#50. Mother 1. (NES)
Ah, Mother 1. a clunky little NES game with a sad history. While originally it was going to be released outside of Japan, the entire translation was finished, the game was suddenly cancelled, forgotten and then over shadowed by it's successor: Earthbound. In many ways the two games are very similar, you go around the world looking for parts of a melody, fight against an alien threat from outer space, make friends to help you in your quest and Ninten is basically Ness. What makes Mother 1 different and special from Earthbound is how huge and open the world feels, along with that the story is more somber and the difficulty can be brutal. While Earthbound will always hold the spotlight, Mother 1 will always hold a place in my heart as the little game that almost could.