Testing Finishes, Patch This Week
The patch will be out at the end of this week.
Testing’s pretty much over now. Some bugs did turn up over the last few days, but they were all minor and quickly remedied. Some really hard-to-spot typos were also found and fixed.
The program patchers are now nearly finished. There’ll be one for Macs, Windows, and Linux. We designed them to be extremely easy to use, since people had lots of trouble with the old menu patch. The Linux version was compiled under Ubuntu, I don’t know if it’ll work with other flavors or not, but if it doesn’t, you can probably compile byuu’s tsukuyomi UPS patcher to do things manually.
I’m waiting on a few last lines from demi, but lots of tedious, final stuff is being done in the meantime, like the readme, the troubleshooting/faq page, prepping the server, some other things you’ll see later. This will be the last update before the patch is out.
Before the patch is released, you might want to get everything ready ahead of time. You’ll of course need the Japanese ROM, which we can’t provide. You might want to hunt that down now, if you have the time.
You might also want to find yourself a GBA emulator ahead of time and get it set up. I don’t know a whole lot about what emulators exist on each OS, but I do recommend VBA-M for those who can run it. It’s a recent project and superior to the old VBA, which hasn’t been updated in years. The VBA-M project site is here, and you’ll want to get the most recent compiled version here. Of course, regular old VBA works too, but VBA-M is great.
Mac users, you may have trouble saving your game. The troubleshooting guide and the readme will list several ways to fix this. Your best bet might be to try VBA 1.7.2 rather than VBA 1.7.4. Fiddle around with the preferences too, see if changing the flash save size works. I’m telling you this now, because this will probably be the #1 problem report we get once the patch is released. So, if you have the time, try out the Japanese ROM and see if you can get your emulator to save.
For people wanting to play the game on actual hardware, see this thread. I was counting on some gbatemp people to help provide a detailed guide about flash carts/cards, but it looks like it’s not going to happen. So someone on the forum compiled this quick and handy list. I don’t know the first thing about this stuff, so I can’t answer your questions. Also, just like with ROMs, I don’t want to point people to specific places to acquire this hardware. Some simple searching should get you what you want, though.
(EDIT: The following list isn’t complete, there are probably many other things that will work. The list below is just a list of what was confirmed to work in the above forum thread.)
FLASH CARTS THAT WILL PLAY MOTHER3:
Slot 2 (GBA) carts:
- EZ-Flash IV (note: the “Compact” version will not work)
- EZ-Flash 3-in-1 (requires a slot-1 cart)
- eLink 1Gbit
- G6 Lite
- M3 SD
- EFA Linker
- Flash2Advance Ultra
Slot 1 (DS) carts:
(These all require a GBA expansion, such as the EZ-Flash 3-in-1, to play GBA games.)
- M3 DS Real
- CycloDS
- EZ-Flash V
- R4 DS
If you have questions about flash cart stuff, please see the forum thread I linked to above. That’s where you’ll find people in the know.
I gotta say though, the game looks absolutely great on actual hardware. It’s nice on emulators, but the real deal is… wow. Here are some pics, though they’re not great examples: GBA Micro 1, GBA Micro 2. Certain things in the game - particularly the musical battle combo system - will lag with emulators, just because of how emulators work. But actual hardware doesn’t have that problem. You can probably get accustomed to your emulator’s lag with time, though.
Anyway, all that aside, I saw that someone started a playthrough of EarthBound to kind of commemorate the patch coming out. That sounds like a really cool idea. I highly recommend it 
Great work guys! Glad to see this all come to a close! Congrats to everyone who helped and contributed to this project!
Awesome!
Woo, I’m excited!
wohoo first!!!
Can’t wait to play it on my Mother 3 game boy micro. End of the week. I’m so happy.
Yeah for Mato
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! I love the world! And all of you!!
rofl, nothing’s funnier than a firster who fails to be first
Mother 3 Fan Translation, the most anticipated game since Zelda 64, at least in my eyes. Props to everyone involved in the translation, including the fans.
YAAAAAY!
Great Job, Mato and team! I am squeeing as I type this!
AWESOME, i love you guys!
I seriously love you guys. Thank you for all the hard work you’ve spent on this project.
Frick Yeah!!!! One Question though: will this play on my PSP?
See you one the other side XD one more to go!!!!
Hahahaha! I thought that the first part was all the story said and I was like “THAT TOOK AN HOUR!?”
Congrats, guys! This is amazing.
Cannot wait!!
My heart just jumped.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEET! I know all of us have no idea how to thank you properly, cause playing mother 3 on my GBA in Japanese and reading the story off of GameFaqs is not very exciting as it straight in english, so thankyou many-a-times!!!
-Ness
Woo! Thank you very much so kind sir.
were you talking about my post mato? lol
Great job guys, a friend IRL tells me all about this game. Im not as hardcore as you guys are but it seems that I will be in for a treat.
thank you for this.
it’s been a long year. even longer for you I’m sure.
just, thanks.
Congratulations! I can’t wait!
That’s why you just proclaim your love to the world, it’s much easier then proclaiming first, and less embaressing.
But in all seriousness, I love you all…
Patch this week? Sounds too good to be true. What’s the catch?
Unfortunately, only one of the tens of people mashing F5 can be first.
Anyway, after thirteen some years of waiting for a sequel to my childhood favorite It’s hard to believe I’ll be playing this game by the end of the week. I’m also glad this game got picked up by a pro rather than some amateur group.
Just gotta say I appreciate your work Mato and I’m pumped to play the game, loving what I’ve seen so far.
^_^
THIS IS GONNA BE SO AWESOME!!!
Mato, can you give us a video or something to commemorate this occasion?
About the PSP: I don’t have one so I couldn’t test it out, and Exophase was busy and reluctant to test it on his old code that he isn’t going to update anymore (I think he’s planning a rewrite or something). But people say they played through the Japanese version of M3 on the PSP fine, so you’ll almost certainly be able to play the translation on the PSP too. But I guess we’ll find out for super sure before too long
wow like 20 posts in 3 minutes?
anyway, GREAT JOB GUYS!
i can’t wait to play the finished translation.
All manner of things are well.
Awesome! I wanna cry ;-;
So… no exact time or even day?
Well, I guess that’ll help keep the site up.
Question: Does a Patch Applier thingy come with it? If not I need to find one.
Great work guys!! I can’t believe its finally done!
I’ll try and speed run Mother and Earthbound before the end of the week.
Also, the motion on the Mother 3 ROM seems to be blurry on the VisualBoy Advance emulator I’m using. Anyone have any suggestions?
In before Reggie sends a C&D
There goes college, I’m dying to play MOTHER3 again!
It’s finally done!
Congrats! Thanks for all the hard work, guys!
Is “end of the week” Friday or Sunday?
I LOVE YOU GUYSHOVCH MOTHER EARTHUBOUND
Yes, patch appliers will come with the patch. It will be very straightforward, and there will also be clear instructions for those who are still confused.
I read right over it somehow, but Byuu’s Patcher Program is using my fav Username. Coincidence? Probably not as it’s a popular title and name. But still feels nice.
The end of the week… the blog is going to be over soon. Wow, what’ll I do with myself?
Oh, right. Play Mother 3. <3
Congratulations, Mato and the translation team! After spending 4-5 years in the videogame industry, I can only imagine the amount of pain you guys had to go through to get here. And of course, dealing with the translation day in, day out for months on end can turn you numb to the project. Kudos to you guys for sticking with a task you never even really had to commit to.
As a fan of Earthbound/Mother, all I can really do is say thanks for all the hard work you’ve put in to the translation of the game. Without your efforts, none of us non-Japanese speaking/reading people could enjoy a game that should have rightfully been translated to English (and other languages) from the get go.
And before I go, I have to agree, the game looks fabulous on the hardware! It looks like a legit US release version of Earthbound 2. That has to be a huge thrill for you guys!
Once again, congratulations and I anxiously await being able to get my paws on this patch!
No way…this is too awesome
Jatopian: Yeah, exactly. Plus I’m concerned that if I gave a specific day/time, people will get on my case the very second it turns that time in their time zone. Much like people complained about this update apparently being late.
OH GOD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
So… close… And I’m actually glad that you’re releasing it at the end of the week… I’m way too busy during the week to play it, and I’d rather not have it hanging over me.
Kruto, parni. Spasibo bol’shoe.
…that was like “from Russia with love” %)
OMG!!!
Mato, can you or someone else quickly explain what we need to do for the VBA-M download page? Do we need to download all of the .rar files and extract them in a folder with the VBA execution file?
I’m having trouble getting the VBA-M build to start up, it gives me a “.dll not found” error
All I can say is: awesome
There’s going to be a big explosion of this on /v/ when it hits
The Japanese one works flawlessly on Exophase’s last version of GPsp for PSP, and the other version of GPsp that if anyone used, he’d hunt down. I’m pretty sure that the patched English version will work fine with GPsp since the Japanese version seems to work.
As for the Game Boy Micro pics, holy crap. That actually looks like something Nintendo did. I mean, wow.
wow, hi everybody. I’m a first time poster, but a long time watcher. Believe it or not I’ve watched this from the beginning to end because of my great passion for the Earthbound series, and finding an english version of the game.
Mato, and to all who have helped majorly I am greatly appreciative in what you have done for the Earthbound community. It saddens me that I remained a lurker and not an active poster all this time. Feels like i’ve missed out on a huge chunk of this project by not doing that alone.
=] I’ve certainly enjoyed everyone’s responses and jokes as they’ve been quite humorous and provided many laughs along the way. Alls I can say is I’m excited to see a project pull through and not be abandoned like 99.9% of internet projects go. Hats off to you all.
… 12 minutes ago?
Boy am I lucky!
… The end of this week?
…
As much as I love mother, I still don’t feel that bursting with joy. Still exciting.
So I’ve been looking at this blog almost every day, and now I’m just so pumped for this. Thank you so so much Mato, and everyone that has helped. I can’t wait!
Great job! I’ve been anticipating playing the sequel to Earthbound since the obscure screenshots of Earthbound 64 were released.
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally done. Grats!
I can’t wait.
Don’t post often, but thought this would be an appropriate time to thank everyone who worked on this project. There is certainly something to be said for a fanbase that is strong enough to spearhead and complete an immensely difficult project with no funding and little incentive besides personal gratification.
Everything else to say has already been said. Again. And again.
Can’t wait for the download!
Triple10X: You might want to ask on this thread. But I *think* the readmes for the compiles should explain what to do. You might have to upgrade to the latest version of DirectX, there’s an .exe on there that will do the update for you if you need it.
Sax: Actually, to help save my sanity and speed up the patch’s release, I decided I’d tone down my translation notes (I already finished them, they’re just a few paragraphs) in the readme. I had intended for there to be really detailed stuff, but I don’t have time, and I’d rather have the patch out sooner. So instead, I think I’ll do the detailed notes online somewhere (maybe here), kind of almost like a commentary sort of thing. That way I can use pics/links/videos to help explain stuff. And that’ll give me more time to mention more stuff. So there might still be stuff to come and see, if you’re into knowing those kinds of details and such.
*explodes*
YES! THANK GOD! Also to all the people who think Nintendo will give a C&D order, patches are NOT ILLEGAL.
Jaw -> Floor.
How anyone could put so much effort into something free is beyond me.
If you ever have a job interview, Mato, please reference the legions of your adoring fans that are about to exponentially multiply.
!
Awesome, next update.. Wow, you guys have done great, I can’t wait to play the game for a third time, but this time.. in English! Thanks Mato and co.
It’s great that EZ Flash IV works with it, since that was the one I was planning to buy, now, I just have to buy it.
Are you guys planning on releasing the source code for your patcher, or a description of the patch format? I’d be more than glad to write up a cross-platform Ruby patcher, to alleviate any works-on-whose-system concerns.
The Linux build shouldn’t have a problem working on non-Ubuntu systems, though. The only significant concerns would be the architectures it’s built for and the GUI library it utilizes. 64-bit Linux users shouldn’t have a problem running a 32-bit binary, and just about any modern Linux distro has available all the resources you’d need to run any type of GUI, so I doubt there will be any issues. And all that aside, there’s still the option of running the Windows version under Wine.
Cool, you used my list of flash carts. Sorry it’s a little barren, but I only have the information from the GBA/DS flash cart thread to go on. At any rate, I’m glad to be of help.
Those shots of it running on the M3 Micro are hot, hot stuff. I can’t wait! But I’m going to have to anyway, I guess!
Oh snap, emulators lag the musical combos? Is this common on all emulators and computers, or just a select few?
Regardless, I can’t wait.
Sorry that I haven’t participated in this blog at all until this point, but I would like to especially thank you guys for creating a Linux patcher. I’m making the switch with an eeePC real soon. The only thing that got in my way before was this obscure ATI GPU in my laptop. Thanks a lot!
:DDDD I’m so excited! M3 party, anyone?
I’m having trouble getting the VBA-M build to start up, it gives me a “.dll not found” error, also, there’s not readme file for the VBA build.
It would really suck, if all Mato was actually doing was post pictures of translated dialouge, and not hacking. Or if the team did hack, but they programmed it to ahve a big rick roll in it. That would suck.
Awesome mato! Can’t wait for the final release. Will there be any changes from the third version circulating?
Thank you!
Hm… no mention of Supercard MicroSD compatibility…? Hm… I’m gonna copy that unpatched M3 rom over, just to be sure…
Sabaal: Actually, the UPS patch format is fully documented, so if you want to write your own patch application for it, you’re free to. I’m not sure where byuu posted the specs for the format, but check out byuu.org and look around in his programming section. You can probably just compile his tsukuyomi (his UPS utility) code for whatever platform you need. But I don’t know for sure. But check it out if you’re interested.
first
Mato, Can you answer my question please?
I can combo better on emulators than on the GBA. I think it’s because it’s a bit slower on computers, idk.
This weekend will be the BEST WEEKEND EVER. The day the patch is out will forever be Mother 3 day in my heart. That’s it, I’m calling the president (whoever the hell it will be) and forcing them to make it an actual holiday! Everyone will get a day off school and work and will be forced to play Mother 3.
you’re kinda late there… Bubba
I can’t believe it’s finally here! I’ve been slowly playing through EB, but I doubt I’ll be able to finish by the end of the week! BTW, Mother 3 works on the SupercardSD, if you want to add it to the list. This game looks great on the micro, that’s how I’ll be plaing it too. Thanks so much to the whole team, this is an incredible project, and I’m stoked it’s going to be finished so soon.
n_n
And ZeldaRocks, calm down, Mato’s a busy guy, he’ll get to your question eventally. It’s been what, a minute?!
Awesome!
zeldarocks: Did you try downloading the dll files in that directory? Did you read the readme files with the latest compiled version? If it’s too complicated for you, you might want to use regular old smelly VBA.
SSSSooOOoo Sugggggggaarrrrr HHHiiiIIgggGGHHhhHH TTTOOOO mMMMAAAANNNYYY PpPPIIIIXXIIIEEE SSSTTTIIICCccCKKKSSSS
*FAINTS*
there, were no readme files with the VBA-m Build I downloaded, and I am unale to download the .dll files, it gives me a 404 error.
btw, the spam filter’s gotten crazy the last few days, probably with the surge of new visitors. So don’t be too concerned if it seems like your message isn’t posting. I fish stuff out of there on occasion.
A short while ago, I walked into the other room and told my roomate that the Mother 3 translation was done. The goal was to get him excited so I could crush his hopes as a slightly mean joke.
Then I checked the site. I think I might be a prophet.
Let poor Mato go to bed. Go to bed, Mato!
(and thank you)
I think I’m gonna have a heart attack. See ya later next gen systems, time for some good ol’fashioned gaming!
Mato I hate to ask this, I’m not trying to be impatient, just curious. When you say end of the week do you mean Friday or Sunday? I’m kinda overly excited to play the game so I’m just wondering which of the two you had in mind, again not trying to be impatient or annoying… I know you get enough of that. =P
zeldarocks: Then ask around at that VBA-M thread I linked to somewhere above. Or just use regular VBA.
Mato, what will you do once the patch has been released?
How does the Japanese version of M3 run on the Wii version of VisualBoy Advance?
i have a psp with gpsp. will let you guys know via the board know how it shakes post patch
Just wondering whether there will be an IPS patch available (perhaps optional), as I and most people probably use on-the-fly patching with VBA.
Ok, I finally got the files downloaded and extracted, but it still asks me for the Direct X dll file, do I run the updater or what?
Thank you Mato!
5000: the wii version experiences some slowdown (it’s totally normal) but other than that it runs just fine, at least for me
Triple10X: Just download the latest version of the emu. I think the files here are newest, actually, so I’ll update my update with this new URL.
http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008/
I IS SO SUGAR HIGH 2 DAYS ALMOST 800 REPLIES SO MANY PIXIE STICKS UNGGGGGGG……
*faints*
redonkulous, can’t wait to get my hands on it!!!
EBlover,
The Mother 3 ROM image is larger than the maximum filesize supported by IPS. That’s why they’re going with Byuu’s UPS format, which theoretically supports files of any size.
Thank you so much, Mato.
Can’t wait for the final release. :p
Can’t wait to run this on actual hardware!
HUZZAH!
So Mato, how does it feel to be near the end?
I always would look forward to the end of something then when I would actually get there I would get really sad.
Is it like letting your child move out?
Or are you happy to finally have things over?
Ben: Way to fail at being a good Ben.
Woo!
Congrats and thanks for the patch! Can’t wait to get it.
yayyyyyyy
Which flashcart is starmen.net’s favorite?
Tomato,
I’ve been a fan since the North American release of EarthBound back when I was 13. I’ve been waiting for this ever since I strolled through Fourside and read the sign (you all know the one). I’m in awe of your dedication to this project and the EB community as a whole.
Thank you man.
Now take some time to chill.
Seriously.
The Mother 3 GBA Micro is cleaned and polished; the G6 Lite is ready to go; bring it on!
THANK YOU!!!!!
You have no idea how bummed I was way back when NoA decided to not release this over here. However, I’ve been following your progress for about the past year and am so incredibly overwhelmed with the top notch job it seems you all have done. I can’t wait to play this!! In preparation I played through Earthbound again in the past month(just beat it for like the zillionth time yesterday)
SOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!
I can confirm that Mother 3 works on the G6 flash, with the menu patch and without. So with the new patch it should be fine.
Hey, been keeping tabs on this fairly regularly for the past year and a half (and daily for the past month) and now felt like an appropriate time to express my gratitude.
I played Earthbound for the first time eleven years ago and first heard about the sequel shortly after; I probably still have my old Nintendo Power with the original Earthbound 64 screenshots lying around somewhere. The time I’ve spent anticipating this game has taken me from middle school to adulthood; as I’ve aged, I find that I rarely have time to play video games anymore.
Needless to say, I will make time for this. My sincere thanks to you and your team for all of the hard work and perseverance; what you have accomplished is nothing short of phenomenal. Congratulations.
i got my japanese rom ds flash cart all waiting for my earthbound sequel finaly
Yay! It’s good to see that everything is going as smoothly as I’d hoped it might.
…
I wonder how many people will actually need that email? God knows, I won’t need the “the patch is out!” email any more…
Oh, and Mato? You might want to tell them what the flash save size *is* if you tell them to fiddle with it. I found it once before, but I don’t remember
I want to say it’s 512K, but I might be wrong.
Legend!
Much Love from New Zealand
I <3 Mato.
Mad respect to you and everyone who has worked on this project Mato. This translation looks superb. So until week’s end…
ZOOM! BOING!
Amazing work. It has been great to watch it all come together through these posts and spreading the word of this effort. I can’t wait to boot it up.
Thank you!
Your gods among common men, congratulations on this project, LONG LIVE THE MOTHER SAGA!!!
This weekend will be awesome.
Wow 1: I got a reply from Mato.
Wow 2: A billion other posts piled on before I even noticed.
For some reason, I had the crazy idea that you guys were using a completely new patch format just for this game. I did a bit of looking around on UPS just now, but it doesn’t seem to be actually _described_ anywhere, and byuu’s Tsukuyomi app is coded in too complex a way for my limited knowledge of C to allow me to decipher. The best I could find was a confusingly compact overview of the layout, so I think I’ll just wait until the patch is released and inspect the file myself. Thanks anyway.
Believe me Mato, I noticed the spam filter working. Quite well I might add. It blocks me! >_> Cursed thing. Must be my email addy I use… Well…um… yeah. If this gets through, I’m still psyched to be named after a Patcher Program.
Whoa, that was fast! Now I have something to do this weekend while my roommate is away…you are simply amazing, Mato sir. =D
MATO! HEY!! I’m a Mac user and I have another solution!!
There is a program, although it’s not free it has a demo, that’s called Crossover Games. It’s an OSX application that runs Windows games (and some programs) in OSX seamlessly! I’ve been using it for a while now and I’m very happy with it, but I just found out that it will run the Windows version of VBA PERFECTLY!
I’m actually running Mother 3 right now in the newest Windows release of VBA through Crossover Games and everything is running fine! I’m even able to save (at least with save states I haven’t tested battery saves yet). I just thought you should know.
I think I speak for everyone with: OMFG
Yo, Mato! Long time lurker, somebody who’s never beat Earthbound. PAL, y’know? Gonna try and import an American SNES ASAP.
Either way, I’ve been excited about this for ages. Really, really can’t wait for it to be released. But I have to wait. Oh well.
…so… yeah, kupo. Thanks.
Congratulations to Mato and all the rest of the team.
Thank you so much for all your hard work. I can’t think of anything to say that hasn’t been said already, but thank yopu all so much for all your hard work.
My mind was playing “Libera Me From Hell” as I was reading this. Monumental work here Mato. I salute thee.
i’m… i’m speechless… thank you!!! thank you so so so so so much! wow… it’s almost here!
Mato, can you release a special “Block 0 version” of the game for us to experiment with?
Oh my gosh! oh my gosh!
You guys rule! Can’t wait to play this.
i wanna sleep through the week and wakeup saturday
That’s awesome, everyone.
Thank you for the dedication and hard work ^_^
thank you again Tomato! You rock!
Looks like I’ve got yet another game to put on my DS.
Oh my sweet mother of god. Sweet merciful lord that christens humanity.
Thank you, oh man, Thank you guys.
Daaaaaamn. This is too much.
Though, did you add the star thingy when you get all entries in the enemy list like you wanted?
LONG time lurker, yadda yadda yadda. I’ll admit that I’m a much more recent EB fan than some of the people posting in here (3 years?), but that in no way makes what you and your team have put together any less meaningful to me. The fact that you’ve stuck with this to the end is nothing short of amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
Lol, fuck, I meant PSP
For all it’s worth: Thank you.
To those with VBA-m issues:
Let me recommend no$GBA
The install is instant and simple to run, and IMO the Japanese ROM is running much better than on even the most recent VBA-m (at least for me). The movement is smoother, its running a good bit faster and the sound and music runs great. Google it to find it fast.
I’d just like to say… woo hoo!
You guys are gods.
My full faith is with you on this one… it’s history in the making!
I cannot wait either. This is absolutely wonderful. Mato, and everyone else who has contributed to this project…Way to go man. Way to go…
Whatup!
Long time lurker - First time poster!!!
I just wanted to say that on behalf of 4chan’s /v/:
FUCK YES!!!
and that is all.
Congrats to the whole mother 3 translation team for completing this english patch in a incredible short time and by the way now that the testing has been finished don’t forget to cross off on the project to do list final stuff.
Hey, Mato is it gonna feel weird not having to work on Mother 3 anymore? You’ve given up like a year of your life for this thing, and now you have no big projects now. No people wanting you to have their babies, no cheers, just sitting at home with nothing to do. But hey, maybe that’s a good thing to you. ^_^
Yes i’m finally gonna be able to Mother 3 in MY grubby teenaged 13 year old hands.
And here’s my question: Mato, are you sick of Mother 3 now? You’ve constantly tested, and read the text over and over, isn’t Mother 3 kinda stale to you now?
Anyways, just wanted to say thanks Tomato!
Eric Cartman couldn’t wait for the Wii release. Consider freezing yourself and get someone to unfreeze you when Mato updates again.
crap, Imma order my 3-in-1 today, I hope it ships before the patch is uploaded….
Thanks for putting so much hard work and love into this project and making the dream come true for so many of us!
I played Mother 3 a little bit on the PSP, and I can confirm that it does play. Just an fyi for those who do in fact plan on playing it on the PSP, be sure to unzip the ROM, gpsp can’t play 32MB games zipped.
I’m so anxious to play this game. just for that, i should finish my movie to celebrate the translation release of mother 3. kudos to you, mato.
I need to deposit my paycheck tomorrow, then I’ll order the 3-in-1.
Thank you for everything you’ve gone through to get this to us, Mato.
For the record, I have played Mother 3 on my fat PSP, and it works perfectly, battle combo system and all, so no worries there. PSP emulators handle GBA roms better than they do SNES roms, for the most part.
Mato, I know it’s the “cool” thing to do to thank you, but really…honestly…truely…it’s people like you who make the Earthbound/Mother community so awesome. I’ve been watching this project since the VERY VERY VERY beginning, and it’s been a long road. THANK YOU.
Be careful, there’s a 3-in-1 that only does 16MB games. Mother 3 is 32MB. Make double sure you can use it! I have ezflash V 3-in-1 attached to R4 and it will not load Mother 3.
Good job guys, Years in the making!
Bob: But toggling between normal and turbo speed is awkward. Emulators have spoiled me. ;_;
I meant to say that it’s harder to toggle on no$gba than on VBA (you can just push space on VBA to go turbo).
Excellent. And I also just ordered my eLink flash cart, so I can run it on my Famicom GameBoy Micro.
A somewhat definitive date! Horray!
I can’t wait until the patch finally comes out. Its gonna be great!
Oh, and nice MOTHER3 GameBoy Micro, Mato-san.
Super Special Awesome!!
thanks a ton guys. i have been looking forward to this day for so, so long. I am going to try and get all my schoolwork done early so i can spend the entire weekend playing this game. thanks again!!
way to go everyone! great job.. this is amazing!
Well, this is going to be tough to keep up with.
http://i34.tinypic.com/1zlgg0h.png
For the final update, I think I’m gonna do a stop motion video of a big picture!
I just finished my commemoratory playthrough of EarthBound last night.
I am so ready for this.
Thanks, guys.
you deserve a medal.
or a franklin badge.
Oh my god…it’s so close.
I’m not sure what I’m going to do. Much like finishing a game itself, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel almost has me sad. The journey is almost over. Soon, the commenting will drop precipitously and thousands of gamers the world over will have their hands on the third iteration of the Mother series…
Of course, once this journey ends, our journey into M3 can finally begin! =D
I hate this, now I’m going to miss everything I have to do for the rest of the week clicking refresh on this site. I don’t care if he said end of the week, I’m doing it anyway.
*Refresh**Refresh**Refresh*
Can someone grab me a sandwich? It’s gonna be a while…
Rawr!
I’m one of the year long lurkers and now a first-time poster XD. It’s exciting to see this patch finally come together. Testing seemed to have gone by very quickly. You sure you guys are not rushing it? Heck no you’re not rushing it who am I to say such a thing in front of such awesomeness. <<Random outburst from excitement ends here.
Anyway your team did something noble that even Nintendo didn’t dare to do. You brought Mother 3 to other countries and now they can experience it the way it was meant to be. You guys earned your place in the Mother series history. It would be funny if Nintendo used your translation patch for the English version of the rumored DS Mother compilation.
Awesome news! All of us really appreciate the TONS and TONS of hours you guys put into this translation. It’s great to hear that this project is finally coming to a close. You’ve managed to achieve what most fan translators never do - a complete release! Thanks so much!
You’ve all done a great service to us Mother fans. I salute you!
I find it hard to believe that a group of people would actually go through what I can only imagine is a grueling process for the sake of hardcore fans of a video game without a reward of some sort. However, the site convinces me that this is real. And I can only say “Thank you.” in the format of this post and hope that everyone here can convince you that you’ve made a lot of people happy if only in a small way and even if it is just a video game.
Touché, comrades.
To think, it’s almost been 2 years…
Congrats guys! I can’t wait to try the fruits of your labours!
My mozg feels melenkey to that of The Mother 3 Fan Translation’s. You could filly with any devotchka ’till you could razrez their platties and do some of the old in-out-in-out while your at it.
That took me like a half an hour to write, enjoy it.
Awesome, just ordered an EZ-Flash 3-in-1 so ill be able to play it on my DS, too bad ill have to wait a while for it to get here..
Awesome work guys.
Congradulation good sers, your herd work and medication have come to fruitarian. I for one apalled you. I personality thank you for making such an incredibull game available to the messes.
omg yay
aaaaaaaa
I am locking myself in my room all weekend oh my god. I don’t know if it was intentional to plan the release for a Friday, but good call there, now some of us won’t feel guilty for skipping class.
This week is going to go by so slow!
Thanks so much for all the hard work! Can’t wait for the patch!!
ONE WEEK, CANT WAIT! THANK YOU MOTHER 3 TRANSLATION TEAM
i think ttmar said it best near the beginning of this list of posts. it has been a long year (can’t believe it’s been that long… even longer for us who were following mother3.org before) but i can only imagine how long this has been for you man. you sir deserve a nobel prize.
Mato, you have done a great job. Now all you have to do is bare about 10,000 children! Wahoo, lets all celebrate by doing “The Flint”!
@ jackal27
You mentioned running the Windows port of VBA on CrossOver. CrossOver is derived from Wine http://www.winehq.org/ which is a a free compatibility layer for Linux. There is a MacOS X port of Wine called Darwine http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/ that might be able to run that emulator of yours if you don’t like the Mac port of VBA, I can’t make any promises. Darwine seems to work well at running Windows software on OSX without actually having Windows, but it lags behind the main Linux port of Wine in development. Obviously, since Wine doesn’t emulate hardware it will run at roughly native speeds, but will require an X86 (Intel) CPU.
Thanks in advance for what looks like a professionally developed and tested modification to an amazing game!
Huzzah! Thanks for all your hard work guys! Can’t wait for it to come out!
Think I might get one of those EZ Flash thingys too….
I hope everyone who goes and buys an EZ Flash 3-in-1 makes sure they have a Slot-1 card as well.
I don’t need people feeling silly because they can’t do anything with their blank carts.
Bricks = Shat
I may not have been following this from the beginning but I know that things have been sacrificed and matters left unattended to get this finished and I have to say, you all that worked on this deserve a good long rest. Especially Mato because I can recall when you were really sick a few months ago but you kept on working. Your hard work will never go forgotten as everytime someone plays this game in english, they will know how much hard work was put in to make it reality.
BTW, what will happen to the blog after the patch is out?
Oh my gosh i have been following every update and this is amazing!!! I knew it would be done soon but i didnt think this soon. Much grats to MATO THE MAN and the other guys and gals that worked with him along the way but this really is a big deal to the Mother lovers out there.
Thanks again
Does anybody have any info on which emulator would be best if I wanted to play it on the Homebrew channel on Wii?…I’m getting the homebrew channel specifically for this project…and awesome job guys, can’t wait to play the game!!!
Nice.
Thanks so much for your hard work.
Go Go Gadget Hyperventilate.
4thwavedave: It’s not a question of which emulator would be “best” since there’s only one game in town.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Visual_Boy_Advance_GX
Though I personally hate it. It skips a lot and is slowish.
I’m a bit disappointed that you didn’t recommend no$GBA as emulator, even though it’s superior to VBA in every way except for flashy screen filters. I wouldn’t be surprised if it had less/no lag with that music thing too.
hey guys,
i know you keep hearing it, but i just want to thank you for all of your hard work and im glad that there are people that can find the dedication, patience, and time to hack and translate japanese roms. thanks a million guys
You can also add the DSTT(DS TopToy) to the Slot-1 cards that work with Mother 3 for sure. I’ve been playing it using that and the Easyflash IV.
Can’t WAIT for the patch. For serious.
Thank you, team.
OH MY GOD
BEST NEWS EVER, EXCEPT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
You guys are SO COOL. I could almost weep in joy. ;___;
I now have everything ready.
I fought the rom
I just order EZ Flash 3 in 1
Now all i have to wait for is the patch!
Thanks for all of the hard work Tomato!
You and your team deserve a good long rest.
*correction, I’m using the slot-2 Easyflash V. It ordinarily comes with the Easyflash V Slot-1 card, but can be purchased by itself if you use a different slot-1 card(like me)
I LOVE YOU GUYS
IS IT THE END OF THE WEEK YET? IF NOT, CAN IT BE?
*found
Did anyone else notice Mato made a typo on the title of this blog update? I totally missed it because I was excited. I wonder if everyone else did too?
“Are you guys planning on releasing the source code for your patcher, or a description of the patch format?”
The source code for a generic UPS patcher (which will work fine with MOTHER 3’s patch) can be found here:
http://byuu.cinnamonpirate.com/programming/
Click the (source) link next to “tsukuyomi”.
99% of that source code is GUI fluff. Take a look at nall/ups.hpp: that’s all you need to port it to another language.
If you have additional questions on the format, I’d be happy to help — you can direct them to me over at: http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2
“Just wondering whether there will be an IPS patch available (perhaps optional), as I and most people probably use on-the-fly patching with VBA.”
Not possible. IPS can only address 16MB files, MOTHER 3 is 32MB. Luckily, the latest VBA-M supports on-the-fly UPS patching. I hope more emulators will in the future after this release, too.
Anyone who is still wondering about the missing .dll file error, all you have to do is download the latest version of Direct X. It’s on the page that mato linked to earlier.
I WANT THIS!!
I don’t post here very much, but I just wanna thank all the people who worked hard on this project. As a earthbound fan from the snes days, I have been waiting for this day for many years. So thank you for making many mother fans dreams a reality.
Heh, one of my old posts is high up on Google if you search for “mother 3 save size”. Anyhow, here’s the relevant information for anyone searching for it:
* Internal Name: MOTHER3
* Save type: FLASH512_V131 (512Kbit)
* Serial: AGB-A3UJ-JPN
* Version: 1.0
* CRC32: 42AC9CB9h
So if you have saving problems, set the save type to “Flash 64 KB” (remember, Kbit / 8 == KByte when looking at the information above). In VBA (and VBA-M), the relevant option is found in the menu under Options | Emulator | Save Type.
“The patch will be out at the end of this week”
I did like ten fist pumps upon reading this
http://mother3.fobby.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/micro1.jpg
So Epic I Want It Now So Bad!
O-O Yay! I can’t wait!!!
Great Job Tomato!
…Tomato…
…I’m h… a… p… p… y…
…it hurts, …it hurts…
…Mother3…
Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!
Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!
Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!Mother3!
Like someone said before me, I have waited for Earthbound 2 since I saw the sign in Fourside. Hah.. and then Super Smash Bros. and the tease of Earthbound 64 on the DD :P.. Playing Earthbound over and over again across the years.. Stumbling across Earthbound zero so many years after that but still so many years before now.
And then.. when I saw the announcement that they were not going to bring Mother 3 to America. I was really lost. I didnt think anybody would ever actually pull off a job as clean as you all have. Thank you so much. From the bottom of my heart. I know that so many people will feel the exact same way as they play through this masterpiece.
(i listened to the mother 3 theme on repeat as i read these replies and decided what to say in mine. i was trying to get excited but i didn’t realize it was going to bring a tear to my eye haha the theme is gonna mean that much more when i hear it in game)
I could never thank you all enough. The amount of joy you have already brought to me through this blog in the past year will be ten fold when the patch is released. And you ask nothing of us. May the world treat you well.
One Love and peace to all from a Huge Mother fan since waaay back
p.s. get that theme here
” http://starmen.net/mother3/mother3world/ “
oh i almost forgot! i’m gonna try this out on the iPhone GBA emulator “gpSPhone” so i’ll let you know what happens!
Formula: Mother1+(something)+Mother2=Mother3
that thing in there is everybody’s love
Let’s see… I’ve been wanting to play this game since 1996, about a year after EB came out, so… I was 13 then…
12 years. Some people probably have been waiting longer.
After this I don’t think I’ll ever be anywhere nearly excited about a videogame release.
Mr. Mato, you and your team have made this young man very, very happy. You’ve helped me fulfill a silly little childhood dream that I thought had died long ago. If my computer wasn’t broken I’d record a crunchy guitary song to commemorate this event and my happiness.
Your work and dedication means a lot to me, as it must mean a lot to many people you’ll never know. Wow, what a rush!
This week is going to be pretty hard on me in terms of real life work, so this release is definitely going to help me get through it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sincerely, your brother for another “Mother”,
Glenn Wickline
P.S. OMG I can’t waaaaaaaaiiiiit…
New Formula:mother1+mother2+Nintendo saying that they weren’t releasing mother 3 in the USA+Angry Mato= mother 3 in English.
This is so awesome I can’t believe it’s finally almost here after all theses years of waiting!
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This is the best birthday present ever. ;_; <—joyful tears…
Mato, I’m going to miss this site!
Just wanted to drop a note of congrats. Your efforts on this are greatly appreciated.
Best Wishes,
Raj
THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so very, very much!
Thank you guys for all your hard work. I’ve been keeping track of this translation since the beginning and am looking forward to finally playing this game for the first (and definitely not the last) time. It is rare that a group shows such consistent determination and dedication as this one has. Where-ever you go from here, I wish you the best.
Oh no… if this is any precursor to how the patch is going to be, the site you linked for VBA-M was down for a few mins. I’m not sure if the traffic did it but wow the power of LOVE! (damn me for watching Back to the future) err power of mother fans is crazy…crazy good that is
zomg i’m so happy!!!! congratulations!!!!!!!!
first post!!
I wish to just say congratulations on finishing this game and the day you guys put the patch up should be a Universal holiday called “Mother Day” … or at least something that isn’t already a holiday… :p
You’re all GREAT! Thanks Mato
It’s since last year that I’m waiting for this patch and finally the day is coming!
It’s a dream come true…no, better… it’s MOTHER 3
OMG OMG OMG OMG THANKS SO MUCH MATO AND TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is great! Like many, I have been waiting for this patch, and I am overjoyed at this joyous turn of events!
THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK!
I’m almost done with my playthrough of Earthbound… other people, you still have time to do one before the patch is released, if you have some free time. Get in the mindset, celebrate, and enjoy!
I imagine the release is going to cause huge amounts of traffic.
Mato, what are the plans for countering that traffic-surge?
OMG YES! out by the end of this week! and i half mid-term break coming up so plenty of time to enjoy the game. screw looking forward to the new ds castlevania, mother 3 man, thats where its at!
oh and for the record
you CAN play mother 3 on the supercard mini sd.
It is hard to believe that translation is finished. Great work guys!
We’re well-prepared for the traffic surge thanks to the efforts of the mighty sarencele (also known as the developer of Mednafen, which I believe completes our mint-condition collectors set of emu hackers). Our main tool in the battle against bandwidth will be bittorrent. So if you guys aren’t familiar with it already, please go figure it out
Can’t wait to see your reactions to the game, guys, since I already done it. =)
But I WILL do it again in English !
I registered this account months ago, but never had anything constructive to say, so I just lurked. But now that the patch is upon us, it’s time to say thanks.
Thank you to all the people who helped with this translation! It’s been entertaining (and sometimes educational too) just reading about the process. If just a blog about Mother 3 can keep me coming back day after day, imagine how much fun the game must be!
Anyway, I’m off to finish my playthrough of Earthbound that I started a while back, time’s almost up!
P.S. Generic praise!
Ohhhh yeah man, time ta do a few screamin laps around my house…thanks fer all yer hard work guys!!
PS Just got ta Threed on Earthbound, dont think im gonna make it before the patch hehe
Since purchasing Earthbound on release day long long ago (makes me feel old) and finally finishing, I have been waiting for the sequel. I’ve survived the Earthbound 64 fiasco, I’ve crawled through the release of Mother 3 with no chance of an official English release… Now, it is mere days till it’ll be playable. This is truly a great day in the history of video games, and maybe one of the most important fan efforts of all time. Mato and co., I salute you.
Congratulations and thanks for all the hard work on the translation! Truly an amazing feat!
Wooo!!! In one week!
Anyways I think the servers wouldnt be able to handle sooo many dlds… I mean its only been 5 hours for this update and more than 250 people already posted…
Cant wait for the release, thx again
If I didn’t have school today, today would be dedicated to a playthrough of EarthBound.
Hey, today is also my birthday! This update was the best birthday present I’ve ever gotten, Mato. Thanks to everyone on the team! <3 Wanna help me blow out the candles?
Holy crap, just over five hours and nearly 250 comments already! It used to take us days to reach that. The patch will have over 1000 responses in a day, easily.
It’s amazing to see that this is actually finished, after watching it slowly progress for over a year.
I love you Mato. I can’t believe it’s FINALLY gonna be here! Although, I do have one less trip to the internet now… I can just fill that up playing Mother 3! *Gets out flash cart and Mother 3 GBM*
Great!
Just… end of the week? Aww… It’s a one-week holiday right now in Finland and I was hoping to be able to play it from this day until sunday…
Anyways, great job guys, keep up the good work, thanks in advance and…
are you going to release the custom, home-brewn tools you’ve used? And where? Also, what assembler/disassembler did you guys use?
I can see the headlines of newspapers everywhere the day the patch is out…
“Mother 3 Finally Translated; Internet Explodes”
Good work, friendly neighborhood fruit
(I was almost going to say vegetable :O)
I don’t mean for this to sound as creepy as it’s going to, but I do feel compelled to offer you this message of thanks.
The chance to play this patch is one of the few things in my life right now that’s keeping me from offing myself (I woln’t go into details, but there’s not much keeping me going at this point). I’m not saying that the game is the most important thing in my life, but instead it is something which I have looked forward to with great anticipation, and news of it’s release truly brings me joy and hope. I can’t eloquently express how thankful I am to the lot of you. Just know that, inadvertently, you have bettered the life of a complete stranger. Thank you all so VERY much.
Don’t worry, Mother fans are used to dramatic stuff.
YEEEESSSSS!!! This is delicious!
All joking aside, this is very much awesome.
http://www.infendo.com/game-boy-advance/mother-3-translation-patch-to-go-live-soon/
YAY!!! i just finished EarthBound two days ago just in time for the patch!
The only thing more badass than downloading this patch, would be downloading chuck norris to your computer :O
wow!im so happy! but, i already made it pretty far with the menu patch, is there anyway i can continue tht game, but in english?
YES! Right at the beginning of mij fall-holiday!
I really, really want to thank you all! Tomato, jeff, the rest. All the commenters. It was a really fun time, and it wil go out with a Mohter3-blast!
My heart has officially stopped, mostly due to pure awesome.
Can’t wait to download the patch! Nice work, guys!
reidman said 34 minutes ago: “I haven’t used it in years, but last time I checked, Azureus was the best PC bittorrent client: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/”
I think most people will agree that uTorrent has long since superseded Azureus as the best BitTorrent client for PC: http://www.utorrent.com/
I yelled out and woke up my roommate when I read this. He’s pissed now.
YEEES! FALCON GREETINGS!
Mato you are the best man i’ve been waitin to play this in English ever since it came out man you are a genius thank’s man!:)
Oh yea and thanks to all the other guys who pitched in an made this all happen man you guys are Great!.
I just came.
Mato for El Presidente!
Great job on the translation. I can’t wait to download the patch.
thx
yay :3
8D
OMPFG ITS COMING OUT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Commence camping by my computer…..
Does anybody here sleep?
I do, I just woke up though
Not being one of the people who’ve been waiting on this game for a decade or more (I was five when Earthbound was released and only finished my first of two playthroughs at the beginning of last month), I feel a little silly, but I still have to say that I am really looking forward to this thing. It was this translation and the community waiting so eagerly for it that made me curious about Mother, and I cannot thank them or you enough for getting me hooked.
The baby jokes are old and I know you’ve heard it before, but this is a really amazing thing you guys have done for us. Thanks for sticking it out; I can’t wait.
wow…
Just in case you guys are looking for the direct x dll file to play VBA-M here it is: http://files.filefront.com/D3DX9+39dll/;11791840;/fileinfo.html
Hey, Mato, you’re the guy who’s doing the “Mother 2 and back again” site, right?
Are you going to finish it after this, or do you have something else in mind?
[…] - MOTHER 3 Fan Translation […]
Awesome “THIS IS A TRANSLATION” screen. Does it appear in place of the medical warning screen?
I also applaud you for having the guts to actually put your name and web identity plainly in the patch itself, if Nintendo decides to take action that is the last thing I would want.
However, I seriously doubt since Reggie directly referenced the MOTHER 3 Fan Translation in an interview and seemed okay with it.
Ya, I was also wondering Mato, has the ‘health safety’ screen been replaced by the new ‘Mother 3 translation project’ screen?
w00t! Go Mato and the team! ALRIGHT!
Seriously, this is awesome. I’ll have to get a flash cart one of these days…I’ll just play it on an emulator until then.
Thank you, all of you. Been following this for a long time now, just not posting…ever…
You guys are cool, dedicated people.
wow!!!its here!thank u so much!!
my god, it’s ridiculous there were 30 post in like, 2 minutes
anywho, I can’t wait
The wait is almost over! Soon, we shall all have Mother 3… in ENGLISH! When this patch is released, I’ll be playing it all the time! Of course, most other people will be too. I can’t wait! Then again, neither can anyone else…
I can’t believe I typo’d my name.
I am the third most excited from us!
“Kumatora”?
The correct translation should be “Kumatra”…
Congrats guys!!! I can’t wait… I am 26 and have been waiting since I was 13 for Earthbound 2! You guys rock!!!!
Been a while since I commented on this website, but I wanted to congratulate Mato
Mato, Can you give us an update on your progress with the final lines, server setup, etc.?
It’s almost here!!
M3 Translation team, thank you all for your dedication, just to get an english version into our grubby, sweaty palms.
Mato for Prez.
Nice job guys. I think I speak for everyone when I say that the hard work and dedication of all of you is much appreciated. Thanks a lot.
End of this week!? YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!! *Head explodes*
Reidman: Azeures EWWWWWWWWWWW
I highly Recomend Utorrent for a Torrent client for PC Users, it gives you maximum speed, deopending on yoru seeders, i hit my maximum downlaod speed everytime, so this is what i recommend (ive also been using this client for a few years and no problems yet)
sry but azeures sucks
Wow, the next two weeks are going to be crazy. It’s looking like Mother 3 this weekend, Fable 2 next tuesday, and Fallout 3 in two weeks. A gamer can’t ask for much more…
Thanks Mato!
DEAR GOD! THANK YOU LAWDY!! I have a four day school week, so now all I have to do is make it to the end of the week and I will HAVE MY PERFECT VICTORY!
Oh and i forgot to put a link to the torrent program
http://www.utorrent.com
Congratulations.
Way to go team Mato!
!!
I’m feeling a touch of sickness coming on… cough cough… oh man… I may have to miss a few days of work next week if I can’t shake this feeling…
MWAHAHA they will never know; and I shall finally know the glory of Mother 3!!
There is a God in Heaven, and he smiles down upon us.
I havent been reading the forums, but is there a thread that i can get a link to with instructions on how to get this running on my Wii?
Good job guys! I look forward to playing this, lol!
great job guys! I know everyone here thanks you for your efforts!
GREAT!!!!
My friends at school will wonder why I’m hyperventilating…
Awesome-sauce!!!11!!oneONE!!Eleventy-one!!
I’ve been following your progress and figured it would be done before Christmas, but this is even better!
All that’s left is for the PSX ToP translation to finish (which is taking much longer).
omgomg yay
Your GPA cannot grasp the true form of the Mother3’s attack!
D:
Oh…my…god… *hyperventilates*
I just want to post and say that this team’s dedication is a glimmer of hope of what mankind can accomplish if dedication like this was common. Great job!
gj
I can’t imagine all the work that went into this! Thank you for seeing this thing through! Also, if I bomb my test next week due to Mother 3 OD, I’m holding you responsible.
I think I just creamed myself.
YOU ARE SO AWESOME.
A Winrar is you.
As a side note, if you make a torrent file, I’m sure plenty of people here would be willing to seed for a week or 2 to help out with the initial massive amount of traffic you will doubtless have. I know I can!
I came.
But seriously, nice work. It’s a shame I’m on vacation with horrible internet.. It’s like having dial-up again, might take awhile to download the patch.. D:
*goes to download ROM in advance*
Huh… What are you guys going to do now?
I’m guessing that your free time was consumed by this project.
So… Maybe try a new game?
Like the earlier Fire Emblems?
Christmas came early
Mato…….YOU ARE MY HERO.
From now on, I shall worship you for giving us Mother 3.
Of course, I’m probably not going to be able to download it for a week or two at least. There’ll be a lot of traffic ^^;
YAY
MAMMA MAI, GRAZIE, GRAZIE, GRAZIE…
Thank you!
I haven’t posted here before, but I should have..congratulations to Mato and ‘the team’ behind the patch. It’s awesome to know that we’ll be able to play it pretty soon, and enjoy all the hard work you guys have done.
I think I just shit myself inside-out with excitement O_o…
oh man this is awesome. thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Can’t wait.
No really, I can’t wait.
I an’t believe it… and just when i was about to give up on GBA games… Well done people, i can’t wait for the patch! ^^;
[…] El parche para traducir la rom japonesa de Mother 3 al inglés sale a finales de esta semana. Esto es, con toda seguridad, lo único que necesitas saber para vivir de aquí al viernes, pero por si acaso voy a traducir parte de la información que ha dado el equipo de traducción. […]
You guys are absolutely amazing, by far the most dedicated fans I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait.
I wonder if people are looking forward to this so called mother 3 translation.. LALA
Yesss. I’ve been waiting almost 13 years to play Mother 3 and now the time is nigh.
Torrents? eh… people always seem to stop seeding after a good amount of time. With something this popular, I doubt it’ll happen. But still..
Congratulations for making this fan translation! Great job guys, can’t wait to try it out!
Game, Set and Match. Great, great job.
Mato, I’m a boy, but I want you to have sex with me.
Ahahahaha, talk about perfect timing, I will be on a week-long holiday starting this weekend.
Awesome. Way too awesome.
I… I must tell…THE WORLD
Guys, you’re amazing!!! It’s hard to sleep…I can’t wait anymore!!! The braziliense Mother’s fans are so anxious!!!
Thanks!!!!!
OMFG Even though I’m in class, I’m shivering with excitement! THANK YOU SO MUCH MATO AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
Tsukuyomi, sounds like you are saving the game to PSRAM, not NOR. Ensure you save it to NOR. For more details see the Flashcart thread.
wow… it’s been 11 years since i beat earthbound. 11 years of waiting… and disappointment… and probably some other stuff to whine about. but it’s finally here
i can’t believe it actually happened, I’M FREAKIN OUT MAN!!!!