I am beaming.... ear to ear man. This is without a doubt one of the greatest games of all time. If it helps the cause... I will gift this game too when I can (it's what, $8 in VC?). My wish is to see Mother 3... or better yet, a compilation of them all coming to the US.better yet, at least fucking give us mother 2. @__@
My wish is to see Mother 3... or better yet, a compilation of them all coming to the US.
better yet, at least fucking give us mother 2. @__@
My wish is to see Mother 3... or better yet, a compilation of them all coming to the US.
Mother 2 is Earthbound.
Last year EGM heard an "inside rumor" that Nintendo was making a mother trilogy compilation for the DS. Considering the GBA is pretty much dead, a DS release would be the only viable option for something like this. If all three Mother games came out, translated, in one single edition I would probably shit my pants three times.
Three times.
I'm actually surprised they even bother to put Earthbound characters into the Smash Brothers games.
I have no idea what Earthbound is about other than that I know Ness and Lucas are from the series. I've never heard what all the fuss is about. I know some people are extremely obsessed with Earthbound (hmm.. Marcus...) but I don't really know why. Please elaborate to those of us who have been in the dark all these years.
(Also, I wouldn't mind receiving this as a gift when its released as I don't plan on buying it blindly, but I will check it out if I get my hands on it).
It is basically Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden of the 90s. It is sort of a parody of the genre but the joke is that it does things better and more fun than what it pokes fun at.
I have no idea what Earthbound is about other than that I know Ness and Lucas are from the series. I've never heard what all the fuss is about. I know some people are extremely obsessed with Earthbound (hmm.. Marcus...) but I don't really know why. Please elaborate to those of us who have been in the dark all these years.
(Also, I wouldn't mind receiving this as a gift when its released as I don't plan on buying it blindly, but I will check it out if I get my hands on it).
i played it for like an hour once and then got bored and didn't quite understand why everyone raved about it. i guess i'll make another attempt to play it.Pretty much this. I don't know why I liked Homeland yet didn't like the game it's inspired from?
Yeah it's pretty much this:
The game's systems are actually pretty generic (think Dragon Quest set in a modern world) but the fun thing is that nothing makes sense and it's all designed to be a major joke. It has a "plot" but completely ditches it after the intro and it doesn't pick up again until near the end. It was the first notable RPG where the environments where more important than the characters themselves and every location is expertly crafted and really memorable.
But it's not Mario or pokemans so Nintendo doesn't care.
This is a bit of a showlow question but: Is there any fighting/combat in this game?
Whoever follows the Mother 3 translation blog, raise your hands into the air. That just can't come fast enough..
although i dont feel as strongly as eric, i do feel kinda the same. ive never managed to get past zombie town. one or two days max, and im bored of it and never want to play it again.Use a game genie code if you're playing on an emulator/SNES Most enemies until later will be instant kills IIRC
its too bad because i would like to see what happens, i just dont want to fight every dog/bee/zombie/tree/clock/goo on the way there :(
It's really boring as far as RPGs go. I need something more than an awesome story, especially when the graphics are pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen in a video game.
I couldn't play this game for too long because of the gameplay. I absolutely hated how they did the random battles. I liked everything else though.
I still don't understand this statement considering Earthbound had more character sprites and tiles than any other SNES game and the backgrounds were generated through math equations. I can understand not liking CARTOON SHIT but the game pushed the cart sized when it was first released.
I'm pretty sure the game also has the largest SNES sound track. I know some ridiculous percentage of Mother 3's cart was taken up by it's stupidly huge amount of music.
Well the way things look Homeland will have 78 battle themes by the time it's done
Well the way things look Homeland will have 78 battle themes by the time it's done
Man I am ridiculously jealous that you get to write the music for this game and that Marcus won't let me.
The first two towns are kind of boring, it doesn't start to pick up until you get to Threed. Granted, Twoson does have a few hippies and a village full of Blue supremacy cultists to beat up on, ending with a Blues Brothers parody as it transitions into Threed's plotline. I'd recommend getting past the lull at the beginning before passing judgement.
Kotaku just reported (http://kotaku.com/386606/esrb-rates-earthbound-for-wii-vc) that Earthbound for the Wii has been given a rating of E for everyone. This can only mean one thing: it's coming to VC (and only 6+ months late and counting!). I will seriously gift this game to anyone who doesn't have the means of purchasing it and this includes people who hate Earthbound or have no intention of playing it at all. That's how well I want this game to fucking do.
To make this topic viable... let's make it another Mother discussion.
Nintendo sucks for breaking Itoi's will to create games.
That game is so broken, like the rolling HP bar counter is so needed for those tougher bosses like The Clumsy Robot, and Ness' Nightmare I'm sure there were other bosses, but those were the ones I could think of that always did crazy amounts of damage to me... I remember though I 1 hit KO'd Starman Deluxe with a Multi Bottle Rocket, that was hilarious, I was in shock for 10-15 minutes, it was then I began to realize that Multi Bottle Rockets are so broken in this game.
if only I could get the VC one for free, since I have the original copy of Earthbound. Also, it kinda sucks that they included Lucas (From Mother 3) in SSBB. It seemed to be a way of doing one of 2 things.Or, you know, perhaps they included Lucas because they cater to their Japanese audience before they cater to their English-speaking audience, as evidenced by the simple fact that there's not an English version of Mother 3 yet, or by the MYRIAD OF OTHER GAMES THAT NEVER REACH NON-JAPANESE GAMERS.
A: Rubbing it in our face that they won't release Mother 3 over here
B: Are really planning on releasing M3 Over hear.
I wouldn't mind it for the DS as long as it doesn't turn all gimmicky
EDIT: I mean seriously I doubt Sakurai went LET'S PUT LUCAS IN JUST TO SPITE THOSE SILLY NON-JAPANESE PEOPLE.
Also Magicant always kicks my ass too since You're down to only Ness Then again I found it funny since when I got back Ness was around level 70 and everyone else was about 35-45, iirc
you never asked.
I think I was probably around 7 or 8 so the strategy guide was a must. I'm really glad I had it as it helped me get through the harder parts like Threed and that god-forsaken desert dig thing. Actually the whole game was pretty hard, but I loved the greater part of it.
its pretty cool, though. It's your average strat guide
Man I am ridiculously jealous that you get to write the music for this game and that Marcus won't let me.
It's an important distinction between an average strategy guide and an average Nintendo strategy guide. The guide had the aforementioned flavor bits like fake newspapers and clay art and the rest, but if I recall the entire guide was written with this sort of irreverent attitude and generally had a lot more style than most guides. The guide was sort of like old issues of Nintendo Power where it was a pleasure to just read the guide on its own as it did a lot more than just present you with maps and data. It wasn't just a strategy guide but I feel that it was core to the entire experience (this may be why it was packaged with the game).
After seeing this... I immediately searched for Mother 3' final fight and... well... although I have no idea what is going on ( I didn't want to spoil this game for myself yet).... the video had me intrigued!After doing a bit of research, I found the original idea behind that fight.
That game is so broken, like the rolling HP bar counter is so needed for those tougher bosses like The Clumsy Robot, and Ness' Nightmare I'm sure there were other bosses, but those were the ones I could think of that always did crazy amounts of damage to me... I remember though I 1 hit KO'd Starman Deluxe with a Multi Bottle Rocket, that was hilarious, I was in shock for 10-15 minutes, it was then I began to realize that Multi Bottle Rockets are so broken in this game.Yeah man it's not easy it's fucking broken man
After doing a bit of research, I found the original idea behind that fight.spoiler (Click to reveal)Lucas, having killed his own brother, enters a trauma-enduced state of mind where he only sees the vision of his brother and witnesses a series of symbolic images.
It starts with Claus as an angel, which happens at the game's beginning. It then follows with him as a "robot", having been rebuilt as the Pig Army's general, an option forced upon him by Pokey after he died. It then transitions to several images of Claus and Lucas being compared as one, as twins. Finally, striking red bolts appear followed by the last image of Claus Lucas will remember: his dead face. It then proceeds to burn the face in a very eerie manner, the most resemblant scene to Giygas.
It was removed despite being so brilliant because some pissy-pants testers had nightmares. :x
A putrid mushroom and a dog made out of carbon ought to smell bad.
Use your brain a little.
also the mother 3 translation patch is coming out in about a month or two
I secretly think that Japan holds back all of their good games from the American audience and force feeds us this generic trash full of big eyed blonde 12 year olds and harem houses because if anyone played Mother 3 when it came out they probably wouldn't have cared about Mario RPG Brother's in Time or Swordcraft Story or Summon Knight or Riviera whatever.Swordcraft Story was a Summon Knight spinoff. Anyway, yeah, I think you're on to something too. It's really suspicious, to say the least.
Are there like *any* games in the translation scene that anyone will care about after this?
I couldn't play this game for too long because of the gameplay. I absolutely hated how they did the random battles. I liked everything else though.
I was under the impression that encountering baddies on the field wasn't exactly "random battles" ;/
Yeah, actually I have no idea why I inserted "random" into that sentence. I was actually referring to the crazy seizure-inducing flashy backgrounds mainly. It's very hard on the eyes.
I don’t want to give an estimated date just yet, but the script drafts, the remaining hacking, and the testing will probably take at *least* 4 or 5 months. Please don’t misquote me or read too far into that though — “at least” means just that, and I haven’t named a specific month either. Just making that disclaimer, because people are quick to play purple monkey dishwasher when it comes to this stuff