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Not a Children posted:One of the coolest parts of Earthbound is that it's designed to be playable with one hand. The L button can be used to select, talk, and check, and Select can be used to cancel an input. If you want to open the menu to heal or rearrange your stuff outside of battle, though, you do have to stretch over to the A button. I thought it was a nifty feature. Source: I'm actually not asking since I started replaying EB last night.
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Threed is fantastic. For me, there is not a better gaming moment than wandering into a dark alley at night, taking the time to appreciate a random poop joke on a sign, then purchasing a handful of explosives from a back alley dealer who is just chilling out near the circus, wearing sunshades at night, and selling weapons to children.
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Aug 2, 2013 20:23
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Is there any other media out there that has a similar look/feel to Earthbound? UnderTale, from what I've played of the demo, seems really derivative from Earthbound. It's a really unique RPG nonetheless! Also, while we're posting Earthbound music arrangements, here are a few of my personal favourites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOjr2OxTQE - Summers. Arranged by the OneUps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbRJoHTJAM - Pollyanna with vocals by Catherine Warwick. Thwack! fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Aug 2, 2013 |
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Aug 2, 2013 20:33
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Can't you open the menu with Select to call up the HP-bar screen and then L? Yes. There is no need at all to use ABXY. You can access the menu by pressing Select, then L.
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Aug 2, 2013 21:04
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I've always been partial to the Otonoishi arrange albums. Speedcore Mother remixes  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEVscO1Wzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvi3ddWMAnk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SxhqrFNJA
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Aug 2, 2013 22:05
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The Bound Together remix soundtrack is pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGfodfwGqzo Also my favorite OC Remix is the Twoson one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWeFaT4RTY
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Aug 2, 2013 22:22
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If we're posting music, here's the three best from the OG Mother vocal album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jT50gxC-dU This song wasn't even in Earthbound Zero, but it still kicks rear end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTVMhxeSQHg Could be a Kenny Loggins song, I approve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_RF_mRZKw Some serious gettin' laid music. Also, the best remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IajnMvi2w And a cool mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZT-kO4TDs
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Aug 2, 2013 22:28
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Thwack! posted:UnderTale, from what I've played of the demo, seems really derivative from Earthbound. It's a really unique RPG nonetheless! This is pretty cool. I don't know how long the battle system will last unless it starts getting more complex than using one talky option over and over. DrManiac fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Aug 2, 2013 |
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Aug 2, 2013 22:33
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Oh, I don't know much about it, but I remember some people compared the surreality of OFF to Earthbound.
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This one has got a real jive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_cP0MGhhk
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I missed out on Earthbound when I was younger, mostly because the ads made it look like a gross-out game that I would never have dared to ask my parents for. If anybody has thought about whether your first time through Earthbound can still inspire a sense of adventure and wonder even in an adult, my answer is a resounding yes. I am very much regretting never experiencing it all sooner. As for similar media, the first few hours gave me heavy Pete and Pete vibes.
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Bus theme too funky not to love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJs8KqE5NA Also Hotel Rhumba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMNPyIWHRyQ
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Smoking Crow posted:And a cool mashup: This is a personal favourite when it comes to mashups! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkSBo6fbXw4 - Battle Against A Weird Enemy vs R.E.C Room Thwack! fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 15:41
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You guys talkin' bout EB music and you ain't post the best one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykrKqAsWkjk Bound Together - Santa Is Dead
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I'm pretty sure it's kosher to ask this: what's the best way to play Mother 3 on a PC? I tried it once on the Wii a few years ago but it was too hard to use the combo system because of audio sync issues. This thread... if I still had my SNES and EB cart I'd have dug them out by now.
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Phenotype posted:I'm pretty sure it's kosher to ask this: what's the best way to play Mother 3 on a PC? I tried it once on the Wii a few years ago but it was too hard to use the combo system because of audio sync issues. Best emulator is VBA-M. I've never had problems getting combos when emulating on it.
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DOUBLE CLICK HERE posted:Bus theme too funky not to love. My ringtone for a long-rear end time was the Remix, "Get On the Bus". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQs0ziV3gc The Earthbound soundtrack in general has given me a lot of pretty serious feels over the years. Edit: It's from the Bound Together album. Second edit: I am an idiot who can't remember where he downloads things from. deadly_pudding fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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deadly_pudding posted:My ringtone for a long-rear end time was the OC Remix, "Get On the Bus". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQs0ziV3gc Bound Together wasn't a fantastic album, but Virt wrote Get On the Bus, so it's pretty goddamn good. (He's written multiple videogame soundtracks and probably over a hundred excellent covers.)
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I replayed both Earthbound and Mother 3, and I find Earthbound just more fun to play overall. I'm okay at using sound combos but Mother 3 suffers from 2 characters with practically no skillset. Earthbound had 3 characters with PSI abilities and one character who got more and more (if some are completely useless) gadgets to play around with. I'd be okay with Boney having no abilities if his non-speed stats weren't so low. Duster gets 6 abilites at the beginning and no new ones, later of them getting outclassed by PSI because his are woefully inaccurate. About the only unique thing he does is blind enemies. I know the battle system isn't what the series is known for but I think for a 2006 game it could have been more interesting. The overall charm of the game keeps drawing me back despite my complete disdain for first person view battles.
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Genocyber posted:Best emulator is VBA-M. I've never had problems getting combos when emulating on it. How about for Mac? I definitely intend on getting a WiiU and buying this, but I'd love to get a start on this early.
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It's one more reason to get a WiiU, but what a reason it is. It's been a while since I've played and the news has got me itching to jump in again, but I want to wait until I can buy it. I know the Sword of Kings talk was a few pages back, but everyone's stories of how much time they spent getting it almost made me feel bad about finding it on my first run through Stonehenge. I didn't even know how rare it was until I read an faq later on.
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I feel like the Rock Candy albums are some of the best produced fan made EarthBound music http://starmen.net/rockcandy/
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legendaryRev posted:How about for Mac? I definitely intend on getting a WiiU and buying this, but I'd love to get a start on this early. He was asking for emulating Mother 3. I'd assume there's Mac versions of SNES9x or Zsnes or something.
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Ever wanted to buy a copy of Mother 3 in English? For a limited time you can do just that! :retrogaming: The cart: http://store.retroquestgames.com/other.html#!/~/product/category=5904008&id=26682452 The box: http://uncletusk.com/catalog/25 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=105223 The Guide: http://www.fangamer.net/products/m3-handbook Heran Bago fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Tonsured posted:Threed is fantastic. For me, there is not a better gaming moment than wandering into a dark alley at night, taking the time to appreciate a random poop joke on a sign, then purchasing a handful of explosives from a back alley dealer who is just chilling out near the circus, wearing sunshades at night, and selling weapons to children. The entire game takes so many obvious cues from Blues Brothers. This isn't a complaint, mind. Just sayin'. It's pretty obvious that Itoi is a fan of Jake & Elwood, and it goes way beyond the Runaway Five.
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Lemme see. The happy happyists are basically the KKK but with blue instead of white, the rear end in a top hat police you fight in Onett. That skyscraper in fourside reminds me of the one they run up at the end to pay off the nuns bill. Oh wait Blues Brothers was the nazis not the Kkk.
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Tonsured posted:Threed is fantastic. For me, there is not a better gaming moment than wandering into a dark alley at night, taking the time to appreciate a random poop joke on a sign, then purchasing a handful of explosives from a back alley dealer who is just chilling out near the circus, wearing sunshades at night, and selling weapons to children. When I was a kid I could never finish Threed because the ghosts and zombies scared the poo poo out of me.  Logical step was to delete my save and play the first 5 hours again! Agent Rush posted:I know the Sword of Kings talk was a few pages back, but everyone's stories of how much time they spent getting it almost made me feel bad about finding it on my first run through Stonehenge. I didn't even know how rare it was until I read an faq later on. I must have played through EB at least 20 times and never found any of the 1/256 drops. year199X fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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year199X posted:When I was a kid I could never finish Threed because the ghosts and zombies scared the poo poo out of me. That was me for the longest time, but in Fourside. And me in Chrono Trigger with that big robot boss. I wasn't very good at video games as a kid.  Still, it felt like there was so much to do in Earthbound, even in those first five hours. So many people to see and talk to, and the towns felt like actual towns, and every NPC was a joy to encounter. If I ever end up with a Wii U, I'll be getting this.
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Heran Bago posted:Ever wanted to buy a copy of Mother 3 in English? For a limited time you can do just that! :retrogaming: MAN, I want that cart so bad, but can't justify that price right now 
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year199X posted:When I was a kid I could never finish Threed because the ghosts and zombies scared the poo poo out of me. I was this way with the vampbies in Brave Fencer Musashi. To be fair, the game played a creepy bgm at night and they slowly killed you in one hit.
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DrManiac posted:I was this way with the vampbies in Brave Fencer Musashi. To be fair, the game played a creepy bgm at night and they slowly killed you in one hit. That was also me as a kid! Makes me glad I'm not alone in that regard. I'll probably never forget this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq_xj5lXmO0
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Rhinoceraptor posted:I was going to wait until they launched the website to post about it, but now that you have, everyone check this out, because they're putting a lot of work into it and it looks really cool!! It's brilliant.
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This thread has inspired me to restart a project I thought I had abandoned almost three years ago! As for similar media, the first thing that always comes to my mind is Haruki Murakami's novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's nothing like Earthbound, on the surface, but I feel like they're somehow cut from the same cloth. The author and Shigesato Itoi are apparently good friends in real life and they even wrote a book of short stories together, so the similarities- though hard to describe- make sense. I read the book before I played the game and they had the same effect on me, even before I found out the two creators knew each other.
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As somebody who collects video game guides this just blew my goddamned mind.  I cannot believe how extremely high quality this is. Ordered, immediately.Seriously this is a fan-project? It makes most Prima guides look like absolute loving garbage. I'm absolutely stunned at the level of quality here. Wow.
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drat man, I'm really digging the animation style and it's really nice with Pollyanna. That last part may be a bit of a no brainer. Keep up the good work!
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I remember someone linking an unfinished Earthbound inspired RPG that was funded by Kickstarter. Name included "under". Anyone know the name? e: VVV Thanks! Genocyber fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Genocyber posted:I remember someone linking an unfinished Earthbound inspired RPG that was funded by Kickstarter. Name included "under". Anyone know the name? That would be Undertale by Toby Fox. You can download a demo on the website, it's pretty good!
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Zaphod42 posted:As somebody who collects video game guides this just blew my goddamned mind. The team that made it did not mess around. I am still super bummed that I lost my Franklin badge medallion that I got with it. It was really really nice, but the keychain I had it on broke and it vanished. Maybe one day a kid will find it and a Mr. Saturn will shine it up. 
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Zaphod42 posted:As somebody who collects video game guides this just blew my goddamned mind. It's pretty much exactly what you'd expect a Mother 3 guide to be if they went the same route as Earthbound and released a guide with it. There's a ton of talent in the EB community, plus for $20 you really can't go wrong. Also re: Undertale, Toby is a cool and very talented person and I'm glad his kickstarter went well  100 HOGS AGREE posted:I am still super bummed that I lost my Franklin badge medallion that I got with it. It was really really nice, but the keychain I had it on broke and it vanished. I still have mine from preordering, although the gold on the lightning eventually flaked off and it's pretty scuffed up. Still one of my favorite things. Although I think as far as my most prized EB-related posessions go, this probably takes the cake:   Although one of the spikes on his back broke off recently as you can see in the picture
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:The Mother 3 Handbook is really good. Probably one of the best guides for any video game I have ever seen. In quality of information, quality of layout and assets, and physical quality of the book itself. Ah, you reminded me of Chrono Trigger's handbook. It was like the golden age of handbooks, just right before the internet.
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