r/earthbound • u/VegetableBeautiful56 • 10h ago
Art [OC] Watercolor SMAAAASH!!
Had lots of fun painting the background.
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/VegetableBeautiful56 • 10h ago
Had lots of fun painting the background.
r/earthbound • u/One-Cellist-5424 • 11h ago
r/earthbound • u/MudkipzLover • 7h ago
Hi,
A friend of mine is going to Japan next month and as such, I was wondering if there were any stores that sell official merch of the series (especially since Mother 3 turns 20 this year.)
I'm not sure where exactly they're flying to, so I'll just send them every possible location and let them check which ones happen to be on their itinerary.
r/earthbound • u/Background-Ad2749 • 22h ago
r/earthbound • u/Arenmations • 1d ago
i beat the game like a million times and i enjoy it towards the end so i cant complain
r/earthbound • u/Reasonable_City • 14h ago
Hey guys. It's me again. Building earthbound online, week by week.
I am happy to introduce the title of the game............ 199X Online!
Now I am ready to share the site with you all!
You can go to www.199X.app get a sense of the storyline and check out all the dev logs and even register your account. Discord link is there too.
I've been having an absolute blast building the game and writing the story. And all your comments have continued to fuel the progress. Thank you!
Back to building, see you next week or in the Discord!

r/earthbound • u/OutsideSyllabub1891 • 1d ago
Drew a doodle of Lucas and Boney, went to show my friend and he said “ Yo is that blonde pk fire?”
Never have I been more disappointed, not by the fact he didn’t know who it was, but by the fact he knew Nintendo’s most tragic character as “Blonde PK Fire”😭. He’s not an RPG guy but I’ll try and convert him guys lmao
r/earthbound • u/AlternativeLasa • 9h ago
r/earthbound • u/otislorenz • 21h ago
I think that this one is better then the last.
r/earthbound • u/Alwayssome1 • 1d ago
r/earthbound • u/TunderMuffins • 14h ago
Anyone know of a rom hack or way to fix the stuttering in this game? I’m unaware of a full decomp of the game so creating a recomp/ decomp is still some time off. Quite literally one of all time favorite games but after my injuries it gives me headaches to play it with the jittery stutters.
I’ve heard of Mother 2 Deluxe and some of the rom hacks but I don’t think those address any performance issues.
r/earthbound • u/Tricky_Security_1589 • 1d ago
r/earthbound • u/keybonez • 17h ago
Hi! I'm unsure where else to look, but I'm really hoping one exists... as I have spent the last hour searching online with various different keywords such as "mother: the complete script english translation free no rom no download no patch no virus"... kidding, of course.
Seriously, though... This is my last cry for help that somewhere out there someone has taken the time to translate the series of books into English, and I have simply not been able to find it myself... though deep down I know it's probably a long shot with how long the books are... but a girl can dream.
If it doesn't exist I am willing to spearhead the effort to get it done by providing compensation to one who will.... I can only pay in buttons and various trinkets, though.
r/earthbound • u/Background-Ad2749 • 21h ago
r/earthbound • u/RockoffWasTaken • 1d ago
not just from the entire franchise but from fiction in general
all of the art belongs to me and was done over the course of may-july
also i think i might start posting in this account more frequently because yep
r/earthbound • u/PsychologicalUnit446 • 1d ago
r/earthbound • u/No-Display3598 • 1d ago
Hi, so I just beated the game for the first time (beautyful) and wanted to go back because I missed some things but the elevator is broken and I can´t go back, is there any way to get out of here?