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The following should serve as the guideline for English nomenclature from the Mother series:
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*The first game in the series is to be referred to as "{{vg|Mother}}" for all purposes except for distinguishing among the original Japanese version ("Mother"), the American prototype's ROM ("Earth Bound" or "EarthBound Zero"), and the Japanese re-release ("Mother 1+2").
The following should serve as the guideline for English nomenclature from the EarthBound series:
**English nomenclature is to follow that of the EarthBound Zero American protoype ROM, as translated by Phil Sandhop.
 
*The first game in the series is to be referred to as "[[EarthBound Beginnings]]" for all purposes except for distinguishing among the original Japanese version ("Mother"), the American prototype's ROM ("Earth Bound" or "EarthBound Zero"), said ROM's Wii U Virtual Console release ("EarthBound Beginnings"), and the Japanese GBA re-release ("Mother 1+2").
**English nomenclature is to follow that of the EarthBound Beginnings Wii U VC release, as translated by Phil Sandhop.
*The second game in the series is to be referred to as "[[EarthBound]]" for all purposes except for distinguishing among the original Japanese version ("Mother 2"), the American release ("EarthBound"), and the Japanese re-release ("Mother 1+2").
*The second game in the series is to be referred to as "[[EarthBound]]" for all purposes except for distinguishing among the original Japanese version ("Mother 2"), the American release ("EarthBound"), and the Japanese re-release ("Mother 1+2").
**Again, English nomenclature is to follow that of the commercially available EarthBound release.
**Again, English nomenclature is to follow that of the commercially available EarthBound release.
*The third game in the series (GBA) is to be referred to as "[[Mother 3]]" for all purposes.
*The third game in the series (GBA) is to be referred to as "[[Mother 3]]" for all purposes.
**English nomenclature is to follow that of the most up-to-date version of the [http://mother3.fobby.net/ Mother 3 fan translation] (at the time of this being written, version 1.1).
**English nomenclature is to follow that of the most up-to-date version of the [http://mother3.fobby.net/ Mother 3 fan translation] (at the time of this being written, version 1.2).
*The planned third game in the series (N64) is to be referred to as "[[EarthBound 64]]" for all purposes except for distinguishing from the planned Japanese title ("Mother 3").
*The planned third game in the series (N64) is to be referred to as "[[EarthBound 64]]" for all purposes except for distinguishing from the planned Japanese title ("Mother 3").

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