Do you think Earthbound/Mother series will ever return?

[MaxwellGT2000]

Resident_Hazard said:

I said, "not for this gen" but to be honest--that's me being the optimist.  I think, more tragically, the series might just be stone dead forever.  I forget the developer's name, but he indicated that Mother 3 was the last of those games he would ever make, and Nintendo of America cares so little for gamers, that none of the trilogy will be released Stateside--which would likely, at this point, be just about the biggest audience for the series. 

Hey, when is Nintendo of America going to bring us Fatal Frame and Disaster?  Oh right, never.

The name you're looking for is Shigesato Itoi and he said he was done with the series but wouldn't mind if someone else made Mother 4.  And the potshots are kinda annoying since NoA have done their damnedest to get the series here but legal reasons keep them from doing so unless they change a few things and Itoi/NoJ won't allow it to be modified so much.

As for the Fatal Frame and Disaster potshots those are average run of the mill games not worth more than a bargain bin pick up... NoA said they would publish them if the games were polished some more.