NoA gives us a game where you play as a lawyer. If it's even a thought to them if Mother 3 is going to be worse than that, I will lose all faith in humanity.
I thought Electroplankton was only going to be available to purchase online, or something like that...
Yeah, yeah. The point is that they are actually bringing it here even if it is only available online.
They are probably saving the collection depending how well Mother 3 does here assuming they would bring it. Or it could be somewhat benefical if Nintendo release it as a pre-order bonus for Mother 3 or just bundle all three games as a huge collection.
I can see that happening. Some people might say that the window to release the Mother 1+2 collection has passed, but then I'd point out that NOA has given the go-ahead to localize the Tales of Phantasia GBA port that was released a good 2 years ago.
They might even consider giving the first GBA Fire Emblem a good looking-into. Well, maybe not... but that's why we have fan trans.
With the announcements of them bringing the ports FFIV-FFVI to the US audiences along with their previous published work on FFI+II Dawn of Souls and now Namco's Tales of Phantasia, it seems like Nintendo is trying to breath new life into the GBA line by turning it into an RPG handheld.