MOTHER (Famicom)

Mother (マザー) is a role-playing game developed by Ape Inc. and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo. It was Nintendo's sole Family Computer release of 1989, launching on July 27.

Other Ports
The game was a smash hit in Japan, prompting the release of a sequel on Nintendo's upcoming Super Famicom console. The success of the sequel, Mother 2: Gigu no Gyakushu (known as EarthBound in the West), as well as the positive reception of the player character of Mother 2 being included in 1999 crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. led Nintendo to release the compilation title Mother 1+2 on the Game Boy Advance in 2003 in Japan only. It later saw its first English release in 2015 via the Wii U's Virtual Console under the name EarthBound Beginnings. Both Mother and Beginnings were also rereleased on the Nintendo Switch Online service in 2022.