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EarthBound Beginnings

2015 · JRPG, Action RPG, Action-adventure · NES, Wii U, Nintendo Switch · Nintendo

EarthBound Beginnings is ranked no. 4,913 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,320 and 16% of duels won.

World rank

no. 4,913

ELO score

1,320

Wins

16%

Duels played

50

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About EarthBound Beginnings

EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989.

Though officially translated into English under the name EarthBound in 1990 complete with a variety of updates and new content, the planned release of the North American localization was ultimately cancelled due to Nintendo of America ending support for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Despite this, the updates made to the game for the English localization was included in the Japanese Mother 1+2 rerelease for Game Boy Advance in 2003. The English version was finally released on the Wii U Virtual Console on June 14th, 2015, 25 years after its intended release date.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,320 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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  2. 4,911 Card Shark 1,321
  3. 4,912 Clone Drone in the Danger Zone 1,321
  4. 4,913 EarthBound Beginnings 1,320
  5. 4,914 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley 1,320
  6. 4,915 Disney's The Little Mermaid 1,320
  7. 4,916 DC Universe Online 1,319

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