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Ape, Nintendo

EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. Though officially translated into English under the name EarthBound in 1990 complete with a variety of updates and new content, the planned release of the North American localization was ultimately cancelled due to Nintendo of America ending support for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Despite this, the updates made to the game for the English localization was included in the Japanese Mother 1+2 rerelease for Game Boy Advance in 2003. The English version was finally released on the Wii U Virtual Console on June 14th, 2015, 25 years after its intended release date.

HAL Laboratory, Ape, Nintendo

The Nintendo 64 version, cancelled in 2000, of the Game Boy Advance game MOTHER 3, released in 2006.

Ape, Tomy, Parker Brothers, St. GIGA

BS Monopoly: Advance to Boardwalk is an adaptation of the board game Advance to Boardwalk to the Satellaview (japanese Super Famicom add-on). It had Soundlink support and was released in 4 chapters. Derived from "ザ・モノポリーゲーム2 (The Monopoly Game 2), the game features Monopoly. The player can use "Giga (used in BS-X city)" as currency. An actor Akira Takarada hosts the program, while secret codes are told to the player during the game.

Ape, Tomy, St. GIGA, Parker Brothers

Ape, Tomy, St. GIGA, Parker Brothers

Ape, Tomy, St. GIGA, Parker Brothers

Ape, Tomy, St. GIGA, Parker Brothers

Ape, Nintendo

When included in the Mother 1+2 bundle, Mother (Earthbound Beginnings in the West) received an exclusive equippable item, the Easy Ring, available from the start, which makes the game more balanced (therefore easier than the original version).

Ape, Nintendo

The original Japanese version of EarthBound Beginnings, released only in Japan for the Famicom, had some gameplay, story and level layout differences from the later Western port. This original version was never released outside of Japan.

HAL Laboratory, Ape, Nintendo

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.

Jupiter Corporation, Ape, Nintendo

Jupiter Corporation, Ape, Nintendo

Ape, Jupiter Corporation, Nintendo

Jupiter Corporation, Ape, Nintendo

A part of the Tamori no Picross broadcast on Satellaview. This episode (broadcast August 13th, 1995) was featured during the game's 17th week on air.

Ape, Jupiter Corporation, Nintendo

Ape, Jupiter Corporation, Nintendo

A part of the Tamori no Picross broadcast on Satellaview. This episode (broadcast July 16th, 1995) was featured during the game's 13th week on air.

Ape, Jupiter Corporation, Nintendo

A Satellaview-exclusive Picross game, broadcast in Japan in 1995.

Jupiter Corporation, Ape, Nintendo

Mario's Picross is a puzzle game for the Game Boy and the first game in the Nintendo-published Picross series. In this game, Mario takes on the role of an archaeologist who chisels away the squares in each playfield. The result is a small picture. There are 256 different puzzles to solve, divided into four courses with increasing difficulty level.

Ape, Nintendo

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.

Ape, Jupiter Corporation, Nintendo

Mario's Super Picross is the first sequel to the Game Boy game, Mario's Picross, and can be played on the Super Famicom. After the commercial failure of Mario's Picross in the West, this sequel was released only in Japan. The game plays much the same way as the first, except Wario appears in it and presents his own set of special rules, which also return in the sequel. Other features includes game-saves, hints and tutorials.