EarthBound
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- 3.8K Backlogs
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- 3.5% Retired
- 88% Rating
- 2.3K Beat
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Main Story
27½ Hours
Main + Sides
32 Hours
Completionist
39 Hours
All Styles
30½ Hours
You will be startled to hear the thunderous crash at the beginning, only to discover it to be a meteorite. EarthBound is based on a typical American boy, Ness, with psychic powers. To kill the potentially dangerous creature of the future Giygas, you travel through the present, making friends, and defeating enemies.
How long is EarthBound?
When focusing on the main objectives, EarthBound is about 27½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 39 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
When focusing on the main objectives, EarthBound is about 27½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 39 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Platforms:
Game Boy Advance, Super Nintendo
Game Boy Advance, Super Nintendo
Genres:
Top-Down, Turn-Based, Role-Playing
Top-Down, Turn-Based, Role-Playing
Developers:
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Publisher:
Nintendo
Nintendo
NA:
June 5th, 1995
June 5th, 1995
JP:
August 27th, 1994
August 27th, 1994
Updated:
7 Hours Ago
7 Hours Ago
Alias:
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushu
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushu
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| Single-Player | Polled | Average | Median | Rushed | Leisure |
| Main Story | 454 | 27h 32m | 27h 48m | 17h 50m | 36h 20m |
| Main + Extras | 342 | 32h 36m | 31h 33m | 21h 17m | 57h 19m |
| Completionist | 89 | 39h 16m | 38h 26m | 24h 25m | 59h 25m |
| All PlayStyles | 885 | 30h 40m | 30h | 19h 10m | 56h 27m |
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| Speedruns | Polled | Average | Median | Fastest | Slowest |
| Any% | 3 | 5h 38m 4s | 4h 46m 24s | 3h 59m 35s | 8h 8m 12s |
| 100% | 1 | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s |
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| Platform | Polled | Main | Main + | 100% | Fastest | Slowest |
| Emulated | 102 | 26h 14m | 30h 43m | 39h 55m | 13h 40m | 46h |
| Game Boy Advance | 4 | 30h | 35h | -- | 20h | 40h |
| Nintendo 3DS | 99 | 28h 40m | 37h 53m | 39h | 19h 28m | 82h 34m |
| Nintendo Switch | 103 | 27h 25m | 31h 14m | 42h 7m | 13h | 70h 28m |
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 4 | 28h 32m | 32h 44m | -- | 28h 14m | 35h |
| Super Nintendo | 419 | 26h 47m | 31h 27m | 39h 18m | 8h | 80h |
| Wii | 4 | 35h | 36h 40m | -- | 34h 21m | 39h 41m |
| Wii U | 131 | 29h 57m | 34h 6m | 38h 16m | 17h 20m | 57h 12m |
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