Super Nintendo continues to be for many the best console in the history of the Japanese company thanks to a catalog that continues to resonate strongly to this day and that was able to stand out at ...

New secrets about the SNES game EarthBound have been uncovered thanks to efforts of the Video Game History Foundation. In 2018, former Nintendo of America employee Marcus Lindblom (and the guy ...

It seems that Itoi wasn't exactly aware he was about to get pitched a sequel, with Iwata having arranged the meeting and kept him in the dark: Itoi-san: ‘Iwata-kun, you arranged this, didn’t you?’ ...

EarthBound wasn’t a huge success when the game was released to the Super Nintendo. In particular, the game did poorly in the United States because of a bad marketing campaign where they literally said ...

RPGs are known for their killer challenging boss fights, but some don't even give you a chance! Check out the best fights you aren't supposed to win. After the recent Nintendo Direct Mini and ...

FOR over two decades the Super Smash Bros series has seen Mario, Bowser, Zelda and the like knocking seven shades out of each other. But when Irish players first fired the game up, its who's who of ...

A few weeks ago, Marcus Lindblom logged onto TwitchTV. He found someone playing Earthbound, and he watched them stream for a while. Every time they smiled in the right place or laughed at the right ...

EarthBound, the endearing Japanese role-playing game from the Super Nintendo era, delivers a very particular brand of surreal humor and sentimentality. It’s part of a series known as Mother in Japan, ...

We’ve already linked you to a lovely collection of Super Nintendo game manuals that Nintendo uploaded in honor of the SNES Classic Edition’s launch. But it’s important to highlight that EarthBound’s ...

It was late, my girlfriend was asleep in my bed, and all I wanted to do was play a little Earthbound. I looked around my room and saw my retro collection of games boxed away under my desk. To get them ...

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