/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4012148
>I think the GBA version has the non censored cigarette smoking crow baddies, probably other censored stuff too
The GBA version in Mother 1+2 is censored, it's straight out of the unreleased american prototype with the extended ending (original Japanese Mother has the ending credits on mt. itoi after Gyiyg's mothership leaves), mother 1+2 was the first time japanese players saw the full ending on Mother 1 (and this is why many thought Teddy was dead in Japan, until they played this version).
The Mother 2 port on GBA is completely uncensored though.

If you want to play Mother 1 for the first time I'd recommend the NES proto, on GBA the screen ratio is smaller, sound is thinner, although it does have one advantage: the run button on the GBA version works without speeding up the NPCs on the map. The run button on the NES proto makes all the NPCs move quickly, the original japanese Mother on famicom didn't have a run button.

>>1479832

Well, I didn't mean go to Magicant every time you lose Lloyd, just in case he gets KO'd while you're in magicant, otherwise just go to a regular doctor outside. Anyway, yeah, you will need a bit of patience of play old RPGs, in general. All in all, Mother is one of the most "friendly" RPGs of the 8bit era, I think. It also helps that, like in Dragon Quest, you don't lose your progress when you die. Ever played Phantasy Star? you die, and you lose everything and go back to the last save point. In that case, grinding is understood because you lose every exp point if you die, but in Mother, even if you die, you'll keep them, so no need to stay in one place really, just keep going.
Once you get Ana it all becomes easier because of her PSI powers, again, just take her to Magicant, then she'll learn many useful powers, including Life up.

the first time I played EB0, for some reaosn I didn't got the Magicant hook, don't know if I missed the boss, or I ended up storing the item and never using it at all, but I didn't... so I couldn't teleport to magicant anytime. I still don't know how I managed to do it, it was like playing hard mode.