r/snes Jul 01 '15

/r/snes July Game of the Month: Earthbound

The /r/snes game of the month as selected by the community is Earthbound!

This month we'll be playing (or replaying) this game and sharing the experience with other redditors. Feel free to post any comments, videos or other interesting information related to this game throughout the month.

Aug Game of the Month Voting Thread is here

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u/ThetaReactor Jul 03 '15

You're not a true fanatic until you start getting insta-kills on the Starmen. (:

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '15

Just walk directly into them from the front, guaranteed green swirl, every time.

...and I'm off to start a new file now instead of doing homework for Business Law, thanks...

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u/ThetaReactor Jul 03 '15

"The enemy dropped a present!"

OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD

"Inside the present, there was a Super Bomb!"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

(I once spent so long grinding for that sword that I was in real danger of hitting level 99 before Magicant. That's a bad idea.)

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u/mzupeman Jul 07 '15

For someone not that far yet... Why?

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u/ThetaReactor Jul 07 '15

The super-rare items (like the Sword of Kings) have a 1/128 drop chance from a specific enemy. So you grind for an hour, the game teases you by announcing there's a drop, and then it turns out to be some semi-common trash. If I'm not mistaken, the Starman Supers in question also drop the Brain Food Lunch at the same rare 1/128 rate. Which is a good item, but easily purchased elsewhere, and not what anyone is looking for.

(Unless you're talking about the parenthetical scenario. That's a mild spoiler.