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Mother 1+2

RPGAdventure

Released

Jun 20, 2003

8,547 days ago
Platforms
  • GBA
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Jun 20, 20038,547 days ago
    • GBA

About

Mother 1+2 is a compilation of the first two installments of the Mother series, MOTHER and MOTHER 2: GIYGAS STRIKES BACK! (known outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound, respectively). Mother tells the story of Ninten, a 12-year-old boy who journeys around the world using his psychic powers to collect eight melodies in order to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens. Mother 2 tells the story of Ness, a young boy who journeys around the world also using psychic powers to collect eight melodies in order to save the future from an alien of pure evil, intending to sentence all of reality to the horror of eternal darkness. The version of Mother included in this bundle has a special item that can be used to change the difficulty of the game, since it lessens the amount of random encounters and modifies the overall status of the enemies.

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Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 7 players
Main story
14 h
Main + extras
14 h
Completionist
18 h

Reviews

IGDB players87/1007 ratings

Game info

Released
2003 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person · Bird view / Isometric

Studios

Age ratings

  • CEROANo content descriptors

Languages

1 language
Japanese
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Japanese日本語––

Themes & tags

Story & names

Mother EarthBound Beginnings follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. His adventure leads him to new friends and eventually uncovering an alien plot that must be stopped. Mother 2 The story begins when Ness is awakened by a meteor that has plummeted to the earth near his home, whereupon he proceeds to investigate the crash site. When Ness gets to the crash site he discovers a police roadblock and Pokey Minch, his friend and neighbor, who tells him to go home. Later, Ness is woken up again by Pokey knocking at his door, demanding help to find his brother Picky. They find him near the meteor sleeping behind a tree and wake him up. Then the three encounter an insect from the meteor named Buzz Buzz who informs Ness that he is from the future where the "universal cosmic destroyer", Giygas, dominates the planet. Buzz Buzz senses great potential in Ness and instructs him to embark on a journey to seek out and record the melodies of eight "sanctuaries," unite his own powers with the Earth's and gain the strength required to confront Giygas.

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Also known as

  • EarthBound 1+2Alternative title
  • MOTHER 1+2Japanese title - stylized

Release dates by region

1 release in 1 region

japan

  • Jun 20, 2003GBA

The Earthbound series

All 12 games
  1. Mother1989
  2. EarthBound1994
  3. Super Smash Bros.1999
  4. Super Smash Bros. Melee2001
  5. Mother2003 · Expanded edition
  6. Mother 32006
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl2008
  8. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS2014
  9. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U2014
  10. EarthBound Beginnings2015 · Expanded edition
  11. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate2018
  12. EarthBound 64TBA

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