earthbound beginnings
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Reggie Fils-Aimé Explains Why Mother 3 Never Got A Western Release
Earthbound fans desperate for an official Mother 3 localisation now have an answer as to why it didn’t happen in the first place. Mother 3, the third (duh) instalment in the Mother series (called Earthbound in the west), has pretty much become a meme at this point for its lack of an official western localisation and Nintendo’s seeming lack of interest in providing…
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Why The First EarthBound Wasn’t Released Outside Japan
When Nintendo released it as Earthbound Beginnings on the Wii U, the innovative, beloved role-playing game Mother finally made it to the West. But back in the early 1990s, Nintendo had every intention of launching it for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System in America. It just didn’t work out.