Unofficial Mother 4 fan game looks pretty darn good

Not happy with just let yourself be inspired from mother (known as EarthBound outside of Japan) a new group of developers are trying to create an unofficial numbered entry in Nintendo’s classic role-playing cult franchise.

Mother 4

is “a fan-made sequel to the celebrated” mother Series that follows a group of teenagers on their road trip through pink America. It features ubiquitous franchise mechanics like rolling HP counters and the rhythmic combos that were introduced in 2006 Mother 3

. And for something that derives so strongly from an official work, it already looks darn good, repeating the unmistakable style of the franchise without copying the previous one.

Of course, this isn’t the first time a group has tried to make its own mother Episode. A previous one Mother 4 Project was first announced in 2010, collect a lot of positive attention before the unofficial connection to the mother series in 2017 to avoid a possible lawsuit from Nintendo and Official name change to curiosity Three years later. As far as we know, curiosity is still in development despite the silence of the makers since last Christmas.

So why with Mother 4 instead of doing their own thing like others EarthBound-inspired games like curiosity

, Undertale, Ankle sandwich, and the Lisa series?

“The development team are all mother Fans at heart, the games really mean a lot to us so we thought it would be fun to do a fourth entry that says ‘what if’. the Mother 4 FAQ the site reads. “Think of it as an elaborate piece of fan art.”

The developers won’t commit to a release date, however Mother 4 It is slated to be available on PC (Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems) when it’s finished, provided the game escapes Nintendo’s ever-vigilant eye long enough.