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, released outside Japan as ''EarthBound Beginnings'', is a 1989 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Ape and published by Nintendo for the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System). The game is modeled on the gameplay of the ''Dragon Quest'' series, but is set in the late 20th century United States, unlike its fantasy genre contemporaries. ''Mother'' follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. The game uses random encounters to enter a menu-based, first-person perspective battle system. It is the first game in the ''Mother'' series and was followed by two sequels, ''EarthBound'' in 1994 and ''Mother 3'' in 2006. The game's writer and director, Shigesato Itoi, pitched the game concept to Shigeru Miyamoto while visiting Nintendo's headquarters for other business. Though Miyamoto denied the proposal at first, he eventually gave Itoi a development team. The game was released in Japan on July 27, 1989. A North American version was localized into English, but was abandoned as commercially nonviable. A copy of this prototype was later found and circulated on the Internet under the unofficial, fan-created title ''EarthBound Zero''. The game was eventually localized and released worldwide under the name ''EarthBound Beginnings'' for the Wii U Virtual Console on June 14, 2015. Reviewers noted the game's similarities with the ''Dragon Quest'' series and its simultaneous parody of the genre's tropes. They considered the game's sequel, ''EarthBound'', very similar and a better overall implementation of ''Mother'' gameplay ideas. Critics also noted the game's high level of difficulty and issues of balance. ''Mother'' sold 150,000 copies and received a "Silver Hall of Fame" score from Japanese reviewer ''Weekly Famitsu''. Jeremy Parish of ''1UP.com'' wrote that ''Mother'' importantly generated interest in video game emulation and the historical preservation of unreleased games. The game was later rereleased in Japan on the single-cartridge compilation ''Mother 1+2'' for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. == Gameplay == ''Mother'' is a single-player, role-playing video game〔 set in a "slightly offbeat", late 20th century United States as interpreted by Japanese author Shigesato Itoi.〔 The game eschews traits of its Japanese role-playing game contemporaries: it is not set within the fantasy genre and only enters science fiction for its final sequence.〔 The player fights in warehouses and laboratories instead of in standard dungeons. Instead of swords, assault weapons, and magic, the player uses baseball bats, toy guns, and psychic abilities. The game's protagonist, Ninten, is about 10 years old.〔 Like the ''Dragon Quest'' series, ''Mother'' uses a random encounter combat system. The player explores the overworld from a top-down perspective and occasionally enters a first-person perspective battle sequence where the player chooses attack options from a series of menus.〔 On their turn, the player selects between options to fight, guard, check enemy attributes, run away, use items, or use offensive, defensive, or healing psychic powers. The player can also set the battle on autopilot with the "auto" option.〔 Critical hits register with the series' signature "SMAAAASH" text and sound.〔 The player can press a button to have Ninten "check" or "talk" with nearby people, animals, and objects. The game shares similarities with its sequel, ''EarthBound'': there is a game save option through using a phone to call Ninten's father, an option to store items with Ninten's sister at home, and an automated teller machine for banking money. The members of Ninten's party are all visible on the overworld screen at once, and are analogous to ''EarthBound'' party members in style and function. ''Mother'' world map does not keep locations separate, and instead connects all areas (akin to the Pokémon series games). The game's story begins as Ninten receives a music box and the journal of his great-grandfather, who studied psychic powers nearly a century earlier. Ninten is attacked by household items, and ventures outside to find a crazy world with hostile everyday objects and other odd events.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mother (video game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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