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{{policy|If an official English name exists, we use that. For Mother 3 we use the names from the fan translation.}} | |||
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*The first game in the series is to be referred to as " | The following should serve as the guideline for English nomenclature from the EarthBound series: | ||
**English nomenclature is to follow that of the EarthBound | |||
*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. |