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the Mother hate didn't really start until (western) indie games started becoming popular in the mid/late 2010s.
If you could check archives of /v/ circa 2008~2010, you'd be surprised at how civil and good Mother threads were. One of the few times /v/ wasn't shitposty about something and could all gather together to enjoy something. When the Mother 3 fan translation came out it was like a /v/ golden age. Only other time /v/ was that happy about something was with Japan Time, but witjh Brawl, shitposting started quickly as soon as Melee tourneyfags started complaining and also the whole anti-Wii console war sentiment, but with Mother 3? Everyone loved the game and console wars didn't matter because PCfags could emulate GBA no problem and Sonyfags too on their PSPs.
The only problem Mother threads had back then were a few pedoposters but those were quickly told to gtfo and didn't get to ruin threads as mods actually deleted their spam.
The panorama took a 180 degree change now, most people will hate on Mother because they instantly relate it to undertale, plus there's juxtafag/insists/broke me/milque spammimg and samefagging.