1/4/2024 0 Comments Earthbound beginnings map![]() An oversight from this change is that the hospital sign gets hidden by the food store sign on Threed's map, which can be seen here. That's not what it's called in America, so this was redrawn to look like a face in EarthBound.Īs seen above, Threek's name was changed to Threed.Īll changes to the overworld were applied to the map logos as well. In Mother 2, the ATM in Magicant had a small moniker that read "CD", standing for "cash dispenser". The department store's sign in Fourside got a textual overhaul, probably to make clear that this is, in fact, a store. The Topollo Theater was changed to the Topolla Theater, likely to prevent conflict with New York's Apollo Theater. This may have been an effort to prevent similarity to the Hasbro game Monopoly (although the actual word "monopoly" isn't trademarked). The Monotoly Building's name was changed to "Monotoli". In addition, one screenshot on the giant EarthBound game box shows the Red Cross symbol. Interestingly, the Red Cross symbol found inside Dungeon Man was left intact. A bunch of illegible text was added in its place on the Onett hospital and the letters were re-organized on Twoson's, while it was just removed completely from the Threed hospital. The sign of the hospitals was changed to remove the Red Cross (as indicative use is reserved for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement). This isn't a case of censorshipː all other cases of "drugstore", including the signs in Threed and the Dusty Dunes Desert, were left intact, and the game's English script commonly refers to them as such. The "DRUG" signs in department stores were changed to read "SHOP". Nintendo of America's strict censorship policy resulted in changing Jackie's Bar to a café both in Fourside and Moonside, resulting in the removal of the tilted letters. Threek's name was changed to Threed, likely to avoid the possibility of misconstruing it as being a reference to the KKK (ThreeK, as in Three-K). Also, the Runaway Brothers themselves wear different clothes between versions more about that later. Outside the name change, the portrait next to the signboard received additional detail in EarthBound. Also, the copyright text was updated to reflect the American release. In EarthBound, the letter "B" gets into the center, the background color becomes purple, and an additional glowing effect was added to the title text. In Mother 2, the iconic Earth logo appears at its place, then the rest of the letters come together from both sides, and the background color turns red as it reveals the highlight effect, the "2", the phrase "Gyiyg Strikes Back", and the copyright text. ![]() The title screen was completely altered to fit the new title. In EarthBound, it takes you to the title screen instead. The intro wording changed completely in localization to reflect new name changes and because Mother wasn't released outside Japan (although it was intended to, and eventually was), and it would be rather odd for a never-before-seen enemy to "strike back".Īlso, if you press Start to skip this introduction in Mother 2, it takes you straight to the file selection screen.
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