more importantly when is earthbound going to show up on virtual console
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously! The kicker is that it will cost them like negative-zero dollars to release, and they'll see how many people are willing to pay for Earthbound. Urrrgh.
― Will M., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I really really reeeeeeally want to play this :( It's like the only video game I'm interested in buying now
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
hey at least you'll be able to get a glorified bathroom scale for your Wii. good going Nintendo, you know what we really want.
― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
who is this we? prediction : wii bathroom scale would outsell mother 3 by a huge margin
― zappi, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
no shit, sherlock
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
who is this we?
― zappi, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
whose is this wii?
― zappi, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf, you are loopy
everyone on this thread except you wants Mother 3, probably even more than Wii Fit, believe it or not.
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i want fft
― webber, Thursday, 26 July 2007 06:37 (sixteen years ago) link
everyone on this thread is not a clear litmus test of nintendo's target audience. I want mother 3 too but we all know that what they're doing now will make them more money. Still, I think it'd make them a BIT of money to get translators to do Mother 3, surely? Is more money NOT more good or something?
― Will M., Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't even care about mother 3, I barely touch the DS anymore as is, I just want Earthbound on the VC.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
u would want the classic controller for that, because the best part about Earthbound is using the L button for everything
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Still, I think it'd make them a BIT of money to get translators to do Mother 3, surely? Is more money NOT more good or something?
My entire point was that there's no reason not to do both, especially with all the money they're making with this other crap they could throw old school fans a bone besides endless Mario/Metroid/Zelda updates.
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 26 July 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
but...mario and sonic are at the olympics.
― funny farm, Friday, 27 July 2007 03:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Could y'all please call the Nintendo hotline and ask if they'll release MOTHER 3 (sequel to Earthbound)?
― Abbott, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Sadly, the GBA is basically dead to new carts right now. And I definitely can't imagine them going to the effort of translating the cart for DS, because that'd mean using another screen, blah blah blah...
― Will M., Wednesday, 19 September 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
they should really just rerelease every GB game ever for the WVC at two bucks a pop.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Its coming out at the end of this week!!!!
― zappi, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:00 (fifteen years ago) link
no wai; link?
― STINKING CORPSE (cozwn), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:05 (fifteen years ago) link
link!http://mother3.fobby.net/2008/10/14/testing-finishes-patch-this-week/#more-842
― zappi, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:14 (fifteen years ago) link
so awesome! will be loading this onto the flash cart
― STINKING CORPSE (cozwn), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ZOMFG
*my boner a-splode*
― Abbott, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:35 (fifteen years ago) link
HOLY SHIT
― original dixieland jaas band (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Earthbound is one of those games I really enjoyed as a kid but think I appreciate more as an adult. There is nothing like it; it's like a video game art piece, but on more than a purely aesthetic level like most games. RPG creators need to spend less time ripping off the Final Fantasy franchise and more time ripping off Earthbound
― original dixieland jaas band (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Earthbound is definitely amazing... as a kid it was this weird wacky throwback kinda game, but now you realize there's so much to appreciate it in. There was a good essay I read about it and its creator a while back, but I totally forget what it is now. How helpful.
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
its out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://mother3.fobby.net/
― zappi, Friday, 17 October 2008 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I know I can google my way to it, but could somebody hold my hand and explain what's necessary to get this from the website to my DS?
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I am willing to spend money if pointed at the right places.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
forks - you'll have to spend money to get it to a DS. I'm surprised nobody else on here posted a response earlier as I know there are people on here with more knowledge / experience than me on this kind of stuff. Obviously it would be much easier to play this on your computer via one of the popular gba emulators. Also illegal, but. I've never actually hacked a ds, but I was looking into it recently. To play GBA games on a DS, not only do you need to pick up a slot one micro sd adapter (R4 and the CycloDS seem to be the most popular choices), but also an ezflash 3 in 1 for that goes into slot 2 (the gba slot). There are lots of tutorials on how to make this work on youtube... just do a search for the products I mentioned. There are places to buy both online - just do a google search. You also will obviously need a ROM image of the Japanese game and the patch.
― Jeff LeVine, Saturday, 18 October 2008 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3528/hiphopee1.png
― the RHETERIC (kingfish), Sunday, 19 October 2008 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice. ANy of you guys know where to find one of those MOther 3 roms? I'm totally throwing this on my cracked PSP... I can't find my GBA + flashcard anywhere.
― burt_stanton, Sunday, 19 October 2008 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
― original dixieland jaas band (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:55 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark
^^^ this
― sleep, Monday, 20 October 2008 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
patched romhttp://rapidshare.com/files/155028165/Mother_3.gba.html
― sleep, Monday, 20 October 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for the tips dudes
― burt_stanton, Monday, 20 October 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay, we need to bump that RPG names thread. Best/most sophomoric character names win.
― the RHETERIC (kingfish), Monday, 20 October 2008 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Dude thx sleep!
― Abbott, Monday, 20 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I always name a character "Banyon II."
I've played through some of it today and it looks to be really well done, a real labour of love.
Nintendo should get some money to these guys and get the translation released for real. Are there any logistical, political, publishing, or commercial reasons why they wouldn't? The main entrenched cost in this kind of project is the translation isn't it? I imagine they would get labour for a snippet of the price from these dudes, were they to choose to 'license' it.
― webinar, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Abbott, why?
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
is this where I admit I've never really played an RPG? unless zeldas count
― coznebb (cozwn), Sunday, 26 October 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm really enjoying this. the story is quite depressing though, for an rpg.
― zappi, Sunday, 26 October 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, I'm at the end of the first chapter, suffice to say the moment when you gain the drago fang is a bit of a downer; funny when the dad starts spazzing out tho
― coznebb (cozwn), Sunday, 26 October 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Holy shit, the mushroom trip level is as genuine a headfuck as a bad trip.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
okay, this sold me on finding an ez card: http://cruiseelroy.net/2009/01/mother-3-battle-music/
― i wanna roll stuff UP, i don't wanna NOT roll stuff up!!!! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Abbott are you playing this on pc or ds? I want to make sure whatever card I get can handle the mother 3 rom
― i wanna roll stuff UP, i don't wanna NOT roll stuff up!!!! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ez flash 3-1 seems to be standard?
― i wanna roll stuff UP, i don't wanna NOT roll stuff up!!!! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
PC
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Thursday, 15 January 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I am really bad at the beat-based bonus hits.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Thursday, 15 January 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
FINALLY playing this; I have never seen a game try to convey genuine pathos! It almost works, but it's still kinda funny.Obvs, writing is great, general interaction very engaging. Just getting started tho'.
― I feel twitterers around me (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 February 2009 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
It’s a pretty quick game that you’re supposed to play through a few times, right?
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:35 (three years ago) link
yes, relatively quick. I did stumble a couple of times and gave up the first play through. I guess it's no big secret that it can be played in different ways and that the story alters not just according to the decisions you make, but how many times you've played it. For example *minor spoiler*, the third time through, one of the characters launches into his usual spiel before stopping and saying 'Wait, you're looking at me as though you've heard this all before...'. It's done in quite a knowing way, but it's genuinely amusing and unsettling at times. I even heard that it is smart enough to know when a player is trying to 'game' the system by doing crafty resets. There are loads of guides online on how to get past some of the more tricky puzzles and enemies if it does get too tedious
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
And as I say, the different styles of play-through depend on different playing styles. So, one style depends very much on logical decisions whereas another depends almost entirely on arcade-style reflexes.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
i have only ever played/finished the game on pacfist mode, i cannot bring myself to hurt the monsters out of solidarity
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
I've finally gotten around to playing Undertale and I just finished my first playthrough (neutral mode)... everything about it is incredible except for the combat? Like yeah, it's cool that you can spare monsters and talk to them, but it would be so much more interesting if it was more complex in the way that most 90s JRPGs are!!! it also just felt too easy, but maybe it'll be harder if i try pacifist mode
the characters, music, setting, story, writing, retro graphics, commentary on violence in video games, etc, are all 10/10 amazing though. the dialogue with burgerpants might be the hardest I've ever laughed in a game
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 7 March 2021 06:13 (three years ago) link
Completing it on neutral is just half the game. Pacifist and genocide (and there are a few secret modes too) is where it gets proper full on. I agree, it's a shame it's really quite a linear playthrough but I guess it's more of a parody of JRPGs than an actual one. I love the music score
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Sunday, 7 March 2021 09:47 (three years ago) link
there was a time where my son would exclusively request undertale OST in the car
and
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, August 5, 2020 11:49 AM (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
still true
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 7 March 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
flowey is taunting me into trying the game on pacifist mode so i guess i'm gonna do that next
and lol i can't imagine having the Undertale soundtrack playing all the time in the car, i'd feel like i'm trapped in a cartoon
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 7 March 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
i listen to stuff like that when i'm working. big fan of "Shop"
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 8 March 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
who could hate on a bit of this https://open.spotify.com/track/2w1FN8hCcAPs10rQw8g20L?si=VYJYQwNHTnydHarM0okrEA
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 8 March 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
I really should replay Undertale, I think I got most of the way through but never finished it and it was great but not excellent.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 March 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
Are the routes discussed or explained anywhere within the game? Like is there any suggestion that a player should do things a certain way?
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 8 March 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link