
EarthBound Beginnings on Twitch — competition and audience
EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. Though officially translated into English under the name EarthBound in 1990 complete with a variety of updates and new content, the planned release of the North American localization was ultimately cancelled due to Nintendo of America ending support for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Despite this, the updates made to the game for the English localization was included in the Japanese Mother 1+2 rerelease for Game Boy Advance in 2003. The English version was finally released on the Wii U Virtual Console on June 14th, 2015, 25 years after its intended release date.
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What is EarthBound Beginnings about?
EarthBound Beginnings follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. His adventure leads him to new friends and eventually uncovering an alien plot that must be stopped.






Should I stream EarthBound Beginnings on Twitch?
0/100 · Closed off· 4 viewers per streamer on paperProbably not. None of the 4 people watching EarthBound Beginnings are watching in English — every live stream is in another language, so there is nobody here for an English broadcast to reach.
None of the 4 viewers here are watching in English — every live stream is in another language, so there is nobody for an English broadcast to reach.
Only 0 of the 4 viewers here (0%) are watching in English. 0 of the 1 live streams are in English.
Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.
This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.
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How many people stream EarthBound Beginnings?
Right now
1 right now, to 4 viewers between them. 0 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.
Is EarthBound Beginnings too saturated on Twitch?
Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming EarthBound Beginnings, every one of them in another language — so the room is quiet because there is nobody here for an English broadcast to reach, not because it is waiting for you.
Who you're up against
Biggest streams of 1 live right now
- 玉月じーこja4
Is EarthBound Beginnings any good?
Players score it 81 out of 100 from 56 ratings.
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Details
- Released
- Jun 14, 2015 · 11 years ago
- Time to finish
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- Playing on Steam
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- Price
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- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Bird view / Isometric
- Rated
- ESRB T
- Biggest stream
- 4 (100% of the category)
- Typical stream
- 4 viewers (median)
- Count accuracy
- Exact — every live stream counted
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