Mother 3 is a game I need to play again. It's a game that I have many opinions on, not all of them positive, but I think it warrants a second look at some point before I truly know what I think of it.

I will say however, I think the obsessive desire that fans have to localize it may end up being to the game's detriment. Don't get me wrong, I want it to come over just as much as everyone else, but I think the community too often thinks of this game as the illusive foreign masterpiece without really talking about a lot of what the game itself does right and/or wrong. I'll be honest, I like Earthbound more, and I think that if we ever do get it officially one day, its reception might not be what it is today. That's a bit speculative on my part though, and I do think that the game does a lot of things right.

But again, one day I will give this game another shot, and I really REALLY hope that it grabs me on the second go.