Earthbound: The War Against Giygas!

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Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

Fancy Hat! posted:

You guys might want to check out http://www.campfangamer.com/ this weekend.

It's a giant crazy Earthbound themed convention/fundraiser for charity. It's completely bonkers and there's so many little attentions to detail (They have a recreation of the Stoic Club for whatever reason.) Also they're selling a really cool Dungeon Man themed shirt and all profits go towards the charity!

A mention of Segata Sanshiro? *pours bottle of DX water*

# ? Jul 19, 2015 03:24

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# ? May 30, 2024 08:14

Jazama: Oct 5, 2013

I spent 90 minutes grinding Starman Supers purely because it bothers me that Poo does not have a weapon like everyone else. After that, I did not have a lot of trouble with enemies because of my inflated levels. In other news, I just realised that I have accidentally skipped the second melody, so I had to teleport to Threed, rush past Happy Happy village, and defeat the mole Sanctuary Guardian in two hits.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 04:04

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

BiggerJ posted:

You know what didn't exist back then? Social justice.

That's like saying gay people didn't exist back then.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 05:04

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Fancy Hat! posted:

You guys might want to check out http://www.campfangamer.com/ this weekend.

Today they're giving away a custom built Earthbound arcade cabinet to the top donation. Interesting.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 13:51

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

He didn't reveal much info, but last night Tomato got his hands on an apparently different prototype of Earthbound NES. No idea what's different (if anything) when compared to the proto that's been out there for years.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 16:30

Momomo: Dec 26, 2009; Dont judge me, I design your manhole

Lurdiak posted:

That's like saying gay people didn't exist back then.

It's not like Social Justice is a major in college or anything, either.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 17:50

Sleeveless: Dec 25, 2014; by Pragmatica

Lurdiak posted:

That's like saying gay people didn't exist back then.

They did exist, they just spent all day doing squats at Wall Market and running trains on dudes in hot tubs.

...wait a minute, was it with JRPGs and gay sexual assault and hot tubs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNdrfokuDC4

# ? Jul 19, 2015 18:01

Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

Momomo posted:

It's not like Social Justice is a major in college or anything, either.

Which is funny because they have poo poo like Feminist Studies. Maybe in a few years.

Campfangamer is starting up. They are violently destroying Earthbound carts. I am throwing up.

Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jul 19, 2015

# ? Jul 19, 2015 18:27

house of the dad: Jul 4, 2005

Jesus, this Earthbound Bash on twitch is embarrassing

# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:13

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

Nah it's cool

# ? Jul 19, 2015 19:20

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

This looks pretty awesome.

I'm a sucker for the newer Earthbound rom hacks like Hallow's End and Holiday Hex. This looks like it'll be right up there, and will probably be out before the Mother 1 remake (or Mother 4 for that matter :haw:

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# ? Jul 19, 2015 20:06

brap: Aug 23, 2004; Grimey Drawer

gigawhite posted:

Jesus, this Earthbound Bash on twitch is embarrassing

Yes. Yes it is.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 21:31

How Rude: Aug 13, 2012; FUCK THIS SHIT

I just started playing Mother 3.

drat this game is dark and sad as gently caress. :smith:

# ? Jul 20, 2015 02:36

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Ballz posted:

This looks pretty awesome.

I'm a sucker for the newer Earthbound rom hacks like Hallow's End and Holiday Hex. This looks like it'll be right up there, and will probably be out before the Mother 1 remake (or Mother 4 for that matter )

That looks sweet. Do you have any other EB rom hacks to recommend? I'm finishing up my playthrough and I want more damnit.

# ? Jul 20, 2015 14:59

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

triplexpac posted:

That looks sweet. Do you have any other EB rom hacks to recommend? I'm finishing up my playthrough and I want more damnit.

Holiday Hex -- Kinda short, but real charming and cute.

Hallow's End -- Probably the best Earthbound hack out there to date, IMO. The guy who made it is the main hacker working on the Mother Remake right now, which is why I'm pretty confident that will eventually be finished.

Hat Quest -- It's an older hack so it's not as overhauled as the above two hacks, but it's still pretty fun and in a way a direct sequel to Earthbound involving Jeff and Mr. Saturn.

Mother 2 Deluxe -- Mentioned it here a few times in the past, but this is basically an Earthbound Master Quest. Difficulty has been upped a lot, new attacks, redone graphics, different functionality for items and effects... if you're looking to replay Earthbound but want a new challenge, this is definitely worth checking out.

And lastly, a couple of hacks that are WIP but not released yet:

Unearthed -- A pretty ambitious 100% original story. A lot of work's been done, but completion is still a long ways off. We may get some beta/demo patches at some point.

Mother Remake -- One of the most talked about hacks here. Mother 1 ported to SNES via an Earthbound hack. Uses Tomato's translation, and keeps some elements from Earthbound (like the scrolling HP) to help improve overall gameplay. Maps, enemies and (most) music are done, but there's a lot of work still to do.

Ballz fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jul 20, 2015

# ? Jul 20, 2015 15:29

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Thanks for that! Looking forward to trying Hallow's End especially.

# ? Jul 20, 2015 16:18

Vookatos: May 2, 2013

How Rude posted:

I just started playing Mother 3.

drat this game is dark and sad as gently caress.

Hope you enjoy it! I think it's the best of the three, but I can see how some people might not like it.

# ? Jul 20, 2015 17:28

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

I ended up just following the lets play because mother 3's flow is so schizophrenic that the 3 times I tried to play it I always ended up conking out at the Chimera Factory, feeling so detached from the story that I just couldn't muster care anymore.

# ? Jul 20, 2015 18:50

BottledBodhisvata: Jul 26, 2013; by Lowtax

Coolguye posted:

I ended up just following the lets play because mother 3's flow is so schizophrenic that the 3 times I tried to play it I always ended up conking out at the Chimera Factory, feeling so detached from the story that I just couldn't muster care anymore.

I got beat up by a robot anime maid and was too shamed to continue.

# ? Jul 20, 2015 19:07

ClassH: Mar 18, 2008

Ballz posted:

Holiday Hex -- Kinda short, but real charming and cute.

Hallow's End -- Probably the best Earthbound hack out there to date, IMO. The guy who made it is the main hacker working on the Mother Remake right now, which is why I'm pretty confident that will eventually be finished.

Hat Quest -- It's an older hack so it's not as overhauled as the above two hacks, but it's still pretty fun and in a way a direct sequel to Earthbound involving Jeff and Mr. Saturn.

Mother 2 Deluxe -- Mentioned it here a few times in the past, but this is basically an Earthbound Master Quest. Difficulty has been upped a lot, new attacks, redone graphics, different functionality for items and effects... if you're looking to replay Earthbound but want a new challenge, this is definitely worth checking out.

And lastly, a couple of hacks that are WIP but not released yet:

Unearthed -- A pretty ambitious 100% original story. A lot of work's been done, but completion is still a long ways off. We may get some beta/demo patches at some point.

Mother Remake -- One of the most talked about hacks here. Mother 1 ported to SNES via an Earthbound hack. Uses Tomato's translation, and keeps some elements from Earthbound (like the scrolling HP) to help improve overall gameplay. Maps, enemies and (most) music are done, but there's a lot of work still to do.

Thanks for this, really hit the spot with holiday hex, will check out the others too.

# ? Jul 21, 2015 14:35

Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

Mother 2 Deluxe looks good except for the graphics. Smoothing anything always makes it look like smeared rear end. Doesn't look like a battles become bosses hack either, so that is a plus.

# ? Jul 21, 2015 15:04

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Scalding Coffee posted:

Mother 2 Deluxe looks good except for the graphics. Smoothing anything always makes it look like smeared rear end. Doesn't look like a battles become bosses hack either, so that is a plus.

Yeah, I'm assuming that's just them using emulator options right?

# ? Jul 21, 2015 15:15

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

triplexpac posted:

Yeah, I'm assuming that's just them using emulator options right?

Yes, that's a specific emulator setting, not a product of the hack itself. I should take some screenies myself since it seems to regularly cause confusion.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:53

Scalding Coffee: Jun 26, 2006; You're already dead

This is what the smoothing option can look like compared to the original. I have seen worse smoothing that makes objects look like blobs.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 05:24

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

One more hack I forgot to mention that's considered top tier is Hyperbound, although I haven't had a chance to play it myself. It sounds like Earthbound where Ness undergoes an existential crisis. Done by the same guy who's currently working on Unearthed.

Lastly, this is also a thing. I'll show myself out now. :ranbowdash:

# ? Jul 22, 2015 05:53

Pretty good: Apr 16, 2007

Scalding Coffee posted:

This is what the smoothing option can look like compared to the original. I have seen worse smoothing that makes objects look like blobs.

Holy poo poo, are there any emulators available right now capable of that? And is there a write-up on how it works anywhere?

# ? Jul 22, 2015 06:06

Dr Pepper: Feb 4, 2012; Don't like it? well...

So how do you learn PSI in Beginnings?

It can't be from levels since I hit level 3, didn't learn anything, then a fight or two later learned Healing Alpha

# ? Jul 22, 2015 07:25

Sir Ilpalazzo: Sep 4, 2012

It is based on your level, but sometimes you don't learn an ability until you've battled a few enemies after hitting the appropriate level.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 07:44

Hakkesshu: Nov 4, 2009

Scalding Coffee posted:

This is what the smoothing option can look like compared to the original. I have seen worse smoothing that makes objects look like blobs.

That still looks loving horrible, though? Sure the tech is impressive but I would never want anything to look like that

# ? Jul 22, 2015 12:13

Szmitten: Apr 26, 2008

Scalding Coffee posted:

This is what the smoothing option can look like compared to the original. I have seen worse smoothing that makes objects look like blobs.

I refuse to believe thar's not a painting in Photoshop/Sai.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 12:25

DLC Inc: Jun 1, 2011

I really need to finish this game, I'm at the haunted shopping mall that comes after the mole bros desert thing. I guess I just didn't overlevel enough because I get loving wrecked by whatever comes at me from the first floor and from there I just waste items till the next things kill me. I forgot how loving brutal and lovely the battles can get in this game.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 13:15

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

MinibarMatchman posted:

I really need to finish this game, I'm at the haunted shopping mall that comes after the mole bros desert thing. I guess I just didn't overlevel enough because I get loving wrecked by whatever comes at me from the first floor and from there I just waste items till the next things kill me. I forgot how loving brutal and lovely the battles can get in this game.

fwiw that's pretty much one of the hardest parts of the game right there, after that it's smooth sailing.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 13:44

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Szmitten posted:

I refuse to believe thar's not a painting in Photoshop/Sai.

Yeah, there's shading choices and stuff added that I'm not sure an algorithm would know how to do. Like the glasses, and the way the mouth wraps around the cigarette

# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:13

Eric the Mauve: May 8, 2012; Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Srice posted:

fwiw that's pretty much one of the hardest parts of the game right there, after that it's smooth sailing.

Yeah, if you don't go in prepared with the Franklin Badge, some Teddy Bears and a pile of Big Bottle Rockets the Department Store can wreck your poo poo.

Mercifully, it's short. Spam the gently caress out of PSI Rockin.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:24

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

Spamming escape is also a good tactic for the department store. None of the enemies in there are worth fighting and running away removes them from the game same as beating them does.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:42

DLC Inc: Jun 1, 2011

Srice posted:

fwiw that's pretty much one of the hardest parts of the game right there, after that it's smooth sailing.

for a while the Mole people thing was getting to me since it was pretty long but I overleveled a bit for those. Guess I'll grind it a bit more if it's not that long of a dungeon for the mall.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:51