>sjws, tumblrites and leftikucks have hijacked one of my favorite games
;_;
Fuck what they think. Just enjoy the game.
Meh it was already hijacked by people who tried to make it "deep" and tried to hamfist the unborn foetus theory. Earthbound's fanbase went to the shitter a long time ago.
>>319496563
>people I don't like like what I like
>no mp community, dead franchise
literally maximum autism
It was infested with smashc.ucks and hipster kids a long time ago, but you probably don't care because you're one of those too.
>>319496563
Mother 3 is better
yeah, they hijacked it, you arent allowed to play or enjoy it any more, now sell it on ebay for a gorillion dollars
>>319496847
this
no one liked this terrible game until Ness was in Smash Bros
>>319496749
This
Shitters can't appreciate a game at face value.
Instead of telling a weird adventure of a kid who wrecks shit with a baseball bat with the help of a psychic girl, a rocket scientist geek and a kung fu prince in a world of mish-mashed American and Japanese pop culture references, we get fanfiction theories of what the game was "really about."
>>319496975
Speak for yourself, it was my first game ever and has a special place in my heart simply for that fact.
I liked playing it, putting it down, taking out my hockey stick (yeah yeah fuck you too) and going out to the street and pretend there were crows and snakes out to get me. Man, those were the days.
>>319496749
>unborn foetus theory
That's obviously what's happening though. Shigesato Itoi is a notorious troll when it comes to interviews, so I don't wanna hear that he debunked it. For example, he invented a story about walking in on a rape scene as a small child.
Let's look at the evidence:
-travel back in time
-lead up to Giygas looks exactly like the vagina. The Devil's machine has a cervix, implying that giygas is inside the womb
-the image in the battle looks strikingly like a fetus
-the game is called Mother
-the religious (and specifically Christian) imagery of prayer is juxtaposed with a figurative abortion, something forbidden by Christianity
-Giygas has lost his mind, just as a fetus is yet to have a mind
>>319496563
Kill them Anon.
Kill them all.
>>319496563
same, it's sad op i played all the mother games like 6 years ago
it's dead now
>>319497323
>evidence
>conjecture
pick one
Earthbound has a woman who constantly scolds you for staring at her hips.
The girl is the character who ends up saving the world.
You defeat the final boss by crying for help instead of fighting.
Mother 3 has a group of literal tranny wizards.
Sounds pretty SJW to me.
>>319497323
It may be (we don't actually know) what Itoi wanted to convey but when many played the game it was the only thing they cared about and it isn't.
The game is about a child exploring the local suburbia and then travelling around the world with his weird friends and having strange adventures. People tried to over-complicate what it was and that's when Earthbound started its descent into meme status.
>>319497093
The game is really about all of those things you mentioned.
It's also about other things.
There's a little bit more to the Giygas fight than weird adventures and American/Japanese pop-culture references. If you can't see that, you might be the one in denial about the true nature of the game.
>>319497323
Exodus 21:22-25.
Unwanted abortions are forbidden, fine-able offenses.
Other abortions aren't.
>>319497548
All interpretation is conjecture.
As the saying goes, though, there is at least 1 wrong way to interpret a work and 2 right ways.
Limiting it to a kid's zany adventures is evidently wrong given all of the other elements present in the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHZwvTdnPI
Theres a bit more substance to the game than wacky adventures and a mix of Japanese/American pop culture references. That description is selling it a bit short.
>>319496925
>>319497964
Sorry. I didn't want to really get into it, but that's an important quote to bring up.
The big point of the Giygas fight is that he has damaged his soul so much through evil that he is no longer wanted by any entity. That's why the right (read motherly) thing to do is to abort.
>I CANNOT ENJOY THIS GAME BECAUSE PEOPLE I DISAGREE WITH LIKE IT AS WELL
>>319497681
>The game is about a child exploring the local suburbia and then travelling around the world with his weird friends and having strange adventures
That's all correct. It also includes a journey into the main character's subconscious and a final battle that gets into the ethics of destroying a life.
All Mother games suck, who gives a shit
>>319498453
Yeah, but people who only focus on one of those and ignore the other are stupid which is why I said
>It may be (we don't actually know) what Itoi wanted to convey but when many played the game it was the only thing they cared about
I'm not saying that we should ignore either aspect. I'm saying we should see the whole to really appreciate the game and sadly, this game's fanbase went to shit once they decided it was ONLY a grimdark game.
>>319497280
nostalgic fag
What's your favorite soundtrack from Earthbound? Mine has to beMegalovania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIowwZThIXM
>>319498861
Yeah god forbid us like something due to emotional attachment, you fucking robot.
It's still a pretty good DQ game though.
By the way, if you don't think Itoi sneaks things into the boss fight backgrounds, look up the fight against Claus.
You'll notice his background is the same as that of the Mani Mani statue fight.
The games are crafted deliberately the whole way through and it is not unreasonable to treat every detail as intentional. After all, the credits read "Story, Scenario, and Message by Shigesato Itoi."
>People interpret a game differently from I
>This is bad
earthbound was too good for op. he's obviously of weak will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpZAn-iLuFo
>>319496563
>I care if people I don't like like the same things I do
Might as well stop breathing, faggot
>>319498764
That's true, you shouldn't focus exclusively on any one aspect of the game.
But it's just as important not to compartmentalize the game. The questions raised by the Giygas fight are posed throughout.
>>319499265
WE'RE SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
>>319496563
Love Kumatora
>>319499428
WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE SHOW!
>>319499338
the fandom is filled with ajws and dumblrites now. sjws and tumblr circlejerks the fuck over it. they ruined it
>>319499265
>listening to this
>you end up finding a yellow submarine
>game swears its just a coincidence.
>>319498923
I prefer the key the one in Undertale is good
>>319496563
Does anyone know what the MAJOR NINTENDO ANNOUNCEMENT was? I dont see any threads.
>>319499652
>you ride it
>what sounds like The Who starts playing
>>319499630
Here's an idea anon:Dont look at the fanbase shit. Play the game, have fun, and fuck off
>>319496563
This game has always had the fucking worst fanbase.
That's what you get for liking Earthbound more than Mother 3
Earthbound has a great fanbase imo
>>319496563
You deserve it asshole
Mother 3 wasn't that good either
10TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR ANONS
FUCK NOA AND REGGIE, ITS ALL ABOUT ITOI AND THIS SERIES THAT WE LOVE
>>319499630
literally why do you care? no one worthwhile(read:not on /v/)is going to give a shit when you tell them Earthbound is one of your favorite games.
>>319496563
It was just taken over by hipsters
>>319499186
Is there a point in getting the sword of kings?
Name a better song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQrl-hVNlSE
>>319498417
Sounds like /v/ to me.
>>319497651
>cherrypicking, the post
>>319500247
Bragging rights.
Thats about it.
It was already a leftykek tumblr game tho
hell just the fact that it's thoughtful and creative in any way at all makes it impossible for it to be conservative at all
So I guess I'm not sure what your point is.
>>319499749
what i've been doing for years, but everyone i know makes fun of me for liking earthbound because of the dyed hair trannies that play it now.
>>319500705
>>319500705
>everyone i know makes fun of me for liking earthbound
So dont play Earthbound.
Best Magypsy is Ionia fellow Motherfags
>>319496975
M2 was well loved in japan.
That being said, the fanbase always sucked, but it sucks even more now. Ill just enjoy my love for it though, nobody can take it from me.
>>319500247
Not really. Each character's ultimate weapon has a very low chance of dropping. Their second-best weapon that you will certainly have a chance to buy will do just fine and you don't have to waste time getting them.
Physical attacks typically don't comprise much of the damage output of the characters. Ness, Paula, and Poo PSI everything and Jeff has his bottle rockets.
>>319500967
>Best Magypsy is Ionia fellow Motherfags
I was prepared to argue and then you said a true statement.
>>319501105
What can I say? I like what I like
>>319500967
>Ionia
I think you meanFassad
>>319501571
>>319501571
>>319501698
What the fuck was up with Fassad? Was he supposed to represent the greedy capitalizing jew?
>be a fan of the Mother games
>be a fan of the Touhou games (as in the actual bullet hells, fuck secondaries)
>both fanbases enjoy deepthroating Undertale's dick 24/7
This is suffering
>>319501869
Fassad was originally a Magypsy who was corrupted by Porky
>>319502005
Undertale is deep throating Earthbound's dick, what the fuck are you smoking?
>>319500667
Derp! David Lynch is a right wing conservative and his movies are far more thoughtful, post modern & creative than any of the shitass Mother games were. The number 1 thing that I hate about Mother fucker fans is that most of them don't even understand Mother's humor. A lot of Earthbound's humor was actually criticizing Japanese society.
Earthbound mother fuckers think that it's just LOL randumb that you never see Ness's dad without realizing that the joke is that Ness's pops is a salary man who never gets to see his family because he's always at work throughout the game. Earthbound took a depressing reality that many gook kids can relate to, but made it whimsical.
You never hear any insight like that coming from out of the Mother fucker fan base. They just loved it coz they thought that Mother was "LoL so Randumb!" then they shit out shitass games like Undertale which has some fucking retarded hippy message which is not at all like the social commentary that Earthbound had.
I have to agree with the op, the fanbase does ruin whas was an ok game.
>>319502341
>David Lynch is a right wing conservative
lmao stopped reading there, don't post at all if you're going to talk out of your ass
>>319502341
okey
>>319502341
Ok
>>319502341
If you read the thread, you'll see members of the fanbase discussing the game for what it is.
Also, in my opinion, the Giygas fight actually has a pretty right leaning message, but that's just me. You have to get the permission of the whole world and its God (you the player) via prayer before it is okay to kill Giygas.
Also, the only thing worse than a shitty fanbase is bitching about a shitty fanbase.
>>319496563
>Literally implying conservatives, fascists and reactionaries aren't clucks
>>319502341
You're killing me Smalls
>>319496563
Literally fucking how? It hasn't changed one bit since 1994 when none of those retarded buzzwords you used even existed. You can still play it and it's exactly the same as always.
If something you enjoy being enjoyed by other people bothers you this much then it was probably never all that important to you in the first place. Fucking kill yourself.
>>319502341
Ok anon
>>319502738
>conservatives can't be atheists
>liberals can't be religious
Excuse me?
>>319502245
Why is that paint brush holding a banana peel?
>>319502951
>I don't live in America
You just don't understand.
Liberals must support the woman's right to abort whenever the fuck she wants for whatever reason and conservatives must reject abortion under almost all circumstances.
It's just the way our politics goes.
So, anyone ever play the Halloween romhack, Hallow's End?
It starts out like Costume Quest and slowly descends into madness. But it's pretty well-done, has a good length and balance to it, and has some decent dialogue and memorable scenes. And the music's pretty top-notch too even if it is mostly 8-bit covers.
>>319503097
Stop responding to him
>>319503097
Fellow amerifat here, apparently you don't get how freedom works.
Religion is not just the Abrahamic religions, and even then Protestant Christians and Agnostics sway either way.
>>319503097
I do live in america. I come from a fairly religious liberal family. Most of the intelligent conservatives are atheists btw.
You also got what the point of my image was, yeah?
>>319503228
I'm not the other guy. I'm one he was responding to.
>>319503228
I'm just so excited to see an earthbound thread with actual discussion that I can't help myself.
This is the first earthbound thread in a while where it isn't just shitposting about whether or not the game is overrated.
>>319503379
Of course there are exceptions, but that's the line the media pushes, and it pushes it HARD.
>>319503540
All you have to do is ignore the shitposters, and you'll have some good threads. I realize it's difficult that they have dysfunctional penises, but its just something they need to live with.
Also GHOST OF STARMAN IS BEST ENEMY
>>319496563
>game
>>319503627
ok
it's still dumb to imply that, because you took the ending as evocative of religion, then it must also be conservative
the creator of the game is a confirmed tranny loving liberal btw
>>319503891
The series is all about the importance of family though.
We've reached a point where valuing the family is conservative.
>>319503774
>1/126
>>319503774
>>319504205
>only conservatives have and care about their families
stop letting /pol/'s boogeymen influence your life, man
and since you apparently don't know who Zappa is I posted him as an example of an ECONOMIC conservative, since you don't seem to know what that is either
>>319503774
>i can't wear my shirt that has the starman logo on it without undertale fans thinking it's a reference to papyrus
>>319504438
Then get this shirt instead
>>319503891
A good friend of mine, and a big Earthbound fan as a kid, couldn't really get through Mother3 because he thought the game was too back-handed insulting towards rural conservative America. I'm not sure how far he got. He's not one to really take offense at things, either, so it struck me as weird.
>>319504608
>>319504608
I'd buy that shirt and never wear it, where can I get it?
>>319504632
>back-handed insulting towards rural conservative America
The whole game is literally a critique of the "city virtues."
>>319504608
Holy fuck that's nice.
I like wearing vidya stuff that isn't instantly recognizable as vidya stuff, and only fans could recognize.
>>319504707
>>319504632
Your friends a moron. It was probably too provocative (somehow) so he thought it must have been trying to offend his tiny brain. The game is literally big evil business/infrastructure destroying nature and small town life etc.
>>319504748
>>319504773
>>319504842
theyetee dot com
>>319504954
>dot
Fuck you
>>319502005
Do Touhou fans actually like Undertale? I was hoping some of the Western cancer would jump ship.
>>319504954
Website also has other Nintendo series.
Anyone want to see some?
