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EarthBound Beginnings

2015 81 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG)
EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. Though officially translated into English under the name EarthBound in 1990 complete with a variety of updates and new content, the planned release of the North American localization was ultimatel Show full summary

EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. Though officially translated into English under the name EarthBound in 1990 complete with a variety of updates and new content, the planned release of the North American localization was ultimately cancelled due to Nintendo of America ending support for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Despite this, the updates made to the game for the English localization was included in the Japanese Mother 1+2 rerelease for Game Boy Advance in 2003. The English version was finally released on the Wii U Virtual Console on June 14th, 2015, 25 years after its intended release date.

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What it is about.

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Story & context

EarthBound Beginnings follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. His adventure leads him to new friends and eventually uncovering an alien plot that must be stopped.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Ape
Publisher
Nintendo
Franchise
Earthbound
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, First person
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo Entertainment System TBD
  • Wii U Jun 15, 2015
  • Wii U Jun 14, 2015

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