SNES

EarthBound

Description

In the year 199X, in the village of Onett, on the continent of Eageland...

Young Ness was asleep one night when a loud crashing noise awoke him suddenly. As he rushes out of bed and up to a nearby hill, he encounters a strange meteor, carrying a single passenger: a mysterious insect-like being named Buzz Buzz. Buzz Buzz tells him that in the future, an evil alien being known as Gigyas has conquered the world, and the only one who can stop him are 4 young kids: 3 boys and a girl. Ness, of course, is one of the chosen ones...

Ness now must find the other three children: Paula, a young girl from Twoson with remarkable psychic powers, Jeff, a mechanical genius from Winters, and Poo, the young Prince of Dahlaam. Together, these four friends have the power to defeat Gigyas and save the world from his chaotic reign!

Alternate Titles

• "MOTHER2 ギーグの逆襲" -- Japanese spelling
• "Mother 2: Revenge of Gigyas!" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Group

• Mother/EarthBound series

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User Reviews

Lightheartedly poking fun, 16-bit style	prymusferal (25)
Awesome Game	KFactor (83)
This game is pretty fun; try it out!	Quincy Phaeoile (3)
Good game, if you don't mind the kinks	Vitaliy Shalak (6)
A game different even in this era	SlapHappy (19)
Earthbound Review	Blake Smith (6)
I hate Earthbound!!!	Andrew Taylor (8)
A classic....	Andrew Douglas (10)
Greatly passes up Mother by far!	Dason Rise (20)
Sweeeeet!	Vance (97)

The Press Says

Hardcore Gaming 101	2000	9 out of 10	90
Nintendojo	Feb 28, 2004	9 out of 10	90
RPGFan	Aug 09, 2000	88 out of 100	88
Jaded Gamer, The	Aug 17, 2005	86 out of 100	86
Nintendo Land	Sep 13, 2003	85 out of 100	85
All Game Guide	2007		80
GamersMark	Aug 03, 2001	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	May, 2003	7.2 out of 10	72
GamePro	Jul, 1995	3.5 out of 5	70
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Jul, 1995	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Shigesato Itoi, the creator of Earthbound, added a few personal details to the game.

Firstly, Ness's father never appears in person. According to an article from an issue of Edge magazine(either a classic feature on Earthbound or a review of Mother 3), this was inspired by the fact that Itoi's own father was absent for a great part of his childhood.

Secondly, the dialogue of Giygas was inspired by a traumatic childhood experience where Itoi mistakenly walked into an adult movie theatre and caught a glimpse of a sex/rape scene in the 1957 movie "Kenpei and the Dismembered Beauty".