EarthBound

1994 video game
VideoGame video_game Q2529000
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EarthBound

Summary

EarthBound is a video game[1]. EarthBound ranks in the top 0.83% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,123 views/month, #161 of 19,301).[2]

Key Facts

  • EarthBound's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • EarthBound was directed by Shigesato Itoi[4].
  • EarthBound's composer is recorded as Keiichi Suzuki[5].
  • EarthBound's composer is recorded as Hirokazu Tanaka[6].
  • EarthBound was published by Q8093[7].
  • EarthBound's genre is role-playing video game[8].
  • EarthBound's genre is video game with LGBT character[9].
  • EarthBound was produced by Satoru Iwata[10].
  • EarthBound was produced by Shigesato Itoi[11].
  • EarthBound's developer is recorded as Creatures[12].
  • EarthBound's developer is recorded as HAL Laboratory[13].
  • EarthBound's part of the series is recorded as Mother[14].
  • EarthBound's Commons category is recorded as EarthBound[15].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[16].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as Wii U[17].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as New Nintendo 3DS[18].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as Super NES Classic Edition[19].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[20].
  • EarthBound's platform is recorded as Q19610114[21].
  • EarthBound's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[22].
  • EarthBound was distributed by digital distribution[23].
  • EarthBound was distributed by Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak[24].
  • EarthBound's input device is recorded as gamepad[25].
  • EarthBound's country of origin is recorded as Japan[26].
  • EarthBound was released on August 27, 1994[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 68c66584-a4e6-4b6c-af14-964e718f9e07[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

EarthBound was published by Q8093[7]. Producers include Satoru Iwata[10] and Shigesato Itoi[11]. EarthBound was directed by Shigesato Itoi[4].

Publication

Publication dates include August 27, 1994[27], June 5, 1995[30], June 20, 2003[31], March 20, 2013[32], July 18, 2013[33], and March 3, 2016[34]. Genres include role-playing video game[8] and video game with LGBT character[9]. EarthBound's part of the series is recorded as Mother[14]. Recorded distribution format include digital distribution[23] and Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak[24].

Subject and Themes

EarthBound's part of the series is recorded as Mother[14].

Why It Matters

EarthBound ranks in the top 0.83% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,123 views/month, #161 of 19,301).[2] EarthBound has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] EarthBound is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . GameFAQs. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . GameFAQs. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Represent Me. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . speedrun.com. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nintendo eShop. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . speedrun.com. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q20056333. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Nintendo eShop. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . GameFAQs. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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