Oh...my...God...There's actually hope for Earthbound/Moth...

[ReZon]

Yeah.. not sure how this equates to increased hope. If I ask for something, and a laugh is the response, I don't get my hopes up.

[HammerGalladeBro]

Not sure if this means something long term, but, eh, at least Iwata himself acknowledes the Western MOTHER fans.

[someone17]

thats quite a tease for something in relation to MOTHER, still, Im not sure something will come out of this.

[pklovetheme]

This is something I would really want! Sounds awesome, but the laugh makes it really unconvincing. I'd LOVE to see this series come to the west though.

[NeroSuferoth]

Yeah, best just ignore this...

[AtomicBean]

So Iwata laughs in the face of western EarthBound/Mother fans and that's supposed to be a good thing?

[rockmankun]

I hope a compilation of the 3 games on the 3DS. I do hope that Mother gets a remake to a more Earthbound/Mother 3

[Mirai]

Iwata: [trolls]

[bszelda]

He acknowledged that there is a huge fanbase here in the west. Based on just that, I can bet that we will one day see something.

[8bit101]

Oh... my... god... The tile is SO misleading.
I don't see any hope increased.

[kdognumba1]

I'd love to see a return of the franchise!

[Hamr]

So Iwata laughs in the face of western EarthBound/Mother fans and that's supposed to be a good thing?

A drowning man will cling to a straw.

[MoldyClay]

@LegendofSantiago

Yeah, they could also put Mother 1+2 and Mother 3 from GBA on the Virtual Console.


@chris_the_wing

There's an article somewhere about why this was an issue and yeah, I think it has to do with one song needing to be rewritten. One of them can easily be replaced with a different theme, but the other one needs to straight up change.

@YoshiRider123

Because it makes too much sense to ask if a recent, more likely game could come out. Instead, let's ask about a series that hasn't had a game in YEARS and was on GBA and vintage platforms.

[Johnknight1]

If Iwata delivers, then he needs to shut up with his laughs and take my money!!!

Still, I am not putting my hope into this...

[bound_for_earthbound]

No, he clearly sidestepped the questions and laughed them off.
This just confirms that he regrets bringing it up.

[PaperLink64]

Well, Iwata did work on EarthBound during his HAL tenure so of course he hasn't forgotten it.

[Mako]

Having never played any of the games in the series I would love to see them remade for 3DS and/ or Wii U. I'm sure they would do fairly well if they sold them as a trilogy.

[Autosaver]

Why does everyone take [Laughs] as a negative? Don't the laughs always correspond to positive notes in Iwata asks? >.>