Obviously, this is not going to get localized, just like Mother 3, and for the longest time, also Mother 1. It's like they think no one outside of Japan cares about the Mother series.
If I'm wrong and this does get localized, that is a good sign that Mother 3 could get localized also. Depends on how well this sells I guess, since only true fans and collectors are going to buy this, it's a good way to gauge the fan base that would be guaranteed to buy Mother 3 if it got localized, or maybe they're even considering a Mother 4. Maybe that's the idea? Gauge the interest by releasing a cheap (in terms of time invested in making it) item to see if there is enough interest to justify localizing Mother 3. Earthbound Beginnings is obviously not a very good metric since so few people bought a Wii U and Earthbound is so long ago, the series hadn't gained a dedicated fan base yet. So they probably don't actually have a very good idea of how well Mother 3 would sell outside of Japan. That is, if this gets localized at all, which I'm still skeptical of.
Remember people. Reggie chose gamestop over this.
I thought he was retired. I doubt he can do much to save GameStop. But he does seem to have a good business sense and probably knows better what gamers want than GameStop itself. It's just that what gamers want is not physical game stores and they can't do anything to change that, and branching out hasn't exactly helped. If GameStop weren't so greedy when it comes to used games, it might actually become a popular location for used games and it could help them stay afloat. But they don't wanna hear that, because used games and merch are their entire business these days.
Maybe they need to actually rebrand their entire franchise as a merch store and stop focusing on games. Like, go full ThinkGeek, even more so than they already have. Because, I do love ThinkGeek and all the weird stuff they sell, and I'm not seeing much of that at GameStop. It's mostly Funko Pops.
But I digress.
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