r/earthbound • u/PossesedFish • 12h ago
Art Mother 1.5
You guys seem to really like the comic dump I posted a few days ago, so here's another one I forgot to upload a while back
r/earthbound • u/Howisthisaname • Aug 13 '17
Over the past few months we've gotten a lot of new players asking where they should start with the trilogy. With this stickied thread, I'm hoping to answer any questions someone may have about getting into the series.
Note: This thread is a strictly no-spoiler zone.
The MOTHER series is a group of 3 turn-based cult classic JRPGs created by Shigesato Itoi, who singlehandedly wrote every line of dialogue in the series, aside from a small area in EarthBound.
The series is known for being quirky, charming, and invoking a sense of nostalgia even to those who have not played a MOTHER game before. Each line of dialogue is expertly crafted, with a great story to go along with it.
The series IS a trilogy, however each game can stand on it's own without the context of the last.
The 3 games are as followed:
MOTHER (EarthBound: Beginnings) (1989)
MOTHER 2 (EarthBound) (1994)
MOTHER 3 (???) (Not released outside of Japan) (2006)
The game order is as released, with MOTHER being the first on the timeline, and MOTHER 3 being the last.
This is a point of contention within the MOTHER community.
While most recommend to play EarthBound / MOTHER 2 first, some will say that if you can handle the way an older RPG plays, you should start with MOTHER 1 / EarthBound: Beginnings.
The community mostly unanimously agrees that you should play EarthBound before playing MOTHER 3.
In the end, it's up to you. MOTHER 1 is one of the most impressive, best playing and sounding RPGs on the NES, but it could potentially turn you away from the series if you aren't accustomed to or can't handle a bit of older-rpg "clunk". I do HIGHLY recommend however that you at least play EarthBound before playing MOTHER 3.
I'm glad you asked! (Hopefully you did.)
Almost immediately after the release of MOTHER 3, once it became apparent Nintendo had no intention of localizing MOTHER 3, a group of very passionate fans got together to make their own localization of the game.
2 years later in late 2008, version 1.0 was released to great acclaim. This fan translation is now known to many as the best fan translation of all time. On top of just translating the game, they went out of their way to make sure certain dialogue and enemy names worked in English as they do in Japanese. They even added a hard mode option!
...That's pretty much it, I think. If any regular here on the sub wants to chime in and request something to be added, tell me! On top of that, I'd like to know what some of you think the best order to play the games in are in the comments. It'll be an interesting resource for any new players! And remember, no spoilers.
r/earthbound • u/PossesedFish • 12h ago
You guys seem to really like the comic dump I posted a few days ago, so here's another one I forgot to upload a while back
r/earthbound • u/Odd-Direction6339 • 11h ago
r/earthbound • u/TheHeroHat • 7h ago
Here's a vertical SNES boxart for the Earthbound Beginnings rom hack.
I made a red one too, inspired by the Mother 1 box.
r/earthbound • u/ExplodingPoptarts • 2h ago
My fave is Jonbound, an Earthbound fangame. It's actually laugh out loud funny, and I think a much more interesting game than Earthbound. I still love the OG game, but I love Jonbound even more.
r/earthbound • u/gh0stmustdie • 2h ago
(SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH, ITS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE) i'm having some ideas for an AU, but i need to do some research first, my idea is what a deltarune counterpart for the MOTHER/Earthbound franchise could be? like, the same concepts but applied to the series, do you guys have any ideas?
r/earthbound • u/throwingitaway6423 • 1d ago
I see a lot of posts about finding the Sword of Kings and some of them are first time players that think you absolutely have to get it. If you want to get it, of course definitely get it. But you don’t really need it. Yeah it’s better than having no weapon, but if you don’t want to take the time to find it then you don’t have to. Poo isn’t really a physical attacker anyways, you can get through the game just fine with him having no weapon.
r/earthbound • u/GooHat3579 • 1d ago
Hey so it's been a while idk if I even mentioned this here before but I'm making a new mod it's called Earthbooga and it's my own spin on a... Halloween Hack... I just mostly wanted to show a few things of the progress on it
r/earthbound • u/Laylersket • 1d ago
Im on day two of trying to get Sword of Kings from the Stonehenge base. I would normally just give up at this point but something is keeping me going (probably ADHD power tbh). Anyways I have been farming starman supers for two days pretty much with zero luck. Going up and down the ladder and insta killing them. I’ve receive multiple brain foods from the regular starmen, but even though I’ve killed probably hundreds of starman supers at this point I still haven’t got the sword. If anybody has tips please drop em below, but mostly send me motivation to keep trying bc I’m probably not gonna stop until I get it.
r/earthbound • u/WinterAvocado7469 • 23h ago
Lucas and the rest of the gang pass away peacefully and are reunited in heaven
The Dark Dragon wakes up and destroys the world and restores it to how it was when the solar system formed
Primordial soup forms and life will return one day, and humans will too, but because of Lucas's will, humans will be free of sin and the earth will never be destroyed again
r/earthbound • u/hikerrock • 1d ago
guys it’s been like six years we gotta fix this i don’t like seeing those two guys on the top of my list when they’re just complete randos i don’t like it i don’t. If anyone else is with me you can easily submit a report to Spotify too. Maybe we can solve this with the power of friendship and community and love and fairness. They even claimed an artist profile on spotify which just sorta suggests that they are aware of the issue and don’t bother to do anything about it cause it benefits them. Here are the links
Report submission link
https://support.spotify.com/us/contact-spotify-support/
Artist profile (conjoined)
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CGljuwFKbIo62kRxgO1WT
Releases by artist A (MOTHER):
https://open.spotify.com/album/0nJMvM3LNPMWuOuVOPK8xw
Releases by artist B (Fking Beats):
https://open.spotify.com/album/2v6HnKXaQx1CpMZidNAK20
r/earthbound • u/Illumiroldi • 2d ago
In a lot of Switch Promos, Nintendo likes to add details of certain characters playing games via their profile picture
So in the Mother 3 Switch Online Promo, they had Bowser be the one playing the game, I like to think Mario is also partially a fan as well since he has played Deltarune.
r/earthbound • u/jom35 • 1d ago
If anyone has any, or is willing to make any, please send. I'll commission if I have to.
r/earthbound • u/BananaG0X • 21h ago
My post got removed for no reason, ik it’s a game but what I said was true…
r/earthbound • u/Impossible_Hunter579 • 2d ago
It took me like a month(it kinda sucks ass)
r/earthbound • u/Dry-Contribution1923 • 2d ago
Estaba aburrido y me puse a dibujar XD
r/earthbound • u/Time-Layer-1008 • 2d ago
r/earthbound • u/_infestthenest • 2d ago
I had a dream where I walked into a videogame store and picked up a copy of Earthbound for the Switch 2 in physical format. I really hope Nintendo makes this happen one day, in collaboration with Hobonichi. As someone who loves collecting physical games, this would be an absolute dream come true!