Earthbound Zero didn't release because Super Nintendo was already almost in America, and it would be a big risk to put a game of a "finished" system when a new one arrives.
So MANY years asking for the damn game... I even remember the signs and petitions to make a port for the Game Boy Color... Man, time flies.
SylarDean wrote:
forgive me for thinking this if i'm actually wrong.. BUT! ain't mother 3 already released for the Game boy Advance?
so in effect the next mother game would be.. Mother 4. Proof..
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1333/Mother 3 wasn't released outside of Japan, and it's been one of the hot questions since it's creation. Every year, fans asking Nintendo if Mother 3 would release outside. Again petitions, signs, even several copies of a giantic "book" of pages with signs plus 4 cd's of fan-made music were shipped to Nintendo and Itoi, to show that there was interest in Mother series.
It's in fact a f***ing meme at this point. Reggie Fils-Aime and Mother 3.
It's so well known that in 2014's E3, in one of the Robot Chicken sketches parodies the fans asking Reggie about Mother 3.
Seriously, "Mother, Nintendo, and the Fans" (to give it a name...) is one of the most fascinating stories i've heard (and lived) in the industry.
...Anyway, Itoi said that Mother 4 won't be a thing because the story of Mother ended with 3.
But you can make a totally different story with the same base... Please?