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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

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User Reviews

Lightheartedly poking fun, 16-bit style prymusferal (25) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Awesome Game KFactor (83) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
This game is pretty fun; try it out! Quincy Phaeoile (3) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Good game, if you don't mind the kinks Vitaliy Shalak (6) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
A game different even in this era SlapHappy (19) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Earthbound Review Blake Smith (6) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
I hate Earthbound!!! Andrew Taylor (8) 0.6 Stars0.6 Stars0.6 Stars0.6 Stars0.6 Stars
A classic.... Andrew Douglas (10) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Greatly passes up Mother by far! Dason Rise (20) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Sweeeeet! Vance (97) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

AllRPG 2001 9.2 out of 10 92
Nintendojo Feb 28, 2004 9 out of 10 90
Hardcore Gaming 101 2000 9 out of 10 90
RPGFan Aug 09, 2000 88 out of 100 88
Nintendo Land Sep 13, 2003 85 out of 100 85
GamersMark Aug 03, 2001 8 out of 10 80
All Game Guide 2007 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
GamePro Jul, 1995 3.5 out of 5 70
Game Players Jul, 1995 69 out of 100 69
Video Games & Computer Entertainment Jul, 1995 6 out of 10 60

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Trivia

As the U.S. audience knows it, EarthBound is a stand-alone game. In Japan, however, it's the sequel to an NES/Famicom RPG simply called "Mother". Henceforth its alternate title, "Mother 2: Revenge of Gigyas!".

However, the U.S. ALMOST got the NES Mother (it was fully translated and everything by Nintendo), but it was pulled at the last minute, probably due to lackluster sales of another RPG Nintendo brought Stateside: Dragon Warrior. (For the record Nintendo ended up having to give away a free copy of Dragon Warrior to everyone who subscribed to Nintendo Power.)


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Satoshi Kunsai (1852) on Jun 09, 2002.
 

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