EarthBound Beginnings — NES null — NTSC-U
NES · 1985–1995
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EarthBound Beginnings

NES · · NTSC-U · Role-playing (RPG)

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The same game at three prices — Loose, CIB, and Sealed on one ruler. The scale is logarithmic: each gridline step is 10×, so the distance between bars shows the size of the jump between tiers.

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Verified comparable sales · by tier
Sealed · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

    Complete in Box · 0 sales

    No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

      Loose · 0 sales

      No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

        Cohort context · sealed floor vs. cohort medians
        vs. console cohort
        Same console, same tier
        -100%below cohort median
        Cohort median €230 · 193 titles
        vs. era cohort
        Same console, year ±2
        Insufficient cohort data.
        Cohort widens as the catalog enriches.
        vs. publisher cohort
        Same console + publisher
        -100%below cohort median
        Cohort median €295 · 121 titles
        Sealed · price history
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        Why collectors care

        arthBound Beginnings, originally released in Japan as Mother, is a 1989 role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and Nintendo and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer. It is the first entry in the Mother series and was first released in Japan on July 27, 1989. The game was re-released in Japan along with its sequel on the single-cartridge compilation Mother 1+2 for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The game follows a young American boy named Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to put an end to the paranormal phenomena spiraling the country into disarray.

        NintendoApeRole-playing (RPG)
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        Hardware specimen
        First print documented
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        Regional / language names
        EarthBound Zero · Earth Bound · Mother · MOTHER · 마더

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        Documented variants · 1
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        Production reference

        No production variants are documented for this title yet. The identifying marks below cover the title's first-print and reprint signals across all tiers.

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        Production reference

        No production variants documented for this title yet. Identification reads against the title's known print signals across all tiers.

        Sealed indicators

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        Complete in Box indicators

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        Loose indicators

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