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Mother Creator Politely Asks Fans to Bother Nintendo, Not Him, Over Mother 3 English Release

www.ign.com Mother Creator Politely Asks Fans to Bother Nintendo, Not Him, Over Mother 3 English Release - IGN

The creator of the Mother series, Shigesato Itoi, has politely asked fans to stop pestering him about an English release of Mother 3.

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It often feels like "fans" of nearly anything are totally fucking clueless as to how anything in the world works.
- Considering they pass every failing students in the US, it can’t be a surprise here.
  
  With the grammar in your comment, I don't think you should be the one throwing shade.
- Most people in general are clueless
- Maybe they're bothering everyone involved so that they all try to get it released.
No we'll bother Reggie like we always have.
- Gotta bother Bowser now.
  
  Not nearly as much fun. Reggie is still up for it.
quite a dick move for them to see it to be popular enough to continue re-releasing but not translate it for other regions
- It's not even about translating it. IIRC they have full permission from the creators of the fan translation to use their script and code to get it up and running.
  
  Some people hypothesize that there are legal issues in areas of the game (such as the music) making it difficult, but that didn't stop them from releasing Earthbound...
  
  Another common hypothesis is that they don't want to deal with backlash over some of the more odd choices in the game. Some people might take offense to the magypsies, thinking that they're somehow making a joke of trans or non-binary folks. Others might just lose their shit over there being folks like the magypsies in the game at all. And that's ignoring the mermaid air refill things making out with a child.
  
  I love the game, but it's far from standard Nintendo fare in terms of tone and content.
- That's Nintendo for ya.

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