In honor of the 25th Anniversary of Mother, I've decided to finish my first ever playthru of Earthbound! Let's celebrate this together while I upload screens of the last part of the game leading upto Giygas... Cave of the Past!
What do I need to bring? Almost forgot some bottle rockets
>>255225272
last battle
GO ALL OUT
no turning back now
There is an abrupt difficulty spike in the path leading up to Giygas. Hope you leveled up enough.
>>255225831
Ness 83
Paula 75
Jeff 73
Poo 70
literally how?
>>255226201
Oh you'll be fine. Hope you like Starmen.
I'LL BE THERE SOME WAY SOMEHOW
THAT'S WHAT BEING A FRIEND IS ABOUT
if i cast PSI Rockin' as a robot... does that mean Daft Punk?
>>255227183
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZjqVnWBhc
I think you know the answer to that.
PSI Starfucked. any tips dealing with ghosts of starmen?
>>255227976
There are black Starmen and gold Starmen, and one reflects physical attacks and the other reflects PK attacks. I don't remember which is which, though.
>>255227976
Don't fight the Black Starman run while you can
This music is so fucking creepy. I read that it samples the Beach Boys
>>255224224
Did they release the good gameplay patch to celebrate the occasion?
Squatter Demon... sounds lewd
welp
>>255229224
Ankles behind your head, OP.
>>255227396
Some draw fag should draw Ness and the gang as Robots playing in a band like this
>PSI Rockin'.jpg
>>255224224
So the question remains..do I drop dosh on this or pushmo.
>>255230482
I wish the other robots had identifying features like Ness' hat
Did Nintendo really not do anything for Mother at whatever convention just happened?
What the fuck?
>>255230964
Mother's a little too obscure and Nintendo's a little too much of a dick to do something nice for it
>>255230783
Well Paula is always second, Jeff third and Poo fourth... but still boring robots
>>255230580
Earthbound unless you feel like you won't put effort into it. The longer you play the more it charms you. Excellent JRPG so far.
>>255231343
Just give us the threeway Mother Pack.
>>255231343
So that means that when they were making fun of Mother fans in the robot chicken video, they were really making fun of them and not just being playful.
>>255231623
Yes.
Yes they were.
here we go...
>>255231623
>Reggie teased about new mario game... Mario Maker announced
>Reggie heckled over Starfox... new Starfox teased
>Reggie asked about Mother 3... nothingyet
literally chills right now
>>255232372
I'll pray for you
I'm honestly a little scared right now...
>>255232567
you can do it anon!
>>255231623
More than likely. Reggie's probably fucking tired of hearing people whine to him for an M3 localization when it's not really necessary thanks to the professional-quality translation Tomato put out.
>>255232567
YOU WILL CONFRONT THAT CERVIX AND YOU WILL LIKE IT
>>255232801
After how Square dealt with the FFT0 thing, I sort of hope that Mother 3 isn't getting localized, unless it's in a 1+2+3 collection.
Fucking Pokeybrb cigarette
>>255233450
Nigger the entire planet is at stake
>>255233759
Nigger ALL OF REALITY is at stake if Giygas can transcend time and space like he has
>>255224224
Is there are english translation of Mother 1 and 2? If so, how can I get them.
I saw one project on the internet but mother 2 was a partial translation
>>255233450
keep up the screenshots, I can't even get past the little ufo's and walking trees after twoson.
>>255233869
Mother 1 is translated under the name Earthbound Zero.
Mother 2, for now the closest to an English translation you'll get is its US release as Earthbound.
>>255234048
Thats right when the game starts to take off too. You quit right before the Blue cult. Power thru it anon, you can do it. I was like you once and gave up, but look where I am now. Its worth it, I promise.
>>255233869
There are two translations of Mother 1. One is the official NOA localization called Earthbound Zero, the other is a translation of the Mother 1+2 cartridge by the same guy that translated Mother 3.
If you're really a stickler for authenticity there's a patch that adds back in the censored content from Mother 2.
>>255232567
The face in the Devil's Machine in Ninten. Giygas has never seen Ness before.
Post some Earthbound music, pics, comics, everything! This is a celebration thread!
http://youtu.be/niP4Re_B8yI
>>255234592
Giygas is also psychic as fuck, so he doesn't really need to have seen Ness to have an idea of what he looks like.
Plus he's sane (or close to it) sincehe only goes batshit and reaches the full extent of his power when Porky shuts off the device. Literally a containment unit for Giygas's consciousness.
>>255233869
I think the guys who translated Mother 3 also translated the Mother 1 part of Mother 1+2 for the GBA.
Avoid the Mother 2 part of the GBA port, it's pretty awful and utterly glitchy compared to the original Mother 2 / Earthbound on the SNES. The Mother 1 part was apparently really improved though.
>>255234735
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9onnnzq5UF4
it begins
>>255234830
I don't know if I like the Mother 1 or Earthbound Giygas fight better. I really liked the feeling of battling this gargantuan alien over the edge of a cliff, but in Earthbound it feels like you're fighting something truly alien.
>>255234327
Got any tips? My pp is always getting drained, slingshot misses 7/10 times, pk paralysis and sleep literally never do anything, and idk man.
>>255235328
They kinda dropped the ball with the fight on the first one. Was over too quickly and didn't really have anything constituting a battle beyond healing.
Which I get was to show just how much more goddamned powerful Giegue was than you were and that you literally only had a chance by crushing his fucking soul with Maria's song, but still.
>>255235432
Bottle rocket right to that smug cunt's little face
>>255235628
The same could sort of be said for the other two games, though.
CAN SOMEONE DRAW THE STARMEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, THE FIRST BOSS, IN FRONT OF THE METEOR WITH BOTH COPS ON THE SIDE OF THE METEOR WHILE HE SAYS "NESS!"?
>>255235381
You're not skipping battles, are you? I mean, you shouldn't have to grind at any point, but you won't be appropriately leveled if you don't fight pretty well every enemy you encounter at first.
>>255233869
The reason Mother 2 is partially translated in Mother 1+2 is mainly the really chaotic control code. It's amazing how it was even localized on the SNES.
Control code is basically the game's way of how text is displayed in a textbox. Tomato explains more on this site: http://legendsoflocalization.com/an-inside-look-at-video-game-control-codes/
This is usually what your average control code looks like in an RPG
>[Character 01]:[nl]If only we had the herb at the top of [colour 04]Mt. Metox[colour 02]…[pause][end]
Pic related is the script for when Jeff first joins your party.
>>255235790
That's true, the only one that really had a "final boss" was EB, and even then it cuts off after a while.
Mother series just sucks shit at final bosses.
This music... someone share a link. i'm into metal so this is perfect
>>255235381
>slingshot misses 7/10 times
Don't use that or the Yo-Yo for Ness.
http://starmen.net/mother2/ebdb/weapons.php
Slingshot and the Yo-Yo have 13/16 accuracy. The Sand lot bat, which can be found at the Blue Blue Drusgtore, and the Tee ball bat, which can be bought at the Onett drugstore, have much better accuracy and are decent weapons for that point in the game.
>>255235992
I thought the endings were appropriate for the kind of games they were, just not the anus-crushing final boss you'd expect from a JRPG.
>>255235969
Jesus christ, no wonder people would rather use RPG Maker 2k/3 than romhack Earthbound.
>>255235652
gladly
>>255236262
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4z82byt5mA
Fucking awesome, ain't it?Can someone please recommend me some 8-bit or 16-bit metal?
>>255236262
Jesus, heal your party, I'm getting a little nervous
>>255235959
I like to clear areas when playing rpg's like this, so I've grinded quite a bit actually, but nothing seems to go right. I die a lot, am always out of pp, low on cash, have a weapon that almost never hits and I can say with certainty that this is the hardest rpg I've ever played, or I'm doing something horribly wrong.
>>255236284
Thanks, I really ant to progress in this game, but shit's very different here.
>>255235969
Fucking hell
>>255236262
Here's an arrangement from a Rock Candy album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t7478aygwk
>>255236304
Again true, it fit more with the story-driven nature of the games to have endings like that; I'm just not accustomed to JRPGs without a shit-stomping endboss, personally.
>>255236363
You know to only attack Pokey and not the Devil Machine, right?
>>255236497
Hang on, are we talking about Mother or Earthbound? Mother is extremely difficult, Earthbound isn't so much, at least i didn't think so. Don't give up.
>>255235851
Underrated post
No crying until the endDon't open until the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpEmye7k1TY
>>255236693
>>255236416
relax anons
>>255235992
>Mother 3's final boss was just "defend and heal until stuff happens"
>can't even hit the boss in the beginning, and when you do your dead mom bitches about it
>on top of that all of your teammates are KO'd from start to finish
If what happened in the battle wasn't heartbreaking as fuck I'd feel inclined to call the whole thing a crock of shit.
>>255236921I miss you
>>255237285
IT'S HAPPENING
>>255237285
LET'S DO THIS
>face Ness's Nightmare
>"Ness's Nightmare emits a glorious light!"
>instant KO
>>255237407
Guys did you know that's really a fetus? Lol Earthbound is so deep XD
>>255237028
>You don't even beat the final boss, he commits suicide
Mother 3 was some kind of fucked up
>>255237407
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>>255237632Why did Claus do that? Is he really that much of a pussy to back down on life like that?
What an almighty idiot!
>>255237757
You're into metal, do you like Voivod by any chance? No one on /v/ seems to be into them, and they are a bit hard to get into
Seriously one of the most climactic final bosses of all time. They don't make fights like this anymore.
>>255237741Considering the horrible things he'd done, the possibility that he hadn't fully fought back the brainwashing and that they were so close to the Needle he could potentially doom them if he wasn't in full control, he probably did that to ensure Lucas would be able to pull the final Needle without issues.
>>255237741Technically he already died. His mauled corpse was brought back by Porky's men and he's been brainwashed into serving the guy who ripped him from the afterlife ever since.
>>255238020That's a good point, actually. Shame that he had to go down that road, though.
>>255238230
IT BEGINS
>>255238305
I'm... so... h...a...p...p...y...
It... hurts...
>>255238230
I hope you're enjoying the music. The cacophony of shit that comes after this battle is one of the reasons why I hail EB's soundtrack as the all-time best in vidya music history.
>>255235969
JEEZ DID A FUCKING TWELVE YEAR OLD CODE THIS?
>>255224224
Currently playing through Mother 3.
Just stopped by to post one of my favorite vidya game track of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHn71LKYpOE&index=200&list=FLC21f344h9OMcOPjdxKgfAA
Good luck with Gigya's, he's a bitch n a half.
>>255238757
>>255238854
Given how lighthearted the game is its pretty surprising how dark it gets at the end.
>>255238969
>Giygas in that picture
hold me /v/
>>255238870
I like the orchestra, but nothing can beat the vanilla version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4w6dkYsXU
>>255239093
Ipraythat you get out of that battle alive. Giygas is a tough motherfucker.
>>255239142
No doubt.
>pic: me dancing along
>>255239093
I pray for you, OP
>>255239332
START PRAYING
PREPARE FOR INSTANT KOS AND STATUS EFFECTS
i didnt even know this would be useful
>>255239625
HAPPENING
>>255239625
EVERYBODY
LEND OP YOUR STRENGTH
>>255239625
YOU CAN DO IT, OP
So, isPokey stuck in that Absolutely Safe Capsule forever?
is it a child /v/?
>>255240021Absolutely
>>255240067
it's aspace jew
>>255240067
yes, you're killing a child
>>255240067
Really a fetus, so deep! XD
>>255240127
but I banished the evil in my heart already
>>255240067
No, people's pattern recognition got the better of them, I despise this theory because earthbound has a ton of intersting shit to talk about but it all gets swallowed in "DUD THE END WAS AN ABORTION BECAUSE MIYAMOTO SAW A RAPE FILM AS A KID"
>>255240224
open your heartit's gonna be alright
Jeffrey down
>>255240343
Who cares, he's a useless party member.
Not as useless asDuster, though.
>>255240328
Not to mention the fact that the connection to the first game makes the theory more bullshit than t already was
>>255240343
Roll with it, just protect Paula
>>255240607
Runaway Five >>> DCMC
I'll fucking fight anyone who disagrees.
>>255240689
But Duster
>>255240806
Duster's a moron.
>>255240964
Chills
>>255238659
I thought Iwata had to rewrite much of the code for Earthbound, or am I thinking of Mother 1?
>>255240894
i''LL FIGHT YOU FAGGOT
>>255241418
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
cuz he's a gay. (itoi confirms)
>>255241545
Ness is a beast, he'll keep everyone alive
>>255235969
I want a breakdown of this code and see what the fuck all of this does.
>>255242107
Almost, almost
>yfw you realized they died here canonically in the timeline resulting in an endless historical loop until you, the player's, dues ex interference changed things.
>>255242253
Man, Poo is fucked
>>255241331
>Duster's only use in the game is tickling people's defenses down since all of his other items barely work
>even fucking Boney is more useful than him
Duster is not just a moron. He's useless as well.
>>255242485
You did it, OP.
This is really fucking frustrating.
things just got a whole lot more strange
Earthbound, or Mother 3?
>>255242754
Jeff shouldn't be wearing his glasses during seizure-inducing evil alien dimension being spasms.
>>255242848
I guess that's why he's crying.
>>255242754
>the static on the intro screen was a spoiler this entire time
>>255242848
>>255242917
too bad at the moment he's inside a robot suit
>>255242709
But you can sell it for quite a bit once you stumble back to town
i pray the virgins at 4chan hear our plea
>>255243098
you can do it!
>>255242709
I was just playing trough this part an hour ago in my phone and was able to walk all the way to the girl who buys mushrooms without any problem even tough I had a mushroom in my head, strange, anyway it isn't thaaat bad, just try directions quick and adjust
>>255243098
I pray for you, you great faggot
>>255236921
Replaying Earthbound I literally started to tear up while Paula was preying and seeing everyone gather around. Hit me like a truck.
>>255243098
i pray for you anon
>>255243345
ALL OF THE ANONS IN THIS THREAD ARE PRAYING FOR YOU OP.
>>255243472
ANON I HEAR YOU
>>255243472
I hear you... we all hear you and wish for your succes, for it is our succes too and of all that's good
>>255243632
And we'll never know what OP's real name is
I'm here to spread the good word of Gigyas. Have you turned yourself over our new dark overlord?
>>255243968
NEVER GIVE UP
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
>>255244195
Pokey pls
>>255244337
Gosh I wonder what that could mean
>>255244479
>It's a good bet that we will see each other again...
He wishes.
>>255244102
You've almost beaten EarthBound, OP.
Now take time to re-explore the world and see all the differences. There are many of them, albeit minor.
Don't take Paula home like she says. Just walk to your place.
>>255244715
He could also ruin noticing them by reading this.
http://files.fobby.net/0000/06ce/chuggaaconroy1625-ending_faq.txt
>>255244715
Don't worry about battles all the bad guys are gone
unless you left one of the mummies alive in the fourside museum they will still be there, you can glitch the game by getting killed there since the game was not programmed to get a game over at that part of the game
BUT WHO THE FUCK WAS -o----M-----n?
I CAN'T FUCKING HIT THIS
;_;
>>255224224
Am i unbanned yet?
Huh, I just finished my first Mother 3 playthrough ten minutes ago.
>>255245230
did you buy the slingshot? it has a higher miss chance than other items.
also
>soap
>>255245206
Don't worry about it. Just know that ive been here for a very long time, and ill continue to be here. this won't be the last we speak to each other. Just remember this thread because I always will, and by that we are bound together.
Farewell Anons
>>255245408
Go back to being banned.
>>255245778
Take it easy
>>255238659
>>255238659
>>255241726
Honestly, it looks like the output from a WYSIWYG editor.
>>255245778
Godspeed, anon.
>>255240450
>implying Boney is more useful than Duster
>>255241273
Earthbound, yeah
>>255240021Itoi said that Pokey will be there until the heat death of the universe and beyond
Man this thread is taking me back to when I was a kid and prayed that something cool would take me out of my boring life and thrust me into an adventure. Earthbound was my favorite game of all time back then. Feels like such a long time ago now...
>>255243472
>>255245534
Yeah, I did. And I regret it.
>>255247280
Don't ever buy slingshots and yo-yos
they have more damage but they miss more often and you tend to get better weapons pretty quickly in that game.
Could you reload before you bought it?
>>255246949
>they're not robots
DROPPED
25 years (and 12 or so hours, since it was released in japan).
jesus christ
>>255248219the anniversary was yesterday (unless you're in a really western timezone). It was 1.5 days ago in japan
>>255241726
No idea what the hexidecimal portions do, but I think the rest is self-explanatory. The letters are printed in the textbox one character at a time. PAUSE stops the printout requires the player to press A to continue scrolling the text. LINE starts printing characters on the next line down in the text box. OPENWIN and CLOSEALLWIN open and close text boxes. DELAY delays the printing of the next following characters to denote speech patterns. Not sure about GOSUB, maybe it's the character names?
>>255246850
Did your adventure ever happen, Anon..?
>>255249793
Nah man, just life. School, Work, Bills. You know. I became a writer so I could try and give the feeling I got from Earthbound to kids in the future, but it hasn't especially worked out. Getting dangerously close to a blog post now, though.
Post your favorite battle tune. I jam out to this one all the time, dat syncopation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=204BDmIg7B4
>>255247673
Meh. Reality Itself had crumbled at that point in the fight.
>>255250383
I like this one an awful lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVcyZ_TtLhI
That weird little crackle that happens at the start of the song, that little synth that plays about a minute into the song and the beat are some of my favorite parts of it.That's a shame.. I hope and I will be hoping in the future that your adventure finally picks up. Whether it be through writing, making kids smile, or even friendship. Good luck, Anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUN7QAnMp0
This commercial always gives me the chills. It might be a little cheesy looking but I still find it amazing. That robot at the beginning and how it stares down at Ninten and his friends with some spotlight-sort of glare and that whole dang song. The lyrics to it are amazing and fit the original song perfectly, too.
>Take a melody
>Simple as can be
>Give it some words and
>Sweet harmony
>Raise your voices
>All day long now love grow strong now
>Sing a melody of
>Love, oh love
It gives me some deep feels every time.
I miss you.
I don't know why, but when I think back to Earthbound, I just get this weird feeling. Like everything I knew was innocent and pure. And yes, that time is over, and I learned about the evils in the world, but there was that innocence that could not be corrupted. Mother in general... It makes me feel like a kid. It legitimately makes me want to cry, but you know...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1qUcaK5gls
No tears until the end, /v/. Happy birthday, MOTHER.
Happy birthday, Mother series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_cP0MGhhk
OK, desu ka?
If you turn his sprite upside-down it looks like his form in mother 1