The Return Of Earthbound For GBA

warmgun writes "One of the biggest cult video game series ever is getting a second chance at stardom for a new generation. The games are the console RPGs Mother 1 and Mother 2. Mother 2 was released in the US as Earthbound on the Super Nintendo, and stars Ness, more recently known for appearing in Super Smash Bros. More info on the games and their currently Japanese-only GameBoy Advance re-release can be found at Starmen.net. Help the site convince Nintendo to release this gem Stateside!"

For those too lazy to read...

[cloudless.net]

Screen shots from the Mother 1+2 commercial. [starmen.net]
Looks pretty much unchanged from the original NES version.

Get it now

[Traderdot]

No need to wait for a US release. Gameboys don't have region coding so you can get the Japanese version through your favorite importer and play it on your US or Euro Gameboy.

Re:Get it now

[Guppy06]

Being region free doesn't make kanji any easier to read.

It's Earthbound...

[Nindalf]

...you think it will make more sense after it's been translated to a language you understand?

Imported

[Gr33nNight]

Yeah, you can get it imported, but like any Japanese RPG, knowing the language makes it ALOT better, otherwise its not much fun.

Music

[Tom7]

My favorite thing about these games was the music, by Hiro Tanaka (Metroid, Kid Icarus). Is that guy still making video game music??

Re:Music

[willr7]

Check out this link [mirsoft.info]

It shows all of the music that Hiro Tanaka has made for games.

The last tune that he composed was for Earthbound.

Earthbound 64

[willr7]

There was supposted to be an Earthbound 3 for N64, but Nintendo scraped it.

Now there's rumors that the Earthbound title for N64 is going to hit gamecube.

Kind of like how Star Fox Adventures was originally an N64 title, but them moved onto the Gamecube.

I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo waited until their next console to release Earthbound, so all the fans would pick up the next console. Kind of like how Metroid skipped the N64.

Re:Earthbound 64

[elite lamer]

According to this [ign.com], Mother 3 is planned to be released on the Game Boy Advance. I think that would indicate that it would be a direct sequel to Earthbound, rather than an entirely new Mother game, due to the graphics of GBA.

Mother 3, when it was being developed for N64, was to be a 3D title. You can see screenshots of it here [starmen.net]. It was to be a new entry in the Mother series, quite different from Earthbound (Mother 2).

However, due to the fact that GBA can't do true 3D (yet) but rather tends to imitate the gra

Re:Earthbound 64

[willr7]

I thought that Mother 1 was known as "Earthbound 0"? (A prequel, since it wasn't released in US), and Mother 2 was named Earthbound(in the US at least), even though Mother 1 came out first.

I think they just renamed the game for the US release, and its known as Mother in Japan.

Like Secret of Mana series in US is known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan.

I see what you mean by Nintendo scrapping the N64 version and translating it to GBA, since that's what the article says, but (my opinion) wouldn't you think that

excellent news indeed

[xxxj03yxxx]

For me, this is absolutely great news. The SNES version of Earthbound remains one of my all-time favorite RPGS, and video games in general. When I first heard rumors of a new one being made for the N64 I almost couldn't contain myself. Needless to say, I was more than disappointed when it was "cancelled." If they make an Earthbound game for the GCN, I will definitely buy it. If they re-release Earthbound for the GBA, I am definitely buying it. If they do decide to release the original Mother on the GBA ov