This could someday lead to the announcement of Mother 3 for international release. I highly recommend buying it to let Nintendo know there is an interest in the Mother Series and to see the origins of the series. It is supposed to be out at 6 pm PST today for all to download and enjoy on their consoles for the first time outside of Japan. The 1989 Famicom Role Playing Game is translated fully into English. It is being released on the Wii U Virtual Console. The game is what is known in Japan as Mother 1. Shigesato Itoi, the father of the Mother series, made a surprising announcement prior to the Nintendo World Championships by revealing Earthbound Beginnings for the Wii U eShop during the Nintendo World Championship Pre-Show. A young married couple vanished from their house without a trace. Instead of magic, the characters can use special psychic powers called PSI. Combat system is similar to Dragon Warrior: the player-controlled party encounters random enemies and bosses, and fights them in turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective.

Go to the eShop today and purchase it.Īttention all Mother fans. In the early 1900s, a mysterious dark shadow covered a small country town in rural America. Earthbound Beginnings is a Japanese-style RPG set in modern times. While the game costs more than most NES Virtual Console games, it is only two dollars more to play a previously unreleased game for the first time. The game is available to download at the price of $6.99. UPDATE: Earthbound Beginnings is finally out on the Wii U eShop. Mother 1 has been announced as Earthbound Beginnings for the Wii U Virtual Console

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