Best game the SNES ever had. It was such a huge game for its time, and I can still play it over and over today and not get bored.

3/17/2009 7:28:18 PM

Indeed. I remember getting it for Christmas when it first came out and playing through it in like two sittings. Great game. Although I thought Mother 3 was a major let down.. maybe because I expected so much. Earthbound was seriously one of the greatest games of my childhood.

3/17/2009 7:44:14 PM

but srsly, I play through this game probably 3 times a year. I love it.

3/17/2009 7:52:34 PM

real clever


asshole

3/17/2009 7:56:19 PM

hahaha slant

3/17/2009 8:02:48 PM

i hate having jeff until you get the heavy bazooka, then he becomes badass.

3/17/2009 8:05:13 PM

3/17/2009 8:06:08 PM

For once I'll agree with bdmazur.

This game was the shit back in the day. I haven't played it in forever, though.

3/17/2009 11:49:39 PM

My sister left my SNES and my copy of earthbound outside in the rain one day after bringing it to a friends house. It doesn't work anymore Now I'm stuck playing roms.

3/18/2009 6:44:11 AM

roms are better because you speed up the frame rate and play it in like 1/4 of the time.

3/18/2009 8:39:27 AM

While I love playing SNES games on roms (hell I've got earthbound on my phone) - playing the classic on a big TV is always fun.

3/18/2009 8:44:18 AM

i connect my laptop to my tv through HDMI and play the rom that way.

3/18/2009 5:07:42 PM

Earthbound and Down.

3/18/2009 5:36:34 PM

Nintendo Power had some "scratch and sniff" scents in their magazine when this came came out...

one was rotten pizza and one was garbage...they were horrible

3/18/2009 5:57:04 PM

Quote :

"My sister left my SNES and my copy of earthbound outside in the rain one day after bringing it to a friends house."

did you beat her ass?

3/18/2009 6:17:37 PM

Quote :

"Nintendo Power had some "scratch and sniff" scents in their magazine when this came came out... one was rotten pizza and one was garbage...they were horrible"

that shit was awesome

3/18/2009 11:04:59 PM

^I remember that. That issue was the reason I bought the game.

3/18/2009 11:05:40 PM

Hah, I still have thoses somewhere I'm sure.

Easily my favorite RPG of all time right behind FFVII and Mario RPG

3/19/2009 12:39:51 PM

I have never played this game. What a shame.

3/19/2009 1:21:35 PM

^^I'm a huge fan of Mario RPG. Smithy was the shit (when he still has the beard anyway, I don't like him when he transforms). Fighting Culex (who resmbles Final Fantasy) in Mario RPG means double the fun.

Earthbound is still my #1 though.

3/19/2009 7:27:59 PM

Hah yeah, getting into that room with the fake final fantasy boss was great. Mario RPG stand out because it plays like a jrpg but it has hilarious jokes throughout. I hate that Mallow never made an appearance outside of that game.

Plus you got to be friends with Bowzer... awesome.

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3/19/2009 11:30:15 PM

The enemies were great, especially Booster.

3/20/2009 1:49:41 AM

damn photographer annoys the hell out of me though

3/23/2009 10:58:57 AM

fuzzy pickles nigggaaa

3/23/2009 11:30:35 AM

runaway five ftw

3/23/2009 11:49:12 AM

Did anyone else think about the Blues Brothers throughout the entire game the first time they played?

3/23/2009 7:58:03 PM

nope. you might be the only one tbh

3/23/2009 8:30:05 PM

that game was the shit, and no other rpg since then has even come close to being as enjoyable as that game right thurr.

who here doesn't remember their first trip through moonside? magicant? or fucking the final boss and the robots? that game was incredible

and mother 3 is just as good imo

3/24/2009 1:23:59 AM

Quote :

"no other rpg since then has even come close to being as enjoyable...and mother 3 is just as good imo"

So I guess another rpg did come close?

And the turning into robots thing was my least favorite part of the game. I've never played Mother 1 or 3, but I'd like to eventually.

3/24/2009 10:17:47 AM

the robots part is pretty fucking hard/almost impossible if you don't stock up on multiBRs/lifenoodles and shit before you go.

3/24/2009 11:28:03 AM

YEAH THANKS FOR THE TIP

WE'VE NEVER FUCKING PLAYED THE GAME BEFORE

3/24/2009 11:35:51 AM

SO TUFF

3/24/2009 11:37:24 AM

next you're going to tell us the best way to avoid fighting a lot of bad guys is to leave the room and re-enter, and keep repeating until your path is clear... AMIRITE

3/24/2009 11:41:43 AM

I've never done that before.

3/24/2009 12:00:18 PM

haha

that shit is crucial under Stonehenge with all those fucking Starmen

3/24/2009 12:04:26 PM

I get my levels way up with the angry catapillers in the 2 deserts (dusty dunes and scaraba) so that the starmen aren't a challenge, and keep fighting them until i get Poo's fucking sword.

3/24/2009 1:55:39 PM

3D Onett:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBCU_5ftzM

This one doesn't look quite as good but it shows a lot more points of interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABgTgSnRsYo&NR=1

[Edited on March 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM. Reason : .]

3/24/2009 2:06:18 PM

lol google earth giygas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIapn5Wco0I&feature=related

3/24/2009 2:10:18 PM

you don't need to stock up on lifenoodles in the cave of the past, just get a shitload of multi bottle rockets and the last part of the game isn't hard at all. earthbound really isn't that hard of a game, there are plenty of ways to get through any part.

or you can always do the thing where you make enemies disappear off the edge of the map before going any further...........

and yes, bdmazur, the one rpg to come close to earthbound was mother 3. I guess what I was trying to say is that no other rpg from another series/franchise came close to replicating the experience brought forth from earthbound and the like.

Mother 3 is definitely worth a playthrough if you enjoyed EarthBound. There are many things Mother 3 does better, IMO; the music is a lot cooler, the difficulty is a lot harder, the animations are a lot cooler, the characters are much more fleshed out, and the overall storyline is a lot better. They are similar enough to be just as enjoyable, but different enough so that you can appreciate each one for what they bring to the table. The final chapter of Mother 3 is, IMO, one of the most amazing moments of any game I have ever played.

3/24/2009 2:18:20 PM

man i remember that game...

It took me forever to figure the damn waterfall part out

3/24/2009 3:28:20 PM

I played that game start to finish back in '02 ... had me living by whatever walkthrough Google led me to at the time!

Has anyone played "Mother" AKA "Earthbound Zero" on an NESemu?

3/24/2009 3:47:20 PM

Mother 1 isn't a bad game, but it is almost unplayable because the difficulty borders on ridiculous most of the time (making power leveling a necessity, something I hate doing) and the random encounter rate is insane (yes, M1 has random encounters.....). The storyline isn't as cool, and the game doesn't really have that distinct weirdness we all love. I keep playing it and then stopping for several months, but eventually I will beat it.

3/24/2009 4:59:46 PM