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Mother 4 fangame rebranded as Oddity - new 2 minute teaser
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Actually now that I remember, I think there was a lot of mind changing on certain elements of this game during its development, which would be inevitable too, since there's no publisher pressuring them to just get it done.
You guys would love this game then.
Guy has tons of videos on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffgamedev/with_replies
Comes out this year. Hoping for a physical copy but he has not said if it will happen or not.
Guy has tons of videos on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffgamedev/with_replies
Comes out this year. Hoping for a physical copy but he has not said if it will happen or not.
Calling it Mother 4 infringes on Nintendo's trademark. Nintendo lawyers will wipe any fan game from the face of existence if it violates their copyright. If they were to release this as a product to profit from, they would have had to re-brand eventually.
Originally, I thought "No way this goes commercial given how similar everything is to Mother!", but then I remembered Wargroove and got excited.
I don't see console releases happening considering they've always said the game will remain free even after they ditched the Mother 4 title.
This route means a console port is now possible. Which is kind of what I'd want for a Mother game. I always felt it would be weird to play a game called Mother 4 on PC. I couldn't play the Metroid 2 remake either for this reason. Just doesn't feel right.
The soundtrack of this game is un-fucking-believable.
Top tier, and the game isn't even out yet.
Top tier, and the game isn't even out yet.
Are you referring to the Mother 4 soundtrack or have they posted new stuff? As I understood it they're no longer using the original Mother 4 soundtrack that was released.
Was the original animated pixelart like that or does it have now a considerable rework now. It looks REALLY good and even if its still feels very much insipred in mother's pixelart, it has somewhat of a twist.
Really liking the logo.
And i dont say this in anegative way, now of course its a real game with its own brand, but is still very much a tribute to a series they love.
Really liking the logo.
Its still looks 100% like a mother fanfic game.
And i dont say this in anegative way, now of course its a real game with its own brand, but is still very much a tribute to a series they love.
I know there was a lot of drama with the composer of that music and he left the team, but apparently he eventually agreed to let them use the music. Of course, the remixes of Mother tracks will be gone and maybe some other tracks will also be replaced if they don't fit the game anymore, but I think a lot of it should still be in there.
I'm glad it is getting a rebrand, although it is a shame that the Mother games aren't available on current platforms.
Many of the biggest hits in recent years have been fan games from folk that grew up playing 16-bit emulators. Stardew Valley, Freedom Planet, Ittle Dew and Undertale are all explicit in their references and template, and it helps to have a fandom built from the most popular emulated games.
Many of the biggest hits in recent years have been fan games from folk that grew up playing 16-bit emulators. Stardew Valley, Freedom Planet, Ittle Dew and Undertale are all explicit in their references and template, and it helps to have a fandom built from the most popular emulated games.
It's not too different from when it was Mother 4, mainly changing the more explicit references like Travis striped shirt and the battle transitions.
Looks really good, love the animation. Hope this comes to consoles, would love to play this on a Nintendo system.
Undertale feels perfect on PC? Don't know how this will feel any different, both are very mother inspired
given the art style, the comparisons would've been inevitable regardless.
How do we know they were played on emulators and not original hardware? I haven't heard anything from the devs of those games about playing on emulators, I guess except for Undertale since we know Tobyfox did Earthbound fanhacks.
While I'm a little sad to see some of the "Mother-isms" removed or retooled I'm quite grateful that the game is still in production and nearing release. It's got a nice, clean jRPG 2D look missing from modern takes of the genre and I thought the old soundtrack was pretty amazing so I'm doubly glad they retained the rights to use it.
Glad I don't have to worry about them getting C&D'd anymore. Hope they take their sweet time and bring this to as many platforms as possible.
Ah okay, I hadn't heard the second part. Cause yeah, it's a great soundtrack and would be a shame for it to go unused, especially since the game is looking even better now.
They've said multiple times in the past that it will be free, even after dropping the Mother 4 title, and have not yet said otherwise.
I mean unless they're fluent in Japanese they're going to need some third-party hardware somewhere for both Mother 3 and Mother 1 pre-2015.