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EarthBound (1994)

Ape, HAL Laboratory

Game Boy Advance · New Nintendo 3DS · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii U

4.36 from 1740 ratings · #87 top rated on Grouvee

4560 members have it in their collection · 322 playing now · 1814 backlogged · 995 wish listed

How long? Main story 26h · with extras 30h · 100% 40h (from 29 logged playthroughs)

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.

Details

Developers
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction
Franchises
Earthbound
Series
EarthBound

Release dates

  • Aug 27, 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
  • Jun 05, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Jun 20, 2003 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy Advance
  • Mar 20, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
  • Jul 17, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Jul 18, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Mar 03, 2016 (Full Release) (Europe) New Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 04, 2016 (Full Release) (Japan) New Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 23, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) New Nintendo 3DS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
966
4 stars
515
3 stars
194
2 stars
51
1 star
14

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capcomsoulja

Status capcomsoulja Jan 30, 2016

just got into twoson after about roughly three hours of play! just trying to catch every conversation with NPCs and continuously getting lost in the music. really enjoying earthbound a whole lot thus far, and i am glad to finally see what ness derived from (me being a huge smash fan). something i've quickly dismissed though, is the comparisons undertale …

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just got into twoson after about roughly three hours of play! just trying to catch every conversation with NPCs and continuously getting lost in the music. really enjoying earthbound a whole lot thus far, and i am glad to finally see what ness derived from (me being a huge smash fan). something i've quickly dismissed though, is the comparisons undertale gets to this game all the time. maybe in terms of quirkiness and in my personal opinion just staying genuine, but the battle system and the leveling system remind me a lot more of a traditional JRPG (maybe i just haven't gotten far enough into it also.)

but all in all; the humor has me chuckling, the music has me immersed, and the story has me locked. i think i'm going to rediculously enjoy earthbound in the long run.

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capcomsoulja

Status capcomsoulja Jan 28, 2016

i sincerely apologize to everyone as i didn't realize every little personal note i've put on some of the games in my log was actually an "update status" post. not sure if a mod could just take those off the home page so it's not clogging up the feed!

(edit: thank you peter for clearing this up with me.) …

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i sincerely apologize to everyone as i didn't realize every little personal note i've put on some of the games in my log was actually an "update status" post. not sure if a mod could just take those off the home page so it's not clogging up the feed!

(edit: thank you peter for clearing this up with me.)

besides all that. pretty successful/busy day. finally got around to starting earthbound for my first time too! here's to hoping it does the same stuff undertale did for me!

still have a few things to add to my log but now that i'm looking at other people's.. i'm not sure i had the right to be so lazy!





be solid & happy gaming!

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Alicia

Status Alicia Oct 7, 2015

Collector problems: Nearly having a heart attack when you realize you still have an empty cardboard box from childhood - and it's still in good shape O_O

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MrSaturn21

Status MrSaturn21 Aug 25, 2015

Playing through Earthbound again! Lots of nostalgia, really brings me back.



I forget how fetchy the game can be sometimes, and there are only a few instances where I'm definitely whoever would be playing would have a hard time knowing what the next thing to do would be. Having played the game a lot I didn't have too much of …

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Playing through Earthbound again! Lots of nostalgia, really brings me back.



I forget how fetchy the game can be sometimes, and there are only a few instances where I'm definitely whoever would be playing would have a hard time knowing what the next thing to do would be. Having played the game a lot I didn't have too much of a problem but I gotta admit, I ended up using the Hint man once or twice.


Great system. I think every game should include something like this. Especially longer RPGs, as sometimes it's been awhile since you've booted up a game and you're unsure what the last thing you were doing to proceed was. Maybe it's just my now casual gamer side speaking, but I think this makes a game much easier and more fun. There hasn't really been very many instances in where I felt pride or any enjoyment out of figuring out any kind of obscure detail or puzzle to continue playing a game after being stuck. I think I can count those instances on a single hand alone.

I took so many screenshots but now I can't find em! :V

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momusunleashed

Status momusunleashed Jan 24, 2015

Just finished the coffee break. I took the game at its word and had a coffee and reflected.

#earthbound
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rooster

Status rooster Oct 19, 2014

Made it to Jeff or so on an emulator. Have on WiiU VC now.

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