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'''Mother''' (Japanese: '''MOTHER''', rarely rendered '''マザー'''), also known unofficially by fans as '''EarthBound Zero''', is the first game in the {{ser|EarthBound}} series, released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
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'''''Mother''''' is a role-playing game released for the [[Family Computer]] in 1989, and the first title in the {{ser|EarthBound}} series. 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). However, because the NES was reaching the end of its lifespan, it was decided that the game would not be released. Only a few prototype cartridges of the localized game exist, though years later the ROM was leaked onto the Internet. The unreleased English version was later officially released for the first time on [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] under the name '''''EarthBound Beginnings''''' during the week of E3 2015.
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==Blurb==
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===Nintendo eShop===
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''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!''
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''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.''
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''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!''
  
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.
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===Nintendo website===
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'''''EarthBound Beginnings is finally released!'''''
  
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.
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''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!''
  
==Blurb==
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''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==
 
==Story==
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The story opens on a young boy named Ninten. After his house was attacked by a poltergeist, his father sends him on an adventure to find out what is happening in the world. Ninten meets with Queen Mary in Magicant, who begs him to help her remember a song that is special to her. With the help his friends, Ana, Lloyd and Teddy, Ninten travels accross America to search for the melodies of Queen Mary's song which was scattered throughout the world. Throughout his adventure, he comes accross evidence of an extraterrestrial invasion that is posing terror to the world, with animals and people becoming hostile, inanimate objects coming to life, as well as the extraterrestrial beings themselves. Once the team learn the melodies, they sing to Queen Mary, who then remembers she used to care for a young alien named Giegue when she and her husband George were abducted, and the song was the lullaby she used to sing to Giegue. She also remembers she is Ninten's great grandmother Maria, then she vanishes and joins George in heaven.
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At the summit of Mt. Itoi, Ninten and his friends confront Giegue, the leader of the alien invasion. Giegue explainsto Ninten that his great grandmother Maria raised him, but George stole information about PSI, thus unknowingly posing the human race as a threat to his kind. The team finds that the only way to stop Giegue is to sing him Maria's lullaby. Giegue, troubled with the memories of Maria and the guilt from turning against her people, retreats to his home but not without promising his future return.
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==
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EarthBound Beginnings is a 2D RPG which is played from a top-down perspective on the overworld. Unlike many other RPGs during that time, the game takes place in a modern day setting while replacing traditional weapons like swords with average everyday items such as baseball bats. Players control the protagonist Ninten across the overworld through towns and other landmarks.
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The player will randomly encounter enemies from wandering on the overworld. In battle, they can simply perform a standard attack on the enemy , or attack through other methods. Magic in this game is replaced with psychic abilities known as PSI, which can be used offensively or for supporting purposes with a limit of PP. Battles are won by depleating the enemies' HP, however if a party member's HP reaches 0 they will faint. Upon winning battles, the team will recieve EXP points which will allow a member to level up upon reacing a specific amount, raising their stats.
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The game's currency is US dollars which can be used to by equips or medicine, it can also be used in hospitals to cure party members of any status condition. Furthermore, it can also be used to pay the fee in hotels, which are used to fully heal the party.
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==Reception==
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Before the release of EarthBound Beginnings, the game was never officially released outside of Japan. The game has received a fan translation by Clyde Mandelin (Tomato).
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==Technical details==
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{{Game Technical Details
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|media=Family Computer [[Game Pak]]<br>Digital download (Wii U)
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|gamesize=Wii U: 65.9 MB
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|input=Famicom controller<br>Wii U: [[Wii U GamePad]], [[Wii U Pro Controller]], [[Wii Remote]] [[Classic Controller]]
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}}
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==Other releases==
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{{ReleaseList/header|colorscheme=EarthBound}}
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|''[[Mother 1+2]]''
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|[[File:Mother 1and2 box.png|100px]]
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|[[Game Boy Advance]])
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|'''JP:''' June 20, 2003
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|A compilation release of both ''Mother'' and ''EarthBound''. The port of ''Mother'' in this release includes changes made to the unreleased English version of the game.}}
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{{ReleaseList/cell
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|''EarthBound Beginnings''
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|[[Wii U]] ([[Virtual Console]])
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|'''WW:''' June 14/15, 2015
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|A port of the game released as a digital download on the [[Nintendo eShop]] for Wii U, with Virtual Console emulator features. This would be the first release of the game internationally, using the English translation of the game that was never released.}}
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[[Category:EarthBound series]]
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==External links ==
[[Category:Games]]
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* {{wp|Mother (video game)|''Mother'' on Wikipedia}}
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* {{sw|Mother|''Mother'' strategy guide on StrategyWiki}}
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{{EarthBound series}}
 
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
 
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[[Category:1989 games]]
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[[Category:Nintendo games fan translated from Japanese]]

Latest revision as of 07:44, 22 March 2023

WikiBound logo.png This article is a short summary of Mother.
WikiBound features a more in-depth article.
Mother / EarthBound Beginnings
MOTHER (マザー)
Mother boxart.png
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
N. America: June 14, 2015
Japan: July 27, 1989
Europe: June 15, 2015
Ratings
ESRB: T
CERO: A
PEGI: 3
USK: 0
ACB: PG
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Mother is a role-playing game released for the Family Computer in 1989, and the first title in the EarthBound series. 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). However, because the NES was reaching the end of its lifespan, it was decided that the game would not be released. Only a few prototype cartridges of the localized game exist, though years later the ROM was leaked onto the Internet. The unreleased English version was later officially released for the first time on Wii U Virtual Console under the name EarthBound Beginnings during the week of E3 2015.

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

EarthBound Beginnings is finally released!

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

The story opens on a young boy named Ninten. After his house was attacked by a poltergeist, his father sends him on an adventure to find out what is happening in the world. Ninten meets with Queen Mary in Magicant, who begs him to help her remember a song that is special to her. With the help his friends, Ana, Lloyd and Teddy, Ninten travels accross America to search for the melodies of Queen Mary's song which was scattered throughout the world. Throughout his adventure, he comes accross evidence of an extraterrestrial invasion that is posing terror to the world, with animals and people becoming hostile, inanimate objects coming to life, as well as the extraterrestrial beings themselves. Once the team learn the melodies, they sing to Queen Mary, who then remembers she used to care for a young alien named Giegue when she and her husband George were abducted, and the song was the lullaby she used to sing to Giegue. She also remembers she is Ninten's great grandmother Maria, then she vanishes and joins George in heaven.

At the summit of Mt. Itoi, Ninten and his friends confront Giegue, the leader of the alien invasion. Giegue explainsto Ninten that his great grandmother Maria raised him, but George stole information about PSI, thus unknowingly posing the human race as a threat to his kind. The team finds that the only way to stop Giegue is to sing him Maria's lullaby. Giegue, troubled with the memories of Maria and the guilt from turning against her people, retreats to his home but not without promising his future return.

Gameplay

EarthBound Beginnings is a 2D RPG which is played from a top-down perspective on the overworld. Unlike many other RPGs during that time, the game takes place in a modern day setting while replacing traditional weapons like swords with average everyday items such as baseball bats. Players control the protagonist Ninten across the overworld through towns and other landmarks.

The player will randomly encounter enemies from wandering on the overworld. In battle, they can simply perform a standard attack on the enemy , or attack through other methods. Magic in this game is replaced with psychic abilities known as PSI, which can be used offensively or for supporting purposes with a limit of PP. Battles are won by depleating the enemies' HP, however if a party member's HP reaches 0 they will faint. Upon winning battles, the team will recieve EXP points which will allow a member to level up upon reacing a specific amount, raising their stats.

The game's currency is US dollars which can be used to by equips or medicine, it can also be used in hospitals to cure party members of any status condition. Furthermore, it can also be used to pay the fee in hotels, which are used to fully heal the party.

Reception

Before the release of EarthBound Beginnings, the game was never officially released outside of Japan. The game has received a fan translation by Clyde Mandelin (Tomato).

Technical details

Technical Details
Media

Family Computer Game Pak
Digital download (Wii U)

Download size

Wii U: 65.9 MB

Input / compatible controllers

Famicom controller
Wii U: Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Remote Classic Controller

Other releases

Title Cover art Platform Release date(s) Notes
Mother 1+2 Mother 1and2 box.png Game Boy Advance) JP: June 20, 2003 A compilation release of both Mother and EarthBound. The port of Mother in this release includes changes made to the unreleased English version of the game.
EarthBound Beginnings Wii U (Virtual Console) WW: June 14/15, 2015 A port of the game released as a digital download on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U, with Virtual Console emulator features. This would be the first release of the game internationally, using the English translation of the game that was never released.

External links


EarthBound series logo
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: WikiBound icon English WikiBound icon • WikiBound (Italian) icon Italian WikiBound (Italian) icon