![]() ![]() The crosses on top of the churches were replaced with a taller, pointier steeple, while the large crosses on the back walls inside were changed to large stained-glass windows. The final two NPCs’ edits appear to be little more than stylistic touch-ups. Some of these changes were reverted in all versions of EarthBound or Mother 2 for similar-looking NPCs such as Ness’s Mother and the Return Woman in the Department Store of Fourside and Twoson as well as the salesman of the “For-Sale” sign in Burglin Park. In typical NoA fashion, all religious symbols were removed, including the priest’s rosary. It’s interesting to note that a few NPCs like Ninten’s mother Carol were edited in order to look less like Peanuts characters. All of these changes were carried over to Mother 1+2. Graphic Changes Characters and NPCsīeginnings changed the appearance of some characters, although most of the edits were minor (such as the stripe on Ninten’s shirt). It was useless and did nothing, so in Beginnings it was replaced by the Repel Ring. ![]() The Friendship Ring (known in-game as FrndshpRing) appeared in the Japanese version of the game. Using it simply displays the string “Ninten checked the map.” Friendship Ring This item is still in Beginnings and is fully functional. Mother 1+2 does not have this item or event, either. Through some simple hacking to copy the NPC data from the Japanese version into the US one, the event will be restored. The Japanese version had a “Time Machine” item for sale in Twinkle Elementary School which, if bought, would trigger a short event not present in Beginnings: the player is teleported to the same room directly after Lloyd blows it up with a bottle rocket. However, the original title graphics are still present in the CHR bank used for the intro text this bank is swapped out and replaced with the Earth Bound CHR bank right before the title screen appears. In Beginnings, the intro text was made more grammatically correct and the golden Mother logo was replaced with the red Earth Bound one. All descriptions here are based on the latter, which was released on the aforementioned platform as the final version. All was left untouched from the prototype that leaked in 1998. This edition would not see an official release until twenty-four years later on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. Much like the game’s cancellation in 1991. The most major addition being the expansion of the ending, which in the original was left abrupt and visually unceremonious. Upon its conversion to Earth Bound, several improvements were made to make it more accessible for western markets (which at the time, was not anywhere near as receptive to the role-playing game genre as in Japan), as well as many graphical changes and additions done at the leisure of the team. MOTHER was a major localization milestone for Nintendo of America in 1990. The text and information from the EarthBound Beginnings/Regional Differences page from The Cutting Room Floor was copied to make this page. ![]()
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