Reggie Fils-Aimé says “don’t hold your breath” for more ‘Earthbound’

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Nintendo Of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has said fans shouldn’t get their hopes up about more Earthbound content.Earlier this year, the Earthbound series (or Mother as it is known outside of the West) received renewed attention after Nintendo announced that both Earthbound and its predecessor Earthbound Beginnings would be added to Switch Online’s SNES and NES apps.

Also, Earthbound character Ness has been a central figure in the Super Smash Bros. games.A third game in the series was released for the Game Boy Advance in 1995 but the title was never given an official English version despite the producers wishes.Speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast Fils-Aimé spoke about his desire as a fan to see “older franchises with a new look” like the recently released The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening game for Nintendo Switch. “I’d love to see something with Kid Icarus and a new direction there,” he continued before host Blessing mentioned Earthbound.“Oh, how long did it take until Earthbound and the Mother franchise came up,” laughed Fils-Aimé. “Don’t hold your breath,” he continued before adding “I’m not there, I don’t know what’s going on.”He went on to explain that former Nintendo CEO Mr Iwata “really understood the passion that fans had for the Mother series.

And you need to remember that it was under his watch that Earthbound Beginnings was first brought on to the Virtual Console platform.