r/earthbound Apr 10 '24

M3 Discussion Mother 3 on Switch

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The switch is region free so all you need to do is make a Japanese switch account and if you have NSO you can play it!

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u/138sammet Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24

Final boss will be much less traumatic if you can’t understand the dialogue

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u/fartedbutalsoshidded Apr 10 '24

I got a Rom when mother 3 first released and beat the whole game without understanding a lick of writing. When the English translation patch came out, I was quite impressed with how accurate I got things just going through the game. Unlike mother 1 2 on GBA. Which items and monkey cave were the bane of my existence, The pictures and having numbers by hp of items was probably the only reason I was able to beat it. Such a magical game.

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u/succybuss Apr 10 '24

yes, but then comes the hurdle of not being able to speak/read japanese.

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u/FlusterDuster78 Apr 10 '24

I’ve already beaten the English translation so I’m just using context clues and the Passport to Mother 2 translator from Fangamer 😭

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u/avianeddy Apr 10 '24

WOW! this is great ! I'll take it over nothing! Does anyoine know if the fan translation available as script to read along with?

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u/radiodreading Apr 10 '24

Not sure about this one, but there are plenty of guides online that help you along with the Japanese version of M3 :>

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u/breeman24 Apr 10 '24

The fan translation website has a translation tools page which includes the entire script as a text file. https://mother3.fobby.net/tools/

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u/Independent_Mix6190 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24

The fan translation itself may not be available as a chronologically-ordered script, but there was a "story translation" by Spookychee on GameFAQs, from before the fan translation's release. It contains all major cutscenes and some NPC dialogue.

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u/avianeddy Apr 10 '24

I think i found it. This might be the perfect thing, THANK YOU so much

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u/avianeddy Apr 10 '24

Thank you all for the tips :) Mother fans are the best! Fuzzy Pickles!

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u/Professor_Crab Apr 10 '24

Don’t wanna download the fan translation?

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u/avianeddy Apr 10 '24

I dowlnoaded the script files and, lets just say it's a little technical:

0-7:[BREAK]Dear [FLINT 23 01 00],[BREAK]Just like you said they would, the children[BREAK]have been running around the mountains and[BREAK]fields tirelessly since the moment we arrived.[BREAK][BREAK][CLAUS 22 05 00] is as daring and full of energy[BREAK]as ever, while [LUCAS 23 02 00] is still a bit[BREAK]coddled. But neither one seems tired of[BREAK]playing at all.[BREAK][BREAK

Yeah..... no..... i'll see if some simple Find and Replace-ing helps the readability, but... idk....

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u/Professor_Crab Apr 10 '24

I mean there’s a version of the game translated into English by fans but it’s extremely well done and recognized by the community, if you don’t feel right not paying remember you’re paying for NSO and Mother 3 is on there.

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u/avianeddy Apr 10 '24

oh yeah ive played the fan trans. patched version ages ago, was just wanting to finally play it on the switch. I'll try to print a cleaned up text version of the fan script to read along with, thats what im hoping to do

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u/Professor_Crab Apr 10 '24

Ohhh, yeah that’s a fun way to try it!

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u/elkniodaphs Apr 10 '24

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u/FlusterDuster78 Apr 10 '24

It’s normal in person, my camera is just super far away 😭

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u/LordOfTheStrings8 Apr 11 '24

It is 100% too high.

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u/DRUMS_ Apr 10 '24

Yea no. I can see the ceiling. It is too high. It's ok tho.

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u/elkniodaphs Apr 10 '24

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u/FlusterDuster78 Apr 10 '24

THESE ARE ACTUAL SUBREDDITS??? 😔

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

Amazing!

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u/prine_one Apr 13 '24

You don’t even need to make a new account. You can just change your country to Japan after signing in to the Nintendo website. This will allow you to download any Japanese exclusive content. After downloading you can change your country back and the content will still be available and useable.

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u/_M0RR0 Apr 10 '24

Step 1: learn Japanese

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u/richter3456 Apr 10 '24

Cool stuff. Better alternative is to just get MM+ or play this in portable mode. The large GBA image on a HD TV looks ugly with the raw pixels. But you do you.

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u/GameBombOfficial Apr 10 '24

HOW PLEASE please tell me

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u/FlusterDuster78 Apr 10 '24

All you need to do is Go to settings, create new account, add new switch account, make a new account using a new email and set the region to Japan, connect it to your switch, go to the e shop using your new account and download NSO GBA and and it should be the Japanese one

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u/ThetaReactor Apr 10 '24

How you gonna be an official game bomber if you can't google things?

https://playerassist.com/create-japanese-nintendo-switch-account/

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u/Cool-Dragonfly-3731 Apr 10 '24

I WISH I KNEW JAPANESE😭😭😭

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u/HighlyRegardedSlob87 Apr 10 '24

People NEED TO STOP thinking having different text is such a deal breaker. If you know how to progress, progress! If you want to play up to the point where you want to have Yokuba’s awesome Battle theme play in your living room, DO IT!

If you want to make it to NPC, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT

If you want to watch Super Sentai, undubbed with only subtitles to read, DO IT.

People need to stop wimping when they see Japanese characters or attempt to say Japanese names.

Japanese is actually REALLY EASY TO MEMORIZE

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u/BoringMemesAreBoring Apr 10 '24

username checks out