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An interview with Reid Young on his (awesome) Mother 3 translation!

October 20, 2008 in Interview comments 6

Mother 3 (aka Earthbound 2) is yet another example of a great foreign title (specifically another great Japanese game) that never saw a US release or translation. Long sought after as one of the holy grail of games, Reid Young (as has been reported here) has just completed a (superb, I can honestly say being fluent myself) translation of Mother 3 and sits down to talk with us a little about the effort.

Today, 13 years after EarthBound hit the SNES, Fan Translation has released the English Patch for MOTHER 3, or Earthbound 2 in the States. To help us celebrate we asked Reid Young, co-founder of Starmen.Net and MOTHER 3 English Patch PR-Guru to answer a few questions. He galdly obliged and shared a few pics, scattered across this interview, off the translation process.
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    chautemoc Oct 20, 08
    That's really awesome that some people at Nintendo are excited about it, and Square emailed them to say they're looking forward to it! I love the camaraderie.
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      Daigoji_Gai Oct 21, 08
      Rare in gaming, especially how protective some companies can be about their IP (intellectual properties). I was actually SHOCKED to hear Nintendo get behind this... Square I've seen in the past turned a blind eye to such things, but Nintendo being all for it = awesome.

      I will say this... Reid Young just put himself on the map in a big way. Sure this was a fan project, but I can see him getting offers to do localizations from Square, Nintendo and countless other Japanese companies. Heck, the guys behind LittleBigPlanet got their names on the map for making an overlooked but great game on the PC (distributed via steam) called Rag Doll Kung Fu (spiritual successor in a way to LBP)...

      Kudos to Reid, Nintendo and Square.
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        Wolfwood Oct 21, 08
        Indeed, Nintendo unfortunately has a history with being touchy about its image. Now hopefully nobody at the companies themselves are getting in trouble for getting in touch with the good folks behind the translation patching.

        And you guys rawk for remembering the scratch 'n sniff feelies which came with Earthbound!
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        chautemoc Oct 21, 08
        If he gets that kind of work he definitely deserves it!

        I think you meant predecessor.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Oct 20, 08
    mother 3 disappointed me quite a bit.
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      Daigoji_Gai Oct 21, 08
      Hmm, you serious? Wasn't what you were expecting?

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