August 31st, 2010 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise | 25 Comments

The new MOTHER figures have started to come out, and coming soon will be the MOTHER 2 ones. Banpresto recently posted a press release thing that includes a pic of some of the as-of-yet-unreleased figures: You can grab a copy of the press release PDF here. It’s in Japanese and not especially interesting, but check it out if you’re a download maniac like me ...Read More »

August 30th, 2010 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise | 16 Comments

A long while back I posted about the rare and mostly-unknown official Slot Bros. board game/dice game/card game, but at the time no one at the site had ever owned a copy, so the details were very sketchy. Then, many months ago, the ever-awesome neonix won one and scanned it all at very good quality for the rest of us to see! I sat on the update for a while because I wanted to translate the rules&...Read More »

August 27th, 2010 | Images, MOTHER 1, Merchandise | 41 Comments

If you don’t remember, a whoooole bunch of MOTHER and MOTHER 2 figures are planned to be released in Japan slowly over the next seven months. They’re only available via those crane games in Japanese arcades, though. For more details about that, see my old news post here. Anyway, the first batch of figures, the MOTHER 1 figures, were scheduled to be released in the late August – a...Read More »

July 13th, 2010 | EarthBound, Images | 36 Comments

Devon sent in this tidbit the other day: Tonight I visited a restaurant in my home town of Knoxville, Tennessee called The Tomato Head. They were featuring Earthbound themed specials tonight. Behold the Mr. Saturn Enchilada and the Orange Kid Wrap. Here’s a pic of the menu. Has anyone else been by there? Anyone know who the owner is? It’d be cool to know if this is a regular occurrenc...Read More »

July 1st, 2010 | Images, Itoi, Uncommon Knowledge | 25 Comments

A while back I posted about how Shigesato Itoi had a special, limited-edition type of curry. I found out recently that he also had a limited run of instant ramen: Here’s another pic of it I don’t have any details to go with this discovery, but if anyone comes across any more info, let me know! ...Read More »

June 29th, 2010 | EarthBound, Images | 35 Comments

Over the last few weeks a couple people have e-mailed me about Scott Pilgrim-related EarthBound stuff. The movie’s coming out sometime soon too, so I guess people are really hyped up about it lately. Anyway, here’s one that talks about the “Chaos Theatre”. Normally, I’d chalk that up to coincidence, but it’s clear there’s EarthBound/MOTHER fandom involved...Read More »

June 27th, 2010 | EarthBound, Images | 20 Comments

An EarthBound fan by the name of Deadpan created some really cool looking EarthBound-themed terrains for Starcraft 2. First, is Dusty Dunes Desert. Here’s how it looks in EarthBound: And here’s the Starcraft 2 version: It’s got a lot of detail, here’s the gold mine area, for example: There’s also a Fourside terrain! If you’re interested, see here for more d...Read More »

May 25th, 2010 | EarthBound, Images, MOTHER 3 | 20 Comments

ModNation Racers is a game for the PS3 that came out just recently. It’s like a Mario Kart type of game, but one of its coolest features is that you can make customized characters – and the level of customization is really good. MightyYT and Tendablast have already made some really cool EarthBound-themed racers, here are some of them! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gall...Read More »

May 22nd, 2010 | EarthBound, Images | 10 Comments

Omnomnominous sent in a bunch of scans of EarthBound stuff from UK magazines, mostly from NGamer and Official Nintendo Magazine. Here they are! #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-...Read More »

May 21st, 2010 | EarthBound, Images, MOTHER 1 | 15 Comments

Jeff sent in a link the other day to an article about crows that steal stuff and carry cigarettes in their mouths, much like our good ol’ friend Smokey the Crow: Next time pinch a lighter too! Crows caught taking a crafty cigarette break on holiday island Here’s one of the pics: I guess the one good thing is that they don’t know how to light them ...Read More »