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Mother / EarthBound

edited 2026-06-18

A complete play order for the Mother / EarthBound trilogy — three RPGs by Shigesato Itoi spanning the 1989 Famicom original, the beloved 1994 SNES entry EarthBound, and the 2006 Game Boy Advance finale Mother 3. Access barriers (Mother 1 was shelved in English until 2015; Mother 3 still has no official English release) and differing entry-point accessibility fuel one of gaming's most active which-to-play-first debates.

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01GAME
1989The 1989 Famicom RPG that launched the series, directed by Shigesato Itoi and developed by Ape Inc. and Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products. Known i…
02GAME
1994The 1994 Super Famicom and 1995 SNES RPG developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory — known in Japan as Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū (Mother 2:…
03GAME
2006The 2006 Game Boy Advance conclusion developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory, released in Japan on April 20 2006 as マザースリー (Mazā Surī)…