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Earthbound

Genre

Role-playing game

Series

Earthbound

Designer

Shigesato Itoi

Platform

Super NESNintendo 64Game Boy Advance

Developer

Tethys Productions

Publisher

NintendoH2O Interactive

First release

27 August 1994

Number of games

4

Notable innovations

Character souls in battle • Multiplayer experience • Storyline focused on alternate realities connected by 'Aethereal Gates'

Impact on culture and society

Significant strides in gender equality • LGBT acceptance • One of the world's first major esports scenes

Earthbound