EarthBound
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mother 2, Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu, Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back, Gyiyg Strikes Back
EarthBound, originally released in Japan as is a 1994 role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. (now Creatures Inc.) and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second entry in the Mother series, it follows a young boy named Ness and his party of Paula, Jeff and Poo, as they travel the world to collect melodies from eight Sanctuaries in order to defeat the universal cosmic destroyer Giygas.
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EarthBound is a role-playing game developed by HAL Laboratory and Ape, and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on August 27, 1994. Subsequent releases occurred on June 5, 1995, June 20, 2003, and March 20, 2013. The game supports single-player mode and is part of the Earthbound franchise.
The title is also available on the Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, and Super Famicom. Its genres include role-playing, turn-based strategy, and adventure. The Entertainment Software Rating Board assigned it a Teen rating. Critical reception includes a rating of 89 from 565 users and a critic score of 93 based on three reviews. RAWG lists a rating of 4.35 for the SNES version.
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Game details · IGDB
A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.
- Released
- 1994
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Earthbound
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory, Ape
- Publisher
- Nintendo
Key facts
- Video game.title
- EarthBound
- Video game.image
- EarthBound Box.jpg
- Video game.caption
- North American box art by Mike Takagi, depicting a Final Starman with Ness' reflection in its visor
- Video game.developer
- Ape Inc. HAL Laboratory
- Video game.publisher
- Nintendo
- Video game.series
- Mother
- Video game.platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Boy Advance
- Video game.released
- Mother 1+2
- Video game.genre
- Role-playing
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
- Video game.director
- Shigesato Itoi
- Video game.producer
- Shigesato Itoi Satoru IwataTsunekazu Ishihara
- Video game.designer
- Akihiko Miura
- Video game.programmer
- Satoru Iwata Kouji Malta
- Video game.artist
- Kouichi Ooyama
- Video game.writer
- Shigesato Itoi
- Video game.composer
- Keiichi Suzuki Hirokazu Tanaka
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Mother
- Director
- Shigesato Itoi
- Composer
- Hirokazu Tanaka
- Producer
- Shigesato Itoi
- Narrative location
- North America
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Official website
- earthbound.nintendo.com
Show 7 more facts
- publication date
- 2017-09-30
- characters
- Giygas
- input device
- gamepad
- Commons category
- EarthBound
- set in period
- 1990s
- set in environment
- fictional country
- title
- Earthbound
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Development
- Music
- English localization
- Reception
- Sales and promotion
- Contemporary
- Retrospective
- Legacy
- Acclaim and influence
- Fandom
- Ness
- Sequels and rereleases
- Notes
- References
- External links
EarthBound, originally released in Japan as is a 1994 role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. (now Creatures Inc.) and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second entry in the Mother series, it follows a young boy named Ness and his party of Paula, Jeff and Poo, as they travel the world to collect melodies from eight Sanctuaries in order to defeat the universal cosmic destroyer Giygas.
EarthBound had a lengthy development period that spanned five years. Its returning staff from EarthBound Beginnings (1989) included writer/director Shigesato Itoi and lead programmer Satoru Iwata, as well as composers Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, who incorporated a diverse range of styles into the soundtrack, including salsa, reggae, and dub. Most of the other staff members had not worked on the original EarthBound Beginnings, and the game came under repeated threats of cancellation until Iwata joined the team. Originally scheduled for release in January 1993, the game was completed around May 1994 and first released in Japan in August 1994, and in North America in June 1995. A port for the Game Boy Advance developed by Pax Softnica, bundled with Mother, as Mother 1+2, was released only in Japan in 2003.
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