The trouble with buying them legally is you can't mod them. Well, I guess you could buy it and then just to find a ROM and hack that and be morally in the clear

The trouble with buying them legally is you can't mod them. Well, I guess you could buy it and then just to find a ROM and hack that and be morally in the clear. Mother is basically unplayable in 2015. The encounter rate is beyond ridiculous. I'm a little surprised they released it unmodified. Shortly before the official Nintendo release this year, someone put out a great hack that makes the game actually enjoyable. If you're going to play Mother, play this version. https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th-Anniversary-Edition/page/1/ https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th... Earthbound is pretty good unmodified, but there are hacks around that make the game more playable.