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Like Mother, Mother 3 has only a loose connection to EarthBound, starring new characters, though it does include several returning characters.

A collection of Mother and EarthBound was released in Japan under the title Mother 1 + 2 .< ref >" Buy Mother 1 2 ( Value Selection ) ( GBA )-Order Now!

In the June 2008 issue of Nintendo Power, EarthBound was revealed to be the # 1 " Readers ' Most Wanted " Virtual Console title, with Mother close behind at # 4.

Then in the July 2008 issue of Nintendo Power, EarthBound was yet again the # 1 " Readers ' Most Wanted " Virtual Console title, with the original Mother now placed in second.

* EarthBound ( Mother 2, 1994, with Keiichi Suzuki )

* Mother 3 ( EarthBound 64 ) ( cancelled, it became a Game Boy Advance title of the same name )

* Mother 3. 5 ( EarthBound 64 Add-On )

EarthBound, known in Japan as Mother, is a role-playing video game series created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo.

The series started in 1989 with the Japan-only release of Mother ( planned to be released in North America as " Earth Bound ") for the Famicom, and was then followed up by a sequel, released in North America as EarthBound for the Super NES in 1995, and followed up again 12 years later with the Japan only release of Mother 3 for the Game Boy Advance in 2006.

Mother is set in suburban USA, EarthBound is set in Eagleland ( an allusion to the United States ), and Mother 3 is set on the Nowhere Islands ( with some Western overtones ).

EarthBound ( known as Mother 2 in Japan ) is a distant sequel to the original Mother, with many characters, themes, and tunes borrowed from its predecessor.

Though Mother never saw the American marketplace, its sequel for the Super Famicom / SNES, EarthBound, did, and stars a young psychic boy by the name of Ness.

Mother 3 is the third and, according to Shigesato Itoi, possibly the final game in the EarthBound series.

is a port release of Mother and EarthBound ( Mother 2 in Japan ) of the EarthBound series for the Game Boy Advance.

Though the concept of Mother 1 + 2 was to compile two separate games into one easily accessible package, promotion focused entirely on EarthBound, much to the dismay of long-time fans, who argued that the promotional strategy was reducing the importance of the first game.

However, the version of EarthBound in Mother 1 + 2 remains the same as the original Japanese release.

* EarthBound ( series ), a role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as Mother 2 in Japan.

* Pokey Minch ( Porky Minch ), Ness ' portly, cowardly next-door neighbor in the Super Nintendo video game EarthBound ( Mother 2 ), and the Pig King in Mother 3

* EarthBound ( Mother 2 in Japan )

He is best known in the US for Nintendo's EarthBound, released in the 1990s ( released as MOTHER 2 in Japan ).

* August 27 — Nintendo releases Mother 2 for the Super Famicom in Japan, which was released almost a year later in North America on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as EarthBound.

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# REDIRECT EarthBound ( series )# Mother 1 + 2

EarthBound, originally released as in Japan, is a role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

A sequel to EarthBound for the Nintendo 64DD, titled EarthBound 64, was in development for many years before finally being canceled.

Development on EarthBound took place as a joint effort between Ape, Inc. and HAL Laboratory, Inc. and was designed by Shigesato Itoi, APE programmer Kouji Malta and HAL programmer Satoru Iwata, both of whom were the main programmers for EarthBound.

At E3 in 1997, Nintendo's main game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, speculated that the first games to be released for the new system would be SimCity 64, Mario Artist, Pocket Monsters, and EarthBound 64.

There are also rumors, according to Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, of a compilation of the three EarthBound games for the Nintendo DS, but nothing has been confirmed.

EarthBound 64 was ultimately canceled, but was revived for the Game Boy Advance as Mother 3.

* EarthBound, a role-playing game for the Super Nintendo

Composers who made a name for themselves with their software include Nobuo Uematsu ( Final Fantasy ), Koji Kondo ( Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda ), Koichi Sugiyama ( Dragon Quest ), Miki Higashino ( Gradius, Yie-Ar Kung Fu, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ), Hiroshi Miyauchi ( Space Harrier, Hang-On, Out Run ), Rob Hubbard ( Monty On the Run, International Karate ), Hirokazu Tanaka ( Metroid, Kid Icarus, EarthBound ), Martin Galway ( Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Stryker's Run, Times of Lore ), Yuzo Koshiro ( Dragon Slayer, Ys, Shinobi, ActRaiser, Streets of Rage ), Mieko Ishikawa ( Dragon Slayer, Ys ), and Ryu Umemoto ( visual novels, shoot ' em ups ).

is one of the most influential cultural figures in Japan, known for his copywriting, essays, lyrics, Nintendo game creation, and as editor-in-chief of his popular website “ Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun .” (“ Almost ” Daily Itoi News ) He is best known outside of Japan as a game designer for his work on Nintendo's EarthBound series of games, as well as his bass fishing video game.

Some of the difficulties posed by the development of EarthBound were the data restrictions imposed by the SNES cartridge size.

EarthBound is regarded by critics as one of the greatest RPGs on the SNES, as well as one of the best of the 1990s.

" Nintendojo and Gamasutra also criticized the similarities to Dragon Quest, with Gamasutra declaring EarthBound an " unabashed Dragon Quest clone ..." Despite the criticism, Gamasutra regarded the title " as one of the greatest RPGs on the SNES.

To avoid confusion, the game was dubbed EarthBound Zero by fan translation group Neo Demiforce, as Nintendo had since released the SNES sequel in the United States under the title EarthBound.

* Polestar Preschool, an area in the SNES RPG EarthBound

* Paula Polestar, a lead character in the SNES videogame, EarthBound