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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mother (video game)|EarthBound Beginnings]]''

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|Also known as ''{{vg|Mother}}'', ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]'' is the first game to be released in the ''EarthBound'' series. It follows the adventures of [[Ninten]], [[Lloyd]], [[Ana]], and [[Teddy]] trying to find the [[Eight Melodies]] scattered across [[America]] in order to subdue the evil alien [[Giygas]] and his intentions of destroying all human life on Earth. It was released in Japan on July 27th, 1989. After an official English localization (''Earth Bound'') was completed in 1990 but never saw its initial release in 1991, it was released via the Virtual Console service on the Wii U on June 14, 2015, under the official title "''EarthBound Beginnings''".

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[EarthBound]]''

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|Also known as ''Mother 2'', ''[[EarthBound]]'' is the sequel to ''Mother'' in which four children of prophecy, [[Ness]], [[Paula]], [[Jeff]] and [[Poo]] (The Chosen Four), team up to defeat the power-corrupted [[Giygas]] and save the universe from eternal darkness. Released on August 27th, 1994 in Japan, it is also the only game to be physically released outside of Japan by Nintendo, releasing in North America on June 2nd, 1995. Following a March 20th, 2013 re-release on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console, it was released internationally for the Wii U Virtual Console service on July 18th, 2013, marking the first time the series was ever released officially in PAL regions.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mother 3]]''

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|The final game in the ''Mother'' series, ''[[Mother 3]]'' follows the adventures of another group of heroes, including [[Lucas]], [[Kumatora]], [[Duster]], and Lucas' dog [[Boney]] as they attempt to save the [[Nowhere Islands]] from a strange [[Pigmask Army|pig-themed army]]. It was released on April 20, 2006 in Japan; however, it was never released anywhere else. Despite its Japan-only release, a fan translation was created. Since Mother 3's release, it has seen a very strong fan effort to try to get the game released outside of Japan. It was re-released on December 17, 2015 on the Virtual Console for the Wii U, though only in Japan.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mother 1+2]]''

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|''Mother 1+2'' is a port of the Japanese versions of ''EarthBound Beginnings'' and ''EarthBound'' on the Game Boy Advance, containing various tweaks to audio and graphics to suit the Game Boy Advance's style, screen size, and hardware limitations. While the ''Mother'' port is a near-exact Japanese translation of the English "''Earth Bound''" version, the ''Mother 2'' port has minimal graphic and audio changes. It was released in Japan on June 20th, 2003 to hype players for the release of ''Mother 3''. It was never released outside of Japan, likely due to the original ''Mother'' being unreleased outside of Japan at the time.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[EarthBound 64]]''

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|''EarthBound 64'', or ''Mother 3: Fall of the Pig King'' is an unreleased version of ''Mother 3'' for the Nintendo 64, originally planned to be the primary version of the game until the title's cancellation. While the development cycle was initially plagued with problems, as creator Shigesato Itoi and his development team were unfamiliar with programming 3D graphics; the project's development improved exponentially as the team received outside help with programming the game. Despite development progressing at a smooth and steady pace, the game was ultimately cancelled on August 22nd, 2000, due to further developmental progress potentially taking away needed resources from the Nintendo GameCube's development. The project was ultimately revived for the Game Boy Advance and released in 2006 as ''Mother 3''.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Untitled EarthBound game (Nintendo GameCube)]]''

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|In the Summer of 2003, the director of ''{{wp|Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean}}'', Yasuyuki Honne, met with Satoru Iwata and Shigesato Itoi to discuss making an ''EarthBound'' game for the Nintendo GameCube, with {{wp|Namco}} as the developer. The concept art that Honne brought with him depicted the game's graphics being made entirely out of a felt art style, with the protagonist of the game being Ness. While Itoi was not interested in developing the project, he grew to like the 1980s felt recreation of America by the end of the proposition.

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