Mother 1+2
Mother 1+2 is a compilation of the first two installments of the Mother series, MOTHER and MOTHER 2: GIYGAS STRIKES BACK! (known outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound, respectively). Mother…
Mother 1+2 is an adventure developed by Ape, released 20 June 2003 on Game Boy Advance.
What Mother 1+2 is
Mother 1+2 is an adventure game developed by Ape and released in 2003. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mother EarthBound Beginnings follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. His adventure leads him to new friends and eventually uncovering an alien plot that must be stopped. Mother 2 The story begins when Ness is awakened by a meteor that has plummeted to the earth near his home, whereupon he proceeds to investigate the crash site. When Ness gets to the crash site he discovers a police roadblock and Pokey Minch, his friend and neighbor, who tells him to go home. Later, Ness is woken up again by Pokey knocking at his door, demanding help to find his brother Picky. They find him near the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, drama and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Earthbound series
Mother 1+2 is the sixth of 15 entries we hold in the Earthbound series. The next entry was Mother 3 in 2006.
What it launched against
Mother 1+2 launched on 20 June 2003, within three weeks of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Viewtiful Joe.
Released around the same time: Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Viewtiful Joe.
Official trailer
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