the series of motherbetter known in the West as earthboundis a creation of Shigesato Itoi that marked a generation of players with its quite unique RPG proposal. However, there are many players who have not had the opportunity to play these gems, but fortunately both Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings (Mother 1) are now available on Nintendo Switch through the NSO subscription service.
It had been several months since the last time Nintendo added games to its emulator. NES and SNESavailable to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, so fans were hoping they’d finally announce the Mother games, and during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct their dream came true. You can now play Mother and Mother 2also called Earthbound Beginnings and Earthbound, although it is recommended to start with the Super Nintendo game as it is more accessible to everyone, as Mother 1 has a brutal difficulty.
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Although all three games in the series mother are cult titles in Japan, in the West we only saw the launch of the second installment, which came to the Super Nintendo with the name of earthbound. Thanks to Super Smash Bros. Nintendo fans became familiar with Ness and Lucasbut it wasn’t until the Wii U generation that we were able to play the first games in the series around the world.
The first mother came to the virtual console of Nintendo Wii U with the name of Earthbound Beginningsand presents us with the story of a young man named Ninten. In Earthbound the protagonist is nessbut Nintendo fans are still waiting for them to locate the third game in the series, because Mother 3 for GBA it was only released in Japan.
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Thanks to the launch of Mother 1 & 2 on Nintendo Switch more players will be able to experience these unique installments that Shigesato Itoi gave us, because despite being RPGs they feel very different from their contemporaries, with a very bizarre sense of humor. Although there is still no news about Mother 3Hopefully the release of Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings is a sign that Lucas’ adventure will also eventually come to the Nintendo Switch.