April 26th, 2012 | EarthBound, MOTHER 1 | 37 Comments

In the past, EarthBound and MOTHER stuff always dominated Nintendo Power’s polls, so there hasn’t been any EarthBound stuff for years. But a couple fans recently e-mailed me to let me know that Nintendo Power’s latest online survey has EarthBound stuff again: I have no doubt which answer will prevail there Anyway, if you’re interested in seeing the full survey, see here!...Read More »

April 25th, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound, Merchandise | 31 Comments

Nightram of the always-amazing Video Game Memorabilia Museum sent word of an auction for various Nintendo promo trinkets… including an EarthBound pizza keychain! I very, very faintly remember hearing rumors that such a thing existed and it sounds like the folks at the VGMM had too, but until now no one knew if it was real or not. But apparently it is! (click for more pics/info) (click for ...Read More »

April 22nd, 2012 | EarthBound, Fan Games, Videos | 26 Comments

TalentNinjaInc., qpringle1, and NorthofOnett have been working on a fan game called Super Smash Bound – from the name you can probably guess that it’s an EarthBound-themed Smash Bros.-type of game. Here’s some sample gameplay: A beta version of the game is available on the project page here, and progress can be more closely followed on the Starmen.Net forum thread here! ...Read More »

April 21st, 2012 | EarthBound, MOTHER 3, Videos | 10 Comments

Updates have been a little slow lately due to over-busy-ness, so to make up for it, here’s a bunch of recent submissions all at once! EarthBound on Kotaku Chris says: Hey, check this out. Kotaku has a weekly column for JRPGs (a breath of fresh air, the genre is generally beaten down on every other website) and this week they focused on Earthbound: LINK Pokey is a Top Jerk Matt says: Pokey is...Read More »

April 18th, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound | 8 Comments

I just noticed that there’s a Mach Pizza Air Freshener on eBay right now – a complete one, at that! This has the air freshener still sealed in its little bag, the congratulatory note, AND the envelope it was all sent in. All in all, it’s probably the best Mach Pizza air freshener auction I’ve ever seen. I always wondered how the air fresheners were sent to people, I guess ...Read More »

April 16th, 2012 | EarthBound, Hacking | 5 Comments

About five years ago, after I first started my now-halted EarthBound Zero remake hack, I wound up modifying some of my tools to dump all the text out of EarthBound for easy-viewing. I then went on to try to turn it into a tool to let people translate the game. Although none of the above turned out so well (and I’ve since abandoned the translation tool, so please don’t use it, it’...Read More »

April 15th, 2012 | EarthBound, Videos | 7 Comments

ardwickofonett always makes incredible EarthBound animations, and this is no exception! This was originally going to be a Starmen.Net Halloween Funfest entry, but it was later condensed into a trailer of sorts. Check it out! I know it probably wasn’t going for it, but I like how the time travel animation looks kinda like Doctor Who stuff ...Read More »

April 10th, 2012 | EarthBound, Fan Games | 8 Comments

The other day Starmen.Net held a Shigesato Itoi’s No. 1 Bass Fishing petition for April Fool’s Day. Part of the joke was that fans could submit fan art, fanfics, etc. about the game. So EarthBound ROM hacker Reg went and made a fishing game hack out of EarthBound called “Jeff’s No-1 Bass Fishing”! You can download the IPS patch here, if you don’t know how to...Read More »

April 3rd, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound | 5 Comments

Once a month I update the EarthBound price info on buyearthbound.com so fans can get the best deals and avoid getting ripped off. Here are the latest numbers if you’re interested: Average Prices: EarthBound cart: $157 (up from $151, lowest: $100.96 / highest: $199.99) EarthBound guide: $154 (up from $90, lowest: $42 / highest: $250) EarthBound complete set: $430 (down from $632, lowest: $299.99...Read More »

April 3rd, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound, Merchandise | 9 Comments

In the wackiness of the last few days I forgot to post about these Mr. Saturn poster things I’m selling! (click for more details, boing!) These were official decorations used in Japanese arcades and stuff (sort of like the ones in this video), and they were supposed to be disposed of after they were no longer needed, but some survived thanks to intrepid fans. Check out the details and more ...Read More »