

Roughly five of these are known to exit in the entire world.Īs mentioned before, Mother 3 still has no official English translation or localization as far as the gaming world knows. No plans to officially localize Mother 3 for North America or Europe have been announced.Īn old photograph of one Earthbound NES prototype cartridges. Unfortunately, this release is a Japan exclusive. According to the announcement banner shown above, it will launch on December 17, 2015. Mother 3, also known as Earthbound 2 by North American fans of the series, will be seeing an official release on the Virtual Console. It is alleged by Platinum Games, co-developers of SF Zero, that some time was needed to make sure that the game had “that Platinum feel.” Fortunately, Nintendo has given the specific date of April 22, 2016. In this past September, Shigeru Miyamoto made the decision to postpone SF Zero’s release until Q1 of 2016. Star Fox Zero’s release date has been pushed back yet again. A high definition remastering of LoZ: Twilight Princess has also been announced and is being prepared for release on March 4, 2016. The next installment in the storied The Legend of Zelda series will be coming out at some point in 2016 (this has been a known quantity for some time). Wii U (he will also be made playable in the 3DS version).


On the Wii U side of things, Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy Tactics will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros.

During the program, there were quite a few announcements concerning releases on both the Wii U and 3DS and upcoming DLC updates. Nintendo has uploaded a new installment of their news series Ninendo Direct earlier today the first time the program has aired since the tragic passing of Satoru Iwata.
