Earthbound

[Schimid]

I'm surprised, I don't think there's ever been a thread about this game.

I used to think it sucked, but I've been playing it for a few days now and it's really not too bad. It's hella hard though, especially if you're planning to play without Savestates. I find myself going through areas begging for enemies not to poison me, and that's even with me playing WITH Savestates,

So far I'm at Fourside, but they told me to go dig for gold to pay off the Runaway Five. Douchebags.

[Emu]

Here's a tip: Buy a wet towel, a pizza and a Skip Sandwich and save them. You'll need them later. ;<

[DeadKennedys]

It's my favorite game of all time. I'm playing it right now

[CaptainBubba]

About every 6 months or so someone makes an Earthbound thread. Half of the board loves it and the other half thinks its over-rated.

It was my first rpg and im batshit crazy for the game personally.

[Helm]

I just could never get into it. I must have started playing 3 times or so. My interest in the japanese rpg genre is limited though.

[Xenogil]

Nintendo was going to make a Mother 3 for the 64, but they scrapped it. Bastards.

[Esuohlim]

This is my favorite fucking game ever. I always get in the mood to play it around December, so I'll be ready to bump this thread in four months. >:

[Schimid]

Just beat it. The ending is pretty incredible.

- This kind of makes me want to learn to use Ness in SSB. My main guy has always been Luigi, but after this, I might make a change. I also got to thinking that Jeff should be in the next SSB, what with all his different weapons and whatnot.

- Lumine Wall was the best moment in the entire game. For real. I kinda do wish I had the scratch-n-sniff stickers so I could experience it more, but, what're you gonna do.

- I saw a guy with a small Giygas tattoo on his upper back once. I didn't know it at the time, but when he aligned in the game, I saw it perfectly. It got me to thinking that Starman would be a killer tattoo too.

- All in all, it was really good. Still not my favorite game of all time (silent hill 2 is way hard to beat), but up in the top 10 or 15 I think.

[Helm]

if Silent Hill 2 is your favourite game of all time, you know you've missed 15 years of vital video gaming experience.

[DeadKennedys]

You don't want to have those scratch and sniff stickers. I had them and they smell like a combination of broccoli and gym rags. All of them.

I re-rented this game every week from blockbuster after I took it back, and since I was the only one renting it they decided to give it to me for 5 bucks, with the big box and strategy guide! A few years back I found a copy with the big box at my gamestop for a similar price and bought it, intending to sell it for MILLIONS! Alas, I couldn't even let go of that copy, so I have two :(

[Guitar Woman]

Earthbound is on my list of "Most Overrated games EVER." Because it's a crappy menu-based RPG. >:

[EverythingWillSuck]

I had those stickers, half of them smelled the same. :/

I always hated going up against Master Barf whenever I played it. That fucker took some damage.

[Skulhedface]

Since everyone's played this apparently, SPOILER TAGS are unnecessary.

The only thing I hated about this game was before the Master Barf part, waiting in the waterfall for three minutes. Thank god for emulators and frame skipping/fast forwarding functions.

[Zomboid]

Earthbound is on my list of "games that suck horribly but are ok sometimes." Because it is ok sometimes. >:

Fuck you. It's always amazing.

I think I've made one or two threads about this game already but that's cause it's in my top 5 or so. Definitely one of the coolest games ever :O

Favorite part is where that guy warns you about Pokey taking a shit over by a tree.

[Esuohlim]

Earthbound is all kinds of awesome. No conventional medieval shit like every other RPG I've ever played like potions and swords.

[CaptainBubba]

Because changing it to "Bats" and "Cookies" makes it creative. ;p

I like Earthbound because it was funny and interesting. Earthbound had surroundings that were pretty to look at, good music, it was humorous, and the characters, as ridiculous as they were, were actually believable and better developed than all but the 99% percentile of RPG generic theif/warriors. It and Chrono Trigger are the best things to happen to SNES

[Esuohlim]

Because changing it to "Bats" and "Cookies" makes it creative. ;p

Yeah, well my point was that I wasn't running around castles and talking to kings and sleeping in inns and getting past knights, and none of the characters were wearing old-fashioned robes and shit and had names like "Nurei" or "Palom" or "Kienshisuki" like every other RPG I've ever played, but I haven't played that many so >:

Plus, the game was bright and cartoony and not old-fashioned looking itself either. And it was hilarious, and not in a gay anime way.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, it's quirky sense of humour and graphics and pretty much everything about it is so different from every other rpg I've played. I still like the medieval themed ones and everything...but the fact that it's somewhat more realistic and modern than those other games is cool.

[Supafly345]

I don't know as far as the humor guys... I mean it was good simply to make the game light-hearted, but essentially it was only funny because you were playing a game with lego people. I do prefer the goofy situational humor this game has to other games where the translators decided that having a ninja say "CRAP! Pardon my french." was funnier than "Me not able to fix castle sir!"

[Esuohlim]

I liked the "Happy-Happyists" cult that wanted to make everything blue. :(

[kahljorn]

I don't know if anybody mentioned this, but if you buy a bunch of eggs from the mall place in fourside( i think) they'll hatch and turn into chicks eventually, then chickens, if you sell them after that they'll be worth like 20x as much as you paid for the eggs.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you can steal em from the happy-happy village, THUS MAKING YOU A FORTUNE IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND PATIENCE :o

[kahljorn]

:D I just go level up with an inventory full of eggs. I might actually go play it, but I'm so obsessed with PSX emulation right now I've been rehooked on vagrant story.
I wish i could find legend of mana online, despite how much i hate some things about that game, I love it.

[Schimid]

Money was never a problem for me. I think I finished the game with around 270,650 in the bank and 27,000 on-hand. I thought that was the whole point of the game, that it gave you enough money to do whatever you wanted.

Your dad is a billionaire in this game, I swear.

[Ninjavenom]

I used to rent this game all the time, until some faggot inside one of the stores in Threep boxed me in so i couldn't move.

[Emu]

Money was never a problem for me. I think I finished the game with around 270,650 in the bank and 27,000 on-hand. I thought that was the whole point of the game, that it gave you enough money to do whatever you wanted.

Your dad is a billionaire in this game, I swear.


Go buy the house that's for sale in Onett.

[Esuohlim]

How do you guys pronounce Onett? Like "sonnet" or "cunt"? :eek

[Marine]

I'm surprised, I don't think there's ever been a thread about this game.

I used to think it sucked, but I've been playing it for a few days now and it's really not too bad. It's hella hard though, especially if you're planning to play without Savestates. I find myself going through areas begging for enemies not to poison me, and that's even with me playing WITH Savestates,

So far I'm at Fourside, but they told me to go dig for gold to pay off the Runaway Five. Douchebags.

that game RULES!

[EverythingWillSuck]

Money was never a problem for me. I think I finished the game with around 270,650 in the bank and 27,000 on-hand. I thought that was the whole point of the game, that it gave you enough money to do whatever you wanted.

Your dad is a billionaire in this game, I swear.


Go buy the house that's for sale in Onett.

That was the first thing I did after I beat Giygas... love the magazine in the drawer...

[Zomboid]

How do you guys pronounce Onett? Like "sonnet" or "cunt"? :eek

Sonnet. I dunno though...I wonder if you're supposed to pronounce it like "one...ett" so you realize it's ONEtt, TWOside, THREEd, etc?

Cause some people are dumb.

[Emu]

How do you guys pronounce Onett? Like "sonnet" or "cunt"? :eek

Sonnet. I dunno though...I wonder if you're supposed to pronounce it like "one...ett" so you realize it's ONEtt, TWOson, THREEd, etc?

Cause some people are dumb.

:rolleyes

[DeadKennedys]

How do you guys pronounce Onett? Like "sonnet" or "cunt"? :eek

Sonnet. I dunno though...I wonder if you're supposed to pronounce it like "one...ett" so you realize it's ONEtt, TWOside, THREEd, etc?

Cause some people are dumb.

That's ONEtt, TWOson, THREEd, FOURside >:

GOD

[Zomboid]

WHATEVER YALL DON'T KNOW ME!! BOO YALL!! BOO YALL!!!

No more drunk posting for me :(

I knew I was forgetting fourside and I always call it twoside and then think they're dumb for having two towns with the same end to it.

[Marine]

Money was never a problem for me. I think I finished the game with around 270,650 in the bank and 27,000 on-hand. I thought that was the whole point of the game, that it gave you enough money to do whatever you wanted.

Your dad is a billionaire in this game, I swear.


Go buy the house that's for sale in Onett.

That was the first thing I did after I beat Giygas... love the magazine in the drawer...

what was the magazine like?

i never bought the house so please tell me.

[Emu]

I knew I was forgetting fourside and I always call it twoside and then think they're dumb for having two towns with the same end to it.

They don't. It's TwoSON. Not side.

[Zomboid]

No shit. I was saying I always make that mistake.

[FurankuS]

In the Japanese version Ness is naked in Magicant.

[Emu]

Er, shit. I read that wrong. :lol shit i suck

[Esuohlim]

In the Japanese version Ness is naked in Magicant.

HOW BIG IS HIS PENIS YOU PERVERT

[GADZOOKS]

I DECIDED TO PLAY THIS GAME.

IM STUCK IN THE DESERT CAVE I KEEP GETTING THE SAME MOLE.

CAVES SUCK, MILHOUSE >:

[Zomboid]

The desert cave where the bus can't get by the traffic? There's a total of 5 of those moles I think, and they all claim to be number 3 if I remember correctly. Try finding the guy's contacts in the desert along with the 2 seeds:O

[Esuohlim]

Zomboid your facts are correct!

MARK ARE YOU ENJOYING THE GAME YOU'D BETTER BE >:

[GADZOOKS]

You betcha!

and thank you zomboid, I thought i had to find them in a certain order.

And I found the contact and got the dirty socks.

[Zomboid]

You wouldn't think it, but that thing actually came in handy:O

Fourside is my favorite town in the game and you're about to go there...makes me wanna play it again :(

Edit: Does anyone else own the actual cartridge?

[Esuohlim]

No. I heard it comes in a giant box with a strategy guide. It sounds fabulous. :(

[Gurlugon]

Edit: Does anyone else own the actual cartridge?

Yes.

[Helm]

I love the flipping avatars

[timrpgland]

i used to beat the game down a bit as well but recently replayed through it and found more of a appreciation for the game as I've told Zomboid. I wonder if the series will ever see the light of day again

[Zomboid]

I guess they released it on GBA in Japan...but fuck I'd love to see a new one.

[DeadKennedys]

Does anyone else own the actual cartridge?

Yes. Actually, I have two of them :lol Two big boxes, 2 cartridges, but only 1 strategy guide. I bought my second copy itending to sell it but I can't let it go now :(

[EverythingWillSuck]

No. I heard it comes in a giant box with a strategy guide. It sounds fabulous. :(

Still have it, with the box.

Lost the goddamn guide though :(

[maggiekarp]

I started the game at the beginning of the summer and never finished it :(

[Esuohlim]

Moonside is a friggin' headache because every time I get there I forget what I have to do to get out. :(

[Emu]

I know :( I always end up talking to the same guy 4 or 5 times.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, but I like the guy you can't see :(

[DeadKennedys]

My girlfriend loves it! :love

[maggiekarp]

Finally playing it again. Maybe I will finish before school starts!

The Runaway Five are making me want to watch the Blues Brothers over and over again, though.

[Esuohlim]

The Runaway Five has catchy music :(

And also I think there's only four of them :(

[Emu]

that's part of the joke :(

[DeadKennedys]

Actually, there's six of them

We're in Dusty Dunes right now, I love the Winters/Threed/Belch section of the game, but I can't wait for fourside and Dalaam

[Esuohlim]

That Winters/Threed/Saturn Valley part is my favorite part of the game.

I hate, FUCKING HATE, Peaceful Rest Valley. Everytime I play I always overestimate my ability by the time I get there and I'm never leveled up enough, so it never fails that I'll die probably four times by the time I reach Happy Happy Village. >:

[Zomboid]

It's mainly those fucking trees that burst into flames that make it hard to get to happy happy village.

Oh, and am I the only one that forgets to go to the my sanctuary location there? It never fails...every time I play I forget about it for a bit and go back there really strong.

[Esuohlim]

I always forget the one by Saturn Valley. By the time I figure out that I forgot it and get there I can kill Trillionage Sprout in one hit.

[Guitar Woman]

BUMP :eek


Somewhere between Saturn Valley and Moonside this became the best game ever. I don't know how.

I DEMAND MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS GAME >:

[Guitar Woman]

I'M AT SCARABA NOW HOW BOUT YOU GUYS :O

[Pub Lover]

I got stuck in that damn dreamland for weeks, & only just got out. >:

Now that I have the other characters back it's easy again. :)

[Guitar Woman]

Did you get Poo yet? :o

[Perndog]

i thought you left forever

[Guitar Woman]

I never said that :/

[Chojin]

it's true