In ways, this game is a classic.

User Rating: 8 | Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu SNES
By darksongbird | Review Date:
The characters are somewhat special and the music at its best is very good. Some battle music (and battles themselves) get very repetitive after a while with the same old same old, especially if you're in an area for too long. But it's an RPG. That might be a bit expected.

The most priceless part about this game is probably the dialogue. It's amazing. I am currently watching The Mother Marathon and wish that they would just slow down a bit when it comes to some text so we can read it all.

But I've played this game before so I already know some of it.
What else? There are four main characters, Ness, your average, silent protagonist from Onett, the keen magician in training, Paula from Twoson, the great mechanic and Bottle Rocket Launcher (those things rock), Jeff from Winters and last but certainly not least, Poo the Prince from Dallam in the far east, who eventually wields some killer ninja star magic.

Another huuuuge highlight in the game is its quirkiness. There are jokes here and there, some hideous characters (Piggy anyone?) and just all around weird things occurring all too often.

I really can't say enough about it. But I think I'm in the minority when I say that when things get hard, they get hard. And playing through this game while interesting is a bit long and I don't think it has THAT much replay value. That's probably why the score isn't perfect like everyone else's.

It's not without its faults, but this game from '95 is a gem if I ever knew one.

Now if they'd only bring Mother 1 and Mother 3 to the U.S....

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