http://earthboundcentral.com/2012/12/itoi-announces-mother-developments/

Itoi's interest in the Mother series returned after learning about the fanbase outside Japan. Could this mean a release of Mother 3 outside Japan?

Mother will never return. She's a hopeless alcoholic who left us years ago because she decided she'd rather drink than be a mother.

Logan wrote:Mother will never return. She's a hopeless alcoholic who left us years ago because she decided she'd rather drink than be a mother.

Yes, I am a great mother.
No Smash. That series is dead.

At least it's not Metroid.

This will most likely be a release. No one said they will bring it to America. Even if they do, it won't bring back the franchise. Those who wanted to play the game already have in the form of a ROM. Yes, Japan will eat it up, but we won't. There will never be a Mother 4.