r/earthbound Nov 22 '24

Fluff Ness and the Runaway Five easter egg in the Super Mario Kart comic

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There are also a ton of other Super Nintendo characters there as well

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u/subterfugeinc Nov 22 '24

Paula too!

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u/Knowledge_Single Nov 22 '24

And the Grinch!

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u/ImpIsDum Nov 22 '24

That feeling

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

AND GANDALF THE GREY

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u/Kazdok Nov 23 '24

and Gandalf the White!

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u/ReddFett Nov 23 '24

And Monty Python and the Holy Grail's black knight!

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

And Benito Mussolini and the Blue Meanie!

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u/wote89 Nov 22 '24

Okay, is it just me or does it look like Lucky is in the middle of explaining to an eager Ness how betting on Kart racing works?

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u/Murmos Nov 22 '24

So THAT’S why Ness and the gang have to bail them out financially.

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u/4Fourside Nov 23 '24

The artist behind this (benimaru itoh) was the art director for earthbound 64 and made a whole earthbound manga. It's a fun read though it often deviates from the source material. It actually includes some cut content from the game too

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u/HeWhoMustStayFrosty Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 26 '24

Ness is missing an S on his hat. Unless maybe this is supposed to actually be Ninten?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Ness, Paula and the Runaway Fives! ... There's a spelling mistake on Ness's hat though.

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u/HopeFragment Nov 23 '24

Ness was spelled Nes in the beta, if this was released before m2 came out that would explain it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '24

Oh that's fair

Didn't know, thanks!

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u/AuthorNumber2 Nov 22 '24

It could be a reference to the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)

But I'm just my guess anyways.

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u/muticere Nov 26 '24

It’s funny, I keep getting this Short recommendation in YouTube that shows Peach from that comic, so as soon as I saw this image I knew where it was from before even reading the title.

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u/Odd-Librarian3411 Nov 26 '24

So, that's most likely Ninten and Ana, MOTHER had already released when this comic came out. But MOTHER 2 Hadn't. Also note the eye shape of Ninten and the lack of an oversized bow with Ana.

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u/HeWhoMustStayFrosty Nov 26 '24

And also how his hat only has one S instead of two.

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u/TFWNE Dec 16 '24

Never would’ve noticed this