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Instruction booklet · June 5, 1995

EarthBound

Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure1 playerESRB T

The story

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.

Specifications

Released
June 5, 1995
Developers
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Publisher
Nintendo
Players
1
Genre
Role-playing (RPG) · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Adventure
Rating
ESRB T
Series
Earthbound
Themes
Action · Fantasy · Science fiction · Drama
View
First person · Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

9
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8
8
Famitsu · four reviewers
Critics
93/100 (3 reviews)
Players
89/100 (572 ratings)
GameFan
267/300
Game Informer
8/10
SGP
3.5/5
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