Mushroom status effect >completely breaks your control scheme

>>254415697
no i won't. that was bullshit

>Not running like a motherfucker from every shroom battle

Your fault, nigger.

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>guy pays you to remove the shroom
>mushroom status only appears near Twoson

>>254415697
>Letting yourself get the effect
>Not knowing that healers are fucking everywhere
>The game pays you for it

People who need to git gud will get mad over this.

>>254415697
This is the one thing that completely fucks over players who try to play the game blind.

No warning beforehand, no actual advice from anyone unless you decide to go to the hospital and find that guy, even though he looks just like an NPC patient hanging around.

I remember getting so frustrated I just quit the game and left it for around 6 months.

>>254416237
>not the exploding trees

>>254416237
So you're a fuckign retard.

>hey look there are hospitals
>WHERE CAN I GO TO CURE MY AILMENTS?!

Some npcs do mention healers can remove mushrooms as well. You do talk to everyone, right /v/?

Earthbound was the hardest rpg I have ev er played. Now keep in mind I havent played a lot of rpgs. The main ones that come to mind I can think of besides Earthbound is Secret of Mana, Skyrim, Final Fantasy 7, Borderlands and Final Fantasy 10

The mushroom status I cant remember but I remember spending hours having to kill monsters to gain a level and it was really tedious

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>>254416593

Fucking hated that shit but you can't expect everything to be smooth sailing when saving the world bitch.

>>254416593
>The main rpgs you played
>Earthbound hard
>Grinding in Earthbound
Bait

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>>254416593
>Earthbound was the hardest rpg I have ev er played

>>254416553
oh fuck I hated that entire section
>exploding trees
>enemies that spam status effects
>enemies that don't drop food items
>nowhere near a hotel
>butterflies are remarkably hard to find

I now know that the best way forward is to just run like hell and get to the end, get Paula, level up and then it's a piece of cake to go back, but with no map, and confusing directions, it's a surefine way to get completely massacred.

>>254416850
>>254416927
I don't get how that was bait, I havent played a lot of rpgs before. it was the hardest one I have played, maybe there are harder ones out there but when you've only played a handful the pickings are slim

what are some other good rpgs you recommend?

>It flares up
>Physically rotate your controller 90 degrees
>Continue to walk normally

>>254417036
Oh quit it.

>>254416850
>Grinding in Earthbound
>Bait
I thought everyone grinded a little towards the end so that they weren't completely bitchslapped by notfoetus

>>254417036
Go play the Dragon Quest series.

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>Ness gets swole enough to automatically win fights against them

>>254417036
I remember getting my ass handed to me in the volcano. I had to do some serious grinding there.

>>254417189
i heard dragon quest was similar to earthbound or maybe just the battle system looks similar

how difficult is the series? should i start with 1 or play the newer ones?

>>254417160
I have three grinding spots.

1. Slugs in giant step near butterfly.
2. Floppys in base near butterfly.
3. Sword of kings farming.

You do need to do some grinding in game, game is beatable without it, but tedious.

>>254417314
Play five or something on the DS.

The battle system is similar in that it's a classic turn based first person RPG system.

>>254417429
I always have to do some grinding to beat Franky, but on the plus side it makes the cop battle easy.

I thought it'd be a lot worse than what it ended up being. My characters would perform their action every turn anyway.

>>254415963
There's mushroom status all the way till midway through the game. Can't remember if there were mushrooms in the endgame.

>>254417314
Earthbound is basically a DQ clone with a scrolling HP bar instead of flat damage.

I'm working through the games myself. V is considered one of the best, though I'm having fun with III and VI right now. IX is the most "modern" DQ in the west, and it even has monsters roaming on screen to engage in battle with.

DQI will probably kill you with how grindy and obtuse it is, plus the protagonist travels by himself in that game.

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>>254416553
That fucking valley was the bane of my existence.
>Magnet spam sprouts
>fuck you, can't hit me UFOs
>exploding trees
>unkillable cold machines

>>254415697
Fuck off you casual bitch. Go play the latest Final Fagasy.

>>254416593
Actually, it doesn't take long at all to level up in Earthbound. The only times where you should stop and grind is when you get new, permanent party members. The experience you get from enemies scales really well, either way.

>Get 2 star pendants from the Major Psychic Psycho
>Get Sword Of Kings after fighting 10 Starmen Super
>Get Goddess Ribbon from Ghost of Starman
>Get parts for Jeff's best weapon

Game was very generous.....

>>254417657
>first person RPG

But that's wrong, faggot.

>>254417314
Ever play Phantasy Star II-IV? Its like that. Alternatively, its Final Fantasy without character animations.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmsgOucrwCg

aaaayy lmao

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>>254418247
These fucking battle themes, man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1njB6SQok

>>254418216
I said the battle system you fucking spastic.

You can't see your guys in most DQs or Earthbound because the battles are first person.

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>mfw I sold my Earthbound for a measly $75

The pain never truly goes away.

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>>254418216
He probably meant how battles took first person perspective.

>>254418568
I lost mine in a move.

>>254417707
There isn't. I got it a grand total of three times in the entire game.

Git gud faggots.

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>>254418527
it has a Streets of rage feels

>>254416237
>>254416585
This.

I found out by talking to the guy in the hospital and he was talking about shrooms so when I got the status I went there and he healed me.


Stop wanting to be spoonfed like a fag.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYubMyXzSg

>>254417904
I threw my hands up and avoided everything until I got to the village where I could beat up cultists. Trees are slow enough that you can closely run around them.

>>254418527

I could beat a dog with a baseball bat to this

>>254418527

>Not posting the best theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVcyZ_TtLhI

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>>254415697

>completely breaks your control scheme

Oh no, I have to rotate my controller and walk to a hospital to get paid for having a status effect.

>>254417786
Outside of the scrolling health EArthbound is a fairly generic TBRPG.

Definately NOT a DQ clone but still.

>>254418527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFU6zwV47Q4

>>254417904
You're supposed to button mash your way through the end of the battle so the tree doesn't kill you.

>>254418529

Different anon here. You said "first person rpg system"

Thats still not a first person battle system. Phantasy Star 1, Wizardry, etc is. Get educated.

you guys have to be out of your mind, i beat this shit when i was 10 no problem.

but i will admit shit like the mushroom and exploding trees were annoying but i mean come on you learn how to deal with it and then avoid them like the fucking plague

>>254418529
Earthbound's battles are First person?

>>254415697
>Tilt your controller and you can have normal controls
>You get PAID to remove it
>Only about 2 enemies in the game do it
>The healers are always within 1 minute of where they are

You're fucking retarded, and if you were baiting in hopes of a reverse psychology Earthbound thread, I hope this shit turns into consolewars to spite you.

>Casey Bat
This goddamn bat,didn't read the help description.

>>254419559
Have you never played or seen the game?

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>>254419559
Yes

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>tfw learning PSI Magnet ?

>>254419806
I have, they don't look first person. Are you saying all four characters and the guest characters share the same set of eyes?
>>254419874
Looks like it just focuses on the enemy with the player characters behind or just out of site of the camera.

>Zombie dogs in Threed that kill Paula and Jeff in one hit.
I was so close to be angry.

>>254418640
I'm so sorry. I lost my Link's Awakening that way. It's not the same as Earthbound, but I still miss it.

>>254416553
Rolling HP made them not so bad.

>>254419419
I'm really having trouble seeing what makes Earthbound NOT a DQ clone. The inventory system, four equip slots (weapon, armor, headgear, accessory), battle commands, even the battle screens look so similar that it might as well be a DQ clone. The only thing handled differently aside from the rolling HP was the overworld.

I guess it's okay when Dragon Quest series defined TBRPGs

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>>254419283

>Fine sunny day
>Perfect weather for BBQ steaks by the pool
>go outside and see dog laying down
>nothing of it
>look closer
>he's lying in a pool of blood twitching
>kids run up to it and start whacking it
>"Look uncle anon we're playing Earthbound!"
>Have take old yeller to the vet
>He's not gonna make it

Thanks itoi

How many times do they drug Ness during the game?

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What was the point of the bicycle, again?

>>254421256
Queen reference

>>254420960
your dog or just A dog?

>>254421389

I hate that song

>>254421409
Do you believe everything you read on /v/?

The only thing that really bothered me in Earthbound is the lack of party interaction,they almost never speak with each other.
But i guess the game makes up for it with all the NPC dialogue.

Decide whether Mother 3 or Earthbound was better in these three categories and explain your opinion

Music:
Gameplay:
Story:

>>254415697
Wow, I read that wrong at first. Thought you had to pay $50 per person to get rid of it. What a fucking ripoff!

But the dude pays YOU to get rid of it? Why the fuck are you complaining, OP? I wish more games did that shit. I'd love a DQ game where I could go to the church & they'd pay me $1,000+ to revive my fallen party members.

>>254416553
>>254417904
>Get caught by surprise by the tree
>Mash A to end battle asap
>Loss 20 or so HP in total
>Every time you see them afterwards avoid them by letting them get wedged on trees or scenery

The saucers are infinitely worse, because not only do they do tons of damage WITHOUT self destructing, but they're hard to avoid, and they can cause a cold which does OVERWORLD damage. Trees are basically a just a gimmick enemy that shouldn't give any trouble after the first time, it's the "water temple" of Earthbound.

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>>254421824
That's what your imagination is for, I guess.

>>254421837
>Music
Mother 3.
>Gameplay
Mother 3 (sorry, them battle beats).
>Story
Earthbound.

>>254421837
Mother 3 in all areas

But in terms of music, it was pretty close. Earthbound has some great themes, but you just can't beat Name These Children and Unfounded Revenge with that.

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>that cave of past music

>>254421837
1. Tie, Mother's soundtrack was more iconic
2. Mother 3 easily
3. EB. It was a little quirkier than M3. And I think the serious story was better in Mother.

>>254421837
>Music:
Earthbound, Mother 3 had some good songs but Earthbound had that feeling to the music, Earthbound has one of the best OSTs ever, Mother 3 has an amazing soundtrack but not up to Earthbounds.
Also GBA soundcard.
>Gameplay:
Nothing changed between the games besides the combo system which really didn't hurt or add much so objectively Mother 3
>Story:
Is this even a question? Mother 3. Mother 3 had a massive plot, emotions, deepness and so much more. Earthbound was a parody on JRPG's set in medieval times where the hero goes around and fixes shit.
I love earthbound atmosphere from the story but it really doesn't have a story beyond "this alien is a dick, go punch him, oh shit he got to powerful, go back in time and kill him when he's a fetus" where as mother 3 is so incredible deep I would need longer then 2000 characters to accurately tell its story.

That being said I prefer Earthbound because of the atmosphere, music and dialog but I accept that mother 3 is technically a better game.

Both are in my top 3 favorite games of all time and I think both are masterpieces.

>The last pray

>>254418247
>posting an alien with any theme other than this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmuYSU0ghKU

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>>254421837
>Music
Mother 3. It had a lot of variety and sounded great. I mean hell there was an in-game concert. And that attic, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHjjhjuGNfQ

>Gameplay
Mother 3. It took Earthbound's battles and improved them. Defending actually had a purpose for once. And the sound battles of course. Plus attack and food items were a hell of a lot more useful in this game.

>Story
Mother 3. It was a nice story. But the charm about Earthbound was that the main plot took a backseat and only came up at matters of importance. Mother 1's story was damn good too from what I've read.

>>254422796
>Also GBA soundcard
Mother 3 used it really fucking well, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgCASPF9hQ

>>254419368
The sick drum beats yo

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>>254420736
Wallpaper sized if you're interested

>>254423335
>The Attic's a Dungeon?!
Holy shit that's making me laugh, I didn't know the song was that.

>>254419419
>>254420436
Well, Earthbound's JRPG combat is a parody of DQ and succeeds and standing well on its own with that. Battles are just much more exciting with all that music and backgrounds and the occasional intense HOLY SHIT SPINNING HEALTH LIFEUP LIFEUP HOLY SHIT PAULA HAD GUTS

>>254423537
the song was called* that I mean.

>>254423526
>jpg
> under 1mb
either slap that in a png or provide a 4k version plz

>>254421837
>Anyone picking Mother 3's music
Its good, yeah, but dat SNES soundchip outclasses the GBA's sooooo much.

>>254421837
Mother 3 for all of them

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Have some Twoson, friends.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZNv74aIGkU

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>>254423779
Mother 3 has an overall better soundtrack IMO. Everywhere you go there's a good song waiting. But Earthbound just has those fucking good tracks that you can listen to days. My personal favorites in no order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8FfQP0wdb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLeDlP84cLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvbTNjzasyU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwC3bU5p78Q

>>254424232
I shouldn't remember this exists, but I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF9kZp-Kl0c

>>254423365
Eh, not insulting all of the GBA's game's music.
Kirby And The Amazing Mirror had great music, so did RSE, and a lot of other games like golden sun.

Its just that even though mother 3 was one of the best sounding games on GBA I feel like if it was on DS it would of sounded better.

>>254423775
I switched it to png but the file size is to big for 4chan. 5.34 MB

I don't know exactly how to reduce file size to 4 but I'm looking.

>>254424005
Always sounded like Here Comes The Sun to me for some reason.
I figured it out one time why it sounded like it but I was post OP and stoned as fuck and forgot.

I don't get it.
Where does the love for Earthbound even come from?

The music isn't good, its quirky and unique but its not very good to listen to in or out of the game.
The battle system doesn't have anything neat about it aside from rolling HP.
The story is almost non-existent.

I mean, it does have cool/funny NPCs and auto-killing mobs when you get too strong was a neat idea but are clever NPCs and dialogue really enough to carry a game when its so unremarkable or actually sub-par in all other areas?

>>254415697
How to fix:
After teammate get's the mushroom status effect, allow non-affected party members to remove the mushroom, either during battle(use of a turn for that character) or after battle.
HOWEVER: Here's the catch. The party member that attempts to remove the mushroom will have a 50% success rate. If they fail, then they will also grow a mushroom! The originally affected teammate will retain theirs.

This way, you have a chance at curing it, but at the risk or wild shenanigans that results in your entire party getting shroomed.

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>>254425048
>The music isn't good

>>254425284
I'd rather just be able to attack your party members to knock it off. Would also help with sleep/feeling strange.

>>254424802
Just put an imgur/puush link? the former doesnt require any signup.

>>254425048
>Where does the love for Earthbound even come from?
The atmosphere, music and dialog
>The music isn't good, its quirky and unique but its not very good to listen to in or out of the game.
Thats wrong. I could listen to buy something will ya for years. The music is quite good but thats subjective.
>The battle system doesn't have anything neat about it aside from rolling HP.
Doesn't need anything more, it works
>The story is almost non-existent.
And thats cool
>I mean, it does have cool/funny NPCs and auto-killing mobs when you get too strong was a neat idea but are clever NPCs and dialogue really enough to carry a game when its so unremarkable or actually sub-par in all other areas?
Ok the cheapness of the game can go fuck itself.
Its more about the experience, if you go in expecting the best game ever your going to be disappointed, Earthbound is fun, its silly and enjoyable. Its what made childhood great in a videogame.

I get why you don't like it and thats fair but objectivly Earthbound is a mediocre game at worst, but don't play for a Xenoblade, Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger, play it because you want to have some fun, have some pizza and have a nice afternoon.

>>254417707
I went through the game and only got mushroomized once. I'll admit its a dumb idea, but its easily passable.
>>254416593
That's some weak shit man.

>>254425542
Meanwhile in other SNES JRPGs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB__iGAZ1DU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBnYGYa6l3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfST-dLgGcQ


And many more. Your taste is trash, anon was correct. But I personally just like Earthbound because its fun

>>254417036
You said you played Secret of Mana, right? Go give Final Fantasy adventure and Seiken Densetsu 3 a shot if you haven't.

>>254425559
Why not both? The wacky status effects is part of what makes this game fun. Hitting you party member could be useful for sleep and feeling strange. But it would make sense that the mushroom has to be pulled out, root and all. Not simply smashed.

>>254425867
>a game doesn't fully use a soundchip to the max with beautiful instruments
>shit
Anon, YOU ARE the retard.

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>>254425867
Orchestrated music wouldn't go well with Earthbound you Mook.

>>254425867
>Earthbounds music isn't very good, because I have different opinions.
Sure thing, bud.

>find an egg
>take it with me
>sometime later
>it hatches into a baby chicken
>more time later
>it evolves into an adult chicken
>I'm now carrying a chicken with me

>>254426258
watch your mouth you fucking racist

>>254425621
http://imgur.com/a/UmbWl

does this work anon?

>>254426320
You can make a fortune by growing chicken.

>>254426320
Ultimate way to make cash was well happy-happy village was brainwashed and you could get eggs for free if you got a whole inventory full and then walked for awhile and then you sold them.

You could max out the money in about 4 hours.

>>254426258
Sure it would.

>>254426258
Oh come on. His post was stupid, but yours is more so. He didn't post orchestrated music. He posted rock music.

>>254421837
Music: Earthbound
While Mother 3 definitely had some good songs, I just overall preferred those in Earthbound.

Gameplay: Mother 3. The battle beats were pretty great.

Story: Earthbound
The story in Mother 3 just didn't do it for me. I feel it was the weakest aspect of the game. Earthbound made me laugh a lot more and I cared more for the characters than in Mother 3. The ending to Mother 3 was kind of silly and didn't make me feel sad like it was trying to.

>that feel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC58pbHeMhs

>>254427159
Earthbound's story definitely gave me more laughs and feel-good moments. Which is why I rate it slightly higher, because it's easily replayed. But at the same time, Mother 3's story was incredibly effective on me. It was a lot heavier and sadder than earthbound. Which is why it makes it difficult to replay. However, my first time through, It was pressing all the right buttons to get a reaction out of me. I'm glad I was alone when I played the ending, because I was crushed.

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>tfw this finally happens

>>254418568
>>254418640
My mother gave mine away to some faggot kid two weeks ago.

>>254419694
>Always gets smash hits
>Hits like 1/3 of the time
FUCK THAT BAT

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>mfw playing fourside in melee and not knowing shit about earthbound and ness
it gave me a good feeling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4d47gkdQdg

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>>254429021
>tfw finally listening to Fourside's theme in the original Earthbound

>>254429021
Space Travelers was one of my favorite events.

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>>254429117
>tfw finally listening to Fourside's theme in the original Earthbound

>>254424832
It might be because Itoi really liked the Beatles.

>>254421559
Yes

>>254428339
>start farming for it at level 56
>it finally drops after a thousand hours
>everyone is level 80+
>game is now easier than it already was
Thanks Itoi

>>254429705
What I did is, if Ness gains five levels and you don't get it, restart.

>>254429793
I started doing that, but when I had the console version that wasn't an option unless you wanted to waste a potential hour just walking thorough the base.

Playing MOTHER right now. Never played EarthBound or MOTHER 3.
It's alright.

>>254431125
wait until you play Mother 3

>>254416237
>not talking to every NPC in town
I figured this out when I was 10, you must be mentally challenged somehow.

>>254421837
You're fucking nuts if you think Mother 3 had a better soundtrack than Earthbound.

The use of sampling in EB's is fucking masterful.

>>254426258
>chestrated music wouldn't go well with Earthbound you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY89RKVOF3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHn71LKYpOE
Plebs....

>>254415697
Oh no, something to do in the game other than fighting, how terrible.

>>254431289
I heard that Japan hated it, like they look at it like we look at Other M.

MOTHER
Other M

>>254416237
>>254416553
>There are faggots on this board that didn't play the series in order
Plebs, the lot of you!

>>254416585
>a fuckign retard
>fuckign
son,

>>254431423
Thank you for proving my point.

>>254431803
>implying anon understand music

>>254431423
Yep sounds like a generic orchestra stripped all of the energy out of those songs.

>>254415697
>Get a mushroom
>controls are just inverted, easy to handle
>sweet free $50
>there's a girl right by the mushrooms in twoson who buys them too
>and you'll probably never get the status effect after that

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>get to the end of Earthbound
>face Porky, that fat fucking fucker
>chiptune begins to play, it's fucking amazing
>music suddenly switches over to some pig-disgusting rock shit

Fuck everything.

>>254416585
>neo /v/ actually talking to NPCs instead of complaining on message boards

>>254421256
To show how you have stubby legs.

>>254432886
>generic orchestra
Say a vidya ost that do not have a generic orchestra.

>>254434861
Terranigma.
The difference being that the music was built with an orchestrated sound in mind. So the OST has a wide variety of moods.
The problem with those orchestrated EB tracks, is that whoever composed them, homogenized the sound.

The Mother OST was pretty fucking fantastic

Dat Pollyana
Dat Flying Man
Dat Paradise Line
Dat Being Friends

>>254432968
I wonder what she does with them. It'd be weird to eat other peoples' head mushrooms.

>>254417078
Doesn't it change every once in a while? Just flipping your controller doesn't work.

>>254415697
>not killing the shrooms before they hit you

Get gud fucker.