EarthBound Central

Monday, January 12th, 2009 | EarthBound Stuff | 5 Comments

If it looks like I’ve been slowing down on this blog lately, it’s because I’ve actually been busy spinning all the EarthBound stuff into its own separate blog, which I call EarthBound Central. The mix of EB and non-EB stuff here was getting kind of weird I felt So if you click any EB-related links here, you might automatically get redirected there. EBC actually isn’t 100%... Read More >>>

EarthBound Double Enemy Trick

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | EarthBound Stuff, Videos | 9 Comments

Here’s a very little-known trick in EarthBound. It also works in MOTHER 2. There are some enemies in the game that don’t attack in groups. But you can get them to attack in groups anyway with this little trick. (more…) ... Read More >>>

Weird EarthBound Glitch

Friday, January 2nd, 2009 | EarthBound Stuff, Videos | 14 Comments

Here’s a strange glitch thing in EarthBound that very few seem to know about. If you go to this one section below the bottom right pillar in the Threed circus tent and press L, sometimes the text box will seem to delay a tiny bit. If you keep doing this over and over, you can get it to do weird stuff. Usually it just prints garbage letters and sometimes prints garbage letters in strange new... Read More >>>

Gamasutra Interview

Friday, December 26th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Miscellaneous, Translation | 13 Comments

I just remembered I was interviewed a few weeks ago for an article at Gamasutra. I usually tend not to do interviews (I made reid do all the bazillion Mother 3 interviews ) but Gamasutra is cool so I did it anyway. You can read it here. Nothing too special and it’s mostly just quotes from me. Or para-quotes in some cases. Some of the information there is wrong though. For instance, I worked... Read More >>>

EarthBound Manga Present!

Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Translation | 5 Comments

(Click to see the larger version) A quick Christmas gift for EB fan visitors ... Read More >>>

Ness is Naked!

Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff | 32 Comments

As many know by now, a lot of stuff was changed during the localization from MOTHER 2 to EarthBound. One of the most famous changes is that Ness is naked when walking around inside his mind in MOTHER 2, but in EarthBound, they put pajamas on him. You can read about this stuff and more over at MOTHER 2 to EarthBound and Back Again, which I swear I’m still working on. In fact, today is the 1 ... Read More >>>

MOTHER 1+2 Translation Update 1

Friday, December 19th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Translation | 53 Comments

Just a small update about the MOTHER 1+2 translation, since it’s been a few weeks since I announced I was working on the MOTHER 1 part of the game. (more…) ... Read More >>>

Mach Pizza Air Freshener

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff | 7 Comments

Back when EarthBound was released on the Super NES, the game came with a big ol’ strategy guide for free. Inside the guide were some smelly scratch-n-sniff cards, and with one card, you had to identify the smell and send your answer in to Nintendo. Supposedly, if you got the answer right, you would get something. (more…) ... Read More >>>

EarthBound on Virtual Console?

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff | 26 Comments

Isn’t it strange and sad that EarthBound still isn’t on the Wii Virtual Console yet? (more…) ... Read More >>>

EarthBound Keychain Adventures! Ep. 8

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Pictures | 8 Comments

When we last left off, Master Belch had just used the Bad Key Machine he stole from Jeff to infiltrate the Mach Pizza in Twoson. He also caught Paula with some of Melon Kid’s Pretty Girl Paper. Little did he know that Ness likes both pizza and Paula… (more…) ... Read More >>>