You'll have to team up with a colorful cast of unezpected characters–including Lloyd, Ana, and Teddy–to win intense battles with psychic attacks. Robots are everywhere, and Ninten can't beat them alone.

and the occasional Magic Snail? Find out what's causing these strange phenomena in the first-ever US release of the EarthBound Beginnings game! Armed with your trusty baseball bat, you'll fight crazed hippies, zombies. As Ninten, a young boy from Podunk with psychic powers, you must locate the eight melodies to aid the Queen of Magicant. The unreleased English version was later officially released for the first time on Wii U Virtual Console under the name EarthBound Beginnings during the week of E3 2015. Only a few prototype cartridges of the localized game exist, though years later the ROM was leaked onto the Internet. However, because the NES was reaching the end of its lifespan, it was decided that the game would not be released. Despite being a Japan-exclusive release, the game was localized and primed for release by Nintendo of America, and would have been known as 'Earth Bound' (note the space).

Mother is a role-playing game released for the Family Computer in 1989, and the first title in the EarthBound series. WikiBound has more information on this game: WikiBound features a more in-depth article. This article is a short summary of Mother.

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