Earthbound/Mother series

**DarkCalx** · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 672 Location: Wilmington, Oh

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i'm almost surprised a topic on Earthbound hasnt been created, so i might as well. i ran a search and all i could find were occasional references/mentions of EB.

with the release of mother 3 in japan a while ago, and earthbound coming to Virtual Console in a short while (and the sales of that being directly proportional to how likely a release of M3 in the states will be), coupled with the fact that i just ordered a copy of mother 2, im kinda on a 'mother' kick right now (and if it isnt obvious, im a big fan of the series) also this.

so, enough of my rambling, how does everyone else feel about the series?

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**Dreyvas** · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 2416 Location: Cleveland, OH

I love this game so much. I have the original cartridge, but I will probably buy it for Virtual Console, too. The music is so funky, original, and awesome.
I actually hadn't beaten this game until relatively recently.. I think it was about a year ago that my friend gave it to me along with a Super NES. I couldn't put it down..

**Banopr** · Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 921

I got it off the interwebz and I fell in love with it. It's one of those rare RPG's that are actually *gasp* CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE!

Fantastic. Although I haven't played in a while, I got to Fourside and stopped.

**BreakManX** · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 953 Location: Vacaville, CA

You guys suck. I wanna play EarthBound now. XD

I picked up an SFC cartridge of Mother 2 earlier this year. Haven't touched it yet, though. I may never. I wanna find a copy of the English language version to play through again (had one years ago...lost to the sands of time).
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**hsatakeit** · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

Holy shit I was about to make this thread.

I personally am an insane fan of earthbound, I've beat the game multiple times, Its just the funnest rpg to date. I hope that mother 3 gets a release in the US but some fan sites are making an english patch for the Japanese rom of mother 3.

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**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

I actually still have this original cartridge. That's gotta be pretty rare right?

Earthbound is the shit though, it was a tough game too. The final fight with Giygas was difficult.

**BreakManX** · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 953 Location: Vacaville, CA

**Yell** · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1291 Location: St. louis MO

Who could honestly forget this game... You know what this game taught me... What a ATM was lol... I dont remember how old i was when i played it 3rd 4th grade maybe... Anyway ill agree that last boss fight was insane... I prayed 8 times and on the 8th one it said nothing happened... I was like wtf tried fighting him so more and right before i was about to die i prayed the 9th time and i won... I was so happy... Crazy i still remember this after what 12+ years

**Quakmybush** · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:07 am Post subject:

earthbound is awesome. I still have the cartridge as well. I've never got around to beating it though.

**Dreyvas** · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 2416 Location: Cleveland, OH

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**dspoonrt** · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2449 Location: Columbus, OH

Yeah... what an amazing rpg. Thanks to this thread, I'm now playing through it again (for the third or fourth time - I can't remember). Ah, the memories.
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**damienblack** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 263 Location: Hudson MA

Seeing this thread is making me continue my saved game that I haven't really worked on for a while now. Such a great title, hasn't really dulled at all for me over the past dozen years. It's one of those games where I can pick it up at any point within and still feel immersed in it, still have that original connection. Not many games still have that feeling.

And I found this little gem on Youtube. Bunch of teenagers acting out the beginning of the game. So terrible, and by virtue of that, Amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_RfpecI10I
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