I love this idea. I'll definitely try to put something good together.

Very nice. You are really good with tilesets. I like the rounder style that you've taken with the characters, although I think that you should still include those whitish spikes sticking out of the Mother Brain.

My only other comment/criticism is that I can't figure out what the redish guy in the first pic is. My first guess would be a Reo (those swooping, moth-like things), but they tend to be more yellow and green.

Although I can estimate a few things from these pictures, I actually don't really know anything about C64 restrictions. Would you be able to post/link to something that could enlighten me and anyone else who's curious?

Maybe it's just my optimism, but I think that they may be holding back something bigger for later. It just seems like something they would do.

I so called it... sort of. A new Pikmin game was announced a couple of hours ago. It would've been nice if we got some details though.

Here. Some of the original sprites for comparison purposes. There really wasn't much to the fighting dialogue in the original, so he's taking the Mother 2 approach with the character status boxes.

I can't think of any really good crits right now, although doesn't the lamp have some sort of face in the original? Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong. Either way, I definitely prefer yours to the originals, so good work.

I've never actually played earthbound. Not sure what everyone likes about that game, looked too simplistic for my tastes.

You should really try it. I didn't get too far into the original Mother because I don't understand Japanese and Earthbound Zero doesn't work on my emulator, but from what I've played of the sequel, I actually love everything about the game other than the graphics (which seems to me as valid a reason as any for someone to redo them). Earthbound travels between extremes, starting as one of the lightest, happiest RPGs I've played, and ending on (what is, in my opinion) the creepiest final boss of any game of any genre ever. The series broke the RPG mold, getting rid of the swords and dragons in almost all previous RPGs and replacing them with everyday weapons like frying pans and ridiculous enemies like the "New Age Retro Hippie" and the "Bionic Kraken". It has no random battles, which are easily my least favourite part of RPGs, and is just a really endearing game overall. Also, the plot and some of the characters are pretty great, and the game has some really interesting twists. I highly recommend at least giving it a shot.