Prerelease:EarthBound

This page details pre-release information and/or media for EarthBound.

To do: Localization files, which also includes pre-release stuff not related to localization. An exhibit titled "Secrets of Mother 2" has been held, revealing a ton of development documents, concept art, early and unused graphics, and more. A livestream showing off the exhibit can be found here. More information may be available elsewhere online.

EarthBound spent five years in development (exponentially longer than it probably should have taken), but the end result is widely considered to have been worth it.

Sub-Pages

1992 The pre-Iwata-saves-the-day period of development.

1994 On the track for release.

Localization Even the localization underwent its own journey to becoming EarthBound.

Sources

• Loads of Japanese magazine previews
  • http://earthboundcentral.com/2012/09/mother-2-in-dengeki-sfc-6/
• Super Famicom Perfect Video '92-'93: A VHS video containing footage of upcoming games, released around 1992. Subtitled version was provided by Tomato.
  • A LaserDisc version of the video above, with a higher resolution and clearer sound. Digitized and uploaded by OKeijiDragon.
  • http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/mother-2-preview-video/
  • http://earthboundcentral.com/2012/05/mother-2-preview-on-laserdisc/
• http://earthboundcentral.com/2016/11/a-peek-at-some-mother-2-pre-release-differences/
• http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/mother-2-beta-preview/
• https://earthboundcentral.com/2014/06/early-mother-2-preview-in-hippon-super/
• https://earthboundcentral.com/2013/03/shigesato-itoi-posts-things-before-mother-2s-re-release/