More Marcus Lindblom Inside Info EarthBound!

Interesting what he says about the lights on the lab, have you checked if they are in the Mother 2 Wii U release? Since there are some changes in that, it’s possible!

Yeah, we checked that when we did the live stream of Mother 2 on the Wii U – the lights were still the same as the original Super Famicom version. The lights are a mystery!

I bet the Wii U release was just a straight ROM dump, they wouldn’t have been able to change any of the artwork without something like PK Hack.

Nico should cosplay herself XD

Pencil Eraser… Snap!, I didn’t noticed the joke there, Haha! Guess that happens if english isn’t your native language.

I like EarthBound’s graphic style as well, despite being simple it’s still colorful and quite detailed. I also think it fits well with the game’s envoirment: Happy and cheerful but yet weird and somewhat creepy.

And, good to know Nico is enjoying the game so far! I also kinda felt the same way as she felt when first playing it, I found the battle system being somewhat slow and boring. The only RPGs I ever cared about playing before EB were the Mario & Co.’s ones. You know, since in most of these you are able to avoid/block/power up an attack by pressing a button, it was a total bummer being unable to do the same here. That, alongside with the grinding, turned me off (What!? I need to be at least at level 8 to defeat Frank!? And all my party members start at level!?). Still, I kept playing the game and found it more and more interesting, until I ended up enjoying it. 🙂

I’ll keep waiting for more updates! (Hope Marcus gets to tell us the reason of why all the censorship was completely ignored during the final battle. :P)

You sly dog, Marcus totally calls you out for having an awesome site in that update! It’s so cool to have someone who helped make the game have a connection to the fans.

Interesting read about Nico feelings about playing earthbound and how she kept being reminded of her dad while playing it.

It’s interesting that Nico’s experience is similar to mine. When I first started playing, I was a hardcore Square fan, and quickly put the game down sine I thought it was childish. I then picked it back up before I started college, and appreciated it a lot more.

I look forward to Marcus’ updates!

Pfft, pretty sure an email to “From-M2-to-EB-and-Back-Again” about those lab lights and whatever other players guide / game incongruences I noticed, 15 years ago, marked my first actual involvement in the EarthBound community. Ridiculous.

I feel like loading up on some Fangamer merch to deck my own hall of memories now.

I play games because I want to have fun. That’s the only reason. EarthBound didn’t teach me anything, nor did any other game in the series, but they are quirky, to say the least, so I definitely enjoyed them. That’s the important part. It’s cool to hear someone else’s thoughts on EarthBound, but in the end, I don’t care about it.