Mother 1+2

Mother 1 + 2
Developer	HAL Laboratory
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Gameboy Advance
Release Date	Gameboy Advance JP June 20, 2003
Gallery	None
Rating	CERO: All Ages

Mother 1 + 2 is a compilation containing remakes of Mother and Mother 2.

Differences

Mother

• The censorship of the American prototype was added. That means no blood, crosses, or tobacco.
• A run feature was added by pressing R.
• Talking and checking can be executed by pressing L.
• The screen animates when a melody is learned.
• PSI is learned in a different order.
• Your dad doesn't tell you to hold reset when you save and quit.
• A sleep mode was added.
• Movement is more fluid.
• There's a mosaic effect when you enter battle.
• There's no "map" item.
• Battle text speed can be changed.
• Enemies can be checked.
• SMAAAASH! is always displayed in green.
• Text changes color depending on the player's condition.
• The strip club has become a shop.
• The "Repel Ring" has been added.
• The path to Magicant is different.
• The "Friendship Ring" is gone.
• The reference to Dragon Warrior has been removed.
• Check will tell you if you might be attacked.
• A scene showing everyone escaping Eve's factory was added.

Earthbound

• A bug that allowed the player to use the Exit Mouse in the Cave of the Past was fixed.
• The Shattered Men in Summers Museum disappear when Giygas is defeated.
• Several songs sound slightly different.

Legacy

Mother 1 + 2 was popular enough in Japan that it was rereleased as a Nintendo "Value Selection" game.