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Platforms
WiiU · NES · Switch
Mode
Single player
Edition
Expanded Game
Age rating
PEGI 3
Violence
Mild
Frights
None

The story

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.

  • Action
  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • ghosts
  • psychic abilities
  • multiple endings
  • artificial intelligence
  • pixel art
  • dark humor
  • pizza

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Rating
81 / 100 · 54 players
Developer
Ape
Publisher
Nintendo