So I’ve been playing Earthbound lately. It’s my first go-around. A few hours in, I’m delighted and slightly bemused…
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Did you know that if you press the right buttons in the right order, you can manipulate Earthbound’s random enemies…
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At Camp Fangamer later this month, there’ll be a very special arcade cabinet in attendance: a custom arcade version…
My annual interviews with Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime are upbeat affairs. He’s always feeling good…
Lucas from Earthbound is headed to Super Smash Bros. on June 14 at 8 a.m. PDT, according to Nintendo. Maybe they’ll make another joke about Mother 3 at E3 soon, too. Read more
If you wanted to grab digital code for a copy of Earthbound with your expiring Club Nintendo points, for a while,…
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Here is a new trailer for Mother 4, the upcoming fan sequel to the much-beloved Mother trilogy that, incredibly,…
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Earthbound might be old enough to warrant the moniker "cult classic" at this point, but Nintendo's beloved SNES-era…
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You like Earthbound? The cool people at Fangamer are running a Kickstarter for a bunch of stuff including an Earthbound handbook, an album and a documentary. Back it here.
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Look, let's be straight: if you've played Earthbound, it is impossible to watch this video and not tear up a little…
Earthbound designer Shigesato Itoi sent out a fairly simple tweet: "If you go to Fukushima, you can buy peaches…
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Pop quiz! How much do you know about the cult-classic Earthbound?
On January 11, famed actress Keiko Awaji passed away in a Tokyo hospital from esophageal cancer, reports Nikkan…
Designer Christopher Behr says he spent a year on this project, which might be the most spectacular thing you'll see…
You can own a copy of Earthbound signed by creator Shigesato Itoi—the website Fangamer is putting up an auction for it on December 1. All proceeds go to James Hensiek, a big Earthbound fan who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
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The fanmade Mother 4 project now has a release window (winter 2014) and a trailer (above). It's stunning.
Via Dorkly, here's a look at what Ness's adventure is really like, from an outsider's perspective. Those poor…
There's now a lovely little message from Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi on the game's official website, and Nintendo has even created a dedicated Wii U Miiverse page for Earthbound news. Hopefully they've got some surprises coming!
How do you transform poor Lucas from Mother 3 into something completely horrifying? Tighten his body and swap his face with Wario's. The unspeakable result would be a hysterical Smash Bros. character, that's for sure. Read more
Curious how Earthbound made it to U.S. shores so long ago? In honor of last week's Wii U re-release, Wired has published an interview with Marcus Lindblom, the guy who helped localize it. Fun fact: Happy Happyists have snowballs on their hats because they looked too much like KKK members.