/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.624160]

First time ever starting Earthbound. I've heard so much praise and talk about it on this wonderful board that I'm kind of excited to try it
I never had it as a kid, neither did anyone I knew. Guess it wasn't so popular where I lived.

I know almost nothing about this game, just that it might be like FFIV or Chrono trigger, am I completely off?

So what to expect? Play time, difficulty, quality of story etc.
First time playing CT after childhood it took me like 35 hours to finish and I found it to be average difficulty

[Gray Blob !1fuckupmdM No.624171]

It's not incredibly long, not that difficult, the combat is Dragon Quest-esque, and most of the charm lies in its writing and visuals. You might like it if you enjoyed Chrono Trigger.

[Anonymous No.624173]

>>624160
Not like Chrono Trigger, or even FF IV, those are different JRPG's styles.

[Anonymous No.624180]

>>624160

Average Earthbound playthrough is 25~30 hours. The game is really difficult on the beginning, it has some awful grinding that can make you quit if you dont have patience, but once you get more characters it becomes easier.

[Anonymous No.624226]

>>624180
>really difficult on the beginning
no way, I got the cracked bat!
>grinding
I don't mind it at all.

>>624173
>>624171
I see, thanks


Stupid Pokey guy won't let me see the meteorite. I tried using the bat on him

[Anonymous No.624234]

>>624160
First thing you should do is find an Uncensored patch that restores content and dialogue from the Japanese release.

Also look for other improvement hacks on various romhacking and EB sites. I recommend the Staff of Kings(makes titular item drop 100% of the time after defeating a certain boss) and New Controls(changes the control scheme into something more convenient).

[Anonymous No.624241]

Expect Dragon Quest combat, lots of interesting locales, good writing, and a great general atmosphere.

[Anonymous No.624298]

>>624234
I don't think this is a very good idea. I mean, I appreciate you trying to help, but I'd rather try just the vanilla version first.
>New Controls
I thought these controls are great. Like L button seems to be the 'action' button and everything just appears with one click

>>624241
The dialogue seems to be quite funny, heh

[Anonymous No.624347]

>>624298

If you're playing it with a controller that's mapped like a SNES one then that L-button makes for surprisingly comfortable one-handed play. The Select button will act as your Cancel button in this case. Some of the comfiest moments in Earthbound was when going travelling around exploring, chilling in a comfortable couch, played emulated on Xbox with one hand on the controller resting lightly on my leg and gently jerking off with the other.

[Anonymous No.624357]

>>624347
>and gently jerking off with the other

didn't see that one coming

got a thing for paula, eh?

[Anonymous No.624363]

>>624347

[Anonymous No.624371]

>>624160
>filename

nice, OP

[Anonymous No.624384]

>>624347
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I'm on a bed, playing with a controller with left hand and drinking beer with the right hand.


Something's happening. Dogmeat was smart to run away.

[Anonymous No.624484]

>i'm dying but did you want to hear the story one more time

I'm dying too, this game is hilarious

[Anonymous No.624567]

One more question:

How much does it matter if I use the Auto fight option? I know, almost always it's not as good as tactical manual combat. But if there's huge grinding to be expected, should I use it or just be patient?

[Anonymous No.624585]

>>624567
There is no grinding to be expected, except maybe right at the end, but that's easy to do.

If you want to grind, it's easy as piss when you're at the level when enemies in the area run away from you. I don't know if you've figured out how the overworld encounter mechanics work so I'll let you find out.

[Anonymous No.624591]

>>624567
Use normal attacks to grind, you don't want your character to waste MP.
Also search for the Mr. Baseball Cap, and open all trash cans, you will need those items for the next boss.

[Anonymous No.624598]

>>624585
Well, anon said there's grinding and the beginning is really hard. I guess I'll just find out myself and decide if it needs grindan.
>how the overworld encounter mechanics work
TV screen mole told me about surprise attacks, but that's all I know yet.

[Anonymous No.624606]

>>624598
Oh, you might need a couple of levels for the first boss. And the second town can be tricky. That's all I can really think of.

[Anonymous No.624614]

>>624591
Ah, seems reasonable

>search for the Mr. Baseball Cap
I will consult the mayor about mr. baseball cap and if he doesn't comply, it's crack bat time

[Anonymous No.624616]

The fights get pretty repetitive and annoying, especially if you're not playing on an emulator with savestates or warp mode. I still consider it the best JRPG ever made, though.

[Anonymous No.624624]

>>624616
I wouldn't mind them nearly as much if simlpy bashing enemies wasn't so powerful and more use of your alternate PSI powers and items were required in battle.

Even then, I don't find them as boring as people say.

[Anonymous No.624630]

>>624384
>zsnes
>not BSNES

enjoy inaccurate emulation

[Anonymous No.624652]

>>624614
The trees near the library hold a secret OP.

[Anonymous No.624662]

I found a cool reaction image

>>624616
>>624624
Sounds like there's some variation to the fights. I haven't yet decided, since I've only battled dogs and snakes and super space man junior.

Sometimes, like when
EV-training Pokemon, I just use the emulator in a small window and watch cartoons and play with 2% of my concentration. I don't know if this is bad or something.

[Anonymous No.624817]

>>624662
I don't blame you for trying to seek entertainment while doing a task as boring as EV training.

[Anonymous No.625064]

One last piece of advice OP. You will most likely need to grind to defeat the very first boss. After that it should be smooth sailing though.

[Anonymous No.625559]

Cool tip to save you some time.

When Paula gets kidnapped make sure you have a Big Bottle Rocket for Jeff, as it will make an otherwise annoying fight beatable in one turn.

[Anonymous No.626907]

I thought it was a great game, I finished it for the first time last year. I found the grinding to be extremely minimal (just getting a few levels right at the beginning, maybe ten minutes?) and the game isn't all that difficult. Taking advantage of weaknesses/stat boosts is helpful but not nearly as vital as in the sequel. Oh and just make sure you have a few teddy bears around when you get Paula because apparently people get wrecked once they get her because she starts at level 1 (but quickly catches up).

[Anonymous No.626945]

>>624226
>stupid pokey guy
You have no fucking idea, dude. Holy shit how awesome is it that you're playing this for the first time? i really hate hyping shit up but holy fuck man, enjoy.

[Anonymous No.627012]

>>624226
Grinding becomes a lot easier a little later on, because once you are powerful enough, all you need to do is touch the enemies on field and they die without a fight, you still get EXP.

[Anonymous No.627117]

>>627012

There's a caterpillar in the desert that gives a ridiculous amount of XP, but if I remember you can just touch him to kill him. The only problem is that he runs from you, but there's a spot where you can go a bit off screen, come back, squash him easily, then rinse and repeat.

The Fobbies in Belch's factory are damn good XP too.

[Anonymous No.628057]

>>627117
>There's a caterpillar in the desert that gives a ridiculous amount of XP

Criminal Caterpillar. Gives 30k per kill (the second closest is an enemy that gives 3.7k XP, so you can tell that the CC gives shitloads) which means you gain a level per kill if you're around level 30 or so. but you have to be really careful with it. You have to run up behind it so it dies without entering battle. If you don't, it will fuck you up.

[Anonymous No.628069]

does anyone like surprises?

My good just play the fucking game and enjoy it or not.

[Anonymous No.628078]

I generally just ended levelling like a motherfucker trying to get the Sword of Kings.

[Anonymous No.628108]

its like persona without social links, or personas
and has actual humor

[Anonymous No.628121]

>>628078
>that fucking sword
shit, Poo, why do you have to be so backwards and needy.

Anyway OP, I hope you have fun. I just finished it for the first time last week and I cried.

[Anonymous No.628135]

>ten years ago
>find out that a dude nobody likes in the neighborhood is playing Earthbound on a ROM
>run his ROM through that old PK Hack program that you can use to edit EB
>make random bosses ridiculously powerful and hard
>he quits

[Anonymous No.628215]

Thanks for the tips and replies guise. You make it sound awesome, which I bet it is too. I don't understand a bit of what you're saying, like who's Paula or Eddy or what's a catepillar on the desert. Sounds fun.
I had to go do something else, but now I'm on it again.

Exploring the first town and the game in genereal is great fun. Like, I was hurt and tried to find a place to get healed. First thought was to find a hospital, but they wouldn't take me. So there was more exploring.
>what's this place? that place looks interesting let's go there! :D

All right, Now I found the hotel and now I'll go see how badly I'll get my ass handed to me

[Anonymous No.628221]

>>628215
You renamed your characters right?
If you use the option "don't care" when naming your characters, they will be in order, Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo

[Anonymous No.628238]

>play Earthbound for the first time a few months ago
>nowhere near as good as everyone says
pretty neat game but holy fuck you guys need to chill out about it.

[Anonymous No.628242]

>>628135
that sounds incredibly overly complicated just to screw with some one you don't like...

[Anonymous No.628251]

>>628242
It's not.

You literally just open the ROM in the editor, pick a boss, up it stats, and close it. It's something you can do in about a minute.

[Anonymous No.628258]

Great choice OP, My favourite game ever even with its flaws.

Are you going into this game with absolutely NO idea of the content of this game OP? Some of the things in this game are kind of infamous and even I had been spoiled on a few things before my run.
Planning on playing MOTHER 3 afterwards?

>>628238
It's a weird game. The combat is average, the inventory system is horrible and some of the grinding is kind of iffy but it has so much charm and love in all it does that the unique experience of it forever cemented it to my number one spot.

[Anonymous No.628263]

>>628251
but at that point in time, didn't you have to do like the hex editing yourself, and then hope and pray that you didn't just acidentaly break the game
anyhow I was never one for that sort of spitefulness anyhow
it pretty much just puts you at the same level as the person you don't like

[Anonymous No.628276]

>>628263
no. 10 years ago was 2003 (3 years before the release of mother 3)

[Anonymous No.628282]

>>628263
Nah. PK Hack was in full-swing even back then. It's one of the simplest editors for any game ever.

[Anonymous No.628286]

>>628258
Yeah, pretty much no idea at all. I think it was never released where I live, so I don't even know anyone who knows/played this game.

>>628221
Oh, now some of the earlier posts make sense heh. Yeah I renamed everything.


I couldn't find the first boss yet, I thought it was where the meteorite landed.
What's up with the snake battles.
>walk into snake
>you already won

[Anonymous No.628287]

>>628276
>>628282
oh yeah, I forgot there was a pretty active earthbound hacking community back then even, most of the hacks were horrid though

[Anonymous No.628291]

>>628286
it was released in both the US and Europe

[Anonymous No.628295]

>>628286
You're too tough for pussy ass snakes, Anon!

[Anonymous No.628303]

>>628286
when you are a high enough level above enemies you will instantly win

[Anonymous No.628308]

>>628286
>I couldn't find the first boss yet, I thought it was where the meteorite landed.
>What's up with the snake battles.
>>walk into snake
>>you already won

Earthbound has a system where if you're way more powerful than an enemy, it runs away from you and you kill it instantly instead of having to waste your time in a pointless battle you're going to win and get little reward from.

You can still fight those enemies though if you don't catch them from behind as they're running from you, I think? It also doesn't work on bosses.

[Anonymous No.628323]

>>628287

Its been a long time, but I want to say I took it a step further and edited some of the dialogue to creepily break the fourth wall; a creepypasta before creepypasta had a name.

I actually kind of remember editing a ROM at my house, then replacing his with the edited one. Its been so long though.

[Anonymous No.628326]

>>628286
Tell me what is your favorite thing

[Anonymous No.628341]

>>628323
you are probably more of a dick than the person you didn't like, but then again... 4chan is just a bunch of nerd bullies

[Anonymous No.628346]

>>628341
Yeah, probably.

[Anonymous No.628351]

>>628326
Jesus

[Anonymous No.628364]

>>628326
I think I forgot

>>628308
>>628295
>>628303
Hmm, I think that's a good thing

I think I found the gangbangers hideout, so let's get it on
3 on 1 damn

[Anonymous No.628369]

>>628326
PK MLP

[Anonymous No.628393]

I'm at the Rocket game corner, but the boss Frank wasn't here.

[Anonymous No.628412]

>>628393
Ya gotta say you dont want to fight him

[Anonymous No.628438]

>>628412
Thanks

stupid me

[Anonymous No.628445]

>>628438
lol?

[Anonymous No.628517]

Okay, so, is this the first boss?

[Anonymous No.628529]

>>628517
Yep. Titanic Ant, the first melody boss.

[Anonymous No.628574]

>>628529
Beat him on the 2nd try, first time I only had 18hp, because I wasn't expecting it.

Question: when levelling up, are the the stat increases always the same? Like, can I help to boost my strength in any way?
Also, is the Smash critical strike random?

[Anonymous No.628585]

>>628574
I don't remember if there are items that boost your stats, unfortunately.

And yes, I think it is random.

[Anonymous No.628589]

>>628574
I think it might be random, but I can't totally remember.

The higher your GUUUUUUUTS stat, the more Smash hits you get.

[Anonymous No.628591]

>>628589
YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS
SMASH AND BASH!

[Anonymous No.628592]

>>628574
There's items that you can eat to boost your stats. If I remember right there's one item called Rock Candy. Make sure you only use it while carrying a condiment. If you do only the condiment gets used and you can keep using the candy.

[Anonymous No.628595]

>>628592
Quit telling him how to break the game and let him play through it like a normal person the first time.

[Anonymous No.628598]

>>628574
You can find little capsules like guts capsules and IQ capsules to help increase those stats. There's also rock candy, but I think that comes later in the game. Get them guts up. Also, be sure to call your mom and dad often!

[Anonymous No.628603]

>>628517
When you get to the next town, maybe pick up a teddy bear from the dept. store. Very useful. You can't ride a bike with one, though. Get the bike and have fun while you have it, you can't use it once you get another party member. Save before going into the park, there's a bit of a battle in there.

[Anonymous No.628609]

>>628585
>>628589
>>628591
>>628592
>>628595
>>628598
Wow, you guys are really really helpful
thanks

Also, what the hell is going on

[Anonymous No.628612]

>>628603
ok, will remember

[Anonymous No.628621]

>>628609
Looks like you're beating up a cop, you delinquent.

[Anonymous No.628645]

>>628621
I didn't ask for this!

Oh boy, I found the second town. But I might have been poisoned or something.

[Anonymous No.628651]

>>628645
This guy again. I don't want my picture taken, I have a mushroom on my head.

[Anonymous No.628664]

>>628651
Oh yeah, the mushroom. You're not poisoned, just disoriented. The mushroom switches up your movement controls from time to time, and makes it hard to move around effectively without going another direction by accident. You can heal it like other status ailments, though, I think.

[Anonymous No.628730]

>>628651
You need to go by the hospital.
There should be a dude in the lobby who will take it off of you. He even pays you money for it, I believe. Most other sicknesses are handled by an actual doctor at the hospitals.

[Anonymous No.628731]

>>628651
Go to the hospital and a man will give you $50 for your mushroom.

[Anonymous No.628742]

>>628609
Police brutality

When you finish earthbound go into youtube and search for "game theory, earthbound"

Its by a guy called mathewpatrick

I think it will blow your mind

[Anonymous No.628806]

>>628731
>>628730
>>628664
Oh, yeah
I saw Mr. T
I thought maybe it was the mushroom's fault, but he's still around.

>>628742
copypasted on desktop so I won't forget

>>628603
Going fast on a bike is fun, but it gets stuck on corners, like here
Yeah, somebody kicked my ass at the park

[Anonymous No.628834]

>>628742
I'm guessing I'm not alone in thinking Mother 3 had very anti-consumerist themes? The introduction of the "happy box" (television) and currency into what was a close-knit communal society?
What was Mother 2, the same, just more subtle?

[Anonymous No.628848]

Started playing it recently myself. Not my first time playing it (that was probably in 1999 or so), but I've never beaten it myself, and I'm farther in now than on any of my previous times playing it. Just reached Fourside yesterday.

[Anonymous No.628854]

>>624171
It's nothing like Chrono Trigger at all.

[Anonymous No.628864]

Don't worry, it gets a lot trippier in one town.

Also the towns have a theme name thing going on, but I'll let you figure out what.

[Anonymous No.628868]

>>628834
>television
Actually, when asked about the Happy Boxes and how most folks thought they were supposed to be TV's, didn't Itoi go on record saying he wanted to give more the impression that it's a sort of "virtual fish bowl"? Like, it's just there as a groovy decoration, maybe like a lava lamp.

[Anonymous No.628871]

>>624180
The problem with the combat is that it's extremely volatile and unbalanced. When you first reach a new area, enemies will often do ridiculously high damage, but give 3x as much exp as in previous areas so you will level up retardedly fast. Getting weapon/armor upgrades ASAP helps a lot, since those are the biggest improvement in damage and defense you will get.

[Anonymous No.628882]

>walk in forest
>mushroom attacks you
>beat mushroom
>there's a fucking mushroom growing on your head
>better get to a hospital
>guy is hanging out in the lobby
>"i wanna buy that mushroom growing on your forehead. seriously, I'll give you 50 dollars"
>ok that was weird
>walk out of hospital, new age retro hippie attacks you
WHAT

This game is hilariously strange. I'm having so much fun playing.

>>628848
oh, good luck to you

[Anonymous No.628892]

>>628882
I think what makes Earthbound/mother so great is how Quirky/out there it is. It's a great series with great characters with a great stories, but the quirkiness makes it memorable.

[Anonymous No.628895]

>>628892
This.

>pic: my current party fighting Belch

[Anonymous No.628906]

>>628895
Also, guess my "favorite food"...

[Anonymous No.628931]

>>628892
I don't remember a game when I've actually laughed this much out loud. Like this guy here
>I need 200 dollars for a new great invention that helps the whole world
>ok here you are
>use machine
>sings praise to inventor, fucking breaks down and is gone

>>628895
maybe it's poop

[Anonymous No.628943]

>>628931
>maybe it's poop
That's not even edible. (nor my fetish) Try again.

[Anonymous No.628946]

>>624226
>zsnesw 2013-05-07 19-07-13-33.jpg
>zsnes

[Anonymous No.628951]

>>628946
I knew someone was gonna comment on that... yes, ZSNES sucks, but take that discussion to the emulation general. (if there isn't one, makeo ne)

[Anonymous No.628953]

>>628931
>no problem here.
That is just funny as hell to me. Apparently just looking stuff equals searching for problems.

>Diane, this is Dale. I'm looking at a creek. No problem here.


Hmm I think I'm supposed to go south, since the bridge to the east was broken.

[Anonymous No.628962]

>>628951
I actually don't care, just wanted to start a shitstorm

[Anonymous No.628982]

>>628962

please don't :(

[Anonymous No.628991]

>>628982
Sorry bro, this train is already on its tracks, nothing you can do about it now

[Anonymous No.628996]

>>628991
Nah, I think you failed. Nobody seems to care here.
It'd probably be a good idea to rename those screenshots before posting them here though, so as not to spark any such discussions. Mentioning zsnes in this board is like saying "fuck" in a Church full of fanatical fundamentalist christians.

[Anonymous No.629014]

Oh look, ANOTHER Earthbound thread

[Anonymous No.629020]

>>629014
>stop talking about retro games on the retro games board

[Anonymous No.629042]

> I saw Mr. T
> I thought maybe it was the mushroom's fault, but he's still around.
this guy

[Anonymous No.629052]

>>629020
He's right, though, Earthbound is annoying.

[Anonymous No.629058]

>>629042
Yeah, there are lots of Mr. Ts in EarthBound.

[Anonymous No.629072]

>>629052
>being annoyed about the existence of things you aren't interested in
You must have too much spare time.

[Anonymous No.629073]

>>628854
Well they both have visible enemies as opposed to random encounters, although CT's encounters are static where Earthbound's are more like fucking flash mobs.

[Anonymous No.629091]

>>629073
Yeah, I guess that's one thing they have in common, but the way it works is completely different. In CT, you just fight the enemies directly in the game scene - no battle scene change, like in the FFs or EarthBound. Also, in CT most monsters are triggered by invisible "zones" or just patrolling around, while in EB they spawn randomly and chase you.
The actual battle system is extremely different as well - CT uses a more varied and complex system with combo techniques and such, while EB uses a very simplistic system with pretty much no options of customization.

[Anonymous No.629104]

I usually ignore emulator arguing threads. I haven't got any problem with znes, but what I undestand is that some emulators have better filters and some have problem with controllers. I think this works just fine, though I've played with several others.

Anyway. I'm going to give this Apple guy 200 dollars for his device. Somebody make a joke about it.
I wouldn't say I'm stuck, I think I just haven't explored enough. And what's more fun than exploring.

[Anonymous No.629112]

>>629104
He sold me a phone that doesn't work properly. Whoa.

[Anonymous No.629125]

>>629112
That's not what he sold you. You'll see pretty soon why you needed to pay him 200 dollars.

[Anonymous No.629129]

>>629104
started playing a few days ago, snes9x was freezing on me for no apparent reason, so I've switched to zsnes, so far it seems working fine

[Anonymous No.629137]

>>629129
I'm using RetroArch with bsnes-accurate core, and it's been working perfectly so far.

[Anonymous No.629138]

>>629125
ahaa, we'll see!

Is this game full of references like this or am I just imagining things?

[Anonymous No.629148]

[Anonymous No.629145]

>>629138
That's interesting. Apparently Pokémon made a reference to EarthBound. Or it could have been coincidence. I dunno.

But yeah, the game is full of references, satire and all sorts of quirky humor.

[Anonymous No.629151]

>>629148
I know, that statement doesn't always quite make sense.

[Anonymous No.629157]

>>629145
That way around of course, sorry. Or maybe just conincidence.

[Anonymous No.629160]

Would this be playable on android phone with an emulator? Is there gba version in english?

[Anonymous No.629170]

>>629160
I believe there was a Mother 1+2 GBA re-release in Japan only, but I have no idea whether it has been fully fan-translated yet.

[Anonymous No.629196]

i tried it a while a ago too, but just as i wanted to give the runaway five the money so they can leave the theatre the just fucked up and gave me a boss, i think it was karbon dog or something like that, and no way around him.

the rom was probably corrupted, and now i lost the drive to play everything to that point again.

but atleast i can say it was a fun game till this point

[Anonymous No.629228]

>>629196
Must've been a hacked rom or something.
I don't recall there being any boss after giving the guy the money for the Runaway Five.
You can probably get around it by just saving normally (phone dad and "Record"), renaming the SRAM file to match a new unmodified rom, and reload the game.

If you play SNES games a lot, I'd recommend getting a torrent of the No-Intro collection of verified roms. Underground-Gamer has them.
Otherwise, I believe Emuparadise.me should have decent roms if you download them separately.

[Anonymous No.629231]

>>629170
Mother 1 is completely translated and playable. Mother 2 only has the translated battle scenes, none of the usual dialogue. Apparently the code's a bitch for that.

Anyway, I played it on one of those free SNES android emus and it worked like a charm.

[Anonymous No.629236]

>>629231
>Mother 1 is completely translated and playable
The GBA version?

[Anonymous No.629237]

#1 tip. Don't fight trees.

[Anonymous No.629238]

>>628291
No it wasn't.

[Anonymous No.629243]

>>629237
I second that. And if you have to, make sure you kill them last in the battle.

[Anonymous No.629482]

>>629237
>>629243
Appreciate it. I will keep that in mind

If anything, this game reminds me of Pokemon. A LOT.

These sprouts are a pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.629931]

>>629236
Yes that fag tomato even put a faggot casualfag ring for you fags

[Anonymous No.629935]

>>629482
The devs of M2 made pokemon afterwards
Mewtwo is modeled after Gygas in M1 too

[Anonymous No.629962]

Did you buy the house OP
Is in the first town I think

[Honey boy No.629984]

>>624298
I played it emulated with a wii remote, and I mapped the L button to 2, the A button to trigger, and the map to A. It was surprisingly comfy.

[Anonymous No.630154]

>>629962
Not yet. Is it the one that costs 7 500 dollars?

I can't seem to get to the third town (?) after the iron pencil. I run out of hp and pp after a while and have to return.
I also set my spawn point to home, where I can eat POTATO.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong or, like you guys said, I just need to grind a bit.

[Anonymous No.630554]

>>630154
Peaceful Rest Valley is the hardest part of the game. Stock up on supplies, and only fight the battles you need to.

[Anonymous No.630823]

>>629962
Does it have any use?

[Anonymous No.630861]

>>630823
No, unless you want to take all the photos in the game.

[Anonymous No.630943]

>>630823
Check the drawer in it, and you get hilarious bit of dialogue, but other than that, not really.

[Anonymous No.631018]

>>630943
But I think this game is all about hilarious-ity

This decides I'll definetely buy it.

I'm bummed out about the result of USA - FIN ice-hockey game so I'll take a break.

-OP

[Anonymous No.632109]

>>628882

Playing this in your teens and laughing with friends about beating new age hippies with a baseball bat was the best part of the game.

With slimes named pile of puke being a close second.

[JuiceLoonsner No.632178]

So, I have a problem with this I can't find an answer to anywhere. I'm playing it on emulator and am in (I think) the third town, where you're told to watch out for a strange woman in glasses and your dad rings you to tell you to take a break. All the guides say she appears after this. But I said no to dad, and now she's nowhere and I can't progress. Any help?

[Anonymous No.632256]

>>632178
>dad rings you to tell you to take a break
Do as he says, go to bed.

[Anonymous No.633032]

>>632178
You have to go to the graveyard in the northwest part of town, where 2 zombies are guarding something. You can't fight them, but just having them see you triggers an event at the hotel.
Go to the graveyard, then back to the hotel, then get ready for a huge transition/side story.

[Anonymous No.633342]

>>624160
>2012+1
>not picking mint

[Anonymous No.635015]

It's a good game but gets far more praise than it deserves. Same with Mother 3.
I can't wait for Mother's Day so I can have another excuse to marathon the series that isn't "Fuck it, why not?"

[Anonymous No.635080]

>>633032
Man, I got stuck there when I was a kid. I kept ordering pizzas trying to get the pizza man to bowl them over.

Y'know, back before I learned games have limitations.

[Anonymous No.635123]

also how to get rid of the little ghosts following you?

[Anonymous No.635148]

What year did earthbound take place in? we know its somewhere in the 90s and that it is before 2001

[Anonymous No.635154]

>>635148
199X

[Anonymous No.635157]

>>635123
talk to the purple haired old man in the hospitals

[Anonymous No.635158]

awww yeah..

[Anonymous No.635161]

>>635154
since the programmers thought they were making a half assed game, they probably said "fuck it" and made the year 199X so that it would be played in your year, they probably didn't think anyone would play the game after 1999

[Anonymous No.635165]

[Anonymous No.635169]

>>635165
PSI Cancer

[Anonymous No.635172]

>>635165
I typed Jizz, so that i could use PSI jizz at all the monsters

[Anonymous No.635186]

>>635161
It's not like it's anything new. I'm pretty sure the Mega Man games were set in 20XX.

[Anonymous No.635192]

>>635165

[Anonymous No.635202]

>>635165
well_why_the_fuck_not.jpg


I finally got through the part after Twostown. I found some kind of trippy happy town. Reminds me of Fallout games.

Is there a way to improve your accuracy? I counted like six missed hits in a row against the lil ufos.

[Anonymous No.635290]

>>635202
>Is there a way to improve your accuracy?

Don't use ZSNES.

[Anonymous No.635301]

>>635202

Ness may be under the effects of homesickness... did you ever got a message like "Ness was thinking of [favorite food]" or something similar when missing an attack?
Call your mom and problem will be solved.

[Anonymous No.635314]

>>635301

Or he's using a yo-yo

Never use yo-yos

[Anonymous No.635325]

>>635290
Nice.

>>635202
Use a weapon with better accuracy, like a baseball bat.

[Anonymous No.635338]

>>635290
u wot m8

>>635301
>>635314
maybe I'm just unlucky

>>626945
>pokey
ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
I knew this. He's an asshole.


What stuff should I ditch?

[Anonymous No.635342]

>spending a little while to grind out the money for the T-Rex Bat when you get to Winters for the first time as Jeff so Ness can have it much earlier than he should


Love it.

[Anonymous No.635350]

>>635338
Bicycle is useless once you get Jeff. Broken Machine is useless until you get Jeff so seng it to Escargo. Postcard is useless

[Anonymous No.635357]

>>635338
>That little lake cave you're at in the screenshot

That area there is an opportunity to get shitloads of EXP if you're prepared. I started a playthrough last night and just circled that little lake, and grinded out a few levels pretty fast.

[Anonymous No.635420]

>>635357
I know right. Every battle gives you 1000+ exp and there's the appearing magic butterfly.

I wish there was a phone around so I could get rid of these items

[Anonymous No.635462]

>>635420
Get rid of the postcard and broken machine if your inventory is like it was in >>635338


The broken machine eventually gets fixed in to the Counter-PSI Unit, which is a piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.637672]

bump

[Anonymous No.638134]

>>635202
Ooooohhh boy your gonna love these guys after watching that video

[Anonymous No.638195]

>>635202

[Anonymous No.638218]

>Muh implied abortion

[Anonymous No.638249]

>>638218
No one with an ounce of intelligence actually believes that idiotic theory.

[Anonymous No.638297]

>>624384
Glad to see I'm not the only one who does this. Games you can play one handed are awesome for this. And I'm talking about drinking a beer and not jerking off.

[Anonymous No.638302]

>>638218
i majored in advanced giygas theory

[Anonymous No.640482]

Back in action.

I found the mole boss in the cave, but I had too little PP so he beat me. At least I started back home, so I got to dump some stuff to sister. New try.

[Anonymous No.640492]

>>640482
The mole boss is in the cave near the blue village isn't it? How'd you end up back at Ness's house?

[Anonymous No.640518]

>>640492
Yeah, right after the blue village.
I have no idea, I thought I would spawn in the second town.

I beat the mole by using shield and the PSI b
yay

[Anonymous No.640536]

oh, look. It's Pokey again. Get out of my sight.

I got the key From Carpainter and now I'll try to free the girl.

[Anonymous No.640551]

>>640518

have you called your dad recently?

[Anonymous No.640556]

>>640536
So she started from level 1, but I think she'll catch up in no time. I also bought her some stuff, so the stats went like from 2 to 32.

[Anonymous No.640560]

>>640551
Not really. But he keeps calling me

[Anonymous No.640563]

>>640560

yeah. that's because you save the game by calling your dad. and when you save the game, it marks it as your restart point when you die.

go call your dad. he's concerned that you've been spending too much time playing video games.

and he keeps putting money in your bank account too. don't you think you should thank him?

[Anonymous No.640594]

>>640563
Well now I feel horrible ;__;
I called him and visited mom and sister too.

lol I bought the house, are you kidding me?

[Anonymous No.640612]

Oh god..

[Anonymous No.640618]

>>640612

A DEMON CHILD

[Anonymous No.640641]

>>640612

that's fuckin awesome

captcha: Nestorian ockbits

[Anonymous No.640643]

>>640618

[Anonymous No.640657]

>>640612
>>640618
>>640641
>>640643
I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.640667]

>>628591
SOMEONE MAKE THIS

[Anonymous No.640671]

>>640667
Already a thing, Anon.

[Anonymous No.640673]

>>640671

i wish there were an actual doomguy edit

[Anonymous No.640679]

>>640671
Thanks

[Anonymous No.640696]

I think I'm finally getting into Threed.

The Runaway Five show was cool

[Anonymous No.640726]

>>640696

i fucking love this next part of the game

[Anonymous No.640761]

>>640726
Me too. One of my favorite areas.

[Anonymous No.640763]

>>640726
It's got a pretty cool atmosphere

[Anonymous No.640797]

>>640763
oh no, they got Marle!

I was looking for some kind of secret path
>at the edge of the graveyard.

So I guess I'm supposed to go to the hospital to revive her

[Anonymous No.640825]

I was following a hooker to the hotel and they got me by a surprise. Heh, this game is great.

Now I'm playing as RX89P. I named him that, because I thought it would be cool if he was a robot.

..

[Anonymous No.640863]

>>640825
Adventures of robot boy and his faithful monkey company continues

We are looking for the Loch Tess monster.


What's up with this photograph guy?
Do you get to see these pictures at some point? Like during the ending credits

[Anonymous No.640868]

>>640863
what the hell is going on

[Anonymous No.640984]

This is one familiar looking duck..

[Anonymous No.640989]

mad duck is a meme

[Anonymous No.640992]

>>640989
Since when? I've never heard of it, except in EarthBound.

[Anonymous No.641042]

>>640984
>>640989
>>640992

[Anonymous No.641043]

MONKEY RAN AWAY!
COME BACK!
WILSON! WILSOOOON!

[Anonymous No.641058]

>>641043
>That black square in the cave

Wh-what the hell? Why is it like that? It shouldn't be like that at all.

[Anonymous No.641083]

I'm honestly surprised that no-one has told you to download the Players Guide and to play along with it.

I played it last year and loved looking over at the guide and getting a feel for the world. Made the experience quite enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.641115]

>>641083
What Players Guide?

[Anonymous No.641126]

>>641115
There was a fuckhuge players guide sent with the original game.

It alone costs about $115 (cart costs ~$200), so just use a PDF off the internet.

[Anonymous No.641138]

>>641083
Wow, that's HUGE. And with pictures and all kinds of cools stuff. That's amazing, thanks. I'll be sure to keep it open in a tab

>>641058
What what? What's wrong?

[Anonymous No.641151]

Robot friend has joined the party. How cool is that

[Anonymous No.641164]

>>641126

What? Why not just use gamefaqs? What's so special about this player's guide?

[Anonymous No.641217]

>>641164
It appears to be full of all kinds of cool stuff

[Anonymous No.642656]

>>640657
Its porn

[Anonymous No.646245]

bump

[Anonymous No.646254]

>>640825
>Now I'm playing as RX89P. I named him that, because I thought it would be cool if he was a robot.
Yes, that would be cool.

>>641126
>It alone costs about $115 (cart costs ~$200)
So I've got around $315 - plus whatever the price is for having it in the original box - next to my TV? Whoa. Good to know, even though I'm never selling it.

[Anonymous No.646303]

Weekend is pretty much work, but Sunday is a day off. So if I put my mind to it and cut all distractions, I will try to speed up the progress tomorrow.
Comparing to the guide posted above, I'm about 1/3 of the game. I think I'm approaching Saturn town or something now.

[Anonymous No.646317]

>>646303
Already at Saturn Valley? Keep this thread alive if you can I'd like to see you play through it.

Jeff is a bro.

[Anonymous No.646343]

>>646317
Thanks for your support, I really do intend to play through it. I have a few hours now and the whole day tomorrow to go for it. I just don't know exactly at what point am I currently. Compared to the guide I'm about 1/3 through.

I feel so smart. I found a secret entrance behind a waterfall. Like there isn't a secret behind every waterfall in games.

[Anonymous No.646363]

>>646343
Grind on the Fobbies in that area. High EXP for how easy they are.

[Anonymous No.646373]

>>646343
dat room with a respawing butterfly !

[Anonymous No.646383]

>>646363
Yeah, I spent a little time there

>>646373
I didn't see it!

I found the boss, but I think I should have prepared better. Well. Let's see what happens.

[Anonymous No.646404]

>>646383
Ran out of PP. That monster had like at least 1000 hp.

Heh, I like this place

[Anonymous No.646493]

>>646404
damn damn

I wish I had time to try this one more time.

[Anonymous No.646539]

>>646404
fly honey?

[Anonymous No.646694]

>>646383
Fly Honey. He otherwise has infinite HP (inb4poisonglitchtokillhim)

[Anonymous No.646723]

>>646694
I've beaten this game a dozen times and I've never realized you absolutely needed the fly honey to beat him.

I just figured it was completely optional. I always used it though.

[Anonymous No.646906]

>>628108
>It's like Persona, but good

Pretty accurate description.

[Anonymous No.648602]

bampu

[Anonymous No.650281]

bump

[Anonymous No.650360]

>>635338
>holmes hat
Fuck Sherlock, someone needs to photoshop Ness' hat on James Holmes pronto.

[Anonymous No.650375]

>>640612
>>640618
>>640657
Here's some actual text from the game. I think this demonstrates EB's brilliant writing to OP.

" “My Secret Life, chapter three.” (Story from the previous chapter.)

I was neither a murder suspect, nor a target for an international spy organization. But I drove a car down the Jersey Turnpike at 80 mph….

A police officer pulled me over and asked for my driver’s license. He said I was going 20 mph over the speed limit. I instantly pointed to my wife and said “I’m in a hurry, my wife is in labor.” Fortunately, my wife actually had a big stomach. I hoped he’d let me go with this excuse.

“Oh, since it’s an emergency. I’ll lead you to the hospital with my police car,” he said.

“No, it’s not necessary.”

“Why not?” asked the officer.

“Uh… well…”

“Let’s get going,” said the officer…

“No, no! We can’t! This baby is a demon child!”

[Anonymous No.650386]

Is OP still here? I hope we get to see him play through the whole game.
Also, the supportive responses really show the difference between /v/ and /vr/.

[Anonymous No.650410]

>>635202
the slingshots have like a 25% chance in missing. don't use em. stick with bats/pans/guns. (cept the Casey Bat)

[Anonymous No.650415]

>>646539
shhhh let him figure it out himself

[Anonymous No.650437]

game is awesome. I think some of the best writing is in summers. the club and the guy who lets you use his boat
"After all, it could only cost you your life. And you got that for free!"

[Anonymous No.650731]

>>650386
OP here. Just got home from work. It's morning and I think I should sleep a few hours. I got the whole Sunday to try and beat this game.

This board is awesome, I don't even know what to say. I don't even know any other place like this.

So, a few hours of sleep, wake up, brush teeth, open a beer, beat Earthbound.

[Anonymous No.650751]

>>650731

You have quite a way to go, my friend!

[Anonymous No.652242]

>>650410
Thanks, will remember

>>650360
Somebody do this

>>650415
I already died three times doing like 2000+ damage to him, I think. I thought the Fly honey was just to get in the building or something. Well, maybe I should have at least tried it.
Anyway, another try!

[Anonymous No.652320]

...He went down with like four hits this time.
You really saved me a bunch of time with this one.

[Anonymous No.652334]

>>652320
>you have come a long way and fought hard
>now the adventure will continue, even harder
>cross desert, go to big city of Fourside
>remember, you have your friends with you
>etc etc

This is such a cool thing to put in a game

[Anonymous No.652356]

Oh, another boss fight already

[Anonymous No.652373]

>>652356
Nothing special there.

So I guess I'll try to get to Fourside through Threed

[Anonymous No.652378]

>>652373
Heh, somehow reminds me of StarTropics

[Anonymous No.652394]

[Anonymous No.652398]

>be playing Mother 2 (GBA)
>decide to finish the game with all the best equipment in the game including the 1/128 drop ones.
>after days and days of grinding for hours in stonehenge I get the sword of kings
>after little grind I get the broken harmonica
>after months of grind (I didn't play everyday but maybe once a week or two) in the underworld finally manage to get the fushigina frypan, but when I decide to equip it, the tenshi no frypan paula has equipped is actually stronger... OK.
>get to the cave of the past, trying to get the ultimate Ness weapon, only kraken bios drop it, they almost never appear, fight lots of storng enemies that can wreck my shit once my PP starts lowering even if I'm level 99 already

I know I'm an aspie for wanting all the rare drops, but damn this last one sure is going to be a pain in the ass to get if I'm not lucky... and I thought finding the blue dinosaurs on the lost underworld was bad enough.

[Anonymous No.652429]

>>652398
In games I also get the urge to find and collect every single item. Like in Morrowind where there's a million items, I need to get them all and store somewhere. Also, I've tried to Soul trap every kind of variation of a soul to a Soul gem. Every Dagoth priest, every variation of a creature (rat, diseased rat, blighted rat etc.).

In this game I don't know what items are unique and collectable so in this first run I don't feel too bad for not trying to collect everything.


There seems to be a paradise for monkeys or something. I sure as hell hope to find Wilson in there.

[Anonymous No.652441]

>>652398
And I appreciate your persistance
Robot was destroyed, do I really need to walk back to Threed to revive him.
hmmm.

[Anonymous No.652462]

>>652441
>Skelpion

That's kind of clever.

[Anonymous No.652480]

>>652462
I didn't expect to find anything like this here.

[Anonymous No.652492]

If you want some really easy levels, farm the Criminal Caterpillar from around there.

http://starmen.net/mother2/guides/dddtrick/

[Anonymous No.652495]

>>652480
hmm..

[Anonymous No.652497]

>>652492
Oh yeah!
There was a few mentions of the caterpillar earlier in the thread.
Thanks for reminding

[Anonymous No.652513]

>>652495
Remember that guy for Mother 3.

[Anonymous No.652527]

>>652497
You can make a cool 30384 EXP without even having to fight if you do it right. Since EXP is split up between living characters, that's a cool 10128 EXP per character if they're all alive.

Provided that all of your characters are alive as you grind it: It takes about 18 kills on a Criminal Caterpillar to go from level 30 to 40. Even further: 40 to 50 is roughly 35 kills.

On the flip-side: If you grind with just one character (Paula and Jeff can get sunstroke, but I don't think Ness can; if you're lazy about it, having only Ness alive is a likely scenario) and get 30384 a pop, you can go from 30 to 40 in about 7 kills, and 40 to 50 in about 12.

It's pretty fucking potent. What are your levels right now anyways?

[Anonymous No.652530]

>>652492
>http://starmen.net/mother2/guides/dddtrick/
Oh dear god no.

[Anonymous No.652540]

>>652527
38, 31, 31 now.

This feels kind of wrong. I better keep going.

[Anonymous No.652552]

>>652540
>not rounding off that 38 to 40

[Anonymous No.652563]

>>652552
Well maybe I should have. Thanks anyway.


Hello Fourside

[Anonymous No.652570]

>>652563
Paralyze the Mad Taxis when they try to slap your shit. Paralyze has literally a 99% chance to work on them.

[Anonymous No.652590]

>>652570
Hmm, okay, sure!

I took a bus back home. Using the item pick up system was kind of tedious. And I was homesick anyway.

[Anonymous No.652617]

>>652590
Sister's inventory was almost full of cookies and stuff..... I just sold every access item I thought was not too important

So I'm heading back to Fourside to check out this apparent corruption / other strange thing going on in the city. The bus music is cool .

[Anonymous No.652631]

It's mah niggas, The Runaway Five

[Anonymous No.652667]

>>652631
Oh you guys are in trouble again, huh?

>unless you find buried gold, they'll never get released of their contract.

subtle hint.
Back to the desert gold mine, I guess.

[Anonymous No.652720]

>>652667
So there are five bosses in the mine. First I encountered was
>the third most powerful
and he killed Marle.
Well, I was not prepared properly. Good thing I got a Cup of lifenoodles with me. Won't happen again.

[Anonymous No.652754]

>>652720

the good ol' third mole

[Anonymous No.652762]

>>652720
Okay. Maybe they all are the third most powerful of the moles.
This one went down with two hits.

[Anonymous No.652790]

>>652754
.....

[Anonymous No.652896]

>>652790
I had to go back to town to get some stuffs. Now I'll find the fifth mole boss.

[Anonymous No.652908]

>>652896
One hit K.O. with the last one. Guess they were all just equal strenght.

[Anonymous No.652921]

>>652908
Hey where did the gold digger guy go

[Anonymous No.652923]

>>652908
Pretty much.

[Anonymous No.652935]

>>652921
Hello? Miner guy?

[Anonymous No.652945]

>>652935
I started going to Fourside to see if Miner guy was there and I was interrupted by one of the miners who gave me a diamond. Maybe it will pay The Runaway Five's debts.

[Anonymous No.652950]

>>652945
Alright!

[Anonymous No.652991]

>>652950
Oh god no they took Marle!

[Anonymous No.653006]

>>625559
I used this tip
Now gimme back my Marle

[Anonymous No.653025]

Oh, look, it's Pokey again. What a surprise. I hated you from the start. Where's Marle.

[Anonymous No.653062]

>>653025
I need to take a little break.

[Anonymous No.653080]

>>653062

Rest, and then prepare for one of the best parts in the game.

[Anonymous No.653109]

>>629145
APE became Creatures Inc.

[Anonymous No.653117]

>>652563
It's a good idea to go back to the Criminal Caterpillar whenever you get a new party member, as they start really low leveled.

[Anonymous No.653501]

>>640594

Still the greatest moment in all of video gaming.

[Anonymous No.653524]

Mother 3>Mother 1>Mother 2

[Anonymous No.653540]

>>653080
No rest, other stuff. But I'm prepared.
It's Mother's Day, somebody make a joke about that.

This guy again. I want him in my party.

[Anonymous No.653602]

>>653540
Sam Fox concert

Some guy tried to run onto the stage. I don't blame him.

[Anonymous No.653780]

>>653080
You mean Moonside, I guess?

[Anonymous No.653992]

>>653780

No sey

[Anonymous No.654016]

>>653992
god damn.

[Anonymous No.654062]

You making me want to jam my cart in my snes bro.

Might do it, my back log won't be happy but whatever.

[Anonymous No.654094]

>>654016
jesus christ this place oh god

[Anonymous No.654146]

>>654094
oh god. I just realised. This is just like when Dale Coop Cooper goes to the Black lodge

[Anonymous No.654156]

anyone here watched Moonside: The Movie? (Enter The Void)

[Anonymous No.654202]

>>654146
fuck what's happening this is too trippy

[Anonymous No.654324]

>>654202
I don't mind co-oping with these two bros too much, but I'm starting to wonder where I'm supposed to go. Guy near the statue says I'm supposed to find a guy with cojoinen eyebrows and a golden teeth, maybe that's the fourth friend. I guess I need to teleport to a specific location through one of the dudes.
And I want to find Marle

[Anonymous No.654397]

emoclew ot edisnoom

[Anonymous No.654420]

>>654146
Moonside is actually meant to be a Firewalk With Me reference, IIRC.

[Anonymous No.654432]

>>653540
I've completed this game three times and I've had no idea he was there.

[Anonymous No.654537]

>>654420
That's kind of. cool.


Huh, finally some progress.

[Anonymous No.654550]

>>654420
Or at least this guy makes a reasonable argument for it:
http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2008/06/chet-desmond-and-beer-at-jackie.html

[Anonymous No.654590]

>>654550
Interesting article indeed.
>I think the game's referencing itself, and making fun of its own awkward, poorly imposed censorship.
>You have to like that.)
YES.

[Anonymous No.654617]

>>654590

I think I've seen Pokey on "mind blown" threads, but never cared too much since I've never played this game. I now understand and I always see the X) face instead of >:)

[Anonymous No.654636]

>>654617
Wut? That's just his nose, his eyes are hidden behind his hair.

[Anonymous No.654642]

>>654617
>the X) face instead of >:)
You know it's his nose, right? His name is Porky Minch.

[Anonymous No.654843]

OP got banned for a day from trying captcha too many times, he'll be back.

[Anonymous No.654853]

>>654617
>eyes
i dont see any eyes on that sprite.

[Anonymous No.654857]

>>654617
>>654642
Easier to see here but I always forget it myself

honestly it's not a very good sprite

ducking out now to avoid Mother 3 spoilers

[Anonymous No.655613]

>>641126
>$115 for the guide alone

How would it make you feel to learn that I bought the game + full manual back around 2000 for $20 together?

[Anonymous No.655726]

>>654156
OH GOD I watched that movie. The first half gave me a good fap.

[Anonymous No.656003]

I wouldn't know. I've never been able to beat the first titanic ant.

[Anonymous No.656863]

Moonside is making me seriously nostalgic.
I loved doing the reverse-answer thing IRL as a 10-year old.
Everything about that place was awesome. I even have a special ZSNES savestate, and I always tried to keep a moonside slot in my real cartridge.

Also, Starmen.net in it's early days and the Flukes (bad photoshop with EB sprites). Good times.
Welp...Just took some drugs and I'm diving in.

[Anonymous No.656871]

>>655613
Back around 2000 when I was like 10 I didn't buy a copy from the local Game Crazy because the cover design looked weird and I thought I wouldn't like it. It was like $15.
Someone kill me

[Anonymous No.656874]

>>655613
not that guy but well assuming you bought it because you love earthbound, i'd say awesome.

[Anonymous No.656887]

>>656871
>best buy had EarthBound on clearance for $5

[Anonymous No.656919]

>>656887

[Anonymous No.656942]

>>656863
>Flukes

I used to spend a lot of time on the Starmen.net IRC channel about 13 years ago, even when it was still Earthbound.net

[Anonymous No.656997]

>>629931
Easy Ring and the run button make Mother 1 playable.

[Anonymous No.657174]

I couldn't find a copy anywhere in 1997, had to beg the manager of a blockbuster for the copy I had rented, I got it, I think I also had the scratch 'n sniff cards, but I lost a lot of things as a kid, so now all I have is a loose copy that was used as a rental. Label is fine, except it's worn at the edge.
Honestly, I wish people wouldn't put such a high value on the cartridge itself. It's an excellent game if you like unique/trippy things.
Thrilled it's coming to WiiU shop in the west. I'll buy it just to show support, that is, when a WiiU is worth buying.

[Anonymous No.657185]

>>657174
Can't even remember what that manager wanted, I think it was reasonable for the time ($20-30, including most of the stuff that came with that subsequently was lost or damaged) Can't remember if I had the box or guide, just those cards.

[Anonymous No.657189]

>>640984
>>640989
>>641042
Someone should shop it with wheels.

[Anonymous No.657224]

>>657174
the thing is, the cartridge price is inflated solely because of demand. Not rarity or anything, just, so many damn people want the thing. A a good chunk of people who now want the game only want it to sell it for more the next day. There has never been and never will be a shortage of EarthBound carts. There's like 400,000 of them-More than enough to go around. But because people think 'omg everyone wants it I better grab it before none are left!' those same idiots become for some reason willing pay a ridiculous premium on the game. Hopefully once people can own the game in a legitimate way demand will go down, but I could see it going in either direction.

[Anonymous No.657238]

>>657224
Hard to say. You can only hope that the VC release will help, I know a good number of people who want to buy it when it comes out there. Then again, none of those people own SNES to my knowledge.

[Anonymous No.660042]

I got banned yesterday for "spamming". I mistyped the captcha a few times ffs. I have an hour or two to make some progress, but I swear to god tomorrow I'll leap further. Sorry for being slow.

I forgot where I was going, but luckily there's the hint guy.

[Anonymous No.660075]

>>660042
Oh, the monkeys want stuff.

[Anonymous No.660120]

>>660075
Luckily I stored some junk on sister earlier in the game so they can deliver
+ordered some pizza

[Anonymous No.660134]

>>657238
Won't affect it. If anything further exposure might drive the fucking price up even more.

Price will only come down when the resellers get too greedy. Once they stop finding buyers and people are no longer willing to shell out 300 fucking dollars for the thing, either the price will slowly decline again, or the entire bottom of the market will fall the fuck out and they'll be left holding their dicks (hopefully)

[Anonymous No.660135]

>>660120

that monkey dungeon is a good parody of item-trading quests in RPGs... you actually don't really need to bring more than 1 item, the rest will be given to you by the monkeys as you keep trading them. You literally only spend 1 item.

[Anonymous No.660209]

>>660120
Found the guru and some treasure

[Anonymous No.660226]

>>660135
Yeah, that was kind of cool that I don't need to run across the world to gather all the stuff.

>got the yoghurt machine
I wonder if it makes anything troud-flavored..

[Anonymous No.660256]

>>660226
TELEPORTATION

COOL

I had no idea, what a pleasant surprise

[Anonymous No.660323]

>>660256
Inside pokey building

how do i fighted clumsy robot

[Anonymous No.660345]

>>660323
shit son what the fuck are you doing

also why'd you name your characters dumb crap you need to go all intimate with Earthbound.

There's a part later where it asks for your name. YOUR name. Do it. Don't just put something else in. Make sure it's your own actual name. You'll thank me later.

[Anonymous No.660362]

>>660323
By surviving. If you can last long enough, some friends will help you.

[Anonymous No.660485]

>>660345
Will name after myself

This is my first time playing so I don't recognize him as "Ness". I named him after special agent Dale Cooper, who is one of the most dearest characters of all time so it's very intimate. Paula is named after a Chrono trigger character, which is one of my favorite games ever. Jeff is just named that because I think he is a robot. Fourth guy is named after a Morrowind character, which is my most loved game of all time.


The Runaway Five came to my aid, that was cool as hell, I didn't see that coming. Mah niggas.

Now it's time to go to sleep, but tomorrow the focus is on advancing in the game.

[Anonymous No.660516]

>>660485
I hope you plan on tackling Mother 3 after this.

Mother 3 > Earthbound

[Anonymous No.660529]

>>660345
You just claimed that earthbound should be a personal experience, then had a go at him for not naming them the way you would have done. Shit, son
And you have also not watched Twin Peaks. Which is /vr/ related because it has the president from Red Alter 2 in it

[Anonymous No.660543]

>>660529
well the having a go was meant to be playful, sorry, that probably wasn't too clear

[Anonymous No.662375]

Bumpin, going to stay up the next 36 hours, probably beat earthbound and mother 3, gonna get that sword of kings.

[Anonymous No.662425]

>2004
>Hear about 1/128 items, decide to get dat sword of kings
>pick up some snacks, soda, have my 15GB ipod full of music, lets do this
>25 minutes pass, haven't even opened up my bag of cheetos (dat 1 handed controller scheme)
>Inside the present, there was a Sword of kings!

Probably the only time I was disappointing in not having to grind.

[Anonymous No.662659]

>>624160

Glad to hear you're starting this game for the first time. You seem to be enjoying it,too, which is even better. However, I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the anti-piracy feature that was put in this game. Basically, if you're running it on an emulator, more enemies will spawn, and when you fight the final boss, the game will crash and all your data will be lost.

[Anonymous No.662726]

>>662659
Woah, fer realz? I just saw this thread and got excited to play a game I'd never played so I downloaded an emu. That's sad.

[Anonymous No.662779]

>>662659

I'm pretty sure that little piece of anti pirating programming has been takin' care of in new ROM files...

[Anonymous No.662787]

>>662659
Most of the files have been patched so it's no longer an issue.

[Anonymous No.663606]

>>660516
M3 was linear as hell compared with EB.
Also, DEEP/contrived storyline and phoned-in inconclusive ending.
I'd advise Mother 1 instead.

[Anonymous No.664142]

>>660516
Even better, huh
I like this game a lot, so I'll definately give it a try.

>>662659
This sounds bad

But I hope it's like these guys said
>>662779
>>662787

Actually now I'm interested in trying every game in the series. This is so good.

And, finally, I hope we'll get Marle back in the team

[Anonymous No.664152]

No I have a few days to do absolutely nothing, exept play the game and drink some beer. And watch some icehockey. Time to wrap things up.

>>664142
Apparently we were to fly to a place called Summers, but stupid pokey stole the helicopter.

[Anonymous No.664157]

>>662659
>>662726
>>662779
>>662787

Seeing that /vr/ really is ignorant makes me sad.

[Anonymous No.664158]

>>664152
Yeah, these guys I can count on!

[Anonymous No.664180]

>>664158
>you must have left some important item or gadget in Threed
It must be the flying thingy

[Anonymous No.664186]

>>664180
First stop Winters!
Second stop Summers!(?)

[Anonymous No.664192]

>>664186
Wilson is here!

[Anonymous No.664195]

>>664180
I was pretty stupid at this point and couldn't figure out where to go.

[Anonymous No.664207]

>>628854
>It's nothing like Chrono Trigger at all.

They have a lot in common, though. Both are overrated, have the worst fan bases imaginable and are yet actually pretty mediocre.

[Anonymous No.664210]

>>664157
Do you intend to enlighten us, or would you rather just keep being a condescending cunt?

[Anonymous No.664216]

>>664192
A boss battle

hmm, I thought this guy looked familiar

[Anonymous No.664221]

>>662787
>>662779

A long time about (1999 or so) somebody mentioned that all of the ROMs will all eventually trigger the anti-piracy message and lock themselves, which makes them unplayable for good. I imagine they've fixed that shit 14 years later, though.

[Anonymous No.664225]

>>664207
>overrated

[Anonymous No.664230]

No problem here.

[Anonymous No.664236]

>>664207

[Anonymous No.664261]

I remember somewhere here was a spot that required the pencil eraser

[Anonymous No.664304]

>>664261
Nothing special there

I guess we're off to Summers

[Anonymous No.664329]

>>664304
This city seems interesting

[Anonymous No.664337]

>>664329
You bitch..

[Anonymous No.664361]

>>664304
Eh, you've missed something. I think you missed it before too.

Middle of Stonehenge

[Anonymous No.664364]

>>664337
Bought Diamond bands and Lucky coins for the gang. Also a new weapon for Coop. This game doesn't seem to have that bullshit when
>buy best gear from town
>next dungeon has it for free

[Anonymous No.664372]

>>664361
:O
Should I go back
Maybe I should.

[Anonymous No.664386]

>>664372
Okay, it'll only take a second, but you'll know what to do later when it comes to it.

[Anonymous No.664449]

>>662425
>tfw I spent six hours trying to find it before giving up
I hate you

[Anonymous No.664454]

>>664386
Hmm.. I don't have the, um, eraser eraser.

[Anonymous No.664536]

>>664454
Back in Summers

[Anonymous No.664561]

>>664536
Got inside an exclusive club

[Anonymous No.664593]

>>664561
>eat "magic cake"
>everything's purple
>pass out
Yeah, this game is funny

Now it's adventures of St. Jiub
But a hockey game is starting, so I need to watch it for a while.

[Anonymous No.664631]

>>664593

Oh man. You're getting near one of the freakiest parts of the game.

It really scared me as a kid.

[Anonymous No.665132]

Not OP, but I used the debug menu to start a game as Jeff instead of Ness.

Along with all of the equipment and items you can get from the boarding school when you first get Jeff, I put the ATM card in his inventory for not only accessing the ATM, but the debug menu as well, because very rarely you need Ness in your party or the game locks up. I simply open the debug menu, put Ness in for one second to do whatever, and take him out.

I'm to Twoson and the game is easier. Jeff's starting equipment is leagues ahead of Ness', and I've been steamrolling everything. Jeff uses the Sound Stone at the sanctuaries just like Ness, and so far I've only had to put Ness back in twice; once when Buzz-Buzz died (game locks up if there's no Ness at that point) and to get the number for Escargo Express. He has no PSI for stuff like Rockin' or Lifeup, but it's not an issue yet.

[Anonymous No.665349]

>>665132
Sounds cool

Hockey game is over.
I'm a bit confused where to go. I go to the master and he just scolds me. Then I go to meditation and a girl says you need to stop and go to master. I think I don't have enough zen, or is it swag these days. I tried using the brain stone to clear my mind before meditating, but it does nothing.
hmm.

[Anonymous No.665359]

>>665349
Here's what to do: When that bitch tells you to go see the master, ignore her. Keep meditating. Don't touch any buttons when you're meditating. After a while (you have to wait for a good bit) Mu will appear.

[Anonymous No.665370]

>>665349
>you need to stop meditating
>you stop meditating
You have failed at meditation.

[Anonymous No.665379]

>>665349
I forget, is this before or after Saturn Valley?
Because this ain't nearly as bad as The Password.

[Anonymous No.665392]

>>664631
Holy fuck shit hell. That was CREEPY.

[Anonymous No.665394]

>>665379
>>665370
>>665359
Oh yeah, creepy happened.

[Anonymous No.665423]

>>665392

So yeah.

I played that when I was like 7.

Shit was terrifying.

[Minivan of !ACIDnv.g7w No.665428]

>>665423
Shit, that scared me when I was 15

[Anonymous No.665430]

Alright, cool

[Anonymous No.665441]

>>665430
Criminal Caterpillar time. He needs it badly.

[Anonymous No.665479]

>ZSNES
You don't deserve to enjoy this game. Leave and never come back.

[Anonymous No.665481]

>>665441
So it seems. Level 21 compared to level 52 and ~40 of two kids.
It also seems he doesn't need any gear, what's up with that.

We are supposed to go to >Scaraba
what does that mean, let's find out.

[Anonymous No.665486]

>>665481
He does have gear but you have to go out of your way to get it. Good luck with the sword.

[Anonymous No.665514]

>>665479
We've been through that

No need to get excited

said the /vr/ to the /v/

[Anonymous No.665519]

>>665514
>implying that criticizing someone's poor choice in emulators (literally the poorest choice you could possibly make for SNES emulation) means someone is from a place you've decided you don't like despite being no better than
Stop it.

[Anonymous No.665524]

>>665486
Dino museum in Fourside seems to be the place to go

[Anonymous No.665535]

>>665481
Poo only has three pieces of equipment. He can equip some of the shared weapons, but they actually LOWER his offense, if I recall.

Two of Poo's special items are pieces of armor, and they are easy to get because they come out of dungeons. Simple.

Third is the biggest pain in the ass to get. It's his sword, which is a very rare item that drops on a 1/128 chance against a somewhat strong type of enemy. You can actually miss out on it permanently if you don't get it by a certain point in the story.

[Anonymous No.665562]

>>665535
Tried buying him something from the store and it changed def from 31 to 0
So yeah.

If i spot the point where I'll get the sword, I'll have no problem to just grind infinitely

[Anonymous No.665579]

>>665562
Trust me, it's not fun. This was me>>664449

[Anonymous No.665590]

>>665562
You still have a little ways to go before you get to the point where you miss it.

Do you remember Stonehenge from Winters? If it wasn't obvious (if you poked your head inside earlier in the game), there's shit going on in there and you go back there later on. In it are enemies called Starman Super. They can ONLY fought in the specific "factory" area of the Stonehenge Base. They drop the Sword of Kings on a 1/128 chance.

If you kill the boss of the base (Starman DX) before you get the Sword of Kings, that's it. The Starman Supers vanish from the game and you never get a chance to obtain the sword again.

[Anonymous No.665607]

>>665519
you're giving it away too easy, man.

[Anonymous No.665670]

>>665579
>>665590

Okay, I appreciate it a lot. Don't consider it as a spoiler, just helping.
I know this thread has been going on for almost a week and I apologize for anyone who's not interested and has to see this time and time again. I'm slow.
I'll try my best (yeah, I know, just luck) to get this mighty sword that Jiub deserves. After all, he's the Saint Jiub, the bane of the cliffracers.

[Anonymous No.665692]

>>665670
I actually forget; he has FOUR pieces of equipment, not just three. Three armors and the sword. The armors are the Cloak, Diadem, and Bracer of Kings. You'll probably find those three naturally because they're just hanging around in gift boxes.

[Anonymous No.665882]

>>665670
Love you and this thread. Keep it up!

[Anonymous No.665884]

>>665670
don't try too hard. EB has a maddeningly insane random number generator. Getting the Sword of Kings is the stuff of legends in retrogaming.

Tragic, painful legends.

[Anonymous No.665885]

>>665670
btw enjoy the museum this is one of those chill little fun parts of the game

[Anonymous No.665903]

>>665884
First time I played the game waaaay back I got the Gutsy Bat without even realizing how lucky I was.

Recently I managed to snag the Sword of Kings and Gaia Beam but I doubt I'll ever get Paula's best weapon. Ah well, like Ness's you get it so late you barely use it.

[Anonymous No.666525]

>>665903

I managed to get the magic frypan the other day, it's actually not payla's strongest weapon, the angel frypan is.

[Anonymous No.666550]

>>624160

>dat fucking screenshot

Its been about 3 years since i last played it. ITS TIME

[Anonymous No.666572]

>>665884
>1/256 chance of drop
>Insane

There are worse, Anon.

There are far, far worse.

[Anonymous No.666589]

>>665884
>1/256 chance drop
>stuff of legends

[Anonymous No.666598]

>>666589
>420 GB
>GB

[Anonymous No.666641]

>>628742
>someone else also watches Game Theory
>muh niggah
Also, according to MatPat, the TF2 Pyro is a gay male, and the time travel in Chrono Trigger is realistic.

[Anonymous No.666660]

>>629138
>>629145
Actually, it makes a lot of sense that Pokémon FR/LG made a reference to Earthbound... after all: Earthbound and Pokémon were made by the same company

[Anonymous No.666664]

I usually check eBay prices for the game daily, and I can't believe I'm excited about this price but the last 5 or so auctions have ended around $150. That's a real significant decrease from even two weeks ago. hopefully it continues to tank.
Funny tho, among those ~$150 auctions was one at like $205... who are the idiots that continue bidding that high? meanwhile an hour later one finishes for $50 less...
On a sorta related note completed listings show a bunch of complete copies selling for ~$700 in the last couple months. Seriously, how retarded are people?

[Anonymous No.666765]

>>666660
APE/Creatures and Game Freak are the same company?

Wow that is crazy what is this Metal Gear Solid

[Anonymous No.667098]

AH HAHAHA FAGGOT

[Anonymous No.667114]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EarthBound-Cleaned-Tested-Saves-SNES-Super-Nintendo-Free-Shipping-/161022693817?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item257db351b9&autorefresh=true
>$150 with 1 min left
>$175 with 30 seconds left
>$196.50 with 5 seconds left
just when I thought it was getting better. dumbasses.

[Anonymous No.667134]

>>629014
>>629052
Okay, then what the fuck up is with the fucking Doom generals that are up 24/7?

[Anonymous No.667170]

>>624234
On this subject, is there any compilation of recommended patches / hacks?

[Anonymous No.667168]

>>667134
They seem fine to me. They keep themselves contained. They don't invade other threads.

[Anonymous No.667798]

>>665132
Whoa wait, you can use the ATM card to access the debug menu?
I thought you had to be at that sign at the shop in Scaraba, or the final battle, or that one other place that's storyline-specific.
Anyway, that debug menu is downright cryptic. It's not in any human language; you need a translation guide. Makes FF VII's debug menu look like the work of Shakespeare.

[Anonymous No.667823]

>>666765
Creatures worked on Pokemon you dingus.

[Anonymous No.668980]

I feel kind of bad for RX89P, because he's the only one who can't into magic. Maybe it's the difference between man and machine after all. You can make near-human AI, but it will never have same mental skills as a real human brain.

[Anonymous No.668992]

>>652398 here

OP don't grind for the sword of kings on your first playthrough. You will get overleveled and it's also really frustrating, leave it for later playthroughs.

btw getting the SoK isn't nearly as ridiculously frustrating as trying to get the magic frypan or the gutsy bat.

[Anonymous No.669013]

>>624160
Expect a joyous, funny, pleasing, fun and overall happy-go-lucky story.
Well, until the end, that is...

[Anonymous No.669015]

>>668992
hmm. I really need to think about this. I don't mind doing that kind of tedious stuff. Well, maybe if it's like finding a shiny in Pokemon, then I think I'll leave it for later plays.


I tried the auto fight option a few times and look what happened.
Also found a "broken bazooka", I need to get it repaired fast, it sounds like something powerful

[Anonymous No.669038]

>>669015

You don't need the sword of kings at all, and it's useless if you grind for it because you will be overleveled, it won't make any difference.
If you are lucky enough to get it without grinding, it will probably be of help, but otherwise its more something completionist aspies (such as me) want to do, but it doesn't make the game experience better, in fact it's highly reccommendable to avoid doing it on your first playthroguh.
Really, just enjoy the game, forget about that stuff until later playtrhoughs.

[Anonymous No.669043]

>>669015
Use the Spy command to hunt for rare items. If you don't find anything, just run from the battle. That way you won't overlevel.

[Anonymous No.669058]

>>669038
For what I understand it's a drop by an enemy in a normal battle situation. I'll give it 15 tries and then carry on. I appreciate your help.


When you go to the hospital to get your friend back, is it some kind of a joke when they say "you can come back anytime"? It's like "we hope to see you soon"

[Anonymous No.669065]

>>669043
Not a bad advice at all.

I'll give it 15 tries and use RX89P to spy every time.

[Anonymous No.669069]

>>669058

Yeah its dropped by an enemy but its a 1/128 chance. I spent entire weeks playing 1 or 2 hours per day trying to get the damn thing. And it's not even the hardest 1/128 drop to get.

Just go through the place once you get there, if you happen to get the item drop, awesome, if not, keep playing, it's not gonna make any difference. You will most likely fight 15 of the enemies that drop it anyway.

[Anonymous No.669084]

>>669065
First battle in the sewers and someone's possessed. great.

[Anonymous No.669090]

>>669069
Ah, okay. I'll take your word. Thank you for saving me a bunch of time.

[Anonymous No.669119]

>>669084
Back in the sewers. This time I better not get any mini-ghosts, since healing or other psi/magic doesn't seem to make it go away.

[Anonymous No.669127]

>>669119
Oh, a boss fight coming up.
I think this is the fifth out of eight (I think, the bee said six or eight)

[Anonymous No.669135]

>>669127
yeah, this is not a coincidence anymore. This game is full of moments like this.

[Anonymous No.669140]

>>669135
Not a big deal

[Anonymous No.669163]

>>669140
So now I'm in Dalaam.
I kind of missed the point where Coop ate the hash brownies and dreamt of Jiub and then he was real.

[Anonymous No.669171]

>>669163
what the hell is going on.

[Anonymous No.669217]

>>669171
Already?

OK, let's do this.

[Anonymous No.669223]

Do I need to be autistic to enjoy this game?

[Anonymous No.669224]

Earthbound and Mother 3 are probably the deepest "childish" RPGs I've ever played.

[Anonymous No.669225]

>>669217
How can these monsters expect to defeat this party when everyone deals like 500 damage?

[Anonymous No.669230]

>>669223
I'm not sure what you mean. Autistic or "autistic"? This game is fun as hell. I don't remember any other game that made me laugh out loud this much.

Maybe autists enjoy playing train simulators or tetris or something. Or Minecraft. I'm kind of that way too. In MC the most fun for me is just mining and digging and making tunnels. Even in multiplayer.


Hmm. Where to now? Maybe I'll try the meditation spot

[Anonymous No.669252]

>>669230
MOSH PIT FASLÖDKJFAÖSDIFÖWEIAJOFÖSD

[Anonymous No.669265]

>>669252
Teleported home, because you can never go wrong with home.

Next stop is Summers, I suppose.

[Anonymous No.669264]

>>669223

The game's original slogan in Japan was "Kids, adults, even older sisters".
It was meant to be a game for all ages and all kind of people.

There is an interview from Itoi from around that time, when Mother 2 was being released, that he noticed most people changed their relationhip with videogames since the Famicom days, as he noticed his own sister didn't play games anymore.

I think autists would find this game way too simple, really.

[Anonymous No.669340]

>>669265
I suppose you can just use the capsules as you like. Nothing like Pokemon when you need to level up and gain stats by battles or else you won't get >muh precious EVs
I have spent mostly all of these on Coop since he's the one I can rely on not collapsing ever and he can win battles just by himself.

atm I'm getting all the useless stuff from sister and selling it

[Anonymous No.669367]

>>669340
This guy knows advanced teleportation

[Anonymous No.669374]

>>669367
lol cubone

[Anonymous No.669378]

>>669374
I'm on a boat motherfucker

[Anonymous No.669379]

>>669378
I expected to face the Kraken, but I wasn't expecting him to look anything like this.

[Anonymous No.669386]

>>669379
He didn't even deal any damage

[Anonymous No.669435]

>ZSNES

[Anonymous No.669548]

>>669435
Why do people keep hating on ZSNES? Does it emulate the game or doesn't it? I'm getting my girlfriend on to Earthbound and her shitty laptop can't run SNES9X for whatever reason (keeps giving some sound error, tried troubleshooting for a while but decided, fuck it) but Earthbound seems to run fine on ZSNES. Is it going to suddenly delete all my saves or something?

[Anonymous No.669553]

>>669548
>Why do people keep hating on ZSNES?
Autism. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Anonymous No.669554]

>>669548
muh accuracy

[Anonymous No.669573]

>>669548
a lot of people use it simply out of ignorance and it's easy to assume that's always the case, though some people hate on it just to troll

[Anonymous No.669581]

>>669548
You're fine with it for Earthbound.

[Anonymous No.670182]

>>669548
It's okay for throwaway use. The interface is dated and the app is dead because it runs on 32-bit x86 CPU code (very efficient, but it can never be ported to say, an Android running an ARM CPU without a world of pain. When Windows goes 64-bit only, it'll be completely dead.)
Really, the only good reason to switch is if you love savestates like me. Snes9X was done in C language instead of x86, has been ported to other computers, the savestates will be around a while, etc. Your Zsnes savestates will be useless, however. But the native saves (SRAM) should be transferable, unless they use some funny Zsnes-specific code, which I doubt.

[Anonymous No.670217]

>>669548

Just ignore them. They'll crawl back to byuu's hideout if you stop giving them any attention.

[Anonymous No.670980]

>>669554
>>670217
>both sides of the argument just oversimplifying and casting the other as muhhhduhhhh autists

okay we need to nip this shit in the bud if we want to keep /vr/ a nice place and not /v/ - 1990s Edition

[Anonymous No.671945]

>>670980
As far as I know, the accuracy with it toward Earthbound is pretty spot on so don't worry about it.

[Anonymous No.672020]

>Played earthbound for the first time last year
>Didn't finish it
>Feeling all warm just thinking about it
Comfiest fucking game ever

I always thought Poo was kinda forced though, came out of nowhere

[Anonymous No.672040]

>>672020
You owe it to yourself to finish it. It has an incredible endgame.

[Anonymous No.672053]

>>672040
I know I know
I totally want to, but I just haven't had the time

How expensive is a snes cartridge of it? I was thinking about buying a SNES, Earthbound, and playing it on my old ass TV

[Anonymous No.672067]

>>671945
Yeah, I got the cart after completing it twice on ZSNES and it was very, very similar. The only differences I could really find were some sound effects.

[Anonymous No.672075]

>>672053
>How expensive is a snes cartridge of it?

There is an entire website devoted to it. buyearthbound.com

[Anonymous No.672076]

>>672053
The game is notorious for being overpriced, I'm surprised you haven't even noticed. Prepare to spare a couple of hundred bucks.

[Anonymous No.672085]

>>672067
>>672076
>100+ for a game
What the fuck homes

[Anonymous No.672094]

>>672053
>how expensive is a cartridge of Earthbound
oh you poor innocent child

[Anonymous No.672092]

>>672085
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CT1RA4
>19,995.50
ha ha what the hell

[Anonymous No.672108]

>>672076
100 is CHEAP nowadays, ebay has assholes selling the loose cart for 200-300 and the boxed version for fucking 500-700, it's disgustingly inflated

You know shit is wrong when you see a cart with a mangled torn label being priced at 150

>>672092
20k for Earthbound

HAAH WAAW

Okay now let's shut the fuck up before people start bitching about yet another le earthbound is too pricy thread

[Anonymous No.672109]

>>672085
Earthbound is now the legendary king of the retro bubble. His gold-lined silken robes betray his true nature, for his kind are actually very common. Despite this there is a bizarre drive among many to own a cartridge of the game, and it leads them to accept and pay completely absurd prices for a game that is not worthy of its cost.

[Anonymous No.672116]

>>672085
It does suck. Luckily I got mine for $35 a couple of years ago. It's the game I go to when I'm feeling down.

[Anonymous No.672123]

>>672109
Harvest Moon, Demon's Crest, Metal Warriors, and EVO: Search for Eden are the Elite Four of SNES collecting.

Earthbound is Gary Oak.

[Anonymous No.672164]

>>672094
>calling someone a child
>posting a picture of a cartoon

[Anonymous No.672174]

Expect implied abortions

[Anonymous No.672192]

>>672092
there are also amazon sellers selling SMW for near $1000 and the first Zelda game for $1600, those games are NOT worth that much

[Anonymous No.672208]

>>672164
I'm not the person you are responding to, but that's a say, NOT an insult, you idiot

[Anonymous No.672214]

>>672164
I'm not the person you are responding to, but that's a saying, NOT an insult, you idiot

[Anonymous No.675146]

>>672192

You're a fucking retard, obviously they'r enot worth that much. What kind of stupid cunt looks at the LISTING price to determine what a game is worth? When you look at COMPLETED FUCKING LISTINGS, Earthbound is consistently selling for 200+, and 500+ complete in box.

Learn how things work, faggot.

[Anonymous No.675157]

I don't know what this does, but how often you get to buy a snake in a game?

[Anonymous No.675307]

>>675157
I did something in the pyramid and now I'm supposed to go somewhere.

[Anonymous No.675319]

It's hard to believe that over 9 days OP has filled up an entire thread with screenshots from his playthrough and personal comments when it's clear people stopped replying days ago. It's really sort of sad

[Anonymous No.675356]

>>675319
I'm still keeping up with and enjoying this thread and OP's adventure and I'm sure others are as well. You can go get fucked.

[Anonymous No.675560]

>>675307
Get your ass back to that pyramid and start exploring anon

dance in front of the sphinx

[Anonymous No.675807]

>>675319
Well I understand that it might be annoying to see this thread everytime you browse this board. I would have stopped if there were no replies / interest, but apparently there are few anons that like to see someone playing and posting screenshots.
>people stopped replying days ago.
No. Not at all. I'm kind of surprised that there are complimentary bumps and advice. Again, I would have stopped if there were no replies.

>>675560
OK, let's see what I missed

[Anonymous No.675834]

Jiub was taken away!

[Anonymous No.675856]

>>675319
your comment is sad, we're still watching

[Anonymous No.675857]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxh3aBHC_ik&list=FLQRqs20Jtvj_OFFENl35WRg&index=52

Love this song

[Anonymous No.675945]

>>675857
That's beautiful.
Music in this game is great and there's like a million different songs.

[Anonymous No.676019]

>>675945
This dungeon is weird.

[Anonymous No.676060]

>>675945
Yeah, it's awesome. Especially from the last area to the end of the game - I haven't played in about ten years and the credits music still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

[Anonymous No.676283]

>>676060
:3


it seems pokey came here

[Anonymous No.676324]

>>676283
Fighting master barf and all of a sudden Jiub falls from the sky
whoa

[Anonymous No.676592]

>>669252
I'm glad I'm not the only one who did this kind of stuff.

[Anonymous No.676618]

>>676283

how the fuck does Pokey even fly a helicopter and survive a crash anyway

[Anonymous No.676637]

>>676618
>how the fuck does Pokey even fly a helicopter
poorly

[Anonymous No.676672]

>>676283
>>676618
>>676637

>you now realise Pokey flew all the way from Fourside to Scaraba, stopped off just so he could take a dump behind somebody's house and then flew off again

[Anonymous No.676748]

did you get the heavy bazooka? Its really fucking handy for your nerd.

[Anonymous No.676776]

>>676324
Looks like Barf fucked you up

FYI you can find some solid PP restoring items in that map, if you pick up a Piggy Snout from the monkies.

[Anonymous No.677142]

>>676776
No, he was easy.

>>676748
Got it, but haven't used it yet.

>>676672
hmmm


Now I'm in Winters, because something funny is going on with Tony / Apple kid / Orange kid / Donut dad

[Anonymous No.677161]

>>676618
>>676637
Well, he got the Helicopter when he was filthy rich in Fourside.

I don't think he was piloting it himself. Pokey is one of those hands-off assholes that lucks into everything and gets everyone else to do shit for him.

So he probably had some poor hired schmuck piloting it for him. Some poor schmuck whose fate is unknown.

[Anonymous No.677169]

>>669264
Earthbound's appeal is largely emotional/sentimental. It's not a good game because of anything mechanical, it's because of its charms and all its little unusual details.

Fullblown emotionally-isolated people with actual autism probably will go "I don't get it". Though I could see mild aspergers cases having enough emotional capacity to enjoy it and really really really like the "silly" stuff way too much.

People are so fascinating.

[Anonymous No.677175]

>>677142
>>664454
I was just joking earlier, but this device is actually called the eraser eraser.

..

[Anonymous No.677551]

I don't mean to upset anyone..

[Anonymous No.677653]

>>677551
I ground that out. Took an hour or so.

Did you use RNG manipulation to get yours?

[Anonymous No.677671]

>>677551
Hahaha, congratulations sir! I'm proud of you! How long did you spend getting this one?

[Anonymous No.677684]

>>677551
HOORAY FOR OUR ANON FRIEND

[Anonymous No.677695]

>>677551
nice job

[Anonymous No.677712]

>>677551
I had to start running the game at 3x speed or so to tolerate that grind, grats randomanon.

[Anonymous No.677731]

>>672108
>find a bunch of rare as fuck saturn games for $5 each
>don't give a shit about sega so onto the internet they go
>trying to trade some of them for EarthBound because I want the game again (I wish I hadn't sold my complete copy a couple years back) but I can not bear to sell the games and then have to actually pay $200 for the game.
seriously that shit is out of control. EarthBound isn't even rare ffs.

[Anonymous No.677752]

>>677731
Unless you just have loadsamone, I'd just get the emulated version.

>this coming from someone who owns the retail box, and has since it was relatively new

Just don't bother, seriously. It's a great game but it's so much easier to get a SNES adapter for your PC, or just play it with new controls, or...

Is EB out on Virtual Console or something? Not normally a piracy advocate, so I'd prefer people actually bought it, but ~$200+ is a massive ripoff.

[Anonymous No.677771]

>>677752

Earthbound is going to be released on WiiU VC soon, its already out in Japan.

>>677551
lucky bastard

[Anonymous No.677802]

>>677551
Nice. I was grinding until I got Ness to level 81 before I got one.

Also, I'm so jealous of you OP. I wish I could play Earthbound for the first time again so badly. I wish it was coming out for the 3DS eShop instead of the Wii U's.

[Anonymous No.678156]

>>677551
How many tries did it take you lucky fuck?

[Anonymous No.678164]

>>677551
FYI you can get Jeff's ultimate weapon by grinding the black exploding balls coming up soon


Getting Ness's ultimate secret weapon is even more batshit.

[Anonymous No.680553]

I didn't need to grind or anything to get it, it was just dropped by the Starmen.

I was in a place called the Lumine hall, it was awesome.