EarthBound Beginnings

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Score Breakdown Based on 149 ratings

1. 10 (45)
2. 9 (63)
3. 8 (28)
4. 7 (6)
5. 6 (1)
6. 5 (1)
7. 4 (2)
8. 3 (0)
9. 2 (1)
10. 1 (2)

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• Rating:9

  Saving The Longest NES game for Last, the NES Goes Out With A BANG!!!!

  By 4EverGreen | Review Date: Sep 29, 2022 | NES

  While I was growing up, it didn't really occur to me that video games were striving to become longer affairs. After all, there's only so many times you can play the same four levels of "Donkey Kong Jr." or something like... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  The only reason it wasn't released outside of Japan was because it was too amazing.

  By C-Star55 | Review Date: Feb 01, 2011 | NES

  First off, this is one heck of an impressive RPG. It is somewhat hard, but it is fun, and emotional. The story begins when a young boy, named Nintend, discovers his house under the attack of a Poltergeist, and defeats th... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  One of the tougher RPG's of it's day, Mother 1 is still a classic, fun and enjoyable tale.

  By GuitarHero670 | Review Date: Nov 21, 2008 | NES

  Mother 1 is yet another game in the Mother series that never made it outside of Japan. The game was intended as a parody to the Dragon Quest series as the battle system is identical but is replaces most RPG cliches with ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Why this didn't get released anywhere else?

  By keyblade42 | Review Date: Nov 16, 2008 | NES

  Mother is definately a retro RPG. But it does things others didn't in its time. For one, it takes place in the 80's. You play as a young American boy who must go on a journey to learn a mysterious psyichic power and defe... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  The game that started the serie is totaly cool ! A true RPG classic !

  By patrickmanx | Review Date: Oct 14, 2007 | NES

  This game is the first one on the earthbound series. Some people in my country call it the "phantom" series, because Nintendo didn´t release Mother (earthbound zero) nor Mother 3 (earthbound 2). This gam... Read Full Review

  1 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:4.5

  A completyly random RPG

  By Ordonian | Review Date: Oct 01, 2007 | NES

  Right from the begining you can tell that this game is weird you wake up one day and your house is shaking and then your lamp comes out to try to kill you. After you soundly beat up your lamp you go downstairs where you ... Read Full Review

  1 of 27 users found the following review helpful