MOTHER 3 Fan Translation

http://mother3.fobby.net/

While this may not entirely have to do with zombies- you should still play this game anyway. If you're not familiar with the Mother/Earthbound series then here's your time to find out. Mother is a game series created by Nintendo back in-the-day for the Famicom in Japan. It was set to release in the United States on the NES, but never was, until a hacker ripped the ROM from an English blue cartridge prototype. Its sequel Mother 2 was released in the US as Earthbound for the SNES. Two years ago Nintendo released Mother 3 on the Game Boy Advance without any intention of releasing it in the US. So- the most massive gaming fan base Starmen.net took it upon themselves to create an English translation of the game. It was released about a month ago.

What you need to play Mother 3:

• Mother 3 Japanese ROM (Google search)
• Mother 3 Fan Translation Patch (link above)
• and a Game Boy Advance Emulator (like Visual Boy Advance)

The Mother games are some of my most favorite games and finally being able to play through Mother 3 after much torment makes me feel complete. The gorgeous pixel art and hilarious dialogue makes it a game playable for nearly all ages, yet the undertone themes of the game are very realistic and, at some times, terrifying. Courage. The power to get up and be strong after the hardest fall. Greed. Money controls the entire globe and when humans introduced it to underdeveloped cultures, they become slaves to a simple idea of value and worth. Stem-Cell Research. The fear machine called Religion believes that it will lead to a genetic combination of species, humans playing the hand of God. Sacrifice. The only answer to fixing society is to destroy it and either rebuild, or cease to exist.

All this and more in the most amazing adventure of a lifetime, Mother 3.