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EarthBound

EarthBound

1994
Role-Playing
A turn-based JRPG and sequel to then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.
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Franchises:

Mother, EarthBound

Genre:

Role-Playing

Platforms:

Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Super NES

Developers:

HAL Laboratory, Ape, Creatures Inc.

Publisher:

Nintendo

AKAs:

Mother 2, Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu Alternative title: Mother 2
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EarthBound

1994
Role-Playing
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Average Percentile: 71.56%
billyshearsBillyShears
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21 Jan 2018
80
80th
Dark, dark, dark memory of holding this at the game store with its giant box for 49.99 and putting it down to buy the Pink Panther Hollywood SNES game.
21 Jan 2018
mentaculusMentaculus
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05 Jun 2018
99
97th
Playing Earthbound as an adult is an emotional gut-punch - the equivalent of meeting your 7-year old self, and he gives you a warm, generous, uninvited hug, and tells you everything is OK. The gameplay and story of Earthbound greets the future with the wonder of a child: imagination, not cynicism; anticipation, not reluctance. It adds magic to life's real adventure. During the final battle - punctuated by the prayers of friends - I wasn't fighting Giygas, I was fighting back tears.
05 Jun 2018
ytadelYtadel
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29 Jan 2018
10
100th
Yep, I'm one of those EarthBound cultists. Something about this game is just pure densely concentrated magic to me; something about the particular combination of its smooth colorful retro graphics and music that evokes autumn and winter makes me damn near tear up. This game's mix of humor and warmth and nostalgia and sci-fi and funk and emotion and (in the end) pure cosmic horror is just so unique. I don't have an official "top ten games of all time" list, but if I made one this would be on it.
29 Jan 2018
sweekodenSweekoden
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27 Aug 2022
5
45th
I respect it, but the menu-based interfacing killed it for me even 20 years ago.
27 Aug 2022
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
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20 May 2022
57
41st
Earthbound is incredibly charming and its idiosyncrasies are iconic for a reason. It's a shame that the moment to moment, both in gameplay and plot, are just mind-numbingly dull. Earthbound is dedicated to its core theme to such a degree that it just can't breath without doing something to symbolize it, which comes across as boring to me since I don't find the theme THAT interesting and it results in the plot doing a whole lot of nothing otherwise.
20 May 2022
troothTrooth
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11 Apr 2022
85
57th
There are some mildly frustrating mechanics, like the always-cramped inventory, and a general lack of options to revive teammates, but it's still a charming unique RPG. I can see why so many future indie RPG developers wanted to rip it off, and completely missed the mark in so many ways. Near the end, it kinda becomes your 1-shot abilities vs. the enemies' 1-shot abilities, which is not great, but the final battle is unforgettable.
11 Apr 2022
vv238vv238
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13 Jan 2021
56
42nd
I played as much of this game as I could stomach. It turns out I just do not like turn-based combat and I maybe never will. I acknowledge that this game does have a decent story and, at times, great atmosphere, I just can't get past what its gameplay is to enjoy it and that is probably my own personal failure.
13 Jan 2021
dasmaymaydasMaymay
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13 Dec 2020
68
64th
Quirky and interesting as they are, I grow tired of these long grindy games.
13 Dec 2020
badfurdayBadFurDay
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23 Sep 2019
6
64th
Plain weird.
23 Sep 2019
lisa_iilisa-
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18 Mar 2019
6
70th
works for me where so many other classic jrpgs don't, in being childlike without being childish. playful and meaninglessly surreal, it's like dada art in video game form. it's a shame, then, that the gameplay, which takes up the majority of playtime, is so goshdarn boring.
18 Mar 2019
li0lili0li
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11 Mar 2019
50
24th
Menu-based combat.
11 Mar 2019
gogokaingogokain
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27 Feb 2019
0
0th
this game stinks
27 Feb 2019
maddogmaddog
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06 May 2018
72
31st
Surreal. Weird. It makes people see depth to the game that may not even be there. I've never been one of those people. When it came to FLCL I didn't like it. When it came to games like this it was different, and I could give it that, and it had neat ideas, but it's not that spectacular to me.
06 May 2018
gnalkhereGnalkhere
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07 Feb 2018
90
80th
My first partner's favourite game to play on a retro console. Solely rating it based on the entertainment factor from watching her play it.
07 Feb 2018
obdurateObdurate
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22 Jan 2018
95
94th
The game that nobody played back in the day with that kid from Smash Bros that now influences every indie RPG. Classic.
22 Jan 2018
rosenritterrosenritter
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21 Jan 2018
3
3rd
Annoying
21 Jan 2018
ocelotOcelot
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21 Jan 2018
85
94th
best played on an emulator to speed up text, but other than that, this might be the best RPG on the Super Nintendo, and therefore one of the best RPGs ever made. the cutesy aesthetic makes it unique and original for the first half until allowing for superb subversion as the plot unfolds. the final boss is rightfully iconic and might still be underrated.
21 Jan 2018
daisoujouDaisoujou
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21 Jan 2018
100
96th
The difficulty curve is bizarre and some points are more frustrating than they should be, but this game is still such an incredible adventure.
21 Jan 2018

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Franchises:

Mother, EarthBound

Genre:

Role-Playing

Platforms:

Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Super NES

Developers:

HAL Laboratory, Ape, Creatures Inc.

Publisher:

Nintendo

AKAs:

Mother 2, Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu Alternative title: Mother 2
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