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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.
EarthBound was released on June 5, 1995, in North America. [35] The game sold about 140,000 units in the United States, [37] for a total of approximately 658,000 units sold worldwide. EarthBound ' s poor sales in the west were attributed to its satirical marketing campaign, based on gross-out humor. [38] [39] [40] [41]
A separate Mother 4, in development as of late 2021, including elements like rolling hit point counters, rhythm-based attacks, and an art style derivative of the series [43] Mother Squared, a remake of the SNES EarthBound in an open source game engine, as of 2023 [44] EarthBound Dimensions, a 3D reimagining of EarthBound, as of 2021 [45]
Reviewers noted the game's similarities with the Dragon Quest series and its simultaneous "parody" of the genre's tropes. [3] [4] They thought the game's sequel, EarthBound, to be very similar [4] [62] and a better implementation of Mother 's gameplay ideas. [3] Critics also disliked the game's high difficulty level and balance issues. [3] [4 ...
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]
Mother 3 [a] is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance.It is the third and final entry in the Mother series.
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 ...
[4] [5] [6] The EarthBound fan community anticipated a sequel, and a North American release of Mother 3 was announced as EarthBound 64. [7] Nintendo displayed a playable version of the game at its Space World 1999 trade show, where IGN described the development's progress as "very far along" [8] and half complete.