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Mother/Earthbound Beginnings Arrives in N. America on Wii U Virtual Console

Nintendo revealed via a video on Sunday that it is releasing Earthbound Beginnings (Mother) for the Wii U Virtual console in North America. The game is available now. This is the first time that Nintendo is releasing the game outside of Japan.

Nintendo also began streaming a message from Shigesato Itoi — the director, designer, and original creator for the Mother game franchise — that explains why Nintendo is releasing the game overseas now.

Nintendo had released Earthbound (Mother 2) on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013.

Nintendo released the original Mother game for the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1989, followed by its sequel, Earthbound (Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushū) in 1994.