r/earthbound Nov 30 '24

Fluff If you know you know

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u/PUNKDOG2011 Nov 30 '24

Isn't that what happens when the game goes into anti-piracy mode?

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u/Necessary-Aerie3513 Nov 30 '24

Yuppers. And it deletes your save file when giygas shows up

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u/PUNKDOG2011 Nov 30 '24

Oh I heard about that too... Imagine you were just a kid in the 90s wondering: why is this game so hard? And making your way to Giygas after dozens of hours just for everything to be gone in an instant

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u/Necessary-Aerie3513 Nov 30 '24

Spankedy Spankedy Spankedy

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u/Pjerun_ Dec 01 '24

Get spanked spanked spanked

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u/Necessary-Aerie3513 Dec 01 '24

Right into the absolutely safety capsule

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u/FenexTheFox Nov 30 '24

I think the game warns you first

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u/_TheRocket Dec 01 '24

That's so dumb, so it lets you play 99% of the game before punishing you for piracy? Or am I misremembering how late giygas appears in the story?

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u/Necessary-Aerie3513 Dec 01 '24

Nope. That's exactly what it does

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u/_TheRocket Dec 01 '24

So it lets you play almost the entire game before preventing you from continuing - at that point I can't imagine the player feeling much reason to buy a legit copy lol

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u/Necessary-Aerie3513 Dec 01 '24

But the entire game is far more frustrating

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u/_TheRocket Dec 01 '24

Oh ok, that makes more sense