Talk:Mother (video game series)

Requested move 10 August 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 02:58, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Mother (video game series) → Earthbound (series) – similar to how the seiken densetsu series article is called the mana series on wikipedia and famicom is called NES on Wikipedia, let's call it by its international name for consistency. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 21:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose No valid rationale given. EarthBound refers to only two of the 5 releases of the series: The original localization of MOTHER 2, and the much later localization of MOTHER 1 (which, EarthBound Beginnings is detailed at Mother (video game), as appropriate). Mother 1+2 and MOTHER 3 were released under original titles internationally. Reliable sourcing, such as IGN, refer to the series as Mother, as does [Nintendo Life https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/11/shigesato_itoi_on_the_mother_series_popularity_denies_mother_4?]. Sources do alternate some, but it's clear that the predominate title of the series and it's games is Mother. -- ferret (talk) 22:06, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose The franchise is usually known as the Mother franchise, not the EarthBound franchise. It is the clear COMMONNAME. QuicoleJR (talk) 22:18, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose move. Owing to the non-localization of Mother 3, the trilogy is typically known as Mother overseas.  O.N.R.  (talk) 01:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Mother" is arguably the most common name for the series, even in the English language. Unlike Seiken Densetsu 3, Mother 3 was never given an English name after the fact, as it was never localized, so it would pretty much never be called "EarthBound 2" despite that presumably being what its English name would be. While Mother 1 got localized eventually, it's a pretty minor and obscure game in comparison.. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix!
Hello @Mikeblas, thanks for fixing what I couldn't do with that note. I thought I should say that I didn't have anything to do with adding any references, they were just there when I made my edits and as a passerby I was unsure of what else to do. Have a good day! Carlinal (talk) 18:47, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Happy to help! -- Mikeblas (talk) 18:50, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

"Starman Deluxe" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Mother Characters
Hello! Since I am not an administrator, I am not at liberty to create a page. Therefore, I can only request: could a Mother characters please be made? The series features such a diverse roster of characters that I feel it would be inadequate to not cover them. Thank you for your time. NintenBOUND (talk) 19:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * You do not need to be an administrator to create an article—see Help:Your first article. This said, an article likely doesn't exist on this topic because Mother characters, as a set, do not have significant coverage in multiple, reliable, independent sources separate from the series. I.e., it's sufficient to cover them within the scope of the existing articles. czar  01:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)