EarthBound1994

EarthBound

1994 Nintendo

Playtime

LongTypically 30 hours

Playable on

Game Boy Advance, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U

Game modes

Single player

Details

Launch: August 27, 1994
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Publisher: Nintendo
Themes: Action
Fantasy
Science fiction
Drama
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Adventure

Overview

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.

Almost 30 years after its initial release, there still isn't a game that has captured the charm, satire, and emotion of EarthBound.

For those who never got to experience the game back in the '90s there was always the chance that EarthBound was over-hyped bobbins, a game that couldn't possibly live up to its reputation as a quirky, 16-bit masterpiece. However, as so many have discovered in the years since it's become more widely available, Mother 2 (as the coolest kids call it) is...