The game was a smash hit in Japan, where players appreciated its unorthodox and refreshing take on the often formulaic RPG genre. Along the way he is joined by several friends, and meets many unusual characters and visits strange settings before ultimately confronting the leader of the aliens. He also made the easy ring, which I personally don't use, but for anyone who doesn't like how RPGs felt in those days it helps a little.Mother(known in USA as Earthbound) tells the story of a young boy who journeys around the world to save the planet from an evil race of mind-controlling aliens. He did a much better job on it, and as a result it's a lot more enjoyable. The original Nintendo translation is really bad for a lot of reasons, (censorship, inaccurate translations, plot points being left out, etc) and the fan translation was done by Tomato, who also worked on the MOTHER 3 fan translation. Personally, I think that the fan translation is most true to the game. Like the MOTHER 2 international localization, Nintendo hardly cared about working on the game and just sent what they had in a functional condition. However, there is minimal difference between Earthbound Zero and Beginnings. The third is Earthbound beginnings, which is technically supposed to be the localization of MOTHER 1.

If you're using a GBA rom, that's the one you've got. The second is a fan translation patch which is applied to Mother 1+2. If you're using an NES rom, that's the one you've got. The first is Earthbound, nicknamed Earthbound Zero due to obvious reasons. (actually, there are only two technically, but three names get passed around) There's only three versions of English MOTHER 1, and two which exist on the internet.

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