Mother  was never called Earthbound  Mother  for the  was called Earthbound  Mother  was going to be released under Earth Bound Although these games were never released I think its notable since Earthbound is not the only game under that name Also just a note from what I see in the EarthboundMother community Earthbound refers to the english version of the game and Mother to the Japanese People discuss differences between Earth Bound  and Mother In SSBB Mother the game is referred to as Mother Why Because its talking about the Japanese game Not the American one Same with mother  although there really is no real egnlish name for Mother  Ive never heard it being called Earthbound  That would imply that there was an Earthbound  Earth Bound is the name for Mother It has a space EarthBound is the sequel Earthbound   is the sequel to the sequel Yea Just a stupid note    Wow four tildes