QUOTE(Opoth @ Jul 19 2007, 02:03 PM)

The one on SNES is Earthbound 2, the NES version is a completely different game that was slated to be released here at one time but wasn't. Due to the wonders of emulation a prototype of the unreleased NES game is completely playable on your favorite emulator, and is a great game to boot.
The Japanese name for the series is Mother, so the SNES game was Mother 2. Both were released on the GBA not too long ago in Japan on the same cart, more or less to garnish a bit more excitement and test the sales waters for Mother 3, also released on the GBA, also something we'll probably never get. >_<
I really REALLY wish companies could stop with all this different names for different regions BS when it screws with numbering the titles in a series. Seiken Densetsu is an excellent example of this.