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Town Life:

The world of Mother 4 allows for a more realistic feel when it comes to the travels of our heroes. There are many more businesses the player can enter, including restaurants in which you may eat without fussing with your inventory. Hotels actually act as hotels, being a place where the party takes time to relax. At this point, the characters all do their own thing, and Chase can go out on the town alone, or with any party configuration he chooses.

In this mode, you can’t leave the town and the rest of your friends behind, but there’s a lot to discover, as there are a lot of nice little items and special deals you can stumble across if you really take the time to hit all the shops looking for the best deals. It’s good to talk to your friends and see what’s on their minds, and who knows, maybe the relationships with your party members will grow!

Day and Night:

Now, before you jump up and say real time clock!, we should tell you that this is different. While you and your party is staying at a hotel, you have to choice to venture out in the daytime, or take a chance at the night life. Venturing out at night opens up a variety of new activities that just aren’t around during the sun lit hours. However, night time isn’t all fun and games, monsters and bad guys hang out in the shadows, so watch your back!

Crowds:

One feature new to the world of MOTHER is crowds! Remember taking a walk through the streets of Fourside and wondering where all the hustle and bustle of the big city is? In MOTHER 4, we’ve added a dynamic crowd system which breathes life into otherwise deserted locales.

Lighting:

What’s nighttime without the city’s lights? When you take a trip out on the town at night, your way will be guided by street lights, neon signs, traffic lights, and more! The lighting system is much more than a simple pallet swap, (a color change, for the non-techies) lights can affect areas, leaving some places bathed in light, and others obscured, and left dark.

We hope you will enjoy these features once the game is launched! We’ve certainly put some hard work into them.

And of course:

Enjoy!