Its staff contained involvement from a number of Japanese luminaries including writer Shigesato Itoi, songwriter Keiichi Suzuki, sound designer Hirokazu Tanaka, and future Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The game faced a lengthy development time spanning five years.

EarthBound was released in Japan on August 27, 1994, and in North America on June 5, 1995. It is the second game of the Mother series, and the only one to be released in the English language. As Ness and his party of four, the player travels the world to collect melodies en route to defeating the evil alien force Giygas. Please note: EarthBound on Wii U Virtual Console is available in English only.EarthBound, known as Mother 2 in Japan, is a 1994 Japanese role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

Gather companions, battle enemies, solve puzzles, and foil the scheme of the evil Giygas.

An RPG packed with wacky humour, cultural references and memorable music.The cult classic available in Europe for the first time!.With a deeply engaging storyline, a richly detailed world and a wealth of unique features, EarthBound is an in-depth role-playing epic.

He will be aided in his mission by three friends, and only by using their abilities and powers together do they stand a chance against the mighty Giygas! Ness will have to travel across the world after meeting with a strange alien in order to prevent Giygas, the Universal Cosmic Destroyer, from annihilating everything and everyone.

When a meteorite hits the Earth near to Ness’ house, the brave young man sets off to investigate, but little does he know that he’s about to begin an epic adventure that will change his life… oh, and he might just save the universe in the process! The adventure that re-defined roleplaying games on Super Nintendo touches down in Europe for the first time.

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