@paulunga: I remember completing FF7 for the first time and sitting at the end votex screen after the end movie for 30 mins cause i thought it didnt end!

If I were a theist, I would pray to receive power from Hugh G Rection. I would probably pray for a Hugh G Rection to show up on the spot.

Patrick missed out on this.

I'm really happy to see Earthbound get a second life on the Wii U. Mother 3 is next... hopefully. Excellent article, Patrick!

Congratulations on your win, Patrick! Thanks for writing this article. I enjoyed reflecting on my time with Earthbound... and FF7 too. My battle with Sephiroth ended with me having Cait Sith in one of my parties and rolling a triple fail with his limit break.

Man, now I kinda wish I finished this game at my attempt five years ago. I played it for a week straight, every night.

Then got distracted by Metal Gear Solid 4 or something. Which was a good distraction to have, however.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the game Patrick. There's reasons why it's my favorite game of all time, and I hope you experienced at least a portion of it. Just imagine how this game was beloved almost 20 years ago. Things have changed a lot.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I don't know. They're so different.

Fuckin' seriously. Mother 3 is so so so much better than Earthbound.

An amazing piece on a truly amazing game. Well done Patrick, I'm glad you got the chance to experience this weird little game that still has a place in all of our hearts.

Glad you beat it. Easily one of my favorite games of all time.

GB is my favorite game site :D great job tricky

Man, just hearing someone mention the ending of Earthbound gets me fuckin' misty-eyed.

It's heartwarming as shit!

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I wonder if my SNES cart would still hold a save long enough to play it.

Well now I want to play Earthbound, which is cheaper: the SNES copy or actually buying a Wii U?

Everything about Earthbound is amazing. Best SNES game of all time.

A Tear!

I've still never beaten Earthbound on my own... gotta get on that. I think you just inspired me though, it is a beautiful game that holds up so well. This was a pleasure to read.

Earthbound is such a special game. I'm glad it is not forgotten!

I had just recently beat this game myself, just the other day. I never had a SNES growing up so i've been kind of going through all the great games my friends had but i missed out on. First was Super Metroid, then Earthbound and now that i've beaten that i'm moving on to Lost Vikings. Earthbound was incredible and is easily in my top games i have ever played, i can't believe no one i knew had ever told me about it before.

And that's saying a lot on account of EarthBound being so stellar.

Anyway this is pushing me towards playing Final Fantasy V, the fan translation of the SNES game and the GBA version sound really nice. Maybe after Watch Dogs or whatever is the last must play of the year.

That's cool! I wish I could play Animal Crossing with my mom over Skype.

Filled with emotion seeing you become one of us. Thanks for following it to the end.

Never played the game, but that was a great read.

My Uncle Hunter got a superb Toyota by working parttime off of a laptop... official website Bling6.com

I played Earthbound without a strategy guide back in 1996.

The prayer moment was incredibly profound, as it was quite literally a last ditch thing. I had used all of my healing items, I was out of stuff to restore PP. Everybody but Paula and maybe Ness was dead.

Prayer was the only thing I had left. I knew it did random things, like cause negative status effects, but I also knew it could heal you or even bring party members back to life. And so, I prayed. And prayed. And prayed.

Such a wonderful game.

@sinusoidal: Sounds to me like you've already had all of the game's surprises spoiled for you. No wonder you aren't finding the game quite as captivating - you've already spent all of its magic. :P

@blazehedgehog: It's a bit hard to avoid spoilers for a 20 year old game. Though the first time I played it, I knew almost nothing about it.

I came to read this after hearing you reference it in the "Earthbound: Encyclopedia Bombastica." I just want to mention that your writing is captivating, and having played through Earthbound recently, I really appreciated all the nuance you talked about in your editorial.

Really great write up, I remember beating this game on the SNES waaay back in the day... it was the most emotional experience I'd ever had with a video game... gives me goosebumps to think about it to this day. In fact... I wrote a song that's loosely based on Earthbound... I think it's relevant - music.lorenradis.com/track/the-runaway

-loren

Really great write up, I remember beating this game on the SNES waaay back in the day... it was the most emotional experience I'd ever had with a video game... gives me goosebumps to think about it to this day. In fact... I wrote a song that's loosely based on Earthbound... I think it's relevant - music.lorenradis.com/track/the-runaway

-loren

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mooomm!!!

These were like 20 fantastic bumps. Patrick's, in fact.
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