User blog comment:JDtheLuigiFan/Ness? Where the heck r u?/@comment-12846745-20140114043232/@comment-7697305-20140114224900

Dunno, there's been a relatively well-known fan translation of Mother 3 floating around for at least a few years now (which has actually been offered to Nintendo for free by the project lead). Considering how there are a few LPs of the game which have probably helped its visibility in the US as well, I think you may be underestimating the size of the western audience of the series.

(Also, as was mentioned: EarthBound (that is, Mother 2) is now available on the WiiU virtual console. That video is not necessarily up to date.)