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EarthBound, released in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū, [nb 2] [1] [2] is a 1994 role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as the second entry in the Mother series.
Mother [a] (known as EarthBound outside Japan) is a video game series that consists of three role-playing video games: Mother (1989), known as EarthBound Beginnings outside Japan, for the Family Computer; Mother 2 (1994), known as EarthBound outside Japan, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System; and Mother 3 (2006) for the Game Boy Advance.
[1] 1UP.com described the site as "the definitive fan community for EarthBound on the web" [11] and Shacknews called it the fan community's "one-stop" resource for a decade. [1] Though EarthBound was more obscure at the time, the site quickly grew in popularity and featured "constant updates" and a burgeoning community by 1999.
EarthBound was followed by the Japan-only sequel Mother 3 for the Game Boy Advance in 2006. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of EarthBound ' s U.S. release, Mother was released globally as EarthBound Beginnings for the Wii U Virtual Console in June 2015, and was released alongside EarthBound for Nintendo Switch Online in February 2022.
PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox 360 Remake of the original game. [272] Kingdom Hearts: 2002 PlayStation 2 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix: 2013 PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch HD remaster. [273] Kingdom Hearts II: 2005 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix: 2014 [274] Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: 2009 Nintendo DS Kingdom Hearts HD ...
The character serves as the main antagonist and final boss of Mother and its sequel, Mother 2/EarthBound. In the series, he invades Earth in an attempt to wipe out humanity in Mother, and returns in EarthBound where he conquers the world and sends his forces into the past to prevent protagonist Ness from defeating him. The battle against Giygas ...
Ness is the protagonist of EarthBound, the second game in the three-part Mother series. He was created by Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the Mother series, who intended the game to have real characters whom players would recognize in the people around them. [2]
Multiple critics wrote that Mother 3 was one of the best role-playing games for the Game Boy Advance. [5] [53] [56] GamePro 's Jeremy Signor listed it among his "best unreleased Japanese role-playing games" for its script and attention to detail. [57] Tim Rogers posited that Mother 3 was "the closest games have yet come to literature." [58]