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?
7/100 · Closed off· 4 viewers per streamer on paperNot really. Almost all of the 8 people watching EarthBound Beginnings are already committed to the streams they are on, leaving about 3 across 1 other channel. You would start around #1 of 3.
About 3 of the 8 viewers here are not watching the biggest stream — roughly 3 per rival channel. With ten viewers you would sit at #1.
Almost nobody here is available to you — either one stream holds the room, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.
This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.
When is the best time to stream EarthBound Beginnings?
Around 11pm UTC, when EarthBound Beginnings averages 2 viewers for every streamer competing — about 2.0× the room it has at 4am, its most crowded hour. Measured across 3 of the 24 hours so far.
Most room so far around 11pm UTC — 2 viewers per streamer.
3 of 24 hours measured over 1 day. The rest fill in as they are seen. Counts ignore each category’s biggest stream, so one star can’t make an empty hour look busy. Times in UTC until your clock loads.
What day to stream this
Only 1 day of readings so far — a weekday pattern needs at least 7. It fills in on its own.
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How many people stream EarthBound Beginnings?
Daily averages since 4 September 2026
2 right now, to 8 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.
Is EarthBound Beginnings too saturated on Twitch?
No. 2 people are streaming EarthBound Beginnings to 8 viewers — about 4 each — and you would open at about #1 of 3.
Who you're up against
Biggest streams of 2 live right now
Is EarthBound Beginnings any good?
Players score it 81 out of 100 from 55 ratings.
Streamer reviews
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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
- 5 (63% of the category)
- Typical stream
- 4 viewers (median)
- Count accuracy
- Exact — every live stream counted
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Updated Sep 6, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC