The overall tone of the story was intended to be darker than the final product was. The length of the game's story, in time, also was altered, with EarthBound 64 having 12 chapters spread over the course of ten years, each with their own main character, unlike the final game, which only has eight chapters spread over the course of three years. For one, EarthBound 64 was intended to be placed some ten years after EarthBound, in 200X, rather than the unstated amount of time the final game occurs after its prequel. Though the storyline of the game is, for the most part, the same as the Game Boy Advance release, several things were changed from the planned Nintendo 64 game. The original Ness lookalike design of Claus during the 64DD era of EarthBound 64. The subtitle used in the Japanese game was changed several times during development, with one being ' Forest of the Chimera' (森のキマイラ), but the most common one being 'Fall of the Pig King'. This was later reduced to 9 chapters during the switch from disk to cartridge. At one point, the team considered bringing it to the Nintendo GameCube.ĭuring development, the game was stated to have 12 playable characters across 12 chapters. The game began development for the Nintendo 64DD with a projected release in 1999, but was switched to a normal Nintendo 64 Game Pak when the Nintendo 64DD proved to be unsuccessful however, due to the inexperience of the development team with three-dimensional games, the game was ultimately cancelled before being brought back into development for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. ＭＯＴＨＥＲ３:豚王の最期 Mother 3: Fall of the Pig KingĮarthBound 64 (Japanese: ＭＯＴＨＥＲ３：豚王の最期 Mother 3: Fall of the Pig King), is a cancelled Nintendo 64 game that was planned as the third game in the Mother series. For the Game Boy Advance game of the same title, see Mother 3. This article is about the cancelled Nintendo 64 title.

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