Oddity (video game)

Oddity is an upcoming role-playing video game. Originally developed as an unofficial fangame in the Mother series in between 2008 and 2010, over the course of development, the game no longer has ties to the series, rebranding it in 2020 to Oddity. It has no set release date.

Oddity
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The game takes place in Pleiades, a fictional country based on the United States, during the early 1970s, as a boy named Travis Fields leaves his town of Belring to join three other characters, Meryl, Floyd, and Leo, to uncover the mystery surrounding the "Modern Men".[1] Its music and visuals are similar in style to the Mother series.[1]

The game's combat appears to be take some elements from multiple Nintendo role-playing games, such as turn-based combat, the rolling HP meter, and use of action commands in attacks.[1]

Development

Near the end of its development, Mother series creator Shigesato Itoi announced that Mother 3 (2006) would be the last entry in the series.[2] While fans of the series pressured Nintendo for a sequel, the company was not interested and fans began to develop their own entry in October 2010 as Mother 4.[3] In a preview of the game, Kotaku described the fangame as visually stunning and true to the series, from its environment design to music,[2] with a new nine-track soundtrack.[1] The game was originally expected for release in late 2014, but was delayed several times.[4][5] In 2015, the development team consisted of eight members working part-time,[4] on a voluntary basis without compensation.[1] Mother 4 was planned as a standalone game, with no emulator required,[1] for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux at no cost.[4]

In 2017, the team announced that the title was no longer a fangame, and in 2020, announced the game as Oddity with no formal relation to the Mother series. It has no set release date.[6] In January 2020, a teaser was revealed for Oddity.[7]

References
  1. Haas, Pete (August 19, 2013). "Mother 4 Trailer Teases Fan-Made Sequel". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  2. Schreier, Jason (August 19, 2013). "Oh Jeez, The Fan-Made Mother 4 Looks Amazing, And It's Out Next Year". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  3. Plunkett, Luke (October 19, 2010). "Mother 4 In Development (By Fans, Not Nintendo)". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. Mangione, Robert (June 6, 2015). "Mother 4 fangame delayed again". TechnologyTell. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  5. Plunkett, Luke (November 12, 2014). "Fan-Made Mother 4 Delayed, Still Looks Awesome". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  6. Jackson, Gita (January 2, 2020). "The 'Mother 4' Fan Game Is Now Called Oddity, Still Looks Amazing". Kotaku. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  7. Gerblick 2020-01-02T23:45:13Z, Jordan. "The Mother 4 fan project is officially named Oddity - here's the new trailer". gamesradar. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.