • NibiruShiranui 2024-01-19 05:15:30.517622+00
    I highly recommend you to play this game with some fan-made patchs, they fix the archaid elements and made it somewhat "easier" and more enjoyable overrall, it also feature some more accurate translations and changes to the title screen if you prefer those. I strongly recommend Mother: 25th Anniversary Edition


    https://www.romhacking.net/?page=hacks&game=918
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  • omo_ree 2024-03-22 23:58:17.16643+00
    this game is a banger,i prefer the fan translation because of the easy ring tho ngl
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  • possayy 2024-04-24 17:12:02.577567+00
    It’s ok . The fact that it’s an nes game blows my mind though
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