/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1476982

It's the same game, in fact it was slightly worse audio.
People often reccommend the GBA version because of the fan translation made by the Mother 3 dude, which is better than the official, unreleased NOA version ("Earthbound Zero", the one you probably played). And also because there's an "Easy Ring" item hack that doubles your exp and makes random encounters easier, but I believe you can get something like this in some hacked rom of the nes version too.

Mother 2 > Mother > Mother 3

Mother 3 is a great game, but it doesn't really feel like it belongs in the same series. It's very story focused, and often quite dark. The entire atmosphere of the game isn't nearly as charming as the first two games are.

Earthbound
Super Metroid
Super Mario RPG

Pretty generic really. Umihara Kawase and Magical Pop'n get mentions.