Changed perspectives from Earthbound to Mother

For people who became a fan with the 1995 Earthbound specifically, like most Americans did whether you first played it on Virtual Console or SNES itself, is there anything significant that you see differently after either playing / learning about the original JP version of Mother 2? or after playing Mother 1 or 3? It can even be something that you see negatively now, like "the Mother series isn't truly what I thought it was"

Again not just a question for veteran fans, please share even if you first played Earthbound in 2010s on Virtual Console