There have been unofficial fan translations, sure, but it's not just not the same as playing an official release. In fact, EarthBound Beginnings will be available to download tonight at 6pm PDT from the Wii U Virtual Console service.įans have been awaiting EarthBound Beginnings for many years. To make the news even more exciting, fans won't have to wait years or months or even days to get their hands on the game. The original Mother (the Japanese name for the EarthBound series), a game that has never been released outside of Japan in an official capacity, is finally getting a proper worldwide release over 20 years later, as EarthBound Beginnings. However, during the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, the Big N made a surprise announcement ahead of their upcoming Nintendo E3 2015 Digital Event. Considering Nintendo's general disinterest towards EarthBound over the years, no one could be blamed if they thought that Lucas in Smash was all that Nintendo had to offer fans of the cult classic series this year. Nintendo decided to kick E3 week off a little early this morning with the announcement of Ryu and Roy being added as DLC characters in Super Smash Bros.Joining Ryu and Roy is the previously announced Lucas of EarthBoundfame, a fan favorite character that was cut in the jump from Brawl to the Wii U and 3DS versions of Smash.

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