The director of Earthbound and Mother 3, Shigesato Itoi, has put out an official call for manga artists, suggesting that a Mother 3 book adaptation could be in the works
]]>Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé may have retired, but he is still having to answer questions about Mother 3.
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]]>EarthBound, Donkey Kong Country, and Super Mario Kart have arrived on Nintendo's Virtual Console service in North America.
]]>Mother 3 localisation rumours are bubbling over again.
]]>Earthbound sequel Mother 3 is coming to the Wii U, but.. You guessed it.
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]]>Mother, the first game in the series we know as Earthbound in the west, is finally available in English.
]]>Club Nintendo members are currently unable to pick up a copy of Earthbound because Nintendo has, um, sold out? Somehow?
]]>Mother 4 is probably never going to happen, but this unofficial fan version looks pretty special.
]]>No, this isn't an official Mother sequel, but rather a fan-made addition to the iconic series is being worked on and is slated for release later this year.
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]]>Earthbound translator Marcus Lindblom will not be going ahead with a proposed book about his efforts bringing the 1994 SNES classic to western audiences.
]]>Nintendo has launched a Miiverse announcement community for Earthbound, which suggests it's got further plans for the Mother franchise than the recent Virtual Console re-release.
]]>Nintendo releases SNES classic EarthBound on Wii U Virtual Console last week, answering the prayers of many fans out there, but it came with an inflated price-tag. The company has now attempted to explain the hike.
]]>Nintendo has announced that Earthbound (aka Mother 2) will be available through Wii U Virtual Console for $10 today, around 5pm. The game was originally released in 1995 for SNES and is the first digital release of the game in North America. Nintendo announced its availability through a short Nintendo Direct it failed to advertise this morning - which can be watched below.
]]>The Australian Classification Board has rated the Wii U re-release of Earthbound, almost certainly foreshadowing a western release date announce for the classic RPG.
]]>Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi has splashed cold water on anyone's hope that a fourth installment in the series will be released in the future.
]]>A group of dedicated fans who released a translation patch for un-localised Game Boy Advance title Mother 3 have offered to hand their work over to Nintendo.
]]>Nintendo hosted Nintendo Direct sessions in both North America and Europe today, announcing a new installment in the Mario Party series for 3DS, release dates for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the Virtual Console release of Earthbound or Mother 2 if you will, and a 2014 release for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy in the west.
]]>Earthbound - known as Mother 2 in Japan - is the next game to hit Wii U Virtual Console in Japan, as part of Nintendo's campaign, which sees classic games hitting the eShop at ¥30 each.
]]>The RPG series known as Earthbound and Mother was intended to invoke memories of childhood games played with the most basic, scavenged toys, says creator Shigesato Itoi.
]]>The classic RPG series known as Earthbound or Mother seems to be in for a revival, if not a sequel.
]]>If Mother won't come to the mountain, the people will move the mountain to Mother. Or something.
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