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Mother series

The Mother series (Japanese: マザー, Hepburn: Mazā) consists of three Japanese role-playing video games written by Shigesato Itoi and published by Nintendo: the 1989 Mother for the Famicom, the 1994 Mother 2 for the Super Famicom, and the 2006 Mother 3 for the Game Boy Advance. The series is set a late 20th century United States, with game mechanics modeled on the Dragon Quest series, and is known for its sense of humor, originality, and parody of the genre. The player uses psychic powers to fight hostile, everyday objects. Signature elements of the series include the lighthearted plots, the battle sequences with psychedelic backgrounds, and the "rolling HP meter" that lets fast players heal in the time the odometer takes to roll down. While the franchise is popular in Japan, in the United States, it is best associated with the cult following behind EarthBound, the 1995 English localization of Mother 2 and the only North American release from the series. Itoi is not planning another sequel in the series.

Mother series

8 articles

Mother

EarthBound

Fandom

Mother 3

Development

Fan translation

Music of the series

Contributor(s): czar, PresN (music article)

Been at this for a while and I believe the good topic set is complete: all three games of the series and their constituent subarticles. czar ⨹ 23:19, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Involved comment (I wrote the music article)- I'm not sure that Lindblom belongs in this topic. While Earthbound is the most famous thing he worked on, it's not the only thing he's known for, so it's not really a child article of Earthbound in my opinion. That said, congratulations to Czar for pulling together this whole topic- it looks great overall! --PresN 03:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

It's the main thing he's known for, as far his coverage in reliable sources goes (and just that one game, not the series), but I'm amenable if there is consensus to strike it czar ⨹ 03:45, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support without the guy. The topic seems complete, but if you include this guy, you would have to include 3 other Japanese guys involved in the development. Nergaal (talk) 15:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support with minor condition: that the fandom article be framed as pertaining to the whole series, not just to EarthBound, since it includes stuff like the Mother 3 Fan Translation and Mother 4. It could also be renamed "Mother fandom" or "Mother series fandom" or something to that effect. Tezero (talk) 21:18, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

@Tezero, I know this came up before but I'm not sure where. In any event, I put my explanation at Talk:EarthBound_fandom#Title for posterity. While the sources refer to the series as the Mother series, the fan community is most associated with EarthBound (as in the individual English language release) in the sources, hence the title. czar ⨹ 00:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I realize they're mostly fans of primarily (or only) EarthBound, but even in the U.S. I think it's usually described as the Mother series, and plenty of fan projects and activities mentioned in the article would simply be off-topic if it were only on the fandom of EarthBound, especially since it's a series that, like Final Fantasy, doesn't possess an ongoing story of any kind. Tezero (talk) 02:09, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

The way the RS put it, EarthBound fans pushed for the Mother 3 translation and then did it themselves, EarthBound fans are making a documentary, and EarthBound fans are making Mother 4. I get your point about how it appears off-topic, but the topic of that article is more distinctly EarthBound than Mother fandom. czar ⨹ 02:30, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Fine, then do whichever unless someone else objects. Tezero (talk) 02:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support given how the internet supports this series much more than Nintendo, not surprising to see this topic emerging. igordebraga ≠ 18:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
• Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64 22:23, 29 January 2015 (UTC)