August 11th, 2010 | Auctions, EarthBound, Merchandise | 20 Comments

Just a small swag update today. First, you might remember a while back when someone was trying to sell a copy of EarthBound for $6000. I don’t know if that one ever sold, but the same seller listed one for a similar insane price shortly after, and I watched the price on it fall bit by bit every month or so. Until yesterday, when someone bought a copy of EarthBound for $2000 That’s p...Read More »

August 9th, 2010 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, Merchandise | 21 Comments

A little while back I posted about a new CD coming out that features a lot of Keiichi Suzuki’s movie and game music. This CD includes some MOTHER series music too, including a new version of Smiles & Tears. If you don’t remember what Smiles & Tears is, it’s the song that plays at the end of EarthBound, during the staff credits. Shigesato Itoi actually wrote lyrics for t...Read More »

August 6th, 2010 | Events, MOTHER 3 | 21 Comments

Usually, Starmen.Net does a community playthrough of EarthBound every summer, but this summer they’re playing through MOTHER 3. It’s a combination of a community playthrough and an art/writing/music/etc. contest, and definitely worth checking out. I don’t think they have a site up for it just yet, but you can check out the M3 Fanfest site here. Even if you miss each day’s ...Read More »

August 5th, 2010 | EarthBound, Merchandise | 15 Comments

For those who’re interested in collecting EarthBound/MOTHER merchandise, those official MOTHER 1+2 Starman SMAAAASH! T-shirts are back in stock at the King of Games site, and available in all sizes! See the T-shirts here. Whenever I post Japanese merchandise on the site, people are always shocked at the prices – but that’s just how much things are over there. So don’t be T...Read More »

August 3rd, 2010 | EarthBound, MOTHER 1, MOTHER 1+2, Uncommon Knowledge | 34 Comments

Ivan R. recently sent me an e-mail about the MOTHER series logo, namely the planet that’s used in the “O” n the name. I had totally forgotten about it, this is exactly the kind of thing I made EarthBound Central for! So without further ado, here’s where the MOTHER planet logo thing comes from. Here, we see the planet in the logos. These are the GBA MOTHER 1+2 versions so th...Read More »

August 1st, 2010 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge | 52 Comments

For those of you who’ve never heard of it, there’s an organization called Twin Galaxies that keeps a catalog of video game world records – you can read some more about it here. If you’ve seen King of Kong, for example, you’re probably familiar with Twin Galaxies. Anyway, a new EarthBound world record was made a few days ago: a verified, real-life run of the game was c...Read More »