Mother (game)

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Mother / EarthBound Beginnings

ＭＯＴＨＥＲ

Boxart of Mother.

Developer(s): APE, Inc. Publisher(s): Nintendo Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Category: turn-based role-playing Players: 1 Predecessor: N/A Successor: EarthBound

Release dates Japan: July 27, 1989

Ratings ESRB: T CERO: A

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Mother (Japanese: ＭＯＴＨＥＲ, rarely rendered マザー) is the first game in the EarthBound series, released for the Family Computer.

Despite being a Japan-exclusive release, the game was localized and primed for release by Nintendo of America, and would have been known as "Earth Bound" (note the space). Due to proximity of the end of the lifespan of the NES, it was decided that the game would not be released to North American consumers, and only a few prototype cartridges of the game exist, though years later the ROM was leaked onto the Internet. The game was later officially released for the first time outside Japan on Wii U Virtual Console under the name EarthBound Beginnings on June 14, 2015.

Changes made between the Japanese and English releases were present in the Japanese-only re-release contained in Mother 1+2, indicating that the English translation was not the work of a fan, and was an authentic Nintendo product.

Blurb

Nintendo eShop

The year is 198X. As Ninten, a young boy from Podunk with psychic powers, you must locate the eight melodies to aid the Queen of Magicant. Armed with your trusty baseball bat, you'll fight crazed hippies, zombies... and the occasional Magic Snail? Find out what's causing these strange phenomena in the first-ever US release of the EarthBound Beginnings game!

Robots are everywhere, and Ninten can't beat them alone. You'll have to team up with a colorful cast of unezpected characters–including Lloyd, Ana, and Teddy–to win intense battles with psychic attacks. PK Fire! PK Thunder! PK Freeze! Sound familiar? Well, Ninten isn't the only one with psychic powers–his companion Ana also uses offensive PSI attacks to help out in battle.

But that's just the beginning of your epic team-ups. On Ninten's journey between Magicant and Earth, you'll join forces with the Flying Men too! Have a blast exploring an abandoned zoo, saving the world, and more!

Nintendo website

The Year is 198X. As Ninten, a young boy from Podunk with psychic powers, you must locate the eight melodies to aid the Queen of Magicant. Armed with your trusty baseball bat, you’ll fight crazed hippies, zombies… and the occasional Magic Snail? Find out what’s causing these strange phenomena in the first-ever US release of the EarthBound Beginnings game!

Robots are everywhere, and Ninten can’t beat them alone. You’ll have to team up with a colorful cast of unexpected characters—including Lloyd, Ana, and Teddy—to win intense battles with psychic attacks. PK Fire! PK Thunder! PK Freeze! Sound familiar? Well, Ninten isn’t the only one with psychic powers—his companion Ana also uses offensive PSI attacks to help out in battle. But that’s just the beginning of your epic team-ups. On Ninten’s journey between Magicant and Earth, you’ll join forces with the Flying Men too! Have a blast exploring an abandoned zoo, saving the world, and more!

Story

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Gameplay

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Technical details

• Media: Family Computer cartridge, Wii U digital download.
• File size (download version): 65.9 MB
• Input: Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Remote, Classic Controller

External links

• Mother on Wikipedia
• Mother strategy guide on StrategyWiki

Main games Mother / EarthBound Beginnings • Mother 2 / EarthBound • Mother 3 Ports and remakes Mother 1+2 Other / canceled games EarthBound 64 • Nintendo GameCube prototype
Related NIWA Wikis: English  • Italian