Earthbound is officially out on the Wii U's virtual console as of last Thursday, and now a whole new generation of…
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Today, out of nowhere, Nintendo decided to release Earthbound on the Wii U eShop, so I sat down with Earthbound fan…
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Surprise! Nintendo has just announced that Earthbound is out on the Wii U's Virtual Console today. It'll cost you…
At long last, EarthBound is coming to the Wii U's Virtual Console later this year, but if you can't wait, and you…
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The following is an excerpt from Earthbound, Ken Baumann's upcoming book about Nintendo's cult classic 1994 RPG.
You can read plenty of books about video games, but there aren't many books all about one individual video game.…
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For years, players have been begging Earthbound (aka Mother in Japan) creator Shigesato Itoi for a new game. He's…
Mother 2, or Earthbound, is finally coming to the West once more courtesy of the Wii U's Virtual Console. Mother 3,…
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For quite a few years now, people have theorized that Nintendo would never re-release Earthbound in the United…
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FINALLY. Nintendo is bringing the beloved RPG Earthbound to the Wii U's Virtual Console this year.
There's something to be said about simplicity in design. Some of the most compelling, memorable character designs…
Over the years, there have been many games released in Japan only. Of these, a small number have gone on to become…
This past week saw the release in Japan of Earthbound(Mother 2) on the Wii U’s virtual console.
This Sunday, I spent about an hour delving through the past 24 hours of messages on the Mother 2 MiiVerse page that…
As part of the Famicon's (Nintendo Entertainment System's) 30th anniversary in Japan, Nintendo has been releasing…
Fun fact: Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata was one of the main programmers on Mother 2 (aka Earthbound) for the SNES.…
Wednesday's PlayStation 4 event showed us what next-gen graphics are capable of, so if you had any doubts that game…