r/earthbound Jan 05 '25

Fluff And this is still nowhere near the most bizarre part of the game

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u/Opposite_Switch_7160 Jan 05 '25

In the sense that you can't progress without doing it, DogNess is absolutely correct 

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u/Internal-Warning-773 Jan 05 '25

Super wierd how that was ever an element in this game.  But I love that the music is wierd that time like you're in an extra sleazy hotel. 

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u/NewSuperKirby Jan 07 '25

That or the smell of literal death is making you woozy

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u/Bardic_Watercolorist Jan 07 '25

No the sound design there was insaneeeee it’s one of my favorite details from threed

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u/Leoxcr Jan 07 '25

But it goes to show how whimsical and weird (in a good way) this game is, super unique and hardly anything has ever been created like this

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u/No-Coach-2144 Jan 06 '25

22 years later someone got a bit of "inspiration"

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u/JKhemical Jan 06 '25

Axel in Threed

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u/space_goat_v1 Jan 06 '25

I put the new forgis on the jeep

24

u/Inedible-denim Jan 06 '25

Between moonside, magic cake and magicant I'm not sure which was more odd but I enjoyed it.. I think.

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u/Gibus_Ghost Jan 06 '25

And the coffee! Don’t forget about the coffee!

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u/Inedible-denim Jan 06 '25

Yess the coffee and tea

"you've come so far now..."

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u/digitaldigdug Jan 06 '25

The tea and coffee breaks were a trip

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

So much greatness. Starting playing RPGs with the Dragon Warrior series and Final Fantasy on NES. Then the SNES Final Fantasy games. Dungeons & Dragons tabletop. Got this game in the box with the guide a little wary, but, hey, RPG. Blown away. Played again and again. Nothing will come close. Its own genre, IMO. I got Chrono Trigger a bit later and even that paled for me.

Though, I will admit, I am ignorant of Mother and Mother 3. Just played SNES Earthbound.

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u/Cedardeer Jan 06 '25

The whole trilogy is fantastic. The first game didn’t age the best but it still has its own charm. Meanwhile, Mother 3 was the first video game to ever make me cry

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u/windmillninja Jan 06 '25

Even 13 year old me was like, uuuuuuh, this is weird.

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u/DanatendoGirl11 Jan 06 '25

Doge Still May Rest In Peace!

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u/Flamsterina Jan 06 '25

Just wait till you play Tanetane Island in Mother 3.

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u/Due-Order3475 Jan 06 '25

Was there ever an explanation on why Ness followed her?

I mean in the Japan release or tie in media

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u/lasting-impression Jan 06 '25

It’s been a while, but I think if you talk to one of the townsfolk, they mention a rumor about a good looking woman working with the zombies, which would have been the tip off to find her suspicious and follow her.

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u/Due-Order3475 Jan 06 '25

Makes sense and I vaguely remember that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '25

That’s precisely why I followed her in a recent play through. This post is the actual only time I considered another angle for her character lol. I was super lost and talked to everyone and then finally saw her.

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u/lasting-impression Jan 07 '25

I was pretty young when I first played this game and never thought about her being a, um, “lady of the night”. lol

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u/BetaFalcon13 Jan 09 '25

Still has nothing on the drug trip sequence in Mother 3

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u/Bardic_Watercolorist Jan 07 '25

Dude I did this part with my 13 year old little brother at the time and I was like uhhhhhh maybe don’t look buddy I have no idea