Mother 1 + 2 is a console role-playing video game. It is a compilation of the first two installments of the Mother series, MOTHER and MOTHER 2: GIYGAS STRIKES BACK! (known outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound, respectively). The game was meant to promote the upcoming Mother 3. Play as a boy name Ness as he go on adventures with his group of friends.