March 7th, 2010 | MOTHER 1, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 25 Comments

As you may remember, an EarthBound Zero prototype cart was put on eBay last month and was won buy our own fellow fan Roo for $1100. Roo is also an avid researcher and video-making guy, so naturally he made a detailed video about the prototype and information about all the EB0 prototypes. It’s interesting stuff, check it out! For $1100, I would’ve hoped the prototype could also clean ...Read More »

February 26th, 2010 | MOTHER 3, Videos | 20 Comments

First: This is not real. This is a fan creation. I came across this video just now and thought it was kind of neat. Mostly it made me imagine how nice it would be if there was ever such an announcement. I wonder how a DS version of MOTHER 3 (or any of the other games for that matter) would work. I’m guessing one screen would be relegated to stats or maps or something. I kind of hate it when...Read More »

February 26th, 2010 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, Videos | 21 Comments

Scott sent this in the other day: Hello, I spent a good two days sequencing “Your Name Please” (song during character setup) from Earthbound and I’m looking to get it out there to fans of the game… take a listen on YouTube and let me know what you think: The rapping is “Your Name Please” by Nas – The worst of the foul language has been removed (still sugg...Read More »

February 23rd, 2010 | Fan Games, Videos | 25 Comments

A long while back I posted about a Mr. Saturn being created for Garry’s Mod. At the time it wasn’t complete, but now it is, and you can download it here! Here’s a video of the Mr. Saturn stuff in action: I’m pretty sure this is the closest we’ll ever get to real-life Mr. Saturns. For now. (ominous mad scientist music) ...Read More »

February 16th, 2010 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, Merchandise, Videos | 17 Comments

A good while ago, I posted about a Saturn Valley music box that showed up on Yahoo Auctions Japan. Well, resident collector man LucasTizma snagged it shortly after I posted about it. It recently arrived, and he was cool enough to make a video of it playing: It’s a little underwhelming I think, but still kind of neat. I definitely agree that something like Eight Melodies in a music box would...Read More »

January 28th, 2010 | EarthBound, Hacking, Videos | 19 Comments

Many years ago, I created a simple patch for EarthBound that added a “New Game Plus” type feature to it, similar to what Chrono Trigger has. Michael Cayer then improved the patch further. With this patch, when you beat the game, you’ll then be able to start the game over from the start with all your items, stats, and skills that you had when you finished the game. It gives a neat...Read More »

January 26th, 2010 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 13 Comments

It’s probably somewhat common knowledge now, but there’s a spot in an area outside Threed where enemies appear but are impossible to reach via normal means. Usually this enemy is a hippie, but sometimes it will be a cranky lady or an old party man. A while back I documented some other interesting/rare enemy locations, which you can find here. If you need a new challenge for this old g...Read More »

January 20th, 2010 | EarthBound, Hacking, Videos | 73 Comments

I guess it’s no secret that games on the Wii Virtual Console are basically ROMs wrapped in a bunch of other stuff, so shortly after the system was released people figured out how to put custom ROMs onto the Virtual Console. I know you can use the Homebrew Channel to play almost any old game you want, but some people prefer that feel of authenticity. Here’s one guy who went the extra mi...Read More »

January 18th, 2010 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 14 Comments

There’s a glitch in MOTHER 3 that’s a neat thing to mess with once in a while. Basically, if there’s a gift box sprite on the screen, if you go to the main menu or to the map menu and back, sometimes the gift box will turn into a status icon. It doesn’t work all the time and it seems to happen mostly with certain boxes. Plus I think it happens mostly (only?) when a box has ...Read More »

January 16th, 2010 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 14 Comments

Remember that History of EarthBound documentary thing from a few weeks ago? If you do, then you probably remember that Joey D., the guy who made it, was also planning to post a review of the game, which he recently did. Like with the previous videos, he does his research, which is always a plus Hello Mato, First off, thank you so much for posting my EarthBound retrospective a couple of weeks ago...Read More »