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Revision as of 18:31, 21 February 2024
| EarthBound | |
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Year released | 1994 |
| System(s) | SNES, Nintendo Power (SNES), Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch |
| Preceded by | Mother |
| Followed by | Mother 3 |
| Series | Mother |
| Japanese title | Mother 2 |
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| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Players | 1 |
| Modes | Single player |
| Rating(s) |        |
EarthBound is an RPG developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and was published by Nintendo for the Super Famicom in August 1994 in Japan, as Mother 2, and in North America in June 1995. It is a sequel to the Japanese-only Mother for the NES and, like its predecessor, is set in modern-day times, rather than the fantasy environments of its RPG contemporaries.
Development began shortly after the release of Mother, running aground several times along with the project repeatedly facing threats of cancellation; it wasn't until HAL Laboratory president Satoru Iwata stepped in that Mother 2 began to see an eventual release. Releasing to critical acclaim in Japan, Mother 2 was released in the United States under the name EarthBound and was backed up by a massive advertising campaign; the game was a critical and commercial failure, however, owning to criticism directed toward the game's off-kilter marketing campaign and its art direction amidst RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. It was only with the emergence of fan-community efforts that EarthBound regained relevancy in the US, and the game was re-released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan in March of 2013 and worldwide in July that same year before being released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in March of 2016 and for the Nintendo Switch Online service in February of 2022. In Japan, it was re-released on the Game Boy Advance along with the first game as Mother 1+2 in June of 2003. On April 20, 2006, Mother 3 was released in Japan on GBA.
In retrospect, critics praised EarthBound upon its Wii U Virtual Console rerelease, with praise being directed towards the game's humor, tone, writing, and graphics, with a general consensus that the game had aged well over the years. EarthBound is now considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time.
The game is often dubbed a "sequel" to the original Mother; in practice, however, the games largely exist as "stand alone" titles, with similar themes and storylines, but little plot or character continuity.
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The title screen.
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The Japanese box.
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The EarthBound Player's Guide, included with the game.
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A Japanese flyer.
Table of Contents
Characters
Appendices- The Beginning
- Onett
- Giant Step
- Onett Again
- Twoson
- Peaceful Rest Valley
- Happy Happy Village
- Lilliput Steps
- Threed
- Winters
- Threed Again
- Saturn Valley
- Belch's Factory
- Milky Well
- Dusty Dunes Desert
- Gold Mine
- Fourside
- Moonside
- Monkey Caves
- Monotoli Building
- Rainy Circle
- Summers
- Magnet Hill
- Pink Cloud
- Scaraba
- Pyramid
- Dungeon Man
- Deep Darkness
- Tenda Village
- Stonehenge
- Lumine Hall
- Lost Underworld
- Fire Spring
- Magicant
- Cave of the Past
- The End
