<P> Mother 3 was a critical and commercial success upon release . Critics generally praised the game 's graphics , music , and story , but believed that the gameplay offered few innovations to the role - playing genre . The game was never released outside Japan , though an unofficial English fan translation was released by the Starmen.net internet community in October 2008 . On December 17 , 2015 , the game was released for the Japanese Virtual Console on the Wii U . </P>
<P> Mother 3 was a critical and commercial success upon release . Critics generally praised the game 's graphics , music , and story , but believed that the gameplay offered few innovations to the role - playing genre . The game was never released outside Japan , though an unofficial English fan translation was released by the Starmen.net internet community in October 2008 . On December 17 , 2015 , the game was released for the Japanese Virtual Console on the Wii U . </P>
when will mother 3 be released in america
when will mother 3 be released in america
December 17 , 2015
December 17 , 2015