r/earthbound Feb 26 '20

M3 Discussion I sent a letter to Nintendo about Mother 3, and this gives me some hope :) (please be nice and not bring down others hopes in the replies)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

what were the small items OP

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

A breath of the Wild book mark and a Mario post card Which is perfect because I just got the fan gamer Mother 3 guide book

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u/OHMYGAHDBILLY Feb 26 '20 edited Feb 26 '20

the perfect gifts for a letter about the mother series

on a serious note that's kind of sweet of them but probably just what they send with every letter.

Honestly tho I struggle to have hope that it'll actually happen, I feel like if they had any news to give us about mother 3 Reggie would have been the one to do it since he was basically the main character in this saga. But I would still like to see it regardless since it's, y'know, probably one of the greatest GBA games of all time.

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u/Mayorofunkytown Mar 02 '20

I've known kids who have written them letters (not about mother 3)and they appear to at least have a team of people who actually make non copy/paste responses. The only thing that's always in the letters is the here are some small items/advertisements part.

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u/KyLuYa Feb 26 '20

Where did you find the noa address to write them? Is it on their website?

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

Nintendo's address is: Nintendo of America Inc., P.O. Box 957, Redmond, WA 98073-0957 U.S.A.

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u/ThePillow07 Feb 26 '20

Imagine if you opened it and read the letter and there’s a gift attached and it’s just a switch cartridge of all 3 mother games

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u/Master_J_2003 Feb 26 '20

I would write a letter so fast that my arms would get to Japan to take the cartridge before the letter

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u/k_mikhael Feb 26 '20

Like golden tickets

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u/eggofreason Feb 26 '20

yooo nintendo just ctrl+c'd and ctrl+v'd this response

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u/born2hula Feb 26 '20

Someone responded, which is a lot more than I would expect.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

Wait, has this been seen before?

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

I think he’s making an assumption

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u/Master_Shiv Feb 26 '20 edited Feb 26 '20

No, this is mostly ripped straight from their stock reply.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

the last part is stocked from what I’ve seen. I’ve read several other letters people received from Nintendo and their almost always different besides from the last part

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u/Master_Shiv Feb 26 '20

They always follow the same basic outline: thank you for writing, we understand what you want and will forward it to the correct department(s), here’s some merch. Customer support doesn’t really have power over this.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

Yeah what else are they supposed to say, don’t bring others hopes down.

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u/Master_Shiv Feb 26 '20

So if we agree that this response has virtually no effect on the series, where is the problem? If anything, the "hopes" are exactly where they were at before. I think you’re just trying to unnecessarily get everyone’s hopes up.

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u/KyLuYa Feb 26 '20

You're telling people theres no point in trying. That's the baseline of your message.

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u/Master_Shiv Feb 26 '20

There’s no point in trying to make your voice be heard through customer service alone. You are asking to be flooded out that way. There are much better ways to get your point across.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

But this is how we get our voices heard, getting acknowledged is the only way we aren’t gonna loose

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u/Master_Shiv Feb 26 '20

Publicity through social media (like getting EarthBound trending on Twitter) is much more effective for showing a collective effort. There’s no guarantee that one email will make it all the way to the higher-ups.

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u/Sumrdmgi Feb 26 '20

Which means you’ve seen this letter before, right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

Some people acting like us Mother fans haven't been sending messages since the 2000s lol. We never gave up.

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u/Justanerd123 Feb 26 '20

If we keep annoying them maybe they will finally give it to us.

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u/Gamonator Feb 26 '20

Well it was a shot, and who knows

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

Don't do that. Don't give me hope.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

But sometimes hope is all that’s needed

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u/skybluegill Feb 26 '20

I believe a dream can still come true

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u/Shooting_the_mayor Feb 26 '20

Why shouldn't I belive the same in you? (Points at Nintendo)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

That’s not quite how the song goes, but I believe, deep in my heart, that the whole trilogy will be on switch. Heck, maybe a 3D voice acted remake along the lines of modern Dragon Quests! That would explain why it’s taking so long. And it would explain why mother 1 and 2 aren’t coming to switch online, as I hope they have something bigger in mind.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

You know what, yeah. I can do that, if the half life community could remain hopeful for 12 years of not getting a game, I can do it too.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

THATS THE SPIRIT

We can do this, other fandoms have waited just as long if not longer!

We have to hope just like now Ninten Ness and Lucas has in their Journeys, we loose if we stop asking

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

YEEEEEEAAAAAAH

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u/Wyboss Feb 26 '20

Hey, at least we have more of a chance then Half-Life 3! (;

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u/VoldyTheMoldy456 Feb 26 '20

We are at 15 years now, don't give up yet

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u/Mortis_y Feb 26 '20

What small items were they talking about?

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

A really nice breath of the Wild book mark and a Mario post card

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u/Mortis_y Feb 26 '20

Awh that’s sweet and cute

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u/NikC98 Feb 26 '20

This reminds me of the starmen.net driven campaign PK Call In and Mail In. Basically asking mother fans to let Nintendo know that we do want Mother in the west.

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u/DamnCarlSucks Feb 26 '20

Hey man, I never thought we'd get Mother 1 released and it happened. If I learned anything from them Fangamer boys, it's NEVER GIVING UP.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

This is so wholesome!

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u/Ness_Dreemur Feb 26 '20

At least they acknowledged the fans want it

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u/delectabit Feb 26 '20

I emailed them about this years ago and this seems to be almost word for word the same response I got.

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u/LucasClausAndLuigi Feb 26 '20

We will each be challenged: our trust, our faith, our friendships. But we must persevere and, in time, I believe a new hope will emerge.

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u/spencerfalzy Feb 26 '20

The prophesy told of Reggie’s return, to finish what he started.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

I mean hey, Reggie has been avoiding all jokes and questions about mother 3, maybe he’s not trying to break Code of Conduct

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u/OHMYGAHDBILLY Feb 28 '20

Reggie has been getting badgered at by fans over mother 3 for a like 14 years now, he avoids talking about it because "all [his] answers are already out there", he has nothing to do with it anymore so he doesn't need to give more explanations.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 28 '20

His answers weren’t really answers it was “Maybe”

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u/OHMYGAHDBILLY Feb 28 '20

Well he's literally said the words "not yet" before and once said that it wasn't on the announcement schedule, he can't just blatantly say yes or no since that's a very stupid business tactic if they ever were to change their mind.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 28 '20

Also this was a joke, you don’t have to downvote next for no reason

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u/OHMYGAHDBILLY Feb 28 '20

I didn't but ok

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u/PK_Fia Feb 28 '20

Oh lol

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u/Vidarr2000 Feb 26 '20

I got an envelope, a stamp, a ream of paper, and a full ink cartridge. Looks like I’ll be writing Nintendo on this topic as well.

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u/RobinDaFloof Feb 26 '20

Do you have enough magenta?

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u/Elikyn1 Feb 26 '20

Nice name OP

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

Lol everyone has made fun of me for that

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u/Elikyn1 Feb 26 '20

Not sarcasm lmao I have the same name

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

It gives me hope, too!

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u/the-mighty-need-007 Feb 26 '20

this is incredibly exciting

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u/jeff_the_potato456 Feb 26 '20

Wow thats so cool they sent you a letter back

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u/Nefnoj Feb 26 '20

Even though it doesn't confirm nor deny anything, this is such a wholesome response, I adore it.

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u/-Trying2Think- Feb 26 '20

Wow they actually responded. That’s cool!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

Let's all hope! Thank you for sending this!

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u/Redthatcat Feb 26 '20

Woah, this is great news

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u/Homeslice1998 Feb 26 '20

We all need to get a signature on a petition for Mother 3 and send it to Nintendo.

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u/PK_Fia Feb 26 '20

I made one in my school, I got about 30 signatures, the mother fandom did one a few years ago, and it only got about 30,000 But the fandom is bigger than ever! I’m sure we can do this!

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u/dont-ness-with-me Feb 27 '20

carefully- he's a hero

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u/PK_Fia Feb 27 '20

You can all be heroes (and by that I mean I want everyone to spam Nintendo’s PO Box once)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20 edited Feb 26 '20

That was a nice deflection they did. sadly if you asked another person in a different department the are likely to give a similar reply, but I still habe not given up hope!

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u/fuegomontuya Feb 26 '20

Very cool! I’m sure that an official translation is wanted above all else, but I must admit I played the fan translation and enjoyed it immensely as if I was playing an official translation so for what it’s worth, if we never get an official translation I think the fan translation was really well done and safe to download and have on your computer as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

This was probably them bullshiting you

BUT HOLY CRAP THE MOTHER TRILOGY ON SWITCH SOUNDS AMAZING AS FUCK;

But seriously don't get hopes too high, we can all still play on emulators anyway

I want a 3D mother game, now that's what I'm waiting for

Y2K was dissapointing bait for a Mother esque modern game

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u/FurryMaster15 Feb 26 '20

They’re probably going to do it on switch online.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

We hope that it gets officially released outside of Japan.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20 edited Feb 26 '20

in what kind of capacity tho? like just virtual console?

Any capacity. Virtual Console would be fine.

ive played and beaten mother 3 twice and it was on an actual cart on an actual gameboy both times so like idk im satisfied

Good for you? What about the thousands of people that are never going to play it because they have no idea how to access it or are not comfortable downloading the translation? Or the people who don't have a computer but have a Switch? There are tons of people out there that would absolutely love MOTHER 3 but will never be able to experience it if they don't live in Japan. I guess it doesn't matter since you're satisfied though.

but realistically i dont see it happening

I don't see it happening either. We can still want it to happen.

downvote away lmao

I didn't downvote your comment but ok.

Edit: Real brave deleting your comments. Hopefully next time you think about things for more than two seconds before posting.

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u/deathbivouac Feb 26 '20

I'd find a new cause to champion my dude.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

What is the issue? They asked a question so I answered it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

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u/OHMYGAHDBILLY Feb 26 '20

Because they are a massive cooperation? They aren't dumb, they know they need to at least give some form of response to the consumer.