EarthBound is a series of turn-based role-playing games created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo. In Japan, the series is known as Mother and began with the release of the Japan-only Famicom game called Mother.
Shigesato Itoi stated in an interview that the name of the franchise, Mother, derived from the John Lennon song Mother.
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Mother 3 (2006)
Developed by HAL Laboratory, Nintendo, Brownie Brown for GBA
Mother 3 is a role-playing game developed by HAL Laboratory, Nintendo, Brownie Brown and released on Game Boy Advance.4.735 -
Mother 1+2 (2003)
Developed by HAL Laboratory, Nintendo, Ape for GBA
Mother 1+2 is a role-playing game developed by HAL Laboratory, Nintendo, Ape and released on Game Boy Advance.4.885 -
EarthBound (1994)
Developed by HAL Laboratory, Nintendo, Ape for SNES
Earthbound is a Japanese RPG in which you play a young boy named Ness in a modern setting. As Ness, you'll gather other young adventurers and set out on a quest to save the world from an evil alien named Giygas. Along the way, Ness and friends discover their abilities to utilize psychic powers to battle monsters and people corrupted by Giygas' influence.4.355
EarthBound Brainwaves
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5th June, 0 replies
Lucas Joins Super Smash Bros. on June 14th
Lucas from the Mother/Earthbound franchise will be joining Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U on June...
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1st May, 0 replies
EarthBound Creator Says Another EarthBound is "Impossible"
Unfortunately for EarthBound fans, there won't be another game in the series. According to these Japanese...
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21st April, 0 replies
Fans Offer MOTHER 3 Translation to Nintendo for Free
After news this week broke that Nintendo will bring EarthBound to the Wii U Virtual Console in the west...



