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Earthbound

EarthBound is a legendary RPG originally launched in 1994, and continues the Mother series. As Ness, you must team up with three friends to defeat Giygas, a world-threatening alien.

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Platform:
SNES, Game Boy Advance
Released:
June 5, 1995
Developer:
HAL Laboratory, Ape Inc.
Publisher:
Nintendo
Genre:
RPG
ESRB:
T For Teen due to Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, Crude Humor
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