EarthBound (MOTHER2 ギーグの逆襲, MOTHER2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!) is a role-playing game (RPG) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second game in the EarthBound/Mother series, following the NES game EarthBound Beginnings which wasn't released outside Japan until 2015 on the Wii U Virtual Console. This game is only loosely connected to EarthBound Beginnings, in that it shares neither the primary protagonists nor the primary setting; one of the few notable connections is Giygas, the primary antagonist of both games, here seemingly executing the revenge he swore to uphold against the planet Earth at the end of EarthBound Beginnings.