EarthBound Zero in Game Informer

Even more interesting since it’s technically an unreleased game over here.

I can totally see “psychics who talk to babies” being a new fad on cheesy afternoon talk shows now

Oh god, no more Derrek Ogilvie references please.

Ha, I see in the corner that baby Yoshi made the list too.

I was so surprised when I found that in my issue of Game Informer. Mill’s right, EB0 is an unreleased game, so either Nintendo’s cooking up something, or someone at GI knows how to work an emulator.

This is definitely one of the more interesting parts of the game for me.

Wow pretty cool, if I wasn’t so dumb and I knew how to use an emulator my life would be so much happier. Well, atleast I have a repo cart.

Game Informer has always been the best!

Nice to see something eb-related in a gaming magazine

I’ve beat the game but whare the crap is it in the game

In the west part of Easter.

I was definitely surprised to see this in the magazine. It was my understanding that as a general rule, gaming publications that want to stay on the good side of game publishers (so as to continue to receive review copies, game previews, and whatnot) refused to acknowledge emulation. So it seems like Game Informer is walking on the wild side with this one, as I find it EXTREMELY unlikely that THIS would be the only hint Nintendo allowed to be released that some game release was imminent, especially with E3 just come and gone.

This is why I don’t like GI. They don’t get there facts right and always forget about Nintendo.

Yuck, I meant to say “their”. XD

Hmm. Even though he isn’t technically a baby, I’m just surprised they didn’t have either Giegue or Giygas. The evil baby villain wants attention too!

EB 0 never existed as anything but a rom. Mother was called Mother, period. When the emulation scene translated the rom of Mother they called it Earthbound 0. Eartbound 0 was never a concept for the game’s name even when it was planned on being released stateside. The title was simply Mother. So when GI called it Earthbound they were doing it right.

^ Mother 1′s US release was going to be titled “Earth Bound’” with 2 words So if you want to get in specifics, they got it wrong . I know it’s no big deal; I’m just sayin’.

No Earthbound as a game title did not exist till Mother 2 came stateside. Mother was never called anything other than Mother period.

Actually Zer0boy, it technically did. Did as in past-tense, as the official trademark for it died in 1992.

I’m just gonna link the trademark here: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=74089113

Word Mark : EARTH BOUND
Goods and Services : (ABANDONED) IC 028. US 022 038. G & S: toys, namely video game machines and electronic game programs
Mark Drawing Code : (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number : 74089113
Filing Date : August 16, 1990
Current Basis : 1B
Original Filing Basis : 1B
Published for Opposition : May 14, 1991
Owner : (APPLICANT) Nintendo of America Inc. CORPORATION WASHINGTON 4820 – 150th Avenue Northeast Redmond WASHINGTON 98052
Attorney of Record : Jerald E. Nagae
Type of Mark : TRADEMARK
Register : PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator : DEAD
Abandonment Date : July 13, 1992

Hey Tomato. Also, what are you gonna do with the EarthBound SNES review scan I made for you?
http://twitpic.com/9vk7bf It’s got some interesting

…bits of rudimentary localization in it.

Ah, is that what that magazine review was? It looks like it’s the same as this one: http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/04/vgces-earthbound-review/

I find it odd, that they’d show earthbound zero.. I mean the only ways to play the game are A: use emulators, or get a reproduction cart,or B: Have a Japanese cartridge. Either game informer broke some rules, or there’s a 0.00000000000000000001% chance of a wii u virtual console re-release.. Still, highly unlikely.

Wow, I know this topic is WAY old now but reading some of the comments on this boils my piss as a MOTHER nerd. (Teehee)
MOTHER is MOTHER in Japan. It was going to be “Earth Bound” (two words) in the states on the NES, but it was never released. AND IT WAS translated by Nintendo OFFICIALLY. It bugs me when people say it’s a fan translation because IT’S NOT. The only thing Demiforce changed about it was they added “zero” to the title screen to avoid confusion with the already out “Earthbound” on SNES.
Get it straight nigga!

…I have Earthbound (MOTHER 1) Beta…