Has Nintendo finally decided to bring Shigesato Itoi’s EarthBound over to the Wii Virtual Console?

It’s likely, as a listing for the highly-praised SNES RPG recently cropped up on the ESRB’s search page with a content rating of E for Everyone. While not a definitive indicator by any means, this rating does suggest that a release of the title is imminent, as proven in history time and time again.

Great. So the release of EarthBound on the VC is practically a lock. Now all we need is an official localization of Mother 3.

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