Mother has been earthbound for 20 years, bound for US just as long

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 27th 2009 10:15AM

Twenty years ago today the original Mother was released for the Nintendo Famicom in Japan. Since then, the Japanese have continued to receive more of Mother's lovely RPG gameplay and storytelling, while other lands have been Earthbound with vague rumors of official releases and fan translations.

EarthBoundCentral has compiled a sweet little homage to the series -- check it out after the break. And keep wishing upon a star that Mother finds its way outside Japan ... one day.

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Reader Comments (11)

I like that intro guitar track.

ZoOm,SeRioUslY NIntEnDo wHy we cAn't hAVe a Mother 3 pOrt.

I'll pay you 60$ (80$ to 100$ for Special Edition) for a collection with Mother 1,2 and 3.DAKOTA.

[Hey why isn't Ninten in the picture also Ness = Snes.]

I was still 5 years old when Mother came out.
I feel old.
G_G

Huh, Mother's only a month older than i am, then.

isn't the gba 20 years old too???

8, I think.

I know I will get downvoted to hell for saying this, but Earthbound sucked. I can honestly say it was the worst 1st party Nintendo game I have ever played (besides maybe the original LoZ). The combat was nothing special, the story made less sense than a bad fanfiction, and all the so called humor and charm is really LOL SO RANDUMB XD!!!

Honestly I love Nintendo to death but the only good thing to come out of this series is an interesting fighter in Smash Bros, and it's the only Nintendo series I can think of that I genuinely dislike as a whole.

wow, your prediction is actually more accurate than Michael Pachter, for that I will up-vote you. Then again you talk trash about Mother that's one down-vote, then the original Legend of Zelda another down-vote. so 1-2 = -1.

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