Fuzzy Pickles!
For those if you who gamers who are my age or are a bit older, you might have played one particular RPG that if you played, you would have loved.
I remember the Christmas of '95. I was 10. The one thing I wanted was that large box, the one from Toys-r-us. It was an obnoxiously sized box, mostly because it housed the game and it's Nintendo Power Player's guide. I wanted it because I had seen it, I had watched a friend play it, and I wanted too to play it. My dad came through, and under the tree, wrapped in green paper bespackled with various designes was Earthbound in all it's 1995 glory.
I remember that game, I remember it so vividly. Probably not because my memory is just _that_ awesome, but most likely because I still play that game every year. Sure, I've gone through Earthbound 12+ times, but it's still enjoyable every time.
Spoilers!!!
From Captain Strong and his Super Ultra Mambo Tango Martial Arts...
From the time you rescue Paula from the Happy Happy cult...
to giving the Bubble-gum monkey some gum, so you can cross the very short sea separating Jeff from school and his dad
...Escaping on the sky-runner...
...the runaway five!
The five third strongest moles... and that giant diamond to bail the runaway five out again!
No means yes... I mean... hello!... and goodbye!
That silly clumsy robot got bottle rocketed :3
Plague Rat of Doooooom!
Magic Cake... yumm....
Shall I tear your arms and legs off?
You... the player... yes you... right there... sitting behind the controller... what is your name?
PSI Starstorm!
Burrrrrrrrp.
Carbon Dog and Diamond Dog... Magicant! Ness gains 328384 exp. (wtf??)
And finally Ness realizes the power of PSI Teleport (omega)
And finally... with the last boss... when hope is lost... when nothing can possibly defeat Giygas... Paula prays for the groups success, and everyone you enountered in the game prays for you, but what defeats the boss is when the player answers Paula and does shit loads of damage for the coolest death sequence I've ever seen in an RPG, followed by a playable ending that lasts at least another 20 minutes, to wrap up any loose ends, and really to say goodbye. I cry every time, it's lame of me, but you know, this game is truly a story.
End Spoilers!
After 13 years, Mother 3 (Earthbound 2), which wouldn't even have seen the light of day in the US, has been translated by it's fans. It is because these people are like me.
I hope you can enjoy Mother 3 as much as I know I will.
Okay. Now... say Fuzzy Pickles!
I remember the Christmas of '95. I was 10. The one thing I wanted was that large box, the one from Toys-r-us. It was an obnoxiously sized box, mostly because it housed the game and it's Nintendo Power Player's guide. I wanted it because I had seen it, I had watched a friend play it, and I wanted too to play it. My dad came through, and under the tree, wrapped in green paper bespackled with various designes was Earthbound in all it's 1995 glory.
I remember that game, I remember it so vividly. Probably not because my memory is just _that_ awesome, but most likely because I still play that game every year. Sure, I've gone through Earthbound 12+ times, but it's still enjoyable every time.
Spoilers!!!
From Captain Strong and his Super Ultra Mambo Tango Martial Arts...
From the time you rescue Paula from the Happy Happy cult...
to giving the Bubble-gum monkey some gum, so you can cross the very short sea separating Jeff from school and his dad
...Escaping on the sky-runner...
...the runaway five!
The five third strongest moles... and that giant diamond to bail the runaway five out again!
No means yes... I mean... hello!... and goodbye!
That silly clumsy robot got bottle rocketed :3
Plague Rat of Doooooom!
Magic Cake... yumm....
Shall I tear your arms and legs off?
You... the player... yes you... right there... sitting behind the controller... what is your name?
PSI Starstorm!
Burrrrrrrrp.
Carbon Dog and Diamond Dog... Magicant! Ness gains 328384 exp. (wtf??)
And finally Ness realizes the power of PSI Teleport (omega)
And finally... with the last boss... when hope is lost... when nothing can possibly defeat Giygas... Paula prays for the groups success, and everyone you enountered in the game prays for you, but what defeats the boss is when the player answers Paula and does shit loads of damage for the coolest death sequence I've ever seen in an RPG, followed by a playable ending that lasts at least another 20 minutes, to wrap up any loose ends, and really to say goodbye. I cry every time, it's lame of me, but you know, this game is truly a story.
End Spoilers!
After 13 years, Mother 3 (Earthbound 2), which wouldn't even have seen the light of day in the US, has been translated by it's fans. It is because these people are like me.
I hope you can enjoy Mother 3 as much as I know I will.
Okay. Now... say Fuzzy Pickles!