First Time Available Overseas! Shigesato Itoi’s Masterpiece RPG “Mother” Gets Revived on the Wii U

*EarthBound Beginnings* - E3 2015 Trailer (Wii U) / Screenshot

Announced at E3 2015, the largest gaming exhibition in the U.S., the first installment in Nintendo’s masterpiece RPG series Mother (titled EarthBound Beginnings overseas) has been made available on the Wii U’s Virtual Console. The game costs 617 yen (tax included) and is available now on the Nintendo eShop.

This announcement was made by copywriter Shigesato Itoi who worked on the game design of Mother, and because the game was previously unreleased overseas despite its high popularity this is particularly good news for overseas fans.

EarthBound Beginnings - E3 2015 Trailer (Wii U)

The Masterpiece Gets Revived! Great News for Mother Fans Overseas!
**Video Message Gets Released Along with Mother on the Wii U Virtual Console**

Mother is an RPG released in 1989 on the NES.

Set in a fictional America, the game’s story revolves around a young boy and his friends who get wrapped up in a strange incident. At a time when mainstream RPGs were set in “worlds of swords and magic” modeled on Northern Europe during the Middle Ages, Mother presented a unique world set in modern times in which psychic abilities, not magic, are used, and fans went wild.



( Mother is available now on the Wii U Virtual Console. A message for fans in Japan by Shigesato Itoi is also introduced on the HP.)

As for the game’s music, it uses unique background music created by the tag team of Hirokazu Tanaka, who has composed music for anime series including Pokémon as well as music for a number of games, and musician Keiichi Suzuki. It is one of the game’s biggest highlights.

Since Mother 2 (known as EarthBound overseas) was released on the Super Nintendo, many hit installments in the series have been created including the Game Boy Advance game Mother 3. The release of this revived edition of the game has certainly been long awaited by overseas fans.

Related Links
Mother Wii U
Mother - Message from Itoi Regarding Virtual Console Release
Nintendo E3 2015 News

Source: KAI-YOU
Source article written by Kodak Kawaguchi

EarthBound Beginnings - E3 2015 Trailer (Wii U)
*EarthBound Beginnings* - E3 2015 Trailer (Wii U)

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