Mother/Earthbound Thread

[Anonymous No.983843]

Old one died. Let's have a new one.

>mfw I just got the Sword of Kings in Stonehenge Base
>mfw I learned it was a 1/128 chance

[Anonymous No.983872]

First time through the game, OP?

[Anonymous No.983904]

I just beat EarthBound last week. Someone from youtube sent me their copy to replace the battery. They let me hang on to it for a week to play through it. Pretty sweet game. I can see why it's so popular.

[Anonymous No.984026]

>>983904
Mother 3 is like all that

But BETTER

Play it man, do it

[Anonymous No.984060]

>>983872

Yes. I'm enjoying it very much.

[Anonymous No.984069]

>>984026
Mother 3's style and themes are very far removed from Earthbound. That said it is a great game. I wouldn't be confident calling it better or worse. It's different.

[Anonymous No.984134]

I remember getting some pan from a dinosaur but since it was weaker than what I had equipped I sold it at the nearby village (inventory management was a pain in this game). A few hours later on a forum I learned it was one of those super rare weapons, aw crap.

Before that I only knew about the sword which I couldn't get after almost 3 hours at the base, but at least the levels gained on that grind made the rest of the game somewhat easy.

At the end I enjoyed it but I don't see myself going at it again.

[Anonymous No.984356]

>>984134

I got it rather pretty quickly. (Maybe fought about 20 or so Starman Supers)

[Anonymous No.985412]

>>984134

Damn, yeah that frypan is the 1/128 drop weapon for Paula. But you know what? it's not the strongest for her... I grinded for days and weeks until I got it, then found out it wasn't the most powerful was disappointing. Probably it has a better critical hit rate though, not sure.

I made sure to get all the rare drops before the end of the game since you can't go back after you travel to the cave of the past, so now only the Gutsy Bat is left, every now and then I play a bit while taking a dump (playing on GBA), hoping to get it dropped from a Bio Kraken.

pic is when I got the sword of kings. honestly, getting that frypan from the dinosaurs was a lot tougher and time consuming.

[Anonymous No.985430]

I gotta boot up my Mother 2 and finish it. I got to twoson and lost interest. I've already beaten EarthBound on emulator a year or two ago.

[Anonymous No.987896]

>>984026
Yeah dude I'll eventually get around to playing it.

[Anonymous No.987915]

>>984134
That's still the only weapon I've never gotten, and I'm not horribly motivated to grind for it now.

I'm still amused how clueless young me was about my luck getting the Gutsy Bat, though. I mean, I realized it was cool but had no idea it was usually hard to get.

[Anonymous No.987947]

I've really been trying to enjoy Earthbound. But it's just so tedious to me. I'm not a big fan of turn-based combat, but I decided to give this a go, because of all the praise it's given.

I always thought that, at least in the few RPGs I've played, that when you go to use a healing item, you use that first, before the enemy attacks again. But, in Earthbound, I am constantly subject to "enemy suddenly does absurd amounts of damage to me - I select hamburger - enemy does more absurd amounts of damage - I wake up in my house for the 1000000 time."

Also, fuck that mushroom that was on my head. "You did critical damage! ... to yourself." Oh, look, I'm back at the house.

Even as I progress, it just seems really slow. I'm hoping once I get some comrades to help, it picks up for me.

[Anonymous No.987964]

>>987947
At mushroomization never came back.

[Anonymous No.987976]

>>987947
Learn to save the game at local phones
unlike most games, you actually have to pay attention to play it properly, which you're obviously not doing

[Anonymous No.987982]

>>987947

i think the enemies in earthbound do way too much damage.

i heard a rumor that if you play on emu, the game is somehow a lot harder. dont know if that's true but it wouldn't surprise me. this game is shockingly hard and requires a lot of grinding.

[Anonymous No.987994]

>>987982
>Earthbound
>Shockingly hard

Wh-what?

[Anonymous No.988001]

>>987982
They start out that way, but as you move on, you'll find things get much easier. It starts out difficult to acclimate you to the game. If you'll notice, there is little to no consequence for dying.

[Anonymous No.988024]

Somehow I end up playing the games in reverse which honestly what I would recommend to people who want to get into the series.

Mother 3 humor and story is the only thing that got me to play Earthbound. I like the Earthbound gameplay better but if it wasn't for playing Mother 3 first I doubt I would have finish it. Of course I shouldn't have to say why Mother should be last on the list. You really need to enjoy the series to play the first game.

That just my opinion anyway. On that note Mother's Duncan's Factory is kinda stopping me like a brick wall. I want to explore the whole area so I am kinda drawing a simple map but that is kinda sucking the fun out of it. That place remind me of Snakes and Ladders honestly.

[Anonymous No.988028]

>>987982
You're thinking of the anti-piracy checks, which are safely bypassed on most emulators. Pirated earthbound carts would drastically increase numbers of enemies.

I am not the biggest Earthbound fan, but it's not nearly as difficult or oppressive as is suggested. Enemies do high damage because the game encourages you to really use everything at your disposal, unlike some JRPGs which basically let you mash A until you win. Basically, pull out all the stops.

[Anonymous No.988031]

>>987982
Also for the grind, this is typical of most 80s RPGs, and Earthbound, despite its kooky setting and writing, is very traditional. Unfortunately that does mean a high amount of grinding, but it's not really absurd. We're not talking Korean MMOs or anything.

[Anonymous No.988450]

I just finished Earthbound for the first time a couple of days ago

I was so close to crying when I saw my own name in the credits roll.
Was almost in tears already when I heard the "because I love you" -music though

That being said I started playing Mother 3 right away and was even closer to crying when Flint went through all that shit and cried at Hinawa's grave

I seriously love both of these games, I should've started playing them a long time ago

[Anonymous No.988835]

>People calling Earthbound hard

Reminds me when Mother 3 got translated and half of /v/ was crying that the Mecha Drago was impossible to beat. Hilarious.

[script writer kibe No.988874]

>>988450
Earthbound made me a little misty eyed, but Jesus, I was crying like a little bitch midway through the final battle.

The whole game was just a depressing nightmare of greed and sloth. I read somewhere that at one point, the Karma points (or whatever they were, I forgot) were supposed to help your influence over the Dragon as you pulled the swords. So it's nice to consider at one point that there could have been a happy ending

[script writer kibe No.988880]

>>988450
Earthbound made me a little misty eyed, but Jesus, I was crying like a little bitch midway through the final battle in Mother 3

The whole game was just a depressing nightmare of greed and sloth. I read somewhere that at one point, the Karma points (or whatever they were, I forgot) were supposed to help your influence over the Dragon as you pulled the swords. So it's nice to consider at one point that there could have been a happy ending

[Anonymous No.988910]

FUCK YEAH EARTHBOUND!

[Anonymous No.989456]

>>987982
This is one of the easiest games I've ever played and there's almost no penalty at all for dying. You only lose some cash which you can just keep in the bank anyway.

[Anonymous No.989930]

>>988835
Talking about the one where you should use the fang for?

[Anonymous No.989961]

mother 4 site coming up today or tomorrow

[Anonymous No.990013]

>Warm feeling inside knowing that I already own an original copy from back in the days and play it all the time, getting before the internet fucked over SNES game prices.

>the warm feeling when it's tucked up next to my copies of Chorno-Trigger and Terranigma.

Watching /vr/ arguing about pointless bullshit instead of playing the games on their old Super Nintendo sometimes has it's plus points. Reminds me what's important about retro gaming.

[Anonymous No.990027]

>>989961
Link mah friend-o?

[Anonymous No.990029]

>>990027
http://mother4.andonuts.net/

[Anonymous No.990252]

I actually brought this up at starmen.net first, but how would you guys feel about starting a signature campaign to try getting Mother 1 released on the 3DS eshop over here in America? The game is fully done and translated (by Nintendo itself at that) and all they would have to do is put it up there. I figured such a campaign couldn't hurt, and maybe we could finally get that game after like twenty years or so.

[Anonymous No.991218]

>>990029
Damn, it's still not up, I've been waiting since midnight yesterday.

[Anonymous No.991629]

>>990029
>>989961
I hope we'll see more familiar characters in mother 4. Well Mr. Saturn is a given

Some old locations would be nice too, like Onett and Tazmily village

[Anonymous No.991631]

>>991629
Oh and judging by the name, Dr. Andonuts will be in the game too

[Anonymous No.991640]

>>991631
This was leaked in a thread a while back.

[Anonymous No.991671]

Just got to chapter3. Poor monkey.

Fun game so far. The rhythm combat is great. Kinda regretting not playing mother 1+2 first.

[Anonymous No.991675]

>>991671
I'm glad you're still going this chapter is arguably the worst, but it get's much better after this.

[Anonymous No.991681]

>>991675
Should i stop and play Mother 1+2 first? Will i miss important story elements?

[Anonymous No.991691]

>>991681
Nope, just Porky.

Playing the earlier ones will just make you appreciate the battle system.

[Anonymous No.991696]

>>991681
You'll get a lot of internal references and that's about it. They're not required to play in order.

[Anonymous No.991708]

>>991691
>>991696
cheers guys.

[Anonymous No.992742]

Holy Muhammad, New Fassad is strong as fuck.

Any tips on defeating him and his ridiculous bombs other than maxing your defences and shields and throwing thunderbolts at him?

[Anonymous No.992761]

>>992742
I knew had a weakness, but I completely forgot what it was.

[Anonymous No.992765]

>>992742
He's weak to crying. also PK Freeze is effective.

[Anonymous No.992771]

>>992765
I do know he's weak to crying but he still seems really powerful.

Almost won him a couple of times but he recovered 500 health and finished me off with bombs on both of those times

[Anonymous No.992772]

>Earthbound coffee/tea -moments

[Anonymous No.992773]

>>992771
Well I might as well give you a tip in advance for the Masked Man, Make sure Lucas has Life up Omega.

[Anonymous No.992774]

>>990252

I suppose not many people here care about the 3DS. Probably not the best place to ask.

[Anonymous No.992778]

I finished Mother 3 a couple of days ago, was my first Mother game. I tried to play Mother Zero, but I have this voice in my head telling me that it's pointless because Earthbound is somewhat of a remake (I don't even know if this is true at all, just that they share a lot of elements in common). I started both Mother Zero and Earthbound, but lost my saves.

That said, I loved Mother 3, but I found it a bit simple. More content would've been great (more quests, for example). I took my time with the game, it lasted me 23 hours since I grinded to Lv.60 to get every PK. So, how's Earthbound in the content department?

[Anonymous No.992779]

>>992778
Earthbound slightly longer than Mother 3.

[Anonymous No.992782]

>>992778
Earthbound has better gameplay in my opinion and less retarded enemies. I really can't decide which game I like better since they're both amazing in their own rights.

Earthbound has some better music too though

[Anonymous No.992786]

>>992782
The only thing EB's battle system has over M3 is the insta-kill mechanic.

[Anonymous No.992789]

>>992779
Glad to hear that.

>>992782
Earthbound doesn't have rhythm combat, does it?

Also, should I bother with Mother Zero, or not?

[Anonymous No.992795]

>>992789
Mother 1 is outdated as hell but it's story is better than Earthbound.

[Anonymous No.992812]

It's up!
http://www.mother4game.com/#screenshots

[Anonymous No.992850]

>>992812
Looks absolutely fantastic, even if the main cast is a bit generic. Looking forward to it.

[Anonymous No.992943]

>>992812
i've played earthbound and mother 3 about 3 times each but i will have a weird feeling playing this game knowing that it isn''t a real mother game.

[Anonymous No.992951]

>>992943
Everyone will, at least they're trying though.

[Anonymous No.993031]

>>992778
>Earthbound is somewhat of a remake (I don't even know if this is true at all, just that they share a lot of elements in common)

It's not, they have things in common (similar main character, amongst other things) but the plot is completely, utterly different. I agree with those who think Mother 1 has a better plot, Mother 2 is cool, but the plot isn't as good... the best thing about M2 are the dialogues or different situations, but the plot isn't really all that impressive or detailed (nor it tries to be).

Mother 2 (Earthbound) is a direct sequel to Mother 1, if you play Mother 2 first, you will have no clue about why the antagonist is invading Earth or what his original intetions were.

I mean, you can play them separately and take them as stand alone games, but they aren't, and it's more enjoyable to play in release order, I think its the definitive Mother experience, playing M2 or 3 first will only make you dislike Mother 1 due to it being dated.

[Anonymous No.993067]

>tfw tards recommending skipping Mother 1

This bears repeating every thread. It's one of the best games on the NES.

[Anonymous No.993108]

>>993067
Agreed, for a NES gam eis pretty impresive, dat giant interconnected map...

[Anonymous No.993134]

>mfw I just got the Sword of Kings in Stonehenge Base
I hate you.

[Anonymous No.993135]

>>993134

Last time I played Earthbound I got the Sword of King's eventually, however I somehow missed the Bracer of Kings (I think) so I was still left with only three pieces of equipment for Poo when I beat the game.

[Anonymous No.993138]

>>990029
My reaction before checking the site:
Oh boy. It will be an unoriginal rom hack.

After checking the site:
Damn! For a fan-made game it looks nice.

Of course I have my objection about calling it Mother 4 since it's not an official game but whatever.

[Anonymous No.993139]

>>985412
Man, I hate how they made Poo's only weapon in the entire game a 1/28 item.

I was lucky I managed to get it the first time I played it...

[Anonymous No.993140]

>>993135
The hardest 1/128 item drops to come by are the magic frypan and the gustsy bat, cause chomposaurs and kraken bios are hard to come by

[Anonymous No.993141]

>>993139

>tfw you get it after hours of grinding and Poo is still borderline useless

There's a reason he's named Poo.

[Anonymous No.993149]

>>987947
Your complaints are all legit, especially the mushroom bullshit. The game gets easier when you get more party members, however, and the people that praise it dont do so for the combat (copy pasted right out of DQ with the rolling gauge added).

[Anonymous No.993151]

>>993141
It's kind of badass, though, and totally fitting. Everyone has weapons while he whoops enemies with nothing but his firsts.

Well, when all else fails, he's still got Psi Starstorm...

[Anonymous No.993154]

>>988024
Just check a map. It is like snake and ladders, except it is overly big and 99% of it leades to a dead end.

[Anonymous No.993159]

>>989930
Yes. You were only told 243 times to use it.

[Anonymous No.993161]

>>993140

Don't Manly Fish's Brothers have a 1/128 drop? I forget what it is, but I'm pretty sure they have one. And they're rare as hell.

[Anonymous No.993164]

>>993159
I think one of those times is actually by Alec in the middle of the fight if you haven't taken the hint already

[Anonymous No.993167]

>>993141
He is useful as the teleport bitch, that way Ness can save his PP.

[Anonymous No.993273]

>>993151
>>993167

Poo also learns Freeze spells, albeit not to the same level as Paula, and Lifeup, albeit not to the same level as Ness. Plus, he's top tier at Healing spells.
It's better if you think of Poo not as a powerhouse in his own right, and more as backup. He does a little of everything, and assists where needed. He helps out the other characters and makes their jobs a little easier.

Besides, Ness already hits things harder than any other character and heals everyone in an instant, Paula blasts everything with high powered wide range and focused psychic ability, and Jeff blows everything up with rockets and bazookas for incredible damage.
What exactly is left for him?

[Anonymous No.994063]

My Mother collection. I wish Mother 3 had its own figures.
I have Mother 2, an Earthbound cart, and Mother 3 deluxe.
Still need a copy of the first, and I'm awaiting an encyclopedia on the first game. The Mother 3 hardcover handbook is also a very nice addition piece.

[Anonymous No.997087]

>>994063
I really like the mother figures. When I get some money, I'll be sure to buy some of the earthbound ones

If I ever get kids, their first toy will be a stuffed mr. Saturn

[Anonymous No.997106]

>>994063
>you built a shrine

pathetic.jpeg

[Anonymous No.997113]

Does Earthbound require grinding at all?

[Anonymous No.997119]

>>994063
nice case, where did you get it?

[Anonymous No.997125]

>>997106
What do you mean? It's just a basic class case good for displaying stuff.

Of course I would've displayed those figures a bit differently but who am I to judge.

[Anonymous No.997403]

>>997119
Ikea.

>>997106
Care to explain why that's pathetic?
I feel no shame over it.

[Anonymous No.997426]

>>997113
You will have to grind to Earthbound. Boing!

[Anonymous No.997441]

>>997106
What's it like living in your world?

Lonley I bet.

[Anonymous No.997449]

>>994063
You know what? Just to spite captain fucknuts trying to dampen this, I have 3 Mother carts for the famicom. Long story, I brought a bulk from Japan. I'm playing Earthbound for the first time and loving it, so I feel like sharing. Give me your email address and we'll talk and I'll send it over. It's only the cart, no box, but if you want it, it's yours Anon.

[Anonymous No.999458]

>>997113
Not really. The only times I had to "grind" was when a boss defeated me and I had to fight my way back to it

[Anonymous No.1001058]

>muh abortion theories

[Anonymous No.1001056]

so, what are your favorite songs from the Mother games?

I'll go with

Because I love you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvkMUinORSg

Snowman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzlhLX-4AW4 I like the Earthbound version the best

We miss you (theme of Love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idULzIIF950

and Onett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGY_fvXUCY

[Anonymous No.1001071]

>>1001058
Those theories were always boring as fuck anyway. I can't believe some people still think they're true

[Anonymous No.1001452]

>>997449
Thanks for the offer, anon. You're too kind. I would rather wait though, so no thank you. I'm going to purchase a boxed copy some time. Just not anytime soon. I appreciate the offer.

[Anonymous No.1001473]

>>1001056
These are some seriously great tracks.
Here are some of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ry_m_b7pqU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmI7iqnLEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwC3bU5p78Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnHysmcf31o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYqDCPg7GPE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGhryybr5uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOIej1AMqIQ

This right here...holy fuck. I love the original and hearing this in Mother 3 was just indescribable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB0n2-ispLY

[Anonymous No.1001582]

>people think earthbound is better than m1

[Anonymous No.1001749]

>>1000000

[Anonymous No.1001929]

>>1001452
No worries pal, thought it I would give it out as it's just collecting dust. Show some pictures when you have it all completed, I'll love to see.

[Anonymous No.1001959]

>>1001582

Mother 1 is a hundred times more entertaining if you read the Mother Encyclopedia while playing it

really makes you feel like you're in some kind of rural midwestern America-land

[Anonymous No.1002010]

>>1001473
>This right here...holy fuck. I love the original and hearing this in Mother 3 was just indescribable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB0n2-ispLY
Holy shit, I had no idea this awesome song was from Mother 3

[Anonymous No.1002062]

>>1002010
>I had no idea this awesome song was from Mother 3
The song predates Mother 3 though.

[Anonymous No.1002407]

[Anonymous No.1002596]

>>1002407
>stop enjoying games
>Earthbound is popular among some normalfags so you shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it
I hate you video game hipsters so much

[Anonymous No.1002603]

>>997113
Yes, at the start of the game you will have to grind. It becomes easy when you get party members, however.

[Anonymous No.1002996]

18 hours. Anybody else pumped?

[Anonymous No.1003027]

>>1002996

until?

[Anonymous No.1003110]

>>1003027
Fangame trailer.

[Anonymous No.1003209]

Does anyone have a link to the English patched M1+2? Can't seem to find it, or the ones I find have been removed. I'd patch it myself, but I don't have a PC at the moment.

It would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to finally play it since I can emulate it on my DSTWO.

[Anonymous No.1003223]

>>1003110
whoopdy fucking doo

[Anonymous No.1003220]

>>1003209
Does mediafire work?

[Anonymous No.1003228]

>>1003220
>>1003209
Eh, not gonna wait for a response.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m0v9ec2per93db3

[Anonymous No.1003230]

>>1003220
yeah, that's good!

[Anonymous No.1003242]

>>1003228
thanks!

[Anonymous No.1003895]

[Anonymous No.1003969]

>>1002010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DBoiyBoJ8 here anon, it's one of my favorite songs.

[Anonymous No.1004145]

Did you guys hear about this?

http://gimmegimmegames.com/2013/08/nintendo-earthbound-64-was-60-complete-when-cancelled/

[Anonymous No.1004212]

>>1003110
Pumped for the trailer? Fuck that. Call me when the game gets released. Then I'll be fucking pumped.

[Anonymous No.1004252]

I remember when Earthbound wasn't such a widely discussed thing. I'm not bothered by newer folks getting into it but I noticed that it has more of a presence than it used to.

Now that there's a visible BEFORE and AFTER it makes reminiscing about the game odd for me. I storyboarded and laid out an Earthbound cartoon a few years ago. I probably won't animate the thing because I don't like trying to get in touch with voice actors and I'm about to go back to college.

[Anonymous No.1004363]

>>1004252
there's the tumblr "fanbase" and then there's people who actually love the mother games. Same thing with Ocarina of Time and other zelda titles

[Anonymous No.1004853]

>>993273
Transform and being the item slave. He's got the best defense, so throw a shield on him and he'll tank stuff and you'll never die.

[Anonymous No.1006092]

Is there any sort of configuration to make the sound battle system in Mother 3 work properly on an emulator? I'd love to be able to get it working properly.

[Anonymous No.1006226]

>>1006092
It more than likely works properly and you fail to understand the timing of the individual tracks you're attempting to follow the rhythm to, but I have noticed slow downs in the field. Never had a problem with the emulation in battle.

[Anonymous No.1006228]

>>1006092
.... it does work. You're using VBA right?

[Anonymous No.1006236]

>>1006092
Word of advice, when you obtain the Book of Memories, use it to practice on your rhythm combos. When you combo an enemy with the music, a music note will display. You can do a maximum of 16 hit combos. Make sure you don't always follow the same instruments while you follow the rhythm if you feel that you're making no progress. I once kept following the drum and bass to a certain song, only to fail leaving me unable to pass a 2 hit combo. I later discovered I hate to actually follow the high hat's pattern instead. Hope this info helped.

[Anonymous No.1006243]

>>1006236
>hate
>had to-

damn typos

[Anonymous No.1006250]

So, is the original Mother any good? I rarely see it get talked about.

I only ever played Mother 3. Was going to play Earthbound soon, but I was curious about it's predecessor.

[Anonymous No.1006253]

>>1006250
Mother is a good game, but it's a matter of people being able to handle an old school Famicom/NES RPG and appreciate it for what it is. It has aged, but holds much charm. The story's also nice too. I say, if you're truly interested, try out the GBA version with the English patch. I played it last in the series, and enjoyed it very much myself.

[Anonymous No.1006286]

>>1006250

It's fantastic. The overall story is more in depth and interesting than Earthbound's in my opinion. If nothing else, it's the pinnacle of NES JRPGs.

[Anonymous No.1006326]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSpGHta8r4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHn71LKYpOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lojAcLV8isk

And a fan arrangement of 16 Melodies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz0ytzVGu3U

[Anonymous No.1006831]

>>1006326
>dat Because I love you orchestration
Best vidya orchestration I've ever heard

[Anonymous No.1006834]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDpowHy2QPI

This is the shit

[Anonymous No.1008410]

>>1006092
Don't forget about temp change Anon!

[Anonymous No.1011037]

How do you guys rank the series? I've only played a portion of Mother 3, but so far a feel that it goes
1. Mother
2. Mother 3
3. Earthbound

[Anonymous No.1011206]

http://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/earthbound-64-cancellation-interview-itoi-miyamoto-iwata/
I think this article might interest you guys. It's a translation of a discussion between Itoi, Miyamoto, and Iwata mainly on why Mother 64 was cancelled.

[Anonymous No.1011329]

>>992742
Ditto. This game really makes you use your items.

[Anonymous No.1011347]

http://youtu.be/w36PdRaRSi4

I spent a fuckton of time screwing around before getting into the castle so this song really stuck with me.

[Anonymous No.1011712]

Was anyone dissapointed in Earthbound after Fourside? Everything seemed so lackluster and uninteresting. Summers was a single block with like 7 buildings, Poo was boring, and the trip to the underworld almost made me quit playing. It lost all of the charm the previous places had.

[Anonymous No.1011954]

>>1011712
I'm on my first play through and I just beat the underground base at Stonehenge and about to get the shyness book for them Tenda pygmies. Up to this point I've enjoyed it. I think you feel that after Summers it loses its charm is because (personally at least) the story starts to up-shift gears. There's so much going on at the point that I feel there's no more time to peruse the scenery and smell the flowers. It's time to kick ass.

[Anonymous No.1012053]

>>1011712
I thought there was a bit of cool stuff, the Dungeon Man, dinosaur land, and the Lumine Wall come to mind. Fuck the Deep Darkness though.

[Anonymous No.1012079]

>>991671
Are you using a flash cart?

[Anonymous No.1012086]

>>1011712
i did get real excited when people started talking about the kraken

>mfw i over-grinded before the fight and he was waaaay too easy

[Anonymous No.1012148]

>>997449
Are you still good with that offer? I can pay for the s/h if you want.

[Anonymous No.1012265]

http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Earthbound-Uncensored
This may be the best "uncensoring" patch we're going to get.

[Anonymous No.1014493]

>>1012053
Follow your dreams, that's what I do

...Brickroad

[Anonymous No.1014497]

>>1012086
It ain't so bad. While everyone else in the party dies, you'll still have Ness in the end since he's just so stronger than the rest of 'em.

[Anonymous No.1014506]

>>1011712
I have noticed that the game does lose some steam after Fourside. What I loved about the first four areas were entering a new location, talking to the townspeople, finding there is a problem, searching for the root of the problem which is always really bloody strange then seeing the effect that alleviating the problem has on the townspeople.

You don't get that feeling in Summers, Scaraba, Winters or the Underground Kingdom. You just pass through them, not leaving any effect. It happens in the Tenda Village, though.

[Anonymous No.1015478]

Does anyone else really not like Poo?
He just seems so pointless, especially since he gets whisked away about an hour after you get him. Earthbound would have been basically the same without him.

[Anonymous No.1015556]

Was just replaying Mother 2 today actually and just beat Stonehenge base.Spent 6 fucking hours though trying to get Sword Of Kings and eventually just gave up since Poo was already level fucking 80 and there wasn't even really a point anymore.

[Anonymous No.1015579]

>>1006092
It works, it is just off.

[Anonymous No.1015581]

does earthbound require any grinding?

[Anonymous No.1015589]

>>1015581
not when compared to games like breath of fire or secret of evermore

[Anonymous No.1015590]

>>1015581
Virtually none. The enemies give you so much experience that even when you avoid most fights, you're still leveled enough for the next following area/boss.

More so, if you really DO want to grind, once you can one or two shot an enemy, the game doesn't even go into the battle screen. The screen just flashes and you get awarded EXP, and then you keep walking.

[Anonymous No.1015618]

>>987994
Seriously? The game is easy as fuck. It starts out kind of difficult, but once you get to the Saturn Village part of the game it pretty much just plays itself with how easy it is.

[Anonymous No.1015635]

>>1004145
This makes me very depressed... I wish they could have just ported it to the Gamecube...

[Anonymous No.1015636]

>>1015581

you have to grind for the first boss of the game, IIRC

[Anonymous No.1015640]

>>1015635
The problem is that the gamecube was not finished (I think) and it had already been ported several times, so another one would have been too much. We are lucky M3 came out.

[Anonymous No.1015650]

>>1015640
>Ported several times
From the 64 to the 64DD is once, not several times. And the Gamecube might not have been "finished" but they could have waited a bit and put it out as a launch title.

[Anonymous No.1015696]

>>1015650
It started on the Super Famicom, but I imagine they quickly switched over to the 64DD.

[Anonymous No.1015705]

I've been meaning to play Mother for a while, but I'm not sure which version to play.

I know the NES version is the original, but I hear the Mother 1+2 translation is much better. Should I go with that one?

[Anonymous No.1015706]

>>1015696
True. So they technically only ported it once from the SNES, to the N64. It wouldn't have been that difficult to do it once more Especially when so much of the game had been worked on.

[Anonymous No.1015715]

Mother 2 >>>>>> Mother 3

Mother 2 is a wonderful game, an aesthetic adventure, has the best OST i've ever heard in a videogame, has so much qualities that it doesn't bother itself with some scenario, just an uncluttered, ironical storyline.

Mother 3 is a nice, visually beautiful game but contains mainly emo bullshit, although I find it difficult to imagine adults being moved by its soppy story and poor criticism of society or whatever.

It's just my opinion.

[Anonymous No.1015725]

I've never played Mother 3 but plan to probably next week. Am I able to play it on a GBA emulator for my latptop though (with a XBox 360 Gamepad?)? Because I've heard the rhythm system makes it so it doesn't emulate well.

[Anonymous No.1015832]

>>1015725
Hello?

[Anonymous No.1016451]

>>1015705
I recommend the Mother 1+2 version.
Easy Ring plus a fixed run button makes it the better version, IMO. It also lacks the censorship.

[Anonymous No.1016494]

>>1016451

There's a patch to play an uncensored version of 1+2? The japanese original is censored since it took the code from the Earthbound Zero rom it seems... the only uncensored Mother 1 officially at least is the famicom ver.

[Rica Patin !!UyDQtfK2T3j No.1016745]

>>1015832
>>1015725
Anyone?

[Anonymous No.1016885]

>>1016745

I played it using a shitty chinese USB pad and I pulled off various 16-hit combos. I think most people actually suck at rhythm, and call it a problem with the emulation, although there probably is some sort of lag. I own Mother 3, but I can't remember if the input for the rhythm combos was any better, it probably is.

Anyway what you need to know is that you don't really need to pull off long combos to survive in the game, it's just a little extra that makes battles more fun, but you can beat the game ignoring it completely.

[Arcade Sticks No.1016930]

>>1016745
Do you mean like, will it work with Mother 3 in particular? Or are you just very inexperienced with emulators in general?

[Anonymous No.1016947]

>>1015725

I played it when the translation patch first came out and the rhythm combo system seemed to work fine, but I am absolutely fucking horrible at that sort of thing so I played the whole game without worrying about it anyway.

[Anonymous No.1017147]

>dat fucking mother 4 teaser

[Anonymous No.1017172]

>>988880
no crying til the end guys

[Anonymous No.1017175]

This is my favorite game of all time, so it would be wrong not to post here.
This game captures everything I have ever really wanted in a game in such a strange way. The whole oddity of it all drove me to play it, the simplistic combat that manages to stay fun (at least for me) the whole time. I haven't gotten through Mother 1 or 3 (lost my save data right at the end due to computer problems, it really hurt my morale).
The music and setting I think are perfect and the story blows me away.

just remember no crying til the end or you lose

[Anonymous No.1017579]

>TFW struggling to find the Sword of Kings

Please, I want Poo to be at least slightly useful.

Why did his only weapon have to be 1/128?

[Anonymous No.1017615]

Just introduced my Mom to Earthbound yesterday. She's up to Belch's factory. Meanwhile, my stepdad won't stop bitching about how shitty the graphics are.

>mfw

[Anonymous No.1017641]

>>1017615

>having a stepdad who complains about Earthbound's graphics

I'm glad there's certain circles of hell I haven't met yet.

[Anonymous No.1017665]

>>1017579
>Using Jeff's spy ability to get the Sword of Kings
>There was a present behind the enemy!
>OH SHIT THIS IS IT
>There was a Super Bomb inside the present!

FUCK

EVERYTHING

[Anonymous No.1017742]

Question: why isn't the hot spring removing mushrooms from my party?

[Anonymous No.1018614]

I finally finished Mother 3 today.

Haven't cried like that in a long time. God damn that ending was beautiful but sad

I'm kind of mad you never got to know what happened to the world after the characters told you they're all alive though

[Anonymous No.1018631]

>>1017641
>circles of hell
Beats going
>having an earthbound fanboy step-son

[Anonymous No.1018679]

>>1018631
>earthbound fan-boy stepson
liking a game doesn't make you a fanboy even if it is, by your standarts, a game for hipsters and "nerd-girls"

[Anonymous No.1018702]

>>1018679
>spoiling mah half-arsed troll

Also, *standart is a banner, you mean *standard

[Anonymous No.1018772]

>>983843

I love this thread.

Anyways, here's a trivia game from Mother 3.

In New Pork City, in the projection room of the theatre there are two wax statues.

When you examine the statues the text says...

"At first glance, it seems like this might be a
movie-loving boy named Toto or something,
but he's actually just a figure made out of clay
and dough, holding a bucket."

Do you know the reference?

[Anonymous No.1018787]

>>1018772
go on.... tell me earthbound stories FOREVER

[Anonymous No.1018825]

You guys wanna see something neat that I noticed a few years ago?

[Anonymous No.1018831]

>>1018825

[Anonymous No.1018886]

>>1018772

The statues are a direct reference to the movie, Cinema Paradiso!

The movie is a coming-of-age story of a boy in love with cinema and the movies.

Now, this next part is a personal theory of mine...

[Anonymous No.1018948]

>>1017742
Cause they are too cool for that, They are the supreme annoying ingame disability

[Anonymous No.1018983]

>>1018886

Cinema Paradiso is famous for its FEELS-INDUCING ending montage. The boy is an old man by the time he watches this montage, and the theatre he grew up in had been demolished.

The montage is meant to remind him of his childhood and of the warm times he had watching films. Only the main character, and the audience, would recognize the scenes in the montage. The whole sequence is TEAR-INDUCING, to say the least.

In Mother 3, the theatre is displaying a MONTAGE of famous moments from Earthbound. Porky is the only person that would remember moments from that game--aside from the PLAYER. It's supposed to be a teaching scene in the game because the images are of warmer times from the previous game, and this difference in tone is further heightened by how dystopian New Pork City is.

This reference is not just a name check but a conscious effort by the designers to really convey a specific mood and feeling.

Genius. Fucking. Game.

[Anonymous No.1019031]

>>1018831

[Anonymous No.1019072]

>>1018831
There is no way that it actually says that

[Anonymous No.1020074]

>>1016494
http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/01/uncensoring-mother-12/

[Anonymous No.1020570]

>>1018983
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIT

[Anonymous No.1020697]

>>1018983
I felt so hard at the end of Cinema Paradiso. That fucking songggg

[Anonymous No.1020823]

>>1019072
It does

[Anonymous No.1020853]

>>1018614
Theyre not really alive
The idea is that they live on because you remember them
Its a story, and the story will stay alive as long as someone remembers it

Its about accepting death
Mother 3 is sad

[Anonymous No.1021107]

>>1004145
>>1015635
I read the entire original interview, and the game they're talking about is what later became the mother 3 we know today.
http://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/earthbound-64-cancellation-interview-itoi-miyamoto-iwata/

[Anonymous No.1021694]

>>1018631
>liking a game
>being a fanboy
Not necessarily the same thing anon.

UPDATE: My mom is up to Scaraba, now.

[Anonymous No.1023612]

Wow I just lost a battle on Earthbound.
I'm level 99 on all characters, and I only keep playing because I looking for a Gutsy Bat drop, which, along with the Magical Frypan, is the hardest and most annoying rare drop to obtain in the game (Swords of King is babby's first rare drop).

Wow I just got raped and I'm level 99.

I was fighting a Starman ancestor, a Final Starman and an Energy Robo.
I tried to escape the battle (I always try to scape, since naturally I'm only looking to fight the most rare enemy in the area, the Kraken Bio), but it failed, and one of the starman fucks used brainshock omega. Both Ness and Poo became confused, the other Starman used PK Starstorm and immediately killed both Poo and Paula.
Ness and Jeff managed to survive, somehow, because anything I did was useless, Ness was confused (I tried healing omega, but it healed all the enemies) and Jeff couldn't land a single attack since they had a physical shield, and all my attacks were mirrored, and ended up damaging Jeff, so physical attacks were no good at all! Besides, the enrgy robo kept healing the Starmen, so my goal became the Energy Robo, if I managed to destroy him, I could try to revive Paula or Poo and try to do something about all the status aliments, but this way, having Ness confused and Jeff useles, it was bound to be a loss.
Somehow, Ness got cured of the brainshock-caused aliment, so I could start using life up omega to heal him and Jeff, somehow, a bit of hope appeared on the horizon.
But yet, it was useless, both Starmen wouldn't stop spamming PK Starstorm (which is mostly an instakill attack, if it wasn't for the HP rolling bar mechanic, I owuld have been dead already), then I used life up omega in every turn, I couldn't try to revive anyone since I had to waste that turn recovering HP. (CONT)

[Anonymous No.1023629]

>>1023612

(CONT)

With Jeff, I continued to try and eliminate the Energy Robo, but then the energy robo started healing himself, no worry about the Starmen since anyway I couldn't land any physical attack with jeff on them.
I had to use Ness to heal in every turn since the PK Starstorm hell wouldn't stop.
At some point, the Starmen would try a different attack, so I could breath a bit with Ness, and try a different strategy. I tried to revive Paula or Poo a few times (with Healing Gamma... that works for reviving, right?) but it didn't work since it's a random-generated result, sometimes it doesn't work. So I lost a few turns there, on a mean time I tried to cause other aliments with Jeff, I had an item called Anti-PSI Machine, but I don't know, it just didn't work on any of the 3 enemies.

In the end, I ended up using PK Ape (or Rockin', I selected Ape which is one of the default names for "your favorite things) omega and actually killed the starmen in 2 turns using it. The thing is that it had to be quick because my HP was already rolling down from a PK Starstorm or two. As for the Energy Robo, I kept attacking him with Jeff but he wouldn't die.
Jeff died, now it was only the Energy Robo and a dying Ness, I had to be quick!... but nope, Energy Robo just healed himself, while Ness ended up dying.

Now, now... I wouldn't have lost this battle if I didn't start it by trying to escape it, obviously that's a turn loss. Then, having both Ness and Poo being affected by brainshock was a disgrace, and the fact the Starmen use a physical shield to return physical attacks is completely dickish on developers' part, hah. Not complaining, what would an RPG be without dick enemies?

I don't know... I needed to write this down because I was just casually playing the game while taking a dump, I always do it, looking for Kraken Bios, to see if they drop the god damned Gutsy bat, and I wasn't expecting to lose a battle in such a brutal way.