Now it only remains for Mother 3 to arrive to have the complete franchise
One of the most requested video games in the Reddit from Nintendo is Earthbound (Mother 2) and will finally arrive at the service of nintendo switch online. At their online event on February 9, 2022, they announced that both this video game and its prequel will be added to the catalog.
Shortly before the event, its creator had shared on social networks that there would be some surprise from him in the nintendo direct, but from the responses to his message, it seems that the public did not have high hopes for what might come. Fortunately, there was something to celebrate.
Of the two video games, Earthbound Beginnings (Mother) is the most unknown, because originally it only came out in Japan for him famicom in 1989 and there was no official translation into Spanish or English until 2015, when this video game reached Europe already America through the virtual store Wii U.
Now all that remains is Mother 3 (the sequel to Earthbound) get to the Switchthis game was only released in Japan in 2006 for the Game Boy Advance. The arrival of the first two titles in the franchise may fuel interest in this third part.
What is Earthbound (Mother 2) about?
Now, if this is the first time you’ve heard the name of Earthbound (Mother 2), his story is somewhat peculiar. In the year 199X, in a town called Onett a meteorite falls on the Earthexactly on a hill near the house of nessour protagonist, who decides to alert the town authorities.
When ness arrives, the police do not let him see the meteorite, because they are investigating it. However, he soon realizes the threat that this cosmic event will bring. Finally, he will have to solve the mystery and rescue his people from this terrible threat.
The most outstanding of Earthbound (Mother 2) it is its humor and game mechanics, we will not fight with big weapons but with yo-yos, baseball bats and we will use sports suits or dresses as armor. The dialogues are loaded with jokes and meta-references, if you’ve played Undertalesurely this style will not be foreign to you.
If you are interested in trying any of these titles, Earthbound (Mother 2) and its prequel will be available from the afternoon of February 9, 2022 on the nintendo switch online.
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