In an interview with GameSpot, Nintendo of America president talked about the fan outcry for both Mother 3’s western release and a new game in the Metroid series, and gave a pretty interesting response.

In fact, Reggie kind of joked about the fan requests, saying:

Oh, so earlier today I got asked about Mother 3; maybe you can ask me about Metroid.

However, he the then got serious, saying:

Look, again, I am proud as an executive with Nintendo to say that we look at all of the boards and all of the comments and we really have a good understanding of what our consumers want. And believe me, we take that to heart as we work to create content. So I have nothing to announce–here. But we are aware that there are some key IP that consumers just can’t wait for the next true installment in that franchise’s legacy. Suffice it to say, we’re aware of it, and talk to me in a year and let’s look back and see what’s happened.

This is a far cry from Nintendo of America’s previous comments on Mother 3, which have ranged from no comment to jokes about burning fans alive for asking. Hopefully, this means that the classic JRPG will be coming west on the Switch.