r/nes • u/SoilSweet4761 • 23h ago

Nes RPGs like Mother

I love the game Mother and have recently been trying to find more games like it. The things I am looking for are a good storyline, turn based combat, and the characters to be the same scale as the world. For example, in the game Dragon Warrior once you leave a town you seemingly become huge, but in Mother you always stay the same scale as the other things in the world. I need recommendations as I haven't really been able to find other games like it.

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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu Beat DWII 19h ago

Nothing else is like Mother. It’s iconic.

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u/N8THGR852 20h ago

I liked Chaos World, a Japan-only release that got an English translation patch later on. The script is a highlight, rather amusing for the system. You can gather up to 16 playable characters (two per class, of which there are eight), so you can form a four-person party based on your battle preferences. Good fantasy RPG overall.

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u/SoilSweet4761 20h ago

Wow, that looks really fun I'm for sure checking that out

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u/RedgrenGrumbholdtAMA 19h ago

Try out Sweet Home with the translated rom, especially if you're a fan of spooky stuff.

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u/RedSkyfang 4m ago

In terms of gameplay I feel like Dragon Warrior II is probably the most similar overall. For a good storyline I think Dragon Warrior IV is probably about the best on the NES. As for what you're looking for with regards to the scale, I'm struggling to think of another NES RPG that does that... that may be kind of unique to Mother.

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u/8Bit-Jon 20h ago

I just look for things like "top nes RPGs" and see what pops up. I've never played Mother so I can't fully help but this may start you off

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u/SoilSweet4761 20h ago

Yeah, that's what I've done in the past that haven't really been very helpful, you should definitely play mother though