EarthBound Beginnings

Mother (Known by some as EarthBound Zero) is a role-playing game for the NES developed by Ape Inc. and published by Nintendo. The game was released in Japan on July 27, 1989. Nintendo planned to release Mother in North America as Earth Bound, but marketing delays caused the game to fall into limbo. Mother has spawned two sequels - EarthBound (Mother 2) and Mother 3.