Yes one could nitpick aspects of the story for being “unrealistic” such as the fact that Ninten never really questions what he needs to do in terms of his quest, but one could do so with just about any game if they wanted to.Įarthbound Beginnings relies heavily on a sense of atmosphere and immersion. Our main characters manage to have well developed personalities despite one being able to count the amount of lines most of them have on one hand. There is little dialogue or cutscenes in Earthbound Beginnings but this game ensures that all of it counts. All that Earthbound Beginnings needed, though, was a single screen and its haunting title melody.Īfter this one can consider the tone for Earthbound Beginnings set. Chances are if Earthbound Beginnings were created today, this backstory would have been told through an hour long sequence of cutscenes and flashy set pieces. I felt the need to mention this simply because it shows a level of subtlety that is absent from a lot of today’s games. When you start the game up, you are given the backstory about our main character Ninten’s grandparents in a quick yet very effective manner. Unlike later RPGs that would tell their stories with copious amounts of dialogue and cutscenes, Earthbound Beginnings uses it very sparingly. Story wise, Earthbound Beginnings is rather minimalist. Even if one were to hold Earthbound Beginnings to the standards of a lot of modern day games it still handles things far more competently than most and is an amazing game on its own. Nintendo just now released the translated version for the Wii U e-shop making it available more easily and legally.Įarthbound Beginnings is different from its successor in plenty of ways and is mostly an inferior game, but this is usually to be expected in terms of sequels. Until now the translated version of Earthbound Beginnings (which was otherwise known as Earthbound Zero) could only be played via emulation or a reproduction cart. The game was originally intended to be localized but was canceled despite the localization having already been fully completed. Earthbound Beginnings is the prequel to Earthbound on the SNES that was not originally released in Japan. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.With the release of Earthbound Beginnings on the Wii U e-shop, Nintendo of America has corrected a 26 year old mistake on their part. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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