Oddity (video game)

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Oddity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Oddity is an upcoming role-playing video game. Its development was first announced in 2008 as Mother 4, an unofficial fangame in Nintendo's Mother series. Over the course of development, the game removed its ties to the series and rebranded as its own entity in early 2020. It has no set release date.

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]

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 in March 2008, fans announced that they would be developing their own entry 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, the game was retitled Oddity with no formal relation to the Mother series. It has no set release date.[6]

The development team has not provided updates since December 2020.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Haas, Pete (August 19, 2013). "Mother 4 Trailer Teases Fan-Made Sequel". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  2. ^ a b 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 July 14, 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 July 19, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Mangione, Robert (June 6, 2015). "Mother 4 fangame delayed again". TechnologyTell. Archived from the original on June 16, 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 15, 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. ^ Walker, Ian (November 30, 2021). "Someone Is Trying To Make Mother 4 Again And It Looks Great". Kotaku. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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