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Rare EarthBound Anthology Up for Sale
January 17th, 2009 | Auctions, EarthBound, Merchandise, Uncommon Knowledge
Not many people know this, but there was actually a card game based on the slot machine brothers in the Dusty Dunes Desert! Not only is it an official product, but it was made by APE itself. Besides this game, I know Itoi has also been involved with creating a ramen card game (however that works 😛 ), so it sounds like he likes this kind of thing.
Anyway, I mention this right now because there’s an unopened copy up on Yahoo Auctions Japan right now, and it ends in 19 hours. Sadly, it’s pretty hard to use YAJ unless you know Japanese AND live in Japan, or if you’re willing to pay quite a bit extra by using a go-between service like Celga. It actually seems to be at a pretty cheap price right now, too. I’d have picked it up myself, but I can’t really afford to buy unneeded stuff right now.
Apparently, it’s actually a pretty exciting card + dice game, and fast-paced. The games don’t take long as far as these kinds of games go, and they’re played at card game tournaments/conventions in Japan apparently. Not many people know about it, but it’s appparently a really well-made game. I think there are some more details/pics here and here.
That second site includes some very basic rules, but it’d be nice to see the cards and pieces and all that stuff first before I do a real write-up. So if anyone gets this, or if anyone ever gets ahold of one later on, please let me know more about it! I really wantto know more about this thing, and maybe even make an online version. And maybe make drinking game rules 😛
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20 Comments to Slot Brothers Card Game!
 | Poe said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
I like this because Nintendo started out as a playing card company, didn’t they? They haven’t lost their roots!
 | mitch said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
Holy crap. There’s a whole world of products that nobody ever heard of before.
 | TheBatFax said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
So that’s what that thing is! I remember seeing it on a random google search ages ago and not knowing what the heck it was. It sounds pretty neat. Now if we only knew more…
 | Alxprit said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
And there are four brothers on the case. What does THAT mean?
 | JB2448 said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
The fourth brother is the long lost one, George :).
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| mitch said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
Jorge, JB2448
 | Fobb_Z said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
AHH!!! WANT WANT!
 | Crono Breaker said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
Oh great!
“The Slot Brothers – Dice Card Game!!” *old Western accent*
maybe de four brother is the real third sanches brother and comes to kill Thomas Jefferson! 0_0!!
(ok… no XD)
“Yeno – Always a safe answer”
 | XX Stone said on Jan. 17, 2009 |
Hmm… 4100 Yen for it… That’s like, 50 bucks though, I think 🙁
 | Mato said on Jan. 18, 2009 |
For something so rare and unopened, that’s an INCREDIBLE price, actually.
 | Psychomax said on Jan. 20, 2009 |
Someone needs to buy it and scan all the cards. We can have our own Slot Brothers Card Game League!
 | PSI Guy said on Jan. 21, 2009 |
Oh man, let me get this straight: an out of print novelty card game is played at tournaments and crap. That seems really weird, considering that the game is considered very rare.
 | BeezoWeldar said on Jan. 24, 2009 |
Huh.
I never noticed that the slot brothers have fruit on the sides of their boxes.
 | solidpit said on Jan. 27, 2009 |
Is it a children’s card game?
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| Mato said on Jan. 27, 2009 |
No, it’s for anyone.
 | Kousuke said on Mar. 4, 2009 |
The children’s card game post was a reference to Yugioh abridged, mato.
and it’s weird to find something so rare at that prize, I’d buy it but the economy in my country won’t let me do it.
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| Hunter said on Jun. 16, 2009 |
I never played with the Slot Brothers in Earthbound, EVER.
 | neonix said on Jan. 8, 2010 |
@Hunter: you’ve seriously been depriving yourself.
@Mato: I got an already opened set of this game a little while back, and I definitely would love to see translated rules and a PC game at some point. I’ll be shooting you a message with scans later.
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| Mic said on Jul. 24, 2010 |
Yeno is truly an inside joke. I vote…
Ye-
No
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Tomas Jefferson is a trump card, I’m calling it right now. 😛