The cult classic available in Europe for the first time!.With a deeply engaging storyline, a richly detailed world and a wealth of unique features, EarthBound is an in-depth role-playing epic. He will be aided in his mission by three friends, and only by using their abilities and powers together do they stand a chance against the mighty Giygas! Ness will have to travel across the world after meeting with a strange alien in order to prevent Giygas, the Universal Cosmic Destroyer, from annihilating everything and everyone. When a meteorite hits the Earth near to Ness’ house, the brave young man sets off to investigate, but little does he know that he’s about to begin an epic adventure that will change his life… oh, and he might just save the universe in the process! Details on a subscription can be found here.The adventure that re-defined roleplaying games on Super Nintendo touches down in Europe for the first time. Hopefully if Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings gain traction on the Switch, we could see Nintendo finally give us Mother 3.īoth Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings are available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Unfortunately, it never go ta release in North America over fears that it wouldn’t sell well. It was developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and released in Japan in 2006 where it sold incredibly well. The project was revived years later for Game Boy Advance along with a combined cartridge with ports of Mother 1 + 2. We got close back in the 90’s with the announcement of Earthbound 64, but the game wound up in development hell and was ultimately canceled altogether. What we really wanted was a localized version of Mother 3, which we’ve actually never gotten. Of course, being Nintendo fans, we’re never quite fully satisfied - especially when it comes to the release of classics.

Earthbound Beginnings actually didn’t come to North America until 2015 when it was released for the Wii U Virtual Console. It’s a localized version of the original Famicom Mother game (the very first game in the series). Unfortunately, the game sold poorly in America, but over the years it has become a cult classic with retrospective reviews praising its oddball humor and range of emotions.Įarthbound Beginnings actually the predecessor to Earthbound. It didn’t come to North America until a year later. and HAL Laboratory and released in Japan in August 1994 as Mother 2.

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