Quote Originally Posted by Jack_Burton_BYOAC View Post
Yes, of course. However, that's why added "clear conscience imo" at the bottom of my post. Some people hold back from playing the game via Snes9x-gx on their Wii because they believe in only playing games which they legally own.

If you buy the Mother 2 on VC you legally own a copy of the game, and you can go ahead and download Earthbound without any mental reservations about doing so.

Now, there's heavy disclaimer here:

It would still be illegal. When you buy Mother 2 on VC you have the right to play Mother 2 on VC and nothing else. You can't legally download Earthbound, you can't even download a Mother 2 ROM to play on your PC.

However, from an ethical standpoint I feel you've literally "paid your dues" to the developer by purchasing the VC version.
What good would doing that accomplish? Why would Nintendo bother to release the game here at all if they still get the money anyway? I would think refusing to pay for a copy until it gets a legitimate release here would better convince them to have it localized for North America, assuming there's enough demand for it here.