What Are The Chances We'll See Mother/Earthbound Again?

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jarrod said:

Conegamer said:

The difference between Fire Emblem and this is that Fire Emblem was fairly big in Japan beforehand, Earthbound isn't.

Mother is somewhat big in Japan, very comparable to FE.  Famitsu numbers...

 

 

• Mother 1 plus 2 (GBA) 278,225
• Mother 1 plus 2 Value Edition (GBA) 110,300
• Mother 3 (GBA) 369,598

• Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (SFC) 429,763
• Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (SFC) 158,695 
• Fire Emblem: Sword of Spirits (GBA) 345,574
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (GBA) 265,286
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA) 246,719
• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC) 156,413
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii) 171,924
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS) 252,309
• Fire Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow (DS) 231,656

Actually, Earthbound (Mother 2) was a fairly big success in Japan:

Week	Americas	Japan	EMEAA	Worldwide	Running Total
1	N/A	297,611	N/A	297,611	297,611
2	N/A	165,122	N/A	165,122	462,733
3	N/A	46,978	N/A	46,978	509,711
4	N/A	85,632	N/A	85,632	595,343
5	N/A	32,420	N/A	32,420	627,763
6	N/A	14,359	N/A	14,359	642,122
7	N/A	27,851	N/A	27,851	669,973
8	N/A	27,139	N/A	27,139	697,112
9	N/A	15,097	N/A	15,097	712,209
10	N/A	13,542	N/A	13,542	725,751
Ten Week Totals:	0	725,751	0	725,751
Lifetime Totals:	0	808,106	0	808,106