概要
これは非公式のファンプロジェクトで、スーパーファミコンのエミュレーターや、SD2SNES／FXPAK PROなどのカートリッジで実機でもプレイ可能です。元の日本語の台本を使った日本語版も制作中です！
Who's on the team?
How long has this hack been worked on?
It has a pretty complicated backstory! Tomato worked on an early version from January 30th, 2007 to March 19th, 2007. He stopped because of how limited
hacking tools were back then, and also (presumably) to work on the MOTHER 3 Fan Translation.
[Dev log][Video]
Then, H.S started his own iteration from December 1st, 2010 to April 30th,
2020, at which point he vanished from the community with no trace. He didn't ever share his
project files with the community, so it felt like the project had been irrevocably lost.
[Forum thread]
[Video]
In August 2021, a PK Hack community effort to gather and archive all maps, sprites, music, and other assets
created over the past decade for the project led Gabbi to start her own iteration. She used a few maps H.S
posted to the forum as a launching-off point, but otherwise started from scratch. She's been working from
December 5th, 2021 to the present day.
[Video]
On the whole, it's been worked on for about thirteen years.
Is this MOTHER: Encore?
No, that is a different project with different creative goals and scope.
What are this project's creative goals?
Our goal is to create something that looks like it comes from an alternate universe what-if kind of scenario. We're trying to imitate the original MOTHER 2 developers, in sprite style, tileset/map style, music, and programming. This is what we mean by "EarthBound Collection" - the scenario is "what if, in an alternate universe, EarthBound had been a massive hit and had seen an official re-release with both games in one box? What would that have looked and played like? What would the strategy guides have looked like?"
What platform is this on?
This project is a ROM hack of EarthBound. It will be distributed as a patch file, and is playable on emulators and also on original Super NES hardware via flashcarts like the FXPAK Pro (formerly SD2SNES), which we've been using to playtest.
Which emulator should I use?
Mesen and Snes9x are both excellent. If you're on Mac, OpenEmu is pretty good.
Which translation will this hack use?
The Sandhop translation, with minimal adjustments to improve grammar, spelling errors, and clarity informed by Tomato's translation of Mother 1+2.
Will this have an MSU-1 soundtrack?
CD-quality audio would be cool, but our music team worked way too hard for their work to be thrown aside and replaced.
Why doesn't Ninten have his bandana? Make him look less like Ness!
We based the sprite off of the clay model, which
doesn't have one. A lot of art from strategy guides also don't have it.
We don't think the original MOTHER 2 sprite artists would have used it. It's more of a fandom thing.
Ninten has different-colored socks and shoes, a slimmer striped shirt, and doesn't wear a backpack.
Ness is the one that looks too much like him.
What was the hardest part of making this hack?
Taking the PNGs H.S posted to the forum, optimizing their palettes, and successfully inserting them into the game -- before the new map editor, EBME, had been written. Also, animated map tiles are very hard to program as neither map editor supports them yet.
Will random encounters be reduced?
Since this game is a ROM hack of EarthBound, it won't have the same gameplay as the original.
What other hacks can I play while I wait for this to come out?
The PK Hack community just had a "Jank Jam" event. People were given one week to create a hack, and told to make them as janky and short (and therefore, finishable) as possible. Incredibly, everyone somehow went above and beyond and made stunning, delightfully good hacks depsite the time limit. You can check them all out here!
Additionally, our main map designer Tricimir worked on Mother: Cognative Dissonance. If you haven't played it, please give it a shot. It's programmed in RPG Maker 2000, and is one of the few fangames to ever see the light of day.
When is this coming out?
✨ June 14th, 2026 ✨
Will there be a demo?
No.