Mother 4! (NEW GAMEPLAY VIDEO ADDED 2/24/15!)

[Amissapanda]

I saw somewhere that people have been noting resemblences between the modern mind and the movie poster for "The Thing".

Also, those enemies that Travis and co. are seen running from seem to bear some resemblence to the pump chimera ("Mr. Pump") from Mother 3. Likely no actual relation, but just something I noticed. Maybe it's just the snout.

Ohh, yeah. I didn't make the connection myself, but I did see someone make "The Thing" and the Modern Mind comparison on tumblr awhile back. I can't make out the text on movie poster very well, but I was trying to see if it was a 70's movie. I think it says 80's, but I can't quite tell.

And that's interesting about the Mr. Pump chimera from Mother 3, too. If nothing else, they might have been inspired from it. The Melty Robot also kind of reminds me of the Clumsy Robot from EarthBound/Mother 2. My guess is that they've probably just taken a ton of inspiration from the other Mother games, which makes complete sense.

 

[toxapex]

Ohh, yeah. I didn't make the connection myself, but I did see someone make "The Thing" and the Modern Mind comparison on tumblr awhile back. I can't make out the text on movie poster very well, but I was trying to see if it was a 70's movie. I think it says 80's, but I can't quite tell.

And that's interesting about the Mr. Pump chimera from Mother 3, too. If nothing else, they might have been inspired from it. The Melty Robot also kind of reminds me of the Clumsy Robot from EarthBound/Mother 2. My guess is that they've probably just taken a ton of inspiration from the other Mother games, which makes complete sense.

Yeah, I can see that clumsy robot comparison now, too! I totally didn't forget that enemy existed nope Also, I really like the music that plays during the melty robot fight in the gameplay video! It kinda reminds me of K.K. Flamenco, but moreso in the style of the music rather than in the melody itself.

 

[toxapex]

They released two more songs on soundcloud like half a month ago and nobody told me

 

[Geoni]

I dig the modern mind and the fact that they're taking the time to put this thing out so that it's higher quality. But I'm not sure I'll be able to like the characters if Meryl is just another Ana/Paula with carbon copy personalities. And Leo just looks like a copy of Teddy. Makes me wonder if they should have taken more notes from Mother 3.

 

[toxapex]

I dig the modern mind and the fact that they're taking the time to put this thing out so that it's higher quality. But I'm not sure I'll be able to like the characters if Meryl is just another Ana/Paula with carbon copy personalities. And Leo just looks like a copy of Teddy. Makes me wonder if they should have taken more notes from Mother 3.

I'm unsure of their intentions, to be honest. They could be basing the characters off of the past formula for the sake of "If it isn't broken, don't fix it", or just nostalgia. But at the same time they could throw a curve ball and make these characters much more distinct and deep than we would expect. It's hard to tell at this point, but I think fleshing out the characters would be a good choice.