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Game entry

EarthBound Beginnings

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

EarthBound Beginnings carries 1,446 ELO points on GameForever and holds position no. 3,247 in the world ranking, with 26% of duels won out of 94 played. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 140 out of 233 (2015).

World rank

no. 3,247

ELO score

1,446

Wins

26%

Duels played

94

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 1,446 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The standing

Where EarthBound Beginnings ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where EarthBound Beginnings stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 140 out of 233 (2015).

Where EarthBound Beginnings ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,247 5,110
JRPG 180 232
2010s 1,358 2,044
2015 140 233

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