EarthBound 64
| EarthBound 64 | |
|---|---|
The game's logo revealed at Space World 1999 with the subheading "Fall of the Pig King" | |
| Developers | Nintendo HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Producers | Shigeru Miyamoto Satoru Iwata |
| Designer | Shigesato Itoi |
| Artist | Benimaru Itoh |
| Composer | Shogo Sakai |
| Platform | Nintendo 64 |
| Release | Canceled |
| Genre | Role-playing game |
| Mode | Single-player |
EarthBound 64, known in Japan as Mother 3: Fall of the Pig King, is a canceled role-playing video game that was under development by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo 64. It was intended to be the third game in the Mother series following EarthBound (1994), with series creator Shigesato Itoi working as designer. The game was slated to feature ten playable characters across twelve chapters, with the main antagonists being Porky Minch – a character previously featured in EarthBound – and his Pigmask Army.
Initially intended for the Super Famicom, development was transferred to the 64DD peripheral, before being moved to a standard Nintendo 64 Game Pak in 1999. The game suffered numerous delays due to the 64DD's failure and the developers' inexperience with 3D technology, leading to its cancellation in August 2000. The project was later revived for the Game Boy Advance and eventually released in 2006 as Mother 3, with assistance from developer Brownie Brown.