Sorry, but when they say "Vote for ___ games this month!", it sounds like "We know you all want Mother. So let's change the topic!" Even though it sounds like they can't influence or speculate on a future Mother release, I just wish they'd push it a bit more. Maybe say "We agree with our readers and eagerly anticipate the day when we can return to Eagleland. Our frothing demand for Mother increases."
By the way, I bought Secret of Mana from the Virtual Console, but haven't had time to play it because of classes and so forth. That's probably worse than not owning it, because it's always there, tempting you. Oh sure, sit down for a spell... then it's 3 AM the next morning and you haven't studied for that exam.
Wonder if Snake Rattle N Roll has any chance of being on the Virtual Console, despite being a Rare title.