The Mother 3 fan translation patch came out on Friday, as I'm sure you are aware.Hey, maybe you're playing it right now.Well, if you stop to think, "Man, I love this game, but it's too bad there's not an instruction book/artbook/strategy guide to go with it," then your prayers have just been answered.The Mother/Earthbound fanatics at Starmen.net and Fangamer have diligently put together a 'Mother 3 Fanbook,' chock full of introductions to the world of Mother 3, walkthroughs and FAQs, and painstakingly crafted artwork, right down to the classic clay models reminscent of Earthbound (Mother 2).The book is looking to finish development by the end of the year, and Fangamer estimates that the book will ship out in early January. They will be releasing the book online for free sometime after that, but if you want yourself a professionally printed copy, you ought to consider pre-ordering.Likely a no-brainer for Earthbound diehards.
If you like Japanese RPGs, there are some downsides to living in North America. Probably the most well-documented problem is the fact that North American publishers just can't seem to bring themselves to bring every single JRPG over. Quite unfortunate for obsessive compulsive collectors like myself.Well, if you were interested in either Atlus' PlayStation RPG, Persona 2: Innocent Sin (the prequel to the released Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) or Nintendo's GBA follow-up to Earthbound, Mother 3, then it might interest you to know that fan translation projects for both games have recently finished.In order to take advantage of these brand-spankin' new patches, you'll have to be computer-savvy enough to download the patch and the notROM, find a compatible notEmulator, and play them on your notComputer. However, I suspect you are all very capable if you can find my insignificant blog. ;)The Mother 3 fan translation can be found here courtesy of translator Tomato and Fobby.net The Persona 2: Innocent Sin translation can be found here courtest of blogger/translator Gemini.This is why the internet is awesome.
The Mother 3 fan translation patch came out on Friday, as I'm sure you are aware.
