You can all the time belief followers to pour their hearts into creating unofficial ports, sequels, and translations, which is what one group of volunteers has been doing for years to create what was referred to as the unofficial Mother 4. The fan made sequel to the long-dormant quirky RPGs has been within the works for years. It’s reappeared after an extended silence as its personal non-Mother game—however with all the identical goofy Mother vibes—referred to as Oddity.
The Mother sequence of RPGs is close to the highest of my psychological checklist of games that gained’t ever see one other sequel. Mother three was launched in 2006 and by no means launched exterior of Japan. EarthBound (Mother 2) was the final to have an English translation and any probability of seeing the sequence once more feels impossibly unlikely. A gaggle of followers have been working to create their very own Mother 4 game since earlier than 2014 but it surely was starting to really feel like even the fan model of the sequence would by no means launch.
It gained’t, because it seems, as a result of the challenge is being re-branded as Oddity, a game that completely nonetheless appears prefer it may very well be Mother Four however not has references to the sequence. The announcement comes within the type of a brand new reveal video posted to the group’s Twitter page.
Given its origins, it’s no shock that Oddity has a really acquainted sounding story. Baseball bat-wielding Travis Fields is off to avoid wasting the world with some newfound powers which are positively in all probability associated to a “gate” that exploded close by throughout a tenting journey. The world appears to be at risk from a plethora of sources, in keeping with the teaser’s description on YouTube. “People are crabby, demons run amok, the moon’s covered in creepy ooze, a bear did something…” it says.
Despite the title change, Oddity has all of the retro weirdness that I’d count on of a real EarthBound sequel. Characters within the trailer have names like “Jacky Friendly.” Combat screens have psychedelic colourful backgrounds. Your social gathering members comply with behind you in an orderly line. If Mother Four is one thing you have been trying ahead to, Oddity is clearly nonetheless 98% that.
The group behind Oddity haven’t given a launch date, choosing a traditional “It’ll be out when it’s ready.” For now, the perfect place to maintain up with the game seems to be its Twitter account.
