While an enduring property to local audiences in spite of these infrequent releases, the series has sadly harboured a chequered past as far as localisations are concerned.

One of Nintendo’s less prolific properties to be sure, the EarthBound franchise (or Mother as it is known in its *ahem* motherland) has seen a rather spread out release schedule between its three games (1989, 1995, and 2006). Over two decades since EarthBound came out in North America, the first of these games is finally going to be available in English. fame) has been hanging around on the Wii U eShop for a couple years now, but a number of casual fans aren’t aware that it’s actually the second of three releases fathered by Japanese icon Shigesato Itoi. For a devout few, though, it’s a miraculous day tear-jerking celebrations over twenty years in the making.ĮarthBound, Nintendo’s cult-classic JRPG for the Super Nintendo (the game that introduced Ness of Super Smash Bros.

For some, today is but a lazy Sunday before E3 madness kicks into full force with its slew of conferences.

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