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January 10th, 2010 | Weekly Round-Up
Well, here it is, week 52. In fact, it looks like I opened the site this exact day last year. So it’s been one year of EarthBound Central. Cool!
Like I mentioned before, it’s been tough to keep this updated especially lately because of lack of time, so it’s possible that I might switch things around sometime this year, like bringing on other people to post stuff once in a while, or have a community news system or something, I dunno. If you have any suggestions, let me know! In a couple months (hopefully) you’ll be able to see why I’ve been so busy. Until then, if you’ve sent in news and it seems like it’s taking forever to get posted, don’t fret. I usually get to all the submissions in one way or another – if not a regular post then I’ll probably include it in another super “megathon” update. So stay cool my Boundies!
Okay, let’s take a look at what EarthBound stuff has happened elsewhere on the webernet this past week:
Community News
- EarthBound Soundboard v1.01 Application for Android
- The Big Lebowski Goes Earthbound – PART 1 They peed on my rug
- Chapter 21 – My Dream’s But a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare
- Who the Heck Wants to Save the World?!
- The Ten Most Rare and Expensive Super Nintendo Games
- Raider Of The Lost Games Says Canceled Projects Belong In A Museum
- Hollywood working on an Earthbound movie – not what you think though
I’m an old man-tomato so I can’t possibly keep up with every single thing that happens in the EarthBound community, so if you’ve done something cool or if you know of something cool that belongs here, let me know!
Cool Auctions & Merchandise
EarthBound/MOTHER merchandise has been drying up considerably on eBay, Amazon, AND Yahoo Auctions Japan these past few weeks. I wonder why. EarthBound carts are going as high as $200?? There are almost no cheap EB carts with buy-it-now for under $100 now, used to be you could find at least five at any one time between $60 and $85. There are almost no MOTHER 3 Deluxe Boxes on eBay anymore, used to be there were always around five or so at any one time, even if they were a little overpriced. And there’ve been a lot more counterfeit EarthBound Zero carts these past two or three weeks too.
I think Nintendo has evil ninja spies that are going around taking away everyone’s EarthBound swag. So if you have any stuff, watch out!
So here’s what stuff there is this week. Remember you can also see all the EarthBound / MOTHER stuff on eBay all gathered in one handy place here!
- MOTHER 1+2 Mr. Saturn Phone Strap – a rare preorder bonus, definitely snag this if you can!
- Giant Mr. Saturn plushie! – just watch out for its equally giant price tag 😯
- MOTHER 1 Strategy Guide – remember that post I made just yesterday? This isn’t the same guide, but it’s very similar. So check it out if you like cool EB Player’s Guide-type stuff!
- Custom handmade Mr. Saturn sculpture thing – obviously not official, but maybe a big fan can give it a nice home
- EarthBound for $95 – told you prices are going up on these things 😯 Even despite the fact that this one isn’t very pretty-looking!
- EarthBound for SNES w/ Player’s Guide
- Earthbound 2 (mother2) – wtf??? Also, why is this $200?
- MOTHER 3 for $43
And here’s some cool stuff on Yahoo! Auctions Japan:
- Complete copy of MOTHER 2 + three somewhat rare MOTHER 2 strategy guides!
- Some sort of Japanese Ness telephone card, it actually appears to be official and it looks like it was drawn by Benimaru Itoh, EarthBound’s character designer. – I’ve never, ever seen this before. Can this really be real? It seems to be based on Itoh’s “Ness’ Adventure” manga, which I own. But I didn’t know about this…
And stuff on Amazon:
- Buy EarthBound on Amazon, prices starting from $130
- EarthBound Player’s Guide for $59.99
- Official MOTHER 1+2 soundtrack CD also available at Amazon.com
What’s Up With Itoi
- Nothing much of interest this week, except maybe that Itoi wasn’t really impressed by the commercials for the Avatar movie but decided to go see it anyway and was really impressed by the movie.
Final Thought
That darn romance movie named “EarthBound” that’s in the works makes it harder for me to find the REAL EarthBound stuff. Smelly movie.
I don’t have time for a “what’s wrong with this?” pic this week, instead I’ll leave you with this “Where’s Ness?” pic by Netaro:
click to enrage
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34 Comments to Weekly Round-Up #52
 | Alxprit said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
That wasn’t too hard, but fun.
 | PK-Lovin' said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Couldn’t find Nesss’ back-pack.
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| no name given said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
this has nothing to do with the pic,hey mato on ebay I tybed in earthbound snes all categories and I found earthbound on the nes, not snes,please tell me what’s going on!
 | Mato said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
They’re fake, you can read about them here:
http://earthboundcentral.com/merchandise/
http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/04/opening-up-earthbound-zero/
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| The Only Cat Food Cats Ask For By Name! (Meow!) said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Even Itoi liked Avatar? That’s craazy, I have to see this movie now. I wasn’t impressed by the gay ads either. A PARAPLEGIC MARINE MEETS… FURCADIA
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| FuzzyPicklez said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
“Click to enrage”
LOL
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| Henk de Vries said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
JPG artifects, why?!
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| Roo said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Congrats on the 1st year, Mato! It consistently surprises me how you’re able to scrounge up so much obscure EarthBound-related stuff for the site, but it’s always appreciated.
Here’s to many more anniversaries.
 | Jeagle101 said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Yay, I found everything! 😀 I don’t completely suck!
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| Zaxtur said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Same with me, regarding Avatar. I thought the commercials/trailers made it look really stupid, but the movie itself was actually pretty good. Good, but not great.
 | Ninji said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Woo-hoo! Where’s Ness is back! I got to find everything 🙂 But the cool auctions this week are neat, especially that phone card according to the seller only 50 were made and they were never released, and already 1 year! Wow! Technically the 1 year anniversary is already gone by, but still it’s technically a 2 year anniversary tomorrow! I might give that cute lil’ Mr. Saturn a home…
 | userofdoom said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
The Earthbound 2 (Mother 2) auction has so much Engrish that it’s funny :T
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| Jimi said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
That was a neat concept, the find Ness. Things were easy, but I spent the entire time looking for Ness’ hat on someone else’s head.
Anyways, happy one year Mato site. *gives a cup cake with one candle*
 | Darien said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Grats on the one-year, Mato. Looking forward to the spooooky secret project. 😉
 | PK Mudkip said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Yay one year of awesomeness!!!!
*looks at picture for one minute*
I found everything….What do I get?
 | MarioFan3 said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Here’s your prize:
Pictures taken
instantaneously!
I’m a photographic genius,
if I do say so myself!
Okay, get ready for an instant
memory!
Look at the camera…
Ready…
Say, “fuzzy pickles.”
Wow, what a great
photograph!
It will always bring back the
fondest of memories…
Those lines will ALWAYS be in my head hahaha 😉
 | PK Mt. Fuji said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Only a year? It felt more like 5, but one day I’ll wake up and it’ll already be 2 years.
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| kalasad said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
Wow, happy one year anniversary! (:
 | Axl-fox said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
* Paula is beetwen a Zombie and a Mr. Saturn
* Poo is in front of the three cows
* Jeff is watching the three girls in Bikini with a “!” sign on his head
* Ness is under a Tree and has a ghost in front
* his cap is under the “threed town” sign
* his backpack is under a bush
 | Big A2 said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
“Story is like U.S. movie’s or TV X file.
I imagine that UFO is showing up.
Mother1 or Mother2 (earthbound) is such story.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
 | LakituAl said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
@The only Cat food…
“I wasn’t impressed by the lame ads either”
There, I fixed it!
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| I_am_Ness said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
@Axl-fox
I found them all without your comment!
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| Anonymous said on Jan. 10, 2010 |
I found everything ^_^
 | Sisto said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
I FINALLY found Ness’ backpack. 😀
/me does a happy dance.
Anyway, it’s awesome to see that EarthBound Central has made it for a one year. Let’s see if we can make the next one just as good.
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| Kuwanger said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
@LakituAl
You have a problem with Duster?
 | resetsurvivor said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
Congrats on the 1 year anniversary Mato!
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| WhatsHerFace said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
Oh my God, the art on that phone card is glorious and I want it. *A*
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| LakituAl said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
@Kuwanger
Man, you got it all wrong. You see, the user named “The Only Cat Food Cats Ask For By Name! (Meow!)” expressed his opinion about something, but used the word gay as a negative adjective, and I’m scolding him/her for doing so.
Seriously, I highly disapprove when people do that (and so does Tony).
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| Kuwanger said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
@LakituAl
And I highly disapprove when people switch the use of a word for one demographic as a pejorative with the use of a word for another demographic as a pejorative (and so does Duster).
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| Not Giygas but still Destructive said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
“That darn romance movie named “EarthBound” that’s in the works makes it harder for me to find the REAL EarthBound stuff. Smelly movie.”
WHOA!
Copyright Advantage: EarthBound (for once)
 | Starguy256 said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
@Not Giygas
You might be on to something. We gotta tell Nintendo!
 | Linkzcap said on Jan. 11, 2010 |
Whoa… EBCentral shares its birthday with me!? Awesome!
 | neonix said on Jan. 15, 2010 |
I just won that M2 phone card. I’ll upload scans when I receive it.
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