User blog comment:Strife237/EXP gets EarthBound on Virtual Console!/@comment-6576725-20130916190500/@comment-3416945-20130916202939

As a self-proclaimed Mother series expert, I'll elaborate further on the various topics brought up.


 * Mother 4 is never going to become an official reality. Well, perhaps I should correct myself. It is never going to be created by Shigesato Itoi (the creator of all three Mother games). For many fans, including myself, no Itoi means no Mother. (sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ebFsRCFTc, http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/04/shigesato-itoi-discusses-mother-4/ , http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/shigesato_itoi_says_mother_4_would_be_impossible). There is, however, going to be a Mother 4'' fan game released in Winter 2014. The fan project has been in development for years now, and the team behind it has just recently released more details. For more information, visit the official site here.
 * A Mother (aka Earthbound Zero) recreation is indeed happening, albeit unofficial. For more information, see here and here.

I would also like to broach another topic: the future of the Mother series. Like many fans, I don't want there to be much of a future. Unaltered rereleases of Mother and Mother 2 are as far as I'll go. I do not want an official translation of Mother 3. I feel that Nintendo of America will ruin the spirit of the game, and that Mother 3's English legacy should forever be cradled in the arm's of Tomato (the creator of the Mother 3 Fan Translation). He has masterfully translated the game into English, so all us fans can play. Nothing is cut or censored, and I desire for it to be kept that way.