Showing posts with label Earthbound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earthbound. Show all posts

Sunday, June 14, 2015

What 'Earthbound Beginnings' Means for Nintendo

E3 has barely started and Nintendo has already brought out a very big announcement, the prequel to their classic RPG Earthbound, originally titled Mother and now titled Earthbound Beginnings to be ported to the Wii U virtual console and is available today. Here's the reveal trailer if you haven't seen it already:



Upon examination it looks like another RPG from the NES, albeit with fewer dragons and more hippies. Why would so many fans of Nintendo, RPGs, and obscure games in general be clamoring for its release? First a bit of context: