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The '''''EarthBound''''' series, also known as the '''''Mother''''' series in Japan, is a series of role-playing video games published by [[Nintendo]]. There are three games in the series. ''[[Mother (video game)|EarthBound Beginnings]]'', ''[[EarthBound]]'', and ''[[Mother 3]]'' have been released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Game Boy Advance respectively. Only Mother 3 has been released exclusively in Japan. ''Beginnings'' was released in Japan in 1989, and was re-released in the west on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. ''[[EarthBound]]'' was released in North America in 1994, and re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013. ''[[Mother 3]]'' was released in Japan in 2006, and has yet to gain a western release. Characters, music, weapons, and locations from the series also appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series, with Ness and Lucas being playable characters. | |enname=EarthBound | ||
|jpkana=マザー | |||
|jptrans=MOTHER | |||
|image=EarthBound logo.png | |||
|size=300px | |||
|caption=International logo of the EarthBound franchise | |||
|image2=Mother series logo.png | |||
|caption2=Japanese logo | |||
|system=[[Famicom]]</br>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</br>[[Game Boy Advance]] | |||
|genre={{wp|Role Playing Game}} | |||
|rating= T (ESRB) | |||
|publisher=[[Nintendo]] | |||
|developer=[[Ape Inc.]]</br>[[HAL Laboratory]]</br>[[Brownie Brown]] | |||
}} | |||
The '''''EarthBound''''' series, also known as the '''''Mother''''' series in Japan ('''マザー''' ''MOTHER''), is a series of role-playing video games published by [[Nintendo]]. There are three games in the series. ''[[Mother (video game)|EarthBound Beginnings]]'', ''[[EarthBound]]'', and ''[[Mother 3]]'' have been released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Game Boy Advance respectively. Only Mother 3 has been released exclusively in Japan. ''Beginnings'' was released in Japan in 1989, and was re-released in the west on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. ''[[EarthBound]]'' was released in North America in 1994, and re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013. ''[[Mother 3]]'' was released in Japan in 2006, and has yet to gain a western release. Characters, music, weapons, and locations from the series also appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series, with Ness and Lucas being playable characters. | |||
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==Franchise history== | |||
The series was created by an influential Japanese copywriter, actor, and minor television celebrity named [[Shigesato Itoi]], who took part in Nintendo's video game industry in the late 1980s. After forming his own subsidiary [[Ape]] with then-Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, he began working on the franchise starting with {{vg|Mother}}, later released internationally as [[EarthBound Beginnings]]. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
The gameplay of the series involves the player traveling through an overworld screen. They can travel in any direction, provided the path isn't blocked, and will be challenged by enemies, most of which will move toward the player. A new screen appears in fight, with there being many options. Also listed is the amount of HP the character has left. If they beat the enemy, the fight will end and the game will return to the overworld screen. | The gameplay of the series involves the player traveling through an overworld screen. They can travel in any direction, provided the path isn't blocked, and will be challenged by enemies, most of which will move toward the player. A new screen appears in fight, with there being many options. Also listed is the amount of HP the character has left. If they beat the enemy, the fight will end and the game will return to the overworld screen. | ||
