Earthbound celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and while fans in Japan will get new figures of the characters by Takara Tomy, creator Shigesato Itoi shares a short message for Earthbound fans around the world on his official website.
Earthbound (known as Mother 2 in Japan) is coming to North America and Europe, and will be available for the Wii U Virtual Console before the end of the year.
Nintendo is celebrating the Famicom's 30th birthday by releasing select Wii U Virtual Console games for 30 cents. Right now, you can get F-Zero for 30 cents. Japan has a slightly different list with Earthbound for sale for just 30 yen starting on March 20.