Should EarthBound be Remade?

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@E-C-H-0 Год назад

I do think a Mother 1 remake makes the most sense. The other 2 are still great to this day, but the original needs the most tuning up

@FrenzyFanboy Год назад

A touch up with sprinting and animation, mixed with balancing (and maybe a more compelling storyline) would make the game great! Although, making the game easier would make the game feel shorter.

@lennystudios3.14 Год назад

I still loved mother 1, but I agree for sure

@willbrgamer5137 Год назад

So you might want to look at a fan game called Mother Encore, which is a remake of Mother 1.

@gringusgaming Год назад

Honestly a port of both games to Mother 3's engine or something similar would be great. That said, even a romhack of Earthbound that remakes Mother 1 would be all that is needed I feel

@E-C-H-0 Год назад

@@willbrgamer5137 where would I find this?

@369destroyer Год назад

I think they should remake Earthbound Beginnings first. I feel like theres more potential in that game that needs to be tapped into.

@ashmander3465 Год назад

Makes sense to remake mother 1 for nintens adventure

@WohaoG Год назад

I mean we already got a full translation of the game(one that already existed, but an unreleased one, and an improved version like Star Fox 2)

@Barveth Год назад

Well, fans are making a remake of original Mother, it's called Mother Encore.

@ButterflyBlossom6415 Год назад

Excuse me for saying this but, I believe that MOTHER 2 needs a remake a little more than 1, but still a MOTHER 1 remake is not a bad idea

@orangeslash1667 Год назад

@@ButterflyBlossom6415 I recommend Eastward, Boot Hill Heroes and Bounties. They are Earthbound inspired. If you like games on Steam there is Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and Weirdlands, which also have a Earthbound/Mother 3 feel.

@rass4375 Год назад

Totally agree. I hate when there are remakes or re-release that changes a lot of thing so that there is almost always never a "definitive version" because each one has its own strengths and weaknesses. They can be a good experience for old fans but it's frustrating when playing a game for the first time to know that you're might be missing something. Even the so called "Quality of Life" changes can be controversial and can radically change the experience. Remakes works when they are just 1:1 adaptation that update graphics or controls or when they are complete reimagination of the original so that they are completely different experience that makes playing both worth. But most of the time they are in an awkward position inbetween that make them less accessible, especially if the original can be easily emulated or is available on modern platforms. As a fan I'd like to see an earthbound remake, but thinking about it, chances are that most probably it would be underwhelming

@shinyrayquaza9 Год назад

I agree, but very contraversal opinion just look at how much hate bdsp got for almost being 1:1

@tamerkoh Год назад

I think this is why the Pixel Remasters of the FF games aren't the best versions to play, because they intentionally left out content that was available in previous versions. Graphics aside, if you play the PSP versions of FF1, FF2 and FF4, for example, you can experience everything in one playthrough. Those are the most comprehensive versions of those games, that contain every iterative improvement and content addition since their original releases, plus stuff that was added to those versions (FF1 has Labyrinth of Time, FF2 has Arcane Labyrinth, and FF4 has its sequels bundled in one). In order for a version to be definitive in my eyes, it has to be the most comprehensive version of the game. I can live with the graphics not being upgraded, and will consider that a missed opportunity, but if it doesn't have all the content from prior versions, then it's not definitive, since you'll still have a reason to play them at that point.

@rass4375 Год назад

@@shinyrayquaza9 Yeah, kinda true, haven't played bdsp so I can't talk from experience, but I know it was not well received. To be fair, pokemon is a special case. Pokemon is one of the few games where remakes have high potential and could not just be nostalgia-bait cash grabs, since pokemon games have high replayability and there are many additions in each gen, like different mechanics, gimmicks, features and expanded pokedex. Also pokemon games have a big social aspect in them, so re-releasing them means you have access to internet connection (except frlg of course) and compatibility with new games. So releasing a 1:1 remake in this case is not the same as in other game. Yes you get new graphics and (limited) connectivity but not everything else. Expectation plays also a big part. So far we have always had full remakes that gave us a lot of new content that were more on the "new experience" kind, and because of that many had high hopes on the DP remakes, games that are notorious in the community of being held back by various problems (some of them fixed in platinum). Instead (as far as I know) we got the same game with a few new features but that carries many of the problems of the original and have new one. That does not mean that all past remakes were not controversial. Many, for example, consider Emerald to be better than ORAS. But as ORAS were "different enough" games, it made it worth it to play them even if they aren't the "definitive edition". The same thing can't be said when comparing Platinum and BDSP. I've also heard that bdsp was controversial for other reasons, like it was buggy and GTS and Pokemon Home arrived late, so there is also a technical aspect. Other games, instead, suffer less problems from 1:1 remakes. For example a story focused RPG with already solid gameplay mechanics can just be remade with with new graphics, if someone disliked the new coat of paint could just play the original. In the case of pokemon, to be fair we don't really need any new remakes, because the mechanics are fundamentally the same since gen 4 (generational gimmicks aside), and if there is no intention to add an extended dex and new features, it's better to just release the old games virtual console-style with online functionality and added compatibility with Home.

@deedoubs Месяц назад

@@tamerkoh In fairness almost all of that content is throw-away post-game challenge nonsense that wasn't really high quality content in the first place, but I do miss FFV getting more jobs... even if all of those jobs are rubbish.

@tamerkoh Месяц назад

@@deedoubs Doesn't matter though, people can't form their own opinions on it if it's not available to experience to begin with. I for one loved the extra content, especially FF2 adding more story and lore with the dead party and Deumion. Since you cannot experience this in the PR, it is by definition not definitive.

@jackatk Год назад

Personally, I think that the protagonists need more ‘character moments.’ Outside of their introductory cutscenes, the characters barely say anything or interact with each other, and I think that’s a weakness of the original game.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

I'd love that. The few they have are really good, but are so few and far between.

@rennythespaceguy7285 Год назад

Playing as Luigi would truly perfect the game, maybe they could add Dedede as well

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Crossing my fingers for Shadow!

@epikuserwhosucks Месяц назад

hopping for sir kibble and glunk!

@an-ei Год назад

Gotta give you props, this is an excellent discussion that looks at every aspect in depth from a variety of angles without feeling padded. A lot of these types of videos don't approach this nearly as well as you did, well done!

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Thank you so much!

@FloydianSystem Год назад

I feel like Mother would be better for a remake over Mother 2. Mother hasn't aged extremely well (even for a Famicom RPG). Modernizing Mother to a standard like Mother 3 with scrolling HP and better balancing during the ending segments (Looking at Mt. Holy Loly specifically.)

@ButterflyBlossom6415 Год назад

I disagree, MOTHER 2 has glitches, the bosses are easy, I agree that MOTHER 1 needs more love, but MOTHER 1 was a difficult video game and didn't have many glitches compared to the sequel, but I would love to see both as a remake and call them MOTHER 1 and 2 instead of "EarthBound" and so they could bring MOTHER 3 around the world

@n1ktend091 Год назад

@BibleGirl6415 I disagree with the notion that Mother 2s bosses are completely easy. - Frank, the Onett Police, and the Titanic Ant are known for being very difficult fights due to you not being that strong in the early game. - The Mondo Mole hits rather hard, so Paula will probably end up dying during the fight. (If you decide not to use the paralysis exploit) - The way up to the Trillionage Sprout can SUCK if you keep getting Mushroomized, and the fight with the Sprout can be brutal if he gets his Diamond stare off. - the department store is a huge difficulty spike because of how hard the enemies hit you, and the Mook can be rough as well. - the Clumsy Robot hits VERY hard some of the time. - The sewers underneath Fourside have pretty tough enemies as well as the boss hitting rather hard at times due to its high crit rate. - the Kraken can seriously mess you up due it's fire and tornado attacks dealing very high damage, as well as the Thunder attacks. - The Starman DX can be annoying. - The Diamond Dog needs no introduction I'm sure - Magicant and Ness's Nightmare is still very hard, even with the earth pendant.

@ButterflyBlossom6415 Год назад

@@n1ktend091 Well, I found MOTHER 2 a less difficult game than the third, because MOTHER 3 I died many times in each boss, sometimes MOTHER 2 has bosses that have their difficulty, and yes, you may be right, especially those freaking mushrooms, I died a few times in that, even so I don't agree very much with Frank's and the Kraken's has been very easy for me, but above all MOTHER 2 has more glitches than 1 and 3, which is something that is true, but in my opinion both MOTHER 1 and 2 needs Remakes

@Sheepy765. Год назад

I think they should remake all three and release it as a bundle.

@antoureneinStudioAllele Год назад

You make a really good point regarding the controls of a remake when trying to translate a 2D game to 3D. I wouldn't be able to calculate just how much time I have already spent fine-tuning the movement and control/animation response in Earthbound Dimensions so that it can feel reasonably not stiff. It sounds simple when you think it's just movement through the world, but it really isn't... a lot of careful thought and polishment work is needed when tackling something like this.

@robertadamsx2 Год назад

The reason why they atill had 8 direction in link's awakening remake is because some positions in between those directions can ruin some puzzles and dungeons, and make fast skips through the dungeons. However, you can be in those in between direction when you jump and land so long as you don't move again on the ground. So those skips are still possible. I've used them a few times. And another reason to remake games is to keep the series alive. It's the smallest reason to make a game from a business perspective, but a big one for fans. They want to keep the love for the game alive, and pull in new people.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Was trying to look at why to do a remake from an artistic perspective with this video.

@stoplookingatthisyougleepy Год назад

At two men and a truck, we treat your items like we treat our own grandmas!

@Metalfreeze 11 месяцев назад

Just finished this game. My new obsession. Loved it. I would play a new one but not necessary. It’s perfect

@jess648 Месяц назад

Mother Squared feels like it’s pretty much covering all the bases of what I’d want for a remake ngl.

@Solesteam Год назад

8:11 Perhaps a playable version of how she ended up there...

@V0idedOut-E33 7 месяцев назад

I'm gonna bat to changing Earthbound's style. I feel like, If we're doing a remake, One remake all 3 in one big bundle called the Earthbound Trilogy. Earthbound Beginnings, Earthbound Boogaloo, and Earthbound Beyond (mother 3) in one package. But the direction I want to see the art direction taken in is that of Rankin Bass Christmas Specials. I say that because a lot of the promotional material surrounding mother has always been around claymation models of the characters reminiscent of Animagic. It's very possible that Iwata grew up with that studio's work considering that all of the rankin bass christmas specials were animated in japan by a japanese studio. This, to me at least would be the best way to translate from pixels to 3D models, Keep the mother series' destinct style by catering to the style of the claymation like marketing and also preserve and express the themes of innocence and growing up that the entire series is all about.

@capitalchirp2418 Год назад

They also could go a direction in the way of the SaGa remasters, where they leave the game mostly unchanged but add a few changes that would make it more definitive, like changing up the localization, or adding some unused content that was in development but was cut. (Although admittedly, Earthbound wasn't nearly as unfinished as say, the original SaGa Frontier, but it's a thought)

@KnightofFunnyJunk Месяц назад

I feel like what Itoh was going with is that even in a fantastically insane world like Earthbound you still need to factor in carrying space. One backpack for each Party member thats why youre able to spread out 14 slots among all the members of your party. Also, considering level creep if you're an experienced player some items are basically worthless. You dont need them in your backpack. I'd argue the best item to farm would pretty much be the PSi Caramels.

@jakewhite3338 Год назад

I was today years old when I learned Frank can heal you. Mind blown.

@Jelly_shy_guy_man Год назад

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@MrWill7980 11 месяцев назад

Yes, in the style of Brilliant Diamond but actually finished. I love the 3D Chibi look of it. Earthbound was a similar style to the first few generations of Pokemon, so it would be a good fit, in my opinion.

@devilbowser253 Год назад

how i would do the ultimate weapons is to have a beefed up enemy hold them that never changes places but is out of the way so you dont accidently fight them, this way you dont have to grind for it unless you are too low a level but you still have to work for it.

@flintfrommother3gaming Год назад

Anyone who plays on bilinear filtering deserves their rights of using technological devices to be taken away. Like sorry but all bilinear filtering does is juggle up the colors until they look like putrid. ALSO even if the pixel look is not the intended target, the bilinear filtering was also not the intended target. There are definitely much better options, maybe CRT filters.

@Shishizurui Год назад

as someone whos played since 95' 1. Enemies should have counterplay to surprising them giving you opportunities to surprise them 2. Day/Night cycle for added imersion, events and enemy spawns 3. Jeffs support Items buffed and stored like Dusters tools, bottle rocket rebalancing 4. Changes to encounter system/formation. being able to go back2back,triangle formation on the overworld. -PINCER attacks should be a thing for you and the enemy 5. ability to run 6. Tone down Enemy opening attack redswirl + sound like they did in mother 3- to me it was my first jumpscare 7. change dusty dunes as is I never find a reason to venture into the desert, i think the road should curve up and then down . the early part of scarba is kinda short, i would have moved the monkey hole further into the desert. 8. i would just clean up sprites or do a nice simple 3d to have it match the clay models. 9. Poo, mainly the fact that you get him so late and he is missing through late scarba and 90% of deep darkness 10. removal of the 1/128 drop items and instead they should be end game side quests.

@hyakin7818 8 месяцев назад

earthbound should be remade like the mario rpg remake like that game also never saw a release outside the states and japan before and the artstyle would be very fitting

@TheSizzleDash Год назад

I know this is a video about what to fix in a remake but a connection I made was the fact I’m making an Earthbound inspired rpg and what I’ve been doing is fixing whatever was bad, so I guess these are some good ideas on what to fix.

@elijahthomas4231 Год назад

4:32 Terraria Players: First time?

@LilacMonarch 2 месяца назад

I do wonder what direction Itoi would take a remake if he was given the choice. There are a lot of things that were cut in development so it's possible he would want to do a FF7R kind of thing

@Nemesisaka 7 месяцев назад

Earthbound would just be such a visceral experience with graphical enhancements, atmospheric textures, and updated pieces of music it’s such a cool game and I think bringing that to a new generation in a more digestible way would be dope keep the mechanics fairly true to the original the story telling and all that as well but just making it look and sound better with more detail due to modern advancements cut scenes and shit

@gustavoblackstar 4 месяца назад

I think what we need from every Mother game is 1 : Remake 2 : Remaster 3 : Translated version and launch for Switch

@jeremytung1632 Год назад

If it helps finally get mother 3 a proper state side release I say go for it.

@nonXist3nt 7 месяцев назад

i wanna see a whole series remaster tbh in the 2d hd style that the octopath traveler games got. that would be nice

@Введите-псевдоним 8 месяцев назад

первая часть MOTHER очень крутая в визуальном плане в битвах вижу гориллу она будто настоящая супер нарисовано все а вот снаружи когда бегаешь по карте вот там разработчики экономили как могли потому что вся память для визуальной части уходила на спрайты врагов в битве + там офигенная музыка которая тоже кушает память изза чего приходится экономить и один тайл сплошного цвета может использоваться в многих местах

@jimmyrcg4966 Год назад

Officially I don't know how I'd feel Fanmade though sign me up mother squared can't come out soon enough

@matthewlawton9241 Месяц назад

Jesus halfway through this video and you've changed the whole game. You don't want an Earthbound remake, you want a new game.

@LoiValdes Год назад

I'd be happy with any Mother content. If they don't want to release Mother 3, I don't see them releasing an Earthbound remake. But I sure hope so

@optimalradish 3 месяца назад

A remake is needed to an extent. I need to agree that the graphics should stay the same with minor changes (yes I know this video was 1 year ago because I watched it when it came out)

@MonkeyNess 3 месяца назад

Why do you think it's needed? Genuinley curious.

@optimalradish Месяц назад

@@MonkeyNess Super Mario RPG got a remake and after that remake released more people knew what Mario RPG was, so I think an EarthBound remake would help EarthBound be more known by people who genuinely don't know what it is, but I think Mother1 would be the one I want to see remade the most.

@IPODsify Год назад

Modern pixel smoothing is not the same as crt smoothing. Since crts don't even display pixels in the first place, there's a natural bleed between colors. Monitors DO display pixels, so to make pixel smoothing look like crts theyd have to display the game in like 4x resolution with antialiasing and chromatic aberration...which they don't.

@K0R4UPT_N01Z3 4 месяца назад

I find myself struggling to enjoy the game on the SNES Emulator bc it's just so outdated. I have always wanted to love EarthBound btw and I feel like I could. I just need, and crave an official remaster for it. Like imagine the game with a graphical overhaul (WITH OLD GRAPHICS ENABLE-ABLE IN THE SETTINGS) like on this RU-vid video's thumbnail. It would be so cool! Imagine having these too, QoL changes that would definitely be in a remaster and make the game a lot more bearable and fun: - A better inventory system - A multi-seater bicycle - Buying / Selling multiple items at once. - Less annoying pop-ups (Dad calling you/telling you to take a break) - Letting you consume present items on the spot. Ie, inventory full, eat the Hamburg from the present instead of just leaving it there. Honestly? This isn't a want for me, it's a need. It's super unlikely but I hope we get a remaster some day.

@guyug6940 Год назад

i mean theres already like 3 eb fan remakes rn lmao

@MonkeyNess Год назад

This video’s not about fan-remakes.

@JakeyChaos Год назад

As far as the the "ultimate weapons" are concerned, I would as least place the Sword of Kings in a gift box in the stonehedge maze or have it drop from the boss. I mean, it's Poo's only weapon, and grinding for it brings the game to a standstill. All the others could stay the same for all I care.

@hwa523ca Месяц назад

Earthbound is a masterpiece, and it's aged pretty well (minus a handful of things you've indeed mentioned). I've completed it earlier this year, and it's now my second favorite game of all time (behind Metal Gear Solid). If Earthbound were to be remade, I want the gameplay mechanics to be same (with some changes for a modern audience), but I would like the graphics to be in a chibi style similar to Zelda Link's Awakening or Echoes of Wisdom.

@sauceman-dv3lf Год назад

I whould say that having a new verision of earthbound beginnings AND other mother 2 changes whould be very cool! But let's be honest, we all just want something new.

@dullah1434 Год назад

Everything you said about earthbound is everything I want in it

@Sagern17 Год назад

A remake would be cool but I personally don't think we need it (even for Earthbound Beginnings). Personally I think remakes that even just remake the game with better visuals are good, but in my opinion I think remakes are best for games that never got a big release/ are lost to time, an example I can think of is a Panzer Dragoon Saga remake, the games original code and assets are sadly lost, and simply porting the game to pc and consoles would be very difficult, as you would have to create an emulator of a console with complicated hardware simply just for that game, so the best bet we would have of that game being brought back is through a remake, they already remade the first game and are working on remaking the second, so it is possible. This kind of remake would also give a chance for games that never got localized a chance to be released worldwide, if a Mother 3 remake got announced then there would be a pretty high chance of it getting released worldwide. Sorry for the long comment, great video and I hope you have a good day.

@dust.runner Год назад

If the remakes were mainly focused on accessibility, quality of life, fixing a few problems like the ones mentioned, and if the process of making Mother 3...umm..copyright friendly I guess? Could make it come to the west in a collection with the other two, which let's face it, aren't exactly easy to get on modern consoles anyway, would make it worth it. Though I completely agree with the sentiment of remakes being for games which have more flaws than perfections.. the games whose potential remains evident but was really hindered by things a remake could fix, giving the game a wider audience and allowing creators' projects another chance to be seen.

@tamerkoh Год назад

By the way, what's the footage at 10:58 from? That's actually the kind of artstyle I prefer seeing from enhanced remakes of pixel-art games; a higher resolution, crisper pixel art version of the game where everything's been upscaled and more defined, but with the same overall style as the original sprites. This respects the overall original style, while still making use of the extra real-estate given by our now higher resolution screens and such. And gets closer to what the original pixel art was accomplishing on CRT, since we weren't meant to be seeing each individual pixel so boldly.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

The upcoming fangame Mother Squared!

@Gameorama91 11 месяцев назад

Look, if they remake any of the Mother games officially, I'll be excited that the series is being given attention again and I'll give it a shot. .....but since i know that isnt happening, I NEED one of these fangames to be done for a new Mother fix lol. I swear, i know of i think 5 different fan projects and NONE are ready yet. Its driving me nuts, i wanna play em!

@andrewshearsby8125 Год назад

Yes to all 3 games, maybe add cut scenes and "bad end" animations say you fail to save Paula from the Happy Happiest cult, the cut scene shows a corrupted Paula in a blue nuns garb preparing world domination

@gabbyhaynes5394 7 месяцев назад

The the only way I can justify a remake of Earthbound or 3 is if they decided to do it to all the Mother Games and release it as a remastered collection.

@stoplight2554 Год назад

overall i feel like the game holds up, but it would be nice to have a version that overhauls the inventory system so key items dont take up space, and to fix a few sprites. the sharks overworld sprites, for instance look pretty.... unfortunate

@xxsuperproductionsxx138 Год назад

noice! id love an earthbound remake!

@kalythai Год назад

How would the game be reviewed with all the grinding? Or if the grinding is minimized, how much of the game would be left?

@MonkeyNess Год назад

The vast majority. It's not a super grindy game at any point, really.

@Stravioska Год назад

i want a kingdom hearts style earthbound NOW

@chrispember172 Месяц назад

the animation and art style has a lot of charm and it's a hard sell for me to change it. however, if they made it Claymation like the strategy game but kept the exact same over the top isometric view that is faithful to the og it could be pretty cool. maybe add the rhythm combos from mother 3

@Alekazam_tv 6 месяцев назад

On inventory space here is my hot take... Equipment and key items have separated slots, but otherwise you're right leave it alone. Also the 1/128 items suck I agree.

@purpleguy-rw2vh Год назад

I know this is very unlikely for nintendo to do, but I see the ideal remake of earthbound for the nintendo switch should be a trilogy of the mother series with mother 1 having a 3D clay artstyle, mother 2 having a hand drawn/painted artstyle, and mother 3 having a sorta arts and crafts style, along with all the games having quality of life improvements and changes.

@nickk3077 Год назад

If they were to remake it. I wouldn’t mind it if they remade the story to make characters more interesting, as I never felt very connected to any of them and they felt pretty one dimensional. Mother 3 was a lot more interesting because the world was dynamic and the characters changed with it and had their own world perspectives! I am just asking to make characters more recurring and give them more important changes.

@jking4854 Год назад

Maybe a Remake of 3 could channel some of the ideas of M64, not the artstyle though.

@Fidion Год назад

I say the opposite and cut all the filler nothing characters. Ness' friend group sucks in 2

@orangeslash1667 Год назад

@@jking4854 I recommend Boot Hill Heroes and Eastward as Mother 3 successors.

@jking4854 Год назад

@@orangeslash1667 I'll check them out someday

@andrewb777 7 месяцев назад

Dude… I’ve beaten earthbound multiple times and had no idea that frank would heal you

@melissahenderlight2588 Год назад

Since the Mario RPG remake and Gex trilogy remaster has been revealed I just want a remake of all three mother games in a single package.

@SonicTheCutehog Год назад

Companies remake positively received games because they know they'll sell well. Remaking poorly received games would make most consumers not want to buy them because they didn't like the original or heard the original was bad.

@ProNinjaHax 5 месяцев назад

can you imagine a TOTK type remake?

@TuftyTaltan Месяц назад

I agree that Mother 1 should be remade. For 2 it's just about fine, maybe like you said, they should trim some fat and smoothen the experience, but that's a patch, I don't feel like that's too hard to expect them to do anyways. I would much rather see a full reimagining of Mother 2, we already have the OG, it's not going anywhere so bring on the new!

@brandonwilliams6119 Год назад

I mean Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp exists, nobody saw it coming nor asked for it, despite the delays I’m very much enjoying it, a new game would be nice someday.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

I don’t think a remake needs to be “asked for” to be justified in existing.

@xxProjectJxx Год назад

I played Earthbound about 15 years ago now, and I was really turned off by a lot of its little issues. Its clunky menu mechanics were a constant frustration even back then. But, it wasn't just that. The sprite work, while nice, had such choppy animation. The music, while having decent melodies had awful instrument quality. Drums especially had this really hollow feel. Trumpets sounded more like farts half the time. It was going for a big band feel that the Super Nintendo just couldn't replicate. I came away from Earthbound not seeing what all the fuss was about since my experience was just marred by fruatrations. I think Earthbound is a very good candidate for a remaster. Even when it came out, it was mechanically outdated.

@ViperousVT Год назад

Would be interesting to see 😊

@EarthboundX Год назад

Remaking games that weren't very good to improve them will most likely never be something's that done in a profit first driven industry. That's why remakes happen for the most part, people know the games/movies, so they are more likely to buy remakes of games or watch remakes of movies they already love. Fan remakes are the only way I feel we'll get remakes of games that weren't very popular. I'd love to see an Earthbound remake, as long as the original version still exists. That's sadly been something that sometimes happens. A company remakes something or puts out a game collection, and then removes the originals so people can no longer buy them. That happened with that somewhat recent Sonic games collection. Which I guess since the 3DS and Wii U shops are now gone, can we even buy Earthbound anymore? It's on the Nintendo Switch Online service isn't it?

@MonkeyNess Год назад

It's on NSO :) As for remaking bad games, yeah, it's not done, but that's my point. It should be! It's not done because there's no precedent for it, which there should be.

@allegedlyfalse6779 Год назад

Personally, I'd like an HD 2D remake (same style as Octopath Traveller) collection of all three Mother games, so that 1. a lot of Earthbound Beginnings could be ironed out to make it more accessible, and 2. we'd have an excuse to finally get Mother 3 over here in some official capacity. Also, I just fell in love with the graphics when playing the Live A Live remake and just want to see more things like it.

@guyug6940 Год назад

ok i know this is like my 5th comment but im so mad earthbound wasnt on 3D Classics, seeing the battle backgrounds would have been so cool

@surprisinglydumb5797 Год назад

You can't perfect perfection.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Isn’t that the definition of something being perfect?

@Happy2014Derpina Год назад

i like the idea of remaking beginnings however I feel like some of its charm (for me at least) is how bad it is i think it could definitely use a duncan factory makeover.

@Dippystraws Год назад

all i think earthbound needs is a texture pack and a QOL mod to put it to par with other jrpgs, and it's basically good to go!

@redfoxbennaton Год назад

Can they remake out the sheer boredom Earthbound give me in the first 3 hours?

@Warrior-Of-Virtue Год назад

I'd at least like to see it ported. It's damn near impossible to find these days.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

It's available on NSO and the SNES Classic, and up until last month was available on the eShop for the Wii U and New 3DS!

@KoroPSI Год назад

Hey MonkeyNess! I had an idea for a new channel you could make called "HomosapienNinten" 😆

@DREAMSQU33ZE Год назад

They're fine as is.

@thewalrus511 Год назад

I noticed your direct quote from NCS, based.

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Gotta respect one of the kings!

@thewalrus511 Год назад

@@MonkeyNess what a lad

@ericlofstrand Год назад

I disagree about the graphics of links awakening, that game was perfect. If they could do that with Earthbound it'd be a huge success

@MonkeyNess Год назад

I loved Link’s Awakening 2019! :D I just don’t want it to use that style since it’s already been used for that game, and would rather it be an art style that won’t make people go “Oh this is [x] game’s style” but one that goes “that’s EARTHBOUND’s style!”

@gibrandiaz7300 Год назад

I spent 2 months getting the sword of kings

@marktheanimator2849 Год назад

Someone thinks that going to have a mother 0 remake?

@raidomegnuo2868 Год назад

Why Mother 2 (because, yep, that's what Earthbound is referred) rather than Mother 1? I know we'll get Encore, but I'm not sure the deal of a game already awesome as it is.

@Vextipher Год назад

I'm a simple person. I see EarthBound videos, I click on videos. Mother 1 at least getting up to the level of the next two would be fantastic for me. In general for remakes, as long as it captures 'character' and 'feel' of the games I would love remakes to something more.

@orangeslash1667 Год назад

I recommend Eastward, Boot Hill Heroes and Bounties. They are Earthbound inspired. If you like games on Steam there is Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and Weirdlands, which also have a Earthbound/Mother 3 feel.

@seth7726 Год назад

Big agree. Mother 2 being my favorite surely is a big influence over being opposed to the idea of a remake, but I do feel like the game really doesn't need one unless the team is willing to create another completely different experience (like FF7R did). Still, I stand against it because Mother 2 has this incredible legacy of games that have been strongly inspired by it so having a remake trying to differentiate from the original cult classic would most likely create a divide between the fans. Now, Mother 1 being the selected game for a remake is something I would celebrate. Even I, someone who actually likes the NES game very much, would still like to try the remake for one simple reason: the opportunity of fleshing out the lore and characters. Same as your example of GB Link's Awakening being held by hardware limitations, Mother 1 suffered the same fate and also the fact that it was the 1st installment in the franchise, which led to a lot of unpolished areas such as gameplay, accessibility and not being clear with the main route of action. Of course it would also divide the fans with a side preferring a game over the other, but I think most of them would be happy seeing the game be in the spotlight since 2 and 3 usually are the talk of the town. Overall, this is a very interesting topic and I hope this video keeps getting attention because the points given are well thought.

@roneyalessandro8558 Год назад

remade, yes, but in a fangame format, with other name, characters and cities

@footman1260 Год назад

The thing is that I just hate the art style of most hypothetical mother remakes. Would be nice if it went for the Peanuts style it derived from or a diorama style like Mother 64/the GameCube mockup

@Big_Dai Год назад

Should anything be remade?

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Absolutely!

@bronsonjohnson9019 Год назад

If they did it would have to be like how they remade links awakening. Still cartoony but modern

@timmyp6297 10 месяцев назад

Earthbound was made to be remade. The Travelers Guide shows 3D renders of every single enemy in the game, as well as convey the visual style the remake would be in. I believe Itoi knew what he was doing there. He is a marketer and celebrity before a game dev after all!

@MonkeyNess 10 месяцев назад

I don't agree that by simply having the paper mache models that he always intended the game to look 1:1 like that. They were essentially promo materials. I think Itoi made the game he wanted when he made it, and if he decides he wants to redo it someday, by all means. He is an **artist** before a marketer and celebrity.

@timmyp6297 10 месяцев назад

@@MonkeyNess They were clay so I guess I meant claymation style,.

@MonkeyNess 10 месяцев назад

@@timmyp6297 We actually found out in the last year they’re paper maché!

@timmyp6297 10 месяцев назад

@@MonkeyNess Except they arent. They very clearly arent. If you think those are paper mache you are an idiot.

@MonkeyNess 9 месяцев назад

@@timmyp6297Source is Itoi himself :)

@Ruslan.88266 Год назад

Oh hell yeah!

@matthewroyer1561 Год назад

Yes with add ons!

@zgiffish Месяц назад

remake Mother 3 and include the original game with the fan translation as like a GBA Lucas can play in universe lol

@meanhead1337 Месяц назад

I never liked Mother 3. I think making it on GBA felt kind of cheap compared to the game we were supposed to get.

@Crowsnack Год назад

I tried playing mother 1 but really couldn’t advance that much so I hoped for at least a fan remake, but seemingly people are focusing in remaking earthbound and mother 3 instead

@steveallred Год назад

Mother encore just released a demo and it's a remake of mother 1. It's also super good so you should try it

@Squidles_64 8 месяцев назад

Can I interest you in Mother Encore?

@MonkeyNess 8 месяцев назад

It’s fantastic so far! Talking official though, as said on screen at the beginning of the video.

@skullyinc. Год назад

YES. [ I haven't played any of the game but watch hours long videos]

@Gameboy14O Год назад

Wait... Frank can heal you?

@mrmusickhimself Год назад

I'd rather see a Mother 1 remake than a Mother 2 remake. It's the one that aged the WORST -- I'd been trying to force myself to beat it since 1999, and finally managed to do it in 2021 on my 3DS. It's got a great story, but the grinding and encounter rate are on par with Persona 1 -- ANOTHER reason to never "start with the first one".

@cfaibah 9 месяцев назад

no way you used running shine music in your video

@MonkeyNess 9 месяцев назад

Melo’s a good friend and is fully okay with it :)

@cfaibah 9 месяцев назад

@@MonkeyNess nah i wasn't implying there was anything wrong with it I was just shocked for a second at the familiar tune considering i watched his reviews a gazillion times

@MonkeyNess 9 месяцев назад

@@cfaibah didn’t think there were any bad intentions, just like to clarify to make sure people know I’m not just stealing it. :)

@remusserediuc9896 Год назад

...Then why arent we getting any Earthbound sequels?

@MonkeyNess Год назад

Because the series is complete. :)

@Arcana_zero_studios Год назад

Start with Mother 1/Earthbound 0. Since they need a remake instead of a remaster. Changing the encounter rate, map in general needs to be overhauled, same for the dungeons, same for the combat bc in mother 1 you are fighting for your life once you leave ninten's house for the first time. Instate the rolling health meter. What you said about 1 in 128 and the inventory should apply, 14 item slots for each person is nice but key items shouldn't take up a majority of those slots. A comprehensive map would also be nice.

@Diggon 8 месяцев назад

You love mother!

@MonkeyNess 8 месяцев назад

So true

@ZambatoMaster2o Год назад

I feel like it shouldn't be remade by itself, I feel like the whole trilogy altogether should be remade with quality of life stuff and difficulty options in one package considering the whole series is the length of one rpg.