EarthBound: all version differences
7 documented differences between the releases of EarthBound, each with a source. Back to the main page for names, releases and where to play.
Category × version
| Category | SNES (NA) |
|---|---|
| Title | 1 |
| Censorship | 3 |
| Graphics | 2 |
| Text | 1 |
Version differences
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TitleSNES (NA)
Nintendo renamed Mother 2 to EarthBound for North America, since the first Mother had not been released outside Japan and a '2' could confuse buyers.1
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CensorshipSNES (NA)
Religious imagery was removed for the American release: the red crosses on hospitals and the crosses on tombstones were edited out.1
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CensorshipSNES (NA)
References to alcohol were replaced with coffee or cappuccino.1
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CensorshipSNES (NA)
Ness is no longer shown nude in Magicant, and the blue-robed cultists of Happy Happy Village were redrawn to look less like Ku Klux Klan members.1
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GraphicsSNES (NA)
A Coca-Cola logo on a truck was removed, along with other references to real-world brands.1
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TextSNES (NA)
Marcus Lindblom's localization rewrote the script with an American tone and added pop-culture jokes; Ness's neighbor Porky became Pokey in English.1
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GraphicsSNES (NA)
A Japanese sprite showing an 'X' in a rectangle was replaced with a different sprite in the American version.2
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13