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Mother 3, the sequel to the quirky underated SNES RPG Earthbound was released in Japan in 2006 on the GBA and despite continous demand from fans a international release has never been planned, wwo years later, Starmen.net released a fan translation patch.
Recently, Kotaku correspondent Stephen Totilo sat down with Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata and the issue of Mother 3 was raised
Stephen Totilo: I would be remiss in not telling you that some of my writers would like to play another Advance Wars and they would someday like to play Mother 3 in America… [Iwata writes something down] … Whenever I ask Reggie about Mother 3, he says, ‘ask Mr. Iwata.’
Satoru Iwata: “Just yesterday, before I left from Japan, I met with Mr. Itoi, who is the creator of the Earthbound series.”
Stephen Totilo: “Oh, I know. Are we ever going to get it?”
Iwata: “And, yeah, accidentally we were discussing that there are huge fans from Western countries for the Mother series.”
Stephen Totilo: “So, someday? Someday?”
Satoru Iwata: “[laughs] Thank you. Great to see you!”
While this is in no way a confirmation, odds are in favor of a 3DS release as oppose to a release on the neow discontinued Game Boy Advance
Source: http://mynintendonew...coming-to-west/