Frogger on 04 April 2015
I agree with the general opinion in Japan on Mother 3. I played Earthbound and Mother 3 back to back, and I was extremely disappointed in Mother 3. It doesn't feel like a Mother game at all. Not the music, barely the art style, the pacing is terrible, you don't play the main character until what feels like halfway through the game, and the world feels extremely claustrophobic. And the plot was way too heavy handed.
The only criticism I have on the game that I don't think is Itoi's fault it that the dialog was extremely off. I think it has more to do with the fan translation not being good (as in, not feeling "Mother") than anything else.
