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EarthBound Beginnings (Prototype) / Mother (JPN)


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Category NES
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Comments 7
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Earth Bound, EarthBound Zero, Mother, 마더 (Korean)

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I remember a glitch in the Japanese version where the box doesn't give you the GGF's diary and you get softlocked out of Magicant.
In Flames Oct 30, 2023, 7:43 PM *
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On the NES, it WAS a Prototype. It wasn't completed until years later when it was put on the Virtual Console, which is not the NES.
Ton Senior Staff Aug 13, 2023, 2:16 PM
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why is it called "prototype", like I guess that's true that EARTHBOUND BEGINNINGS is a prototype, but Mother isn't, so I don't think it should have prototype in it. As well, most if not all graphics would've been the same between this prototype and the un-made final version of Earthbound Beginnings
anthings Aug 13, 2023, 3:45 AM
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Evetually this got ported as Earthbound Beginnings in 2015 on the wii u eshop and later ported on the NES emulator in 2021 i think
Tristen Timberwolf Dec 13, 2022, 7:26 PM
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@Raimbowyosh123 When it was planned to be released in the US as "Earth Bound" before being canned, it had a prototype version. It was eventually in the US again released 20-some years later, again renamed, this time as "Earthbound Beginnings."
Doc von Schmeltwick Jun 29, 2017, 1:05 AM
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Prototype?
Plok Jun 29, 2017, 12:43 AM
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I feel as though the title for this game should be "Earthbound Beginings/Mother", since the official name has been revealed.
TheMorningFlash15 Mar 7, 2017, 5:13 PM
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