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{{GameInfobox | image = Earthboundtitlescreen.png | developer = Nintendo | publisher = Nintendo | designer = Shigesato Itoi | series = Mother | na_rel = {{Release|1995|June|5|NA|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}} | jp_rel = {{Release|1994|August|27|JP|Super Famicom}} | genre = RPG | features = Single-player | platforms = Super Famicom,Super Nintendo Entertainment System | media = SNES Game Pak | input = SNES Controller }} '''''EarthBound''''' is an [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] [[RPG]], titled '''''[[Mother 2]]''''' in [[Japan]]. This is a sequel to the [[NES]] game, ''[[Mother]]'', which was translated yet never released in [[North America]]. A sequel, ''[[Mother 3]]'', was released in Japan on April 20, 2006, was never officially released as a localised video game. ==Distinguishing Features== ''EarthBound'' is probably most well known for its offbeat plot and game mechanics. Rather than copying the standard ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' formula, ''EarthBound'' takes place in a 1950s-like modern American environment (chiefly occurring in a country called Eagleland), starring a young boy in a baseball cap named [[Ness]]. He gathers three other children as his party, [[Paula]], [[Poo]] and [[Jeff]]. Together, they run into a cult of blue, a valley of creatures called [[Mr. Saturn]], help out a blues band called the Runaway Five despite the fact that they have six members, travel through a color-inverted dream world to fight a statue, and accomplish their ultimate goal: defeat the invading alien [[Giygas]]. While those are just some of the zany peaks of the game, it is also known for its smaller, different approaches to the RPG formula. The battle system is in a unique first person perspective, with an innovative HP counter that rolls down number-by-number giving a slight real-time aspect to the turn-based battle system. Each battle against an enemy, whether you're fighting the typical RPG slime, a "Territorial Oak", a "[[New Age Retro Hippie]]", or "Abstract Art", uses random psychedelic patterns in the backgrounds. ==The Future== A [[Nintendo 64]] sequel (''[[EarthBound 64]]''), starring a new character named [[Lucas]], was cancelled during development. Fans were disappointed for years until during a commercial for the ''[[Mother 1+2]]'' [[GBA]] [[Port]], it was announced that a ''[[Mother 3]]'' title was in the works. The game was released in Japan in April 2006. ==External links== * [http://www.starmen.net/ Starmen.Net, the ultimate EarthBound fansite] * [http://www.1101.com/ Shigesato Itoi's Website]
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