Over three decades ago, one of Nintendo's best RPGs launched in North America -- and the time is finally right for a revival.

Nintendo is really starting to show some love to its nearly forgotten EarthBound franchise. The publisher recently released the Super Nintendo classic on the Wii U’s eShop store for $10. Now, Nintendo ...

The concept of motherhood in gaming has changed drastically over the last few decades, but especially over the last two, as the industry entered what has been dubbed the "dadifcation" era of gaming ...

While we always tend to get some nice surprises in each Nintendo Direct, this latest one had a lot more to offer than usual. I still find some of the British voices a bit odd, despite being British ...

EarthBound, the endearing Japanese role-playing game from the Super Nintendo era, delivers a very particular brand of surreal humor and sentimentality. It’s part of a series known as Mother in Japan, ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings–first released as Mother in ...

EarthBound wasn’t a huge success when the game was released to the Super Nintendo. In particular, the game did poorly in the United States because of a bad marketing campaign where they literally said ...

Tripp Papineau has been freelancing in the industry for over five years and is passionate about movies (especially horror), survival-horror games, and how games evolve throughout the years. His ...

An interesting bit of Earthbound history was just revealed on Twitter courtesy of Baten Kaitos director Yasuyuki Honne. During Honne’s stint at Namco, he apparently pitched Nintendo a concept for a ...

It was late, my girlfriend was asleep in my bed, and all I wanted to do was play a little Earthbound. I looked around my room and saw my retro collection of games boxed away under my desk. To get them ...