Fanmade EarthBound remake gets its second "Video Relaxant" update video

The fanmade remake of the cult classic, EarthBound, has gotten its second Video Relaxant update yesterday.

The fan remake, titled Mother², is a remake of EarthBound for the SNES that's been in development for some years now, with trailers and video updates being released in either the Mother Direct events or on their own Mother² YouTube channel, with the first Video Relaxant update video being mode 2 years ago.

The fan game is being developed on the Godot engine, and the artstyle for the game closely resembles that of Mother 3, with its more detailed sprites, maps and menus. The remake also adds a lot of Quality of Life improvements to the original EarthBound mechanics aside from the graphical overhaul that the game is receiving in the Mother 3 style, as well as a completely remastered soundtrack, amongst many other things.

In the most recent Video Relaxant 2 update video, the development team goes over some of the new features since the last update and some of the recently finalized aspects of the game:

• Some pending areas have been completed, like Belch's Factory, Lost Underworld, Dusty Dunes and Saturn Valley, to name a few.

• Some NPC has been reworked.

• New animations have been added to add more flare to certain events in the game, or even to small actions to give the game more life.

• The battle system received some additions. The flee system has been added, as well as the surprise attacks, Prayer animations, PSI animations being redone, battle items.

• Battle stats have been fully implemented, this means Offense, Defense, Guts, Speed, IQ, Vitality and Luck now have all their effects coded in, and this puts a wrap to the combat system for the remake.

• Brand new menu styles, allowing for customizing the UI, inspired by both Mother 2 (EarthBound) and Mother 3.

• Initial support for translating or localizing the game into other languages has been added, with an initial Japanese script being added into the game.

• Added certain phone features, like Escargo Express, Mach Pizza, and the new addition of Punk-Sure, which delivers bikes to the party.

• All party members can ride their own bikes, which wasn't possible in the original EB. The new bikes go faster than the running speed of the party.

• Boss rush has been added, with a surprise at the end of it.

Video's description said:

Enjoy another relaxing video update on how development on the project has been progressing!

This is an educational community project and is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way connected with Nintendo of America, Inc., SHIGESATO ITOI, HAL Laboratory Inc., Nintendo Co. LTD, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. Development footage is shown and is subject to change. Please support Hobonichi and Nintendo by playing EarthBound via Nintendo Switch Online.

Narration by TragicManner and Th1rd.
Thumbnail art by Nicoguer.
"Shape of Mother" image courtesy of scrmbl.
Motherish font by Curiomatic.

This wraps up the fan game's update video. The development team also mentions that this will be the final update video for the fan game.
Additionally, the team also mentions that several playtesters have already finished several playthroughs of the game from start to finish.

For those interested in following this fanmade remake, make sure to follow the Mother² YouTube channel, their X profile, or visit the Mother² Discord server as well to follow development more closely.

Translators/Localizers interesting in contributing to the project for the newly added language support can also drop in to help with other languages being available for the game.

➡️ Mother² YouTube Channel
➡️ Mother²

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