Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: It’s taken me a while to get to this one but to be fair it took Nintendo a while to get it to me so let’s call it even. EarthBound: Beginnings, the re-branded title for the original Mother has finally made the long trip over to North America via the Wii U Virtual Console, giving game-starved fans of the series an opportunity to see where it all began."
The Mother series is one of the most beloved franchises in gaming history. Known as Earthbound in the west, the series is renowned for its quirkiness, unique graphics, and nontraditional RPG gameplay, but it hasn't always had great success. Jason Capp is here to discuss whether it is worth bringing the franchise back to life... or not.
The odd game does have die hard fans out there. There is a NES and a SNES game Nintendo dropped the SNES port onto the SNES mini the cart alone fetches a pretty penny on Ebay. I have to get around to playing Earthbound on my SNES mini I tried it out from what I played I liked it. If Nintendo made a new game I would probably grab it wish Nintendo made a new Star Tropics as well.
Star Tropic might be way too obscure for a good portion of the audience today.
For some reason, something tells me if Star Tropic was revived, it wouldn't get the love it actually deserves.
From GamesBeat: "Hey, look! Actual Earthbound news from Nintendo! Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings are coming to Nintendo Switch Online later today.
The Mother series debuted on the Famicom in 1989. That’s the game Nintendo calls Earthbound Beginnings elsewhere. Its sequel, known outside of Japan as Earthbound, launched for SNES in 1995."
Alex DS from Link Cable Gaming writes: "The Wii U is a great place to build up a collection of classic video games. And with Nintendo beginning to phase out the online services for this system we figured it was as good a time as any to go over the games that are must-haves from the Wii U Virtual Console!"
