

It served as both the game manual (back when there was such a thing) and a strategy guide. The document came with copies of Earthbound cartridges when it came out in western countries in 1995. Users looking around in the Nintendo Online news feed, found on the Nintendo Switch home screen, found a QR code that leads to the PDF. However, with the game's re-release for the Nintendo Online subscription service, it has been pointing a whole new generation of users to the well-designed guide often commended for its artistic style. It has offered a PDF of the original 1995 guide for free online for a few years. Nintendo must see its 135-page player's guide for Earthbound as highly important.


It's a piece of nostalgia that many gamers would like to see for other classic games.

Players digging around in the service's menus rediscovered Earthbound's complete player's guide, which Nintendo posted as a free PDF online. Download and play Earthbound - Zero ROM today.Why it matters: One highlight of this week's Nintendo Direct is the rerelease of Earthbound and its prequel on Nintendo's subscription service. The plot uncovers preparations made by Ninten’s progenitors - from Queen Mary’s Magicant to robots built by his great-grandfather - for their descendant's quest. Ninten must find the missing pieces of Queen Mary’s song and use the song to save those that are dear to him from the wrath of the rogue alien, Giygas. His journey takes him to the land of Magicant, where he encounters Queen Mary, whom he discovers has strong blood ties to him. Prompted by his father, he begins a journey to investigate an invading alien race after a paranormal attack. Ninten enters the plot in the 1980s, nearly 80 years after the disappearance of his great-grandparents. Although the husband returns like he never left two years later, the wife does not return. The story starts with the weird vanishing of a young couple from their small rural town home. Earthbound - Zero ROM for NES tells the beginnings of an alien invasion and its consequences on future generations.
