Earthbound Tops Virtual Console Charts in Europe, Ranks High in the US

By Jorge Ba-oh 23.07.2013 7

Earthbound Tops Virtual Console Charts in Europe, Ranks High in the US on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

With only a few days on the market, the classic SNES RPG EarthBound has topped the bestseller lists on the Nintendo eShop.

Whilst digital figures are trickier to obtain, it appears that EarthBound has topped the Wii U eShop charts in various regions including UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and Portugal. Over in North America, the game is sitting firmly in the number two spot in the charts.

Have you purchased EarthBound on the Nintendo eShop yet?

Box art for EarthBound
Also known as

Mother 2

Developer

Ape

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Turn Based RPG

Players

1

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  10/10

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10 (5 Votes)

European release date Out now   North America release date Out now   Japan release date Out now   Australian release date Out now   

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 23.07.2013#1

Well deserved, even beating out the 30p Donkey Kong.

Nintendo, see what happens when you don't let people play a game that everyone wants to play? Imagine what'd happen if you localised Mother 3..

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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 23.07.2013#2

Yep! Downloaded it myself! Even though I technically already own it on GBA... but it's so much more comfortable to be able to play it in English "legally" without having to pay ridiculous prices for an original cart... Can't urge enough every RPG fan to give this a download

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 23.07.2013#3

Yeah I seriously recommend it to anyone who's ever liked RPGs, I'm a first time player myself and it's an absolutely amazing game. Uncannily written and designed especially considering the era it's from.

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welshwuff is offline. welshwuff 24.07.2013#4

Not an RPG person but i got this because i understand the significants of its importants finally getting a EU release and i have to say i happen to be enjoying the game too! Now just make 3DS and Wii U eshop unified and account based and release mother 3 to make it take off with a bang! Smilie

 
Hawk is offline. Hawk 24.07.2013#5

I've played it many times, but have never owned it myself (because of the price). I'm glad to now own it in some form! Playing through it never gets old! One of my favorite games of all time. 

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Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 24.07.2013#6

I downloaded this right away and I am loving it. I had never played it before and usually don't play RPGs.

Playing it actually reminds me of playing Pokemon Red (one of my favorite all-time games).

 
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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 24.07.2013#7

Sonic_13 said:
Playing it actually reminds me of playing Pokemon Red (one of my favorite all-time games).

Yeah Pokémon games, especially the early ones, had a surreal kind of vibe to them that's not so dissimilar from Earthbound, indeed; Well come to think of it, they both came out at about the same time too (The N64 wasn't out yet in Japan when the first Pocket Monsters games came out, hence why the hero was stuck with a Super Famicom, haha)

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