MaternalBound

Original game : EarthBound

Platform : SNES

Author : ShadowOne333

Release date : 15 January 2015

Category : Improvement

Patch version : Omega

Modifications : G, T, O

Downloads : 10005

ROM Information

Earthbound (U)[!].smc : 3,073 kB (with Header).
MD5: ABE493B665F7467000BCF8C373B323FD
SHA-1: E44B6A73359694C25DD4ECC768128D40EC9B6DD1
SHA-256: D3D73EE3FB5AB9F69F4B0C852323C53D65AB9EE1EFB7B4180AA045063F888503

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EarthBound (U)[!].smc : 3,072 kB (Without Header / Header removed)
MD5: A864B2E5C141D2DEC1C4CBED75A42A85
SHA-1: D67A8EF36EF616BC39306AA1B486E1BD3047815A
SHA-256: A8FE2226728002786D68C27DDDDF0B90A894DB52E4DFE268FDF72A68CAE5F02E

Hack description

MaternalBound:
An EarthBound & Mother 2 Bond!

NOTE: THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY
MATERNALBOUND REDUX.

This is an Earthbound hack which takes as ultimate goal to make it as close to Mother 2 as possible, taking care of most of the uncensoring that NOA made during the localization of Mother 2, including even the Gas and Title Screen modified to match that of Mother 2, and also a modified Credits sequence.

Mainly, create the best experience possible of Mother 2/Earthbound, combining an uncensored version of Earthbound made from scratch (graphical and text-wise), and also adequate a Mother 2 title screen and references, this ROM will no longer be named EarthBound, but rather a proper Mother 2 american version of the game, like it was supposed to be and leaving the main game intact (without modifying any core-gameplay mechanics).

The changelog and modifications done to this hack is QUITE extensive, so head over to Starmen.net's Forums for full details on what has been changed and also instructions on how to apply the patch properly:

*Starmen.net PK Hack Forum: MaternalBound Thread

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
ShadowOne333	Hacking

Reviews

True dedication	rainponcho	2017-04-14	Version Omega
Hack sets high standards for itself. To turn a well-known game into a finely tuned machine. As I never played it before without this patch, this one made it a good experience. Everything looked clean and ran well. Didn't see anything that bothered me. After the ending, read the regional comparisons and changelog fully. Checked out changes myself. Everything in the game was carefully combed over. This finished product: nothing distracting was left in there. Finely polished and sculpted muscle of romhacking. Nice.

Give MaternalBound a speech next election!	Chronosplit	2015-12-11	Version Omega (r18
Uncensored hacks of Earthbound have been quite the popular subject in it's hacking scene. Many didn't get quite so far, and others had their own problems (like the title screen bug that MaternalBound only recently fixed). This one, as opposed to a full retooling to the original lines (because EB's localization initially was great among SNES games) aims to do a compromise at times with vanilla Earthbound while providing us with the most complete restoration of what as intended all those years ago. There are also grammar fixes, a couple of bugfixes like restoration of NPCs that should've been there, and an optional run button. So those on the fence should still take a look as this hack isn't a text-only affair. And above all, oh my goodness does that animated title screen look amazing. I feel safe in calling this the definitive version of Earthbound/Mother 2. Definitely playable by those for their first time and those who want to give it another spin. Another note: for those who feel this effort is a little kid-friendly or tampers with original intent too much, the link in the description goes to a "rated M for Mother" version and 1:1 translation of Mother 2. Everyone wins!

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