The best part is that the campaign's slogan was 'This Game Stinks.' The massive success of MOTHER 2 in Japan prompted Nintendo of America to give EarthBound a pretty heavy-duty marketing campaign - posters in video game stores and rental chains, ads in magazines, coupons for $10 off the purchase of the game, and even TV commercials (still pretty rare for video games back in 1995). More Sci-fi-Horror B-Movies from the 1950's than you can count.Some references/hat-tips you might pick up if you're paying attention: In addition to this, the EarthBound universe draws heavily from pop culture. If you go too long without hearing her voice, you'll get homesick. having your soul transplanted into the body of a robot in order to facilitate time travelīut, before you get too involved in these kinds of things, you should remember to call your mother.being taught by a talking monkey how to teleport.wandering inside a psychedelic minus-world ruled by an evil statue.freeing a race of aliens enslaved by a talking pile of puke.saving a girl kidnapped by a cult obsessed with the color blue.The local wildlife start attacking you, a gang of local hoodlums begins causing trouble downtown, you realize that you have psychic powers, and a mysterious messenger from the future tells you that you are destined to save the world.īut, before you face any of this, your mom reminds you to change out of your pajamas.Īrmed with a cracked baseball bat, a lucky charm for protection, and whatever food you can find (including whatever gets thrown into the trashcan outside the burger joint), you begin your quest to stop the evil alien Giygas from destroying the world. You are just an average 13 year old kid from the suburbs.until the night a meteor lands in your backyard. No dragons, mystical knights, or staff-wielding wizards appear in this game.

The story is set in the 1990s in Eagleland, a kitschy and romanticized parody of America (perfect lawns and quiet suburbs).

EarthBound introduced, and even today continues to introduce, RPG fans to an entirely different experience. No other game was like it, except maybe its prequel, MOTHER, which had not been released outside of Japan. Few games dared to defy this mold until EarthBound (MOTHER 2 as it is known in Japan). Most were still set in medieval times, with knights and mages battling mythical monsters with swords and magic. In 1995, RPGs were stuck in a rut that Dragon Quest had dug.

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