I’m so surprised you haven’t commented sooner. Y’all both have such a passion that’s admirable and well articulated. Thank you for your content snesdrunk.
He could still be angry at the little stuff that taints a master piece. I think once in a while, reviewing a good game like when he did with Super Mario 3, it is a really nice change of pace and it would give him more material and stuff to work with.
James, there is a reason why the Photo Guy appears.... He's actually a time traveller that was hired by Ness as a grown up to record his adventure because Ness forgot to do it himself and was forgetting details. Problem is that the game itself doesn't actually say it.
Porkynator Yes as if you remember Buzz Buzz says that he is from 10 years in the future and in the future, there is time travel which explains why Buzz Buzz and the Photograph Man got to 199X
As a kid I liked the photo guy for some reason. It was like a nice surprise and seeing all the photos at the end credit made me feel all kinds of emotions.
To me he’s just the main example of Earthbound’s humor. Just from out of the sky a man descends and stops everything, tells you to say “Fuzzy Pickles” and leaves back up into the sky.
His pictures compared to the end are accurately displayed too when the credits roll for the most part. If you miss a pic it wont be there. SOME of the photos maintain the entire context of the picture so if a character is facing the wrong way he or she would be at the end.
Earthbound seems to be a game that's really a reflection of the youths of the programmers who pieced it together, along with their fears and memories. This in turn is a shared memory in their own way for the others who have played it by making them reflect on their own lives now that they are older.
Earthbound is a combination of all of those dreams we had where random shit happens and often don't make sense that is somehow we barely remember parts of.
I played this when I was a teenager and never really understood younger ness meeting older ness. I’m 45 now and midway through this video, I stopped what I was doing and played ball with my 2 year old and we laughed so much. That moment was irreplaceable.
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Another way to look at it, is that it was just a "memory" of his dad constantly calling him. (Of course, the idea of someone literally calling him on the phone, while in his mind, is quite funny.)
I really get a kick out of Ninten's dad in Earthbound prototype for NES. I love how they drew him with a trenchcoat and a hat, at a payphone trying to call his son again. The dialogue is great too.
*Nintendo Power:* You should totally play Dr.Jekyll & Mr.Hyde. it's a great game with a lot of interesting gameplay and story. *Nintendo Power:* Yo that Earthbound game? It stinks. Like vomit.
I’ve always liked to think of Earthbound as a metaphor…or maybe just literally growing up. Giygus is just a metaphor for losing your innocence. The game just makes me feel like a kid again and I love it
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I agree. As someone who played Earthbound when I was 8, I didn’t understand it but as a 16 year old, I now understand that Earthbound is about growing up and childhood in general
And most fans say James Rolfe doesn't work as hard because his AVGN videos don't come out as much as they used to ? Just read the information in the description box under the video, the fact that he spent the last 6 months making this whole thing that you're seeing right now, speaks for itself.
Agree, it's a good one, and while watching it I thought he played this game a lot since he can say a lot about the game and pointed them out in the vid, but turns out he never plays the game before, that shows the many hours spent on it
24:32 I'm surprised nobody mentioned the fact that his dad called him while he was dreaming in Magicant and continues on as if it was just a normal thing.
I have to confess, this is probably the best AVGN episode ever, it's a masterpiece. Started off as a funny episode, then ended up being quite philosophical and emotional. A true masterpiece. Thank you nerd.
My cousin Jonathan passed away a little over a year ago, and one of my great gaming memories is playing Earthbound with him. Earthbound and FFXI were 2 games that I really only could share with him IRL.
Just like Snake standing there smoking a cigarette (a Lucky Strike), so you can have a little while to go to the bathroom; get a drink; have a snack; or just walk around.
27:40 Replaying Earthbound and realized that one of the things your mom can say to you over the phone is "you just keep on truckin'!" I wonder if it was a coincidence or intentional by AVGN now, because that would be some pretty high level detail
Replaying the game as an adult, I realized the dad phone calls in EarthBound are just like the dad phone calls in real life. He knows you're calling because you just need one minor thing, but you still need to visit on the phone for a minute to let him know you're doing alright.
In that case, you might really like Mother 3 considering all of the flaws you pointed out in this video are basically non-existent in that game. On top of that, Mother 3 has a phenomenal story and more emphasis on character development. If EarthBound freaked you out or weirded you out, then Mother 3 will make you cry. EarthBound is all about fighting against the things that are preventing you from moving forward, and Mother 3 is about letting go of all the things tying you back.
Giygas is actually an alien. According to mother 1 you see him as an alien. Only issue is that he is named differently in both mother 1 and mother 2. The story indicates that Giygas was raised by a human couple named maria and george. While maria sang to the baby giygas as if she was its mother, George secretly studied the ailen technology. Learning about PSI. After george escaped, Giygas swore revenge and started conquering multiple planets. Eventually he got so powerful that his body literally couldn’t hold it all and he became the embodiment of pure evil, Unable to think rationally anymore.
I love this game because it taught me back then about how to spend your money appropriately. I lost 20k on Summers hospital only to realize that its only $50 to revive your friends on Onett and teleportation only costs 2PP and a bit of my patience. Truly a life changing experience. It still hurts but it does drill in the point.
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Undertale would never exist without this game. The developers had a problem, their development is very slow which could take 2 years. But then satoro iwata saved the day by helping the developers make the game for just six months. Iwata is a Nintendo legend
And he took Masahiro Sakurai under his wing, who himself became a gaming legend with his hands in multiple franchises, who in turn MIGHT have become colleagues with Toby Fox, another genius who made Undertale! It's like One for All but in C++!
I wanna say bullshit but I can't disagree with this statement. An RPG that breaks all the norms. But I still wanna say that Undertale is still pretty original. It's just a phenomenon along with Cuphead. Originality with a hint of familiarity.
@@solidsnack352 it is an insanely original game, but their are some major links between the two. Like how Toby Fox did work on the Mother 3 translation
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@@justkon1789This game is adicting and when you beat it you just feel like you wanna do it again and it's amazing (except the monkey maze), I've like beat this game 10 times and currently on a new playthrough! But this was a span of 1 and a half years... Glad to share the same experience with someone else!
This is currently my favorite AVGN. Honestly if Rolfe had ended everything here, I think it would had concluded perfectly. This is just such a large overarching story that I think humbled the character that allowed him to fight one of the greatest incarnations of evil that threatens reality. Some moments genuinely gave me chills.
The abortion theory is half true. You're not going inside Ness's mother to abort the baby. You're going inside her in the past to rid Giygas's evil inside the fetus of Ness.
The music throughout this game was always one of the best on the system. They covered such a crazy amount of genres and it was all over the place yet still fit right into the world seamlessly
no the most metal game is castlevania 4 and rock and roll racing and ronndo of blood not the piss poor port castle vania x aka vampires kiss i mean the rela one tg16 and alpha where u been at man havent seen vid from u allmost 6 months
The two composers pushed the SNES's sound hardware. One of them was Hip Tanaka famous for working on Donkey Kong Arcade sound effects, Mario Bros. Arcade, Dr. Mario, Wrecking Crew, Gameboy Camera and Tetris GB. He was the one to contribute to the arrangement of Korbineki aka Type A BGM. The other composer Keiichi Suzuki worked on Mother and this game only.
My favorite episodes are when he reviews well-known and beloved games such as Earthbound and give it the "tough love" treatment. He really likes the fun and gives them a very detailed look but he will significantly highlight the overlooked or apparent flaws with the game. I would to see more formats like this in the future.
I can also imagine a live action Earthbound movie made in the 90s but not sh*tty like the Mario movie. More like Rocky or the Lord of the Rings with it's multiple parts and well done.
One of the undisputed classics of AVGN. An absolutely perfect review showing all of earthbound's quirks and flaws. Also loved the Metallica reference at 21:25
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All those little nuances are what make the game so charming to me. It was my favorite game growing up and still my favorite game to this day. I've played it all the way through at least 25 times.
It really is nice for AVGN to a much deeper in depth review on a game instead of him saying he can't finish a game, uses cheat codes, still can't win and give.
One thing that I really liked after finishing this game is that the credits won't roll after the final boss and a final cutscene in the moments afterward, like in most games and RPGs. Instead, the game has you backtrack from Saturn Valley to Onett on foot... leaving you with this empty moment, when you just walk and reflect upon your experience. This moment was just magical...
I love this game. It's consistently weird and fun. I even love how they made it a challenge to teleport. Somehow it got my full attention with all the choices on the Mini SNES.
It's amazing that even over a decade you're still going strong. Few Internet content creators have those bragging rights. Keep doing what you're doing Nerd.
Came back here after 2 years to say that this continues to be the best episode of AVGN in history. The love this game received here made my 12 year old self cry in happiness. So many people I knew thought I was weird for loving this game. Years later, it was awesome to see the huge community behind this game.
I remember buying Earthbound while it was on sale at my local Kmart. I bought it because I was looking for another RPG for my Super Nintendo after finishing Ogre Battle and Chrono Trigger. Amazing game with a beautiful soundtrack. I dare say it’s the best Super Nintendo game in my opinion right next to Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid.
@@bergfruehling debatable. If you consider snes an art style but consider n64/psx as attempting "realistic graphics" then you are right. But if you consider all three consoles as an art style of the times, they all hold up pretty well in that regard.
the dad constantly asking if you want to take a break is the developers way of trying to teach kids to take a break and go do something else, like go outside
After you beat Giygas it's cool to travel the world and see what's up and I found it very humbling and surreal to drop off Paula back at her house before going home yourself. At the very least re-explore Onett, as you can run into certain NPC's like Frank who is now working at the pizza place. You came a long way on your journey and it's a unique experience for an RPG to be able to see the good that you've accomplished abolishing evil, and even continue doing things like buying that house on the cliff you couldn't afford at the beginning if you never went back for it. It gets me in my feels and I've replayed it a few times as i've gotten older and the appreciation ONLY grows. it isn't perfect, but it is a masterpiece to me and many others. In many ways decades ahead of its time (enemies flee from you as you over take them in power, something many rpgs i WISH would copy).
@@ikelldagay1801 Even though many of us here know what happens in the final battle, he’d still find ways to make it funny leading up to the end, just like the games themselves. No one is going to be happy when everyone realizes that it is truly ending, and that’s okay. I just couldn’t think of a better game to end the legacy that James started than by him finishing it with Mother 3.
This episode gave me "AVGN has come to an end" vibes, going back to his older memories, it felt like the end was here, a farewell. Fortunately he s still releasing episodes.
I always keep finding myself coming back to my video. It’s probably my favourite, above Hong Kong 97 and Big Rigs. Is it just me or is AVGN going through some sort of renaissance, keeping the original flavor of the nerd but adding to it in so many ways and a massive increase of quality
I rented this game back in the day on a whim from the box art and became hooked. Never beat it m, but was always drawn to how deep it was. It used to annoy me that you would get hot in the desert and could die just walking around, but also a cool mechanic I never experienced before as a kid. Love this game.
It's freaking epic, thanks for saving it!! people will do some shit quotes likes this in the comments: "blabla" -- James Rolfe 2018, but they're too stupid to do it with a _really_ awesome quote.
Ive been watching you since i was a kid in 2007 and I think this is your magnum opus. Its not an angry review but its such a great love letter to earthbound and makes me want to play it again. Few reviews, positive or negative, actively make me want to pick a game up. Thanks for making it, and im sure im going to come back and watch it again for many years to come.
You know, I haven't watched AVGN in years, and for some reason I was drawn to start rewatching some older episodes the other day. Eventually, I decided to give this video a watch, being a big fan of Earthbound - and this reminds me of why I admire James and his work so much. There's so much effort here, so much genuine heart behind all the exaggerated swearing and shit jokes. I'm glad you got to experience this game, James, the passion you felt about it really shows through your video. Here's to many more years of the Nerd.
I remember playing Earthbound when I was pretty young and even now, I'm still unsure as to whether or not my memories of the game weren't part of some messed up fever dream.
Only AVGN can still be kicking ass at making these videos for such a long time. Congrats James, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. We love what you do
Earthbound is easily one of the best games that I have ever played from start to finish. It took me about 50 hours to complete because I did a lot of level grinding. And I didn't get the "Sword of Kings."
I think it's his everlasting passion for film-making that preserves his charm, I mean it's been 14 years, there aren't a lot of series that can last that long without getting stale or having to essentially reboot or make a sequel, the only series I can think of off the top of my head that pulled that off is One Piece
i remember watching the AVGN in elementary school now im nearly about to graduate from hs and it looks like you havent aged a frickin day... Glad to see your still doing well
Someone ought to file a restraining order, the creepy old man keeps following 4 kids alone and taking their picture while asking them to say "fuzzy pickles." holy shit the metallica i love you james
Or you have a tent play music for you by playing sound effects in rhythm. Or teleport you to a cafe. Or qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq
I really like this episode because it goes less on the angry and talks about a good game in an interesting way. It shows the avgn character can have more depth than just anger
6:09 i have played earthbound countless times, and even though at this point im starting to remember which npc says which dialogue and stuff like that, i like to talk to every npc i see because of this, i never get tired if Earthbound's dialogue
Fuck, i spoiled myself the intirety of a game I started to play a week ago, which came out 26 years ago because of a 2 year old video, I'm such a fool...
Aldo Parziale I know right. If he met my mom to know the size of her box I would be upset she never introduced me to him . Not that I'm crazy about him indulging in my mom's box ,but I think I would like to hang with the nerd at least once.
Holy shit, you are probably the best creator on RUclips, you’ve kept up your quality ever since 2004. Keep making this amazing shit. Also, I never considered how much EarthBound pushed the SNES’ capabilities, it looks like a game made today trying to capture it. (If you’re wondering I never played any of the mother games until recent)
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"Games are fun! What happened to you?" Is funny but a genuinely heartbreaking line...
@@thunderangelinfinity6865 uhh
A: he obviously has
B: you completely missed the point of his comment
titaniumvolthornet2000 you must work for LJN
Young Nerd: "Games are fun! What happened to you?"
Nerd: "E.T. and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde happened..."
as soon as i read this comment young Nerd said that exact quote
''Oh, you're busy''
imagine going to a hospital and walking up to a nurse and tell them “hey uhm, my friends died how much do i need to revive them?”
Just $200
@@fuziontonygaming and don't forget, *individually*
Let's dare angry game nerd to go to a hospital and ask how much to revive his friends
@@marksuckinbeard1419 🎵He's the crazy hospital nerd🎵
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“YOUR MOM HAS AN OVERSIZED BOX!”
Ok, that line was perfect.
10:07 I almost died
🤭
It's full of adoption papers
Pistachio God I lost my shit
My mom is dead.
This is the absolute best endorsement of Earthbound there is
Never thought you would be here!
i just saw you on the last video i watched lol
I’m so surprised you haven’t commented sooner. Y’all both have such a passion that’s admirable and well articulated. Thank you for your content snesdrunk.
yooo snesdrunk :o. Seriously this is my favorite AVGN video
@@charris1200 lol me too I keep coming back to rewatch this a lot 😂
Don't be afraid to do more "positive" nerd episodes James, as this was one of the best ones you have ever done!
Nah. It was a great one. But don’t really feel like hearing about bits and pieces from a game rather then a game that’s actually shit.
He wouldn't be the ANGRY video game nerd anymore.
He could still be angry at the little stuff that taints a master piece. I think once in a while, reviewing a good game like when he did with Super Mario 3, it is a really nice change of pace and it would give him more material and stuff to work with.
lol k weirdo
@@Karanthaneos well yeah every nerd online does that LOL
James, there is a reason why the Photo Guy appears.... He's actually a time traveller that was hired by Ness as a grown up to record his adventure because Ness forgot to do it himself and was forgetting details. Problem is that the game itself doesn't actually say it.
Is this canon?
Wow that sounds awesome.
@@porkynator1685 this was stated by shigisato itoi when asked where the photo man came from.
You can thank Chuggaaconroy’s second playthrough of the game for making this well-known to more people.
Porkynator Yes as if you remember Buzz Buzz says that he is from 10 years in the future and in the future, there is time travel which explains why Buzz Buzz and the Photograph Man got to 199X
As a kid I liked the photo guy for some reason. It was like a nice surprise and seeing all the photos at the end credit made me feel all kinds of emotions.
Exactly. Well said.
I wonder what do you think to you when you fight giygas....
@@21muhammadikram82, it was "creepy" and "weird" lol.
To me he’s just the main example of Earthbound’s humor. Just from out of the sky a man descends and stops everything, tells you to say “Fuzzy Pickles” and leaves back up into the sky.
His pictures compared to the end are accurately displayed too when the credits roll for the most part. If you miss a pic it wont be there. SOME of the photos maintain the entire context of the picture so if a character is facing the wrong way he or she would be at the end.
Earthbound seems to be a game that's really a reflection of the youths of the programmers who pieced it together, along with their fears and memories. This in turn is a shared memory in their own way for the others who have played it by making them reflect on their own lives now that they are older.
This is 100% true. Earthbound is one of those games that really hits you in the mortality.
@UseTheSupeRsonic so true
He turned himself into a dungeon. Funniest shit ive ever seen
I'M DUNGEON MANN
I'M DUNGEON RICK MORTY
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Hello SCP-1471
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Earthbound is a combination of all of those dreams we had where random shit happens and often don't make sense that is somehow we barely remember parts of.
“You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas’ attack.” That is such a cool concept to me for an enemy. Just unfathomable.
Don't forget "What did Porky do?!" from MOTHER 3 as well. Basically the simplified version of "You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack"
That its the same text in Mother 1 for Gyigue
fun fact: this is matt stone & trey parker's favorite game. they said it was a huge influence on creating south park.
Now I can’t see Porky without thinking about Cartman
Heh, PP.
I just noticed at 10:46, the lady says, "What, what, what?" Just like Kyle's Mom.
I never knew that! 🤯
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"If God had a favorite game, it might be EarthBound."
I can't think of a more flattering compliment for a beloved game, from a beloved nerd.
I so agree, I thought it was a beautiful compliment ❤️
Heh I spy a chuggaconroy lets play on the search tab lol
God looks down from Heaven nodding to this.
EverDownward what about MINECRAFT?
@@Shelbsei EARTHBOUND
"It's one of those.."
That wasn't AVGN, that was James
pure James
What are the other ones
@@theprezydent6250 No one knows
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@@theprezydent6250 Suikoden II on PS1
I played this when I was a teenager and never really understood younger ness meeting older ness. I’m 45 now and midway through this video, I stopped what I was doing and played ball with my 2 year old and we laughed so much.
That moment was irreplaceable.
You’re a great dad
🍪
Wholesome af.
That's honestly really heroic. Not exaggerating at all.
I have a 1 year old son and I feel the same way seeing him
“YOUR MOM HAS AN OVERSIZED BOX!!!” is too underrated of an avgn joke
I didn't even know it was *rated*
For anyone wondering, 10:07. There ya go.
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Heard it right as I read this
@@toptiergod7482your mom has an oversized box
Earthbound's rated K-A because it makes children into adults.
Okay, that was pretty good
I think E for everyone has that covered.
I imagine a kids parents at the gigyas battle being like Be a MaN bOi
Slaanash ahah!
Slaanash xD
1995 rating: K-A
Todays rating (according to the 3DS eShop virtual console): T
i can see why
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I don’t get it.
Giygas
Blue KKK
@@Carcosahead you follow a prostitute into a hotel room
“You don’t just tell me about a Creature from a Vegetable soup AND LEAVE ME HANGIN HERE”
-Avgn 2018
I'm gonna be thinking about that for MONTHS!!!!!
Maybe the story was traumatic or NSFW, and he didn't want to corrupt Ness' innocence.
Ness' Dad somehow managing to call him while Ness was literally unconscious and exploring his own mind destroys me 😂
Hey, a dad should always check on his son, even in his own mind
Another way to look at it, is that it was just a "memory" of his dad constantly calling him.
(Of course, the idea of someone literally calling him on the phone, while in his mind, is quite funny.)
I really get a kick out of Ninten's dad in Earthbound prototype for NES. I love how they drew him with a trenchcoat and a hat, at a payphone trying to call his son again. The dialogue is great too.
Ness's father is the strongest character in Earthbound.
*Nintendo Power:* You should totally play Dr.Jekyll & Mr.Hyde. it's a great game with a lot of interesting gameplay and story.
*Nintendo Power:* Yo that Earthbound game? It stinks. Like vomit.
Kaan Dagdas That’s part of the advertising campaign.
You don't have to always trust the advertisements.
DOES
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COMPUTE!!!!
Lol...
Akeyrtainment that's why I watch walkthroughs of games before buying them like the youtuber radbrad
Fun fact: the running teleport responds to controller input. This can be done to pull it off on an elbowed path, or to perform it diagonally.
Oh shit too bad the nerd didn't know that
Yep I tried it and it worked. It also works with the circling teleportation. If you move it moves you to that input.
Still doesn’t give a whole lot of leeway. Don’t hit the button at the right time and you wasted your PP anyway.
@@trueblueryu5713 "wasted your PP anyway." It's 03:35 in the morning and I think this is funny.
Also, how didn't he know that poo could teleport in a circle all along
seriously was not expecting the nerd to give such a deep theory/perspective on the final boss that i never even considered. great episode
Same tbh it makes some amount of sense too
well it IS called Mother...
The theory that he made about Ness being reincarnated from Giygas can possibly be true.
I’ve always liked to think of Earthbound as a metaphor…or maybe just literally growing up. Giygus is just a metaphor for losing your innocence. The game just makes me feel like a kid again and I love it
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And as an adult, you realize how "down to earth" the world truly is. For the better, AND the worst. Almost like you were born again.
TBH, the Giygas as a metaphor of losing innocence makes sense behind Earthbounds Giygas.
I agree. As someone who played Earthbound when I was 8, I didn’t understand it but as a 16 year old, I now understand that Earthbound is about growing up and childhood in general
And most fans say James Rolfe doesn't work as hard because his AVGN videos don't come out as much as they used to ? Just read the information in the description box under the video, the fact that he spent the last 6 months making this whole thing that you're seeing right now, speaks for itself.
Quality over quantity, I always say.
No, most fans don't say that at all. Don't use dumbasses on RUclips as a metric, an overwhelming majority are smart enough to not get upset
180MPH Slap in the Face Anyone
Agree, it's a good one, and while watching it I thought he played this game a lot since he can say a lot about the game and pointed them out in the vid, but turns out he never plays the game before, that shows the many hours spent on it
The Polybius video also counted as being a great one that took a while too.
24:32 I'm surprised nobody mentioned the fact that his dad called him while he was dreaming in Magicant and continues on as if it was just a normal thing.
stmfolkblues I was playing the game like wtf this doesn’t make sense
It's because his father is supernatural entity too.
That was pretty fuckin funny
Called him to many times, now he’s literally in his head
stmfolkblues ayyyy yume nikki pfp?
I have to confess, this is probably the best AVGN episode ever, it's a masterpiece. Started off as a funny episode, then ended up being quite philosophical and emotional. A true masterpiece. Thank you nerd.
VERY well said!
Agreed
My cousin Jonathan passed away a little over a year ago, and one of my great gaming memories is playing Earthbound with him. Earthbound and FFXI were 2 games that I really only could share with him IRL.
I'm sorry for your loss, but happy to hear that you could share those memories. That's what makes it all worth it.
@@bigchungus6223 Thank you Mr. Chungus. You are very kind.
I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences. :(
FFXI in it's prime was some of the best online gaming ever created. I'll never forget those days.
Stay strong my guy....✌👍
"If God had a favorite game, it might be Earthbound." Well, you do have to pray to win.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Incidentally, that's also how lootboxes work.
Paula has to pray and Giygas make odd comments like it hurts
All those dad interruptions were to keep those Japanese kids from playing for 30 hours straight and dying of dehydration. Like they are wont to do.
And the 3 min waterfall thing was pretty much the game saying "hey dummy, ya gotta learn to stop and enjoy the scenery!"
Subliminal pee break induced
Just like Snake standing there smoking a cigarette (a Lucky Strike), so you can have a little while to go to the bathroom; get a drink; have a snack; or just walk around.
@@r3wciferthe music is pretty creepy in that section though
One of the best episodes ever.
@@efrenaguayo4109 what the fuck are you talking about?
@@davidalvaradoda Too many Earthbound snatch and sniff cards have been sniffed
the Pepsi man episode is great too
@@efrenaguayo4109 what the hell are you even saying?
I definitely agree with you
27:40
Replaying Earthbound and realized that one of the things your mom can say to you over the phone is "you just keep on truckin'!"
I wonder if it was a coincidence or intentional by AVGN now, because that would be some pretty high level detail
Its kinda funny to see James actually enjoying a game for once. A breath of fresh air, just like Earthbound was for RPGs. I dig it.
I have alternative version of earthbound on my 3ds instead of saying war against gygas it says gygas strikes back because of consistency improvement
No he still complains about it.
The game Nintendo Power said stinks was a breath of fresh air.
You call THAT enjoying?
@@Rgoid he said he likes the game though??
Replaying the game as an adult, I realized the dad phone calls in EarthBound are just like the dad phone calls in real life. He knows you're calling because you just need one minor thing, but you still need to visit on the phone for a minute to let him know you're doing alright.
Ethan Copeland I felt it like he had absent father
But why put awkward family conversations as the save system?
Ku Ku Klock to make it awkward
✌ yeah
just like real life
In that case, you might really like Mother 3 considering all of the flaws you pointed out in this video are basically non-existent in that game. On top of that, Mother 3 has a phenomenal story and more emphasis on character development. If EarthBound freaked you out or weirded you out, then Mother 3 will make you cry. EarthBound is all about fighting against the things that are preventing you from moving forward, and Mother 3 is about letting go of all the things tying you back.
How can I play mother 3 in English
YouTubular to bad you need a good translator
Dribin download the English translated version rom or patch the translation to the game.
@@Dribin download a English rom
Buy an English GBA cartridge! You can find them easily online, I’ve had one for years now and it goes everywhere with me haha
Giygas is actually an alien. According to mother 1 you see him as an alien. Only issue is that he is named differently in both mother 1 and mother 2. The story indicates that Giygas was raised by a human couple named maria and george. While maria sang to the baby giygas as if she was its mother, George secretly studied the ailen technology. Learning about PSI. After george escaped, Giygas swore revenge and started conquering multiple planets. Eventually he got so powerful that his body literally couldn’t hold it all and he became the embodiment of pure evil, Unable to think rationally anymore.
Gyg is unborn child why the father run away leave the wife 💔
@@jaloerkirie
Giygas' japanese name "Giiguu" supports the fetus theory.
It's basically baby babbling "gee goo"
Mother: Cog Dis touches up on this a bit
(Not canon but puts logical stuff in-between)
I love this game because it taught me back then about how to spend your money appropriately. I lost 20k on Summers hospital only to realize that its only $50 to revive your friends on Onett and teleportation only costs 2PP and a bit of my patience. Truly a life changing experience. It still hurts but it does drill in the point.
There was one of the later levels that had an area in the corner on the map but I never found out how to get there.
Couldn't you revive them with healing at thar point? Maybe it was later on in the game but it definitely was the best option.
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Undertale would never exist without this game. The developers had a problem, their development is very slow which could take 2 years. But then satoro iwata saved the day by helping the developers make the game for just six months. Iwata is a Nintendo legend
And he took Masahiro Sakurai under his wing, who himself became a gaming legend with his hands in multiple franchises, who in turn MIGHT have become colleagues with Toby Fox, another genius who made Undertale! It's like One for All but in C++!
I wanna say bullshit but I can't disagree with this statement. An RPG that breaks all the norms. But I still wanna say that Undertale is still pretty original. It's just a phenomenon along with Cuphead. Originality with a hint of familiarity.
@@solidsnack352 it is an insanely original game, but their are some major links between the two. Like how Toby Fox did work on the Mother 3 translation
What would the furries of the world do without Undertale
@@chorles3770 and that one time he made a bad rom hack with swears for Earthbound.
Earthbound has the only “Dad” that cares.
Hey my dad cares....my step dad but that still counter
Well, flint kinda cared until...stuff happened
Better than the Pokémon dads
I hate that on a relative curve you're right
Not for me
I’ve probably played this game 4-5 times it’s always a treat
I played on SNES mini 4 years before, and all i can say is awesome game
@@llluma_014 over the span of maybe 6 or 7 years haha, gotta get into the mindset lol
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I’m playing it! I would like to have tips on it! (I’m at the part where I need to save apple kid under stone henge (I think)
@@justkon1789This game is adicting and when you beat it you just feel like you wanna do it again and it's amazing (except the monkey maze), I've like beat this game 10 times and currently on a new playthrough! But this was a span of 1 and a half years... Glad to share the same experience with someone else!
Young James: "Games are fun. What happened to you?"
Background: "Ghostbusters!"
*GHSTBHSTRRRS*
This is currently my favorite AVGN. Honestly if Rolfe had ended everything here, I think it would had concluded perfectly. This is just such a large overarching story that I think humbled the character that allowed him to fight one of the greatest incarnations of evil that threatens reality. Some moments genuinely gave me chills.
that would of been cool if james fought something like giyagas himself in an allegory of his own journey as the avgn.
@@theimortal1974 now THAT would have been incredible.
Wow, I didn't know that ultraseven watches AVGN
Earthbound had some real bad marketing that didn't do the game justice
true, I didnt know about NES till Super Smash Bros featured him :/
+Nintendoad your profile picture is scary.
Tierrez you spelled Ness wrong
@@mosshivenetwork117 nah, it's cute
+Frank 144 whenever I see someone with an anime girl (etc.) as their profile picture I tell them it's scary.
33:25 all of this makes sense, seeing as how the series’ original title is literally “Mother”
The abortion theory is half true. You're not going inside Ness's mother to abort the baby. You're going inside her in the past to rid Giygas's evil inside the fetus of Ness.
@@maxpower4868you dont go inside ness’ mom what the heck?
@forceghostyoda5730 talking about the "theory" not what's portrayed in the game
@@maxpower4868 still a weird theory
"Your mom has an oversized box!" Is my favorite AVGN quote
The music throughout this game was always one of the best on the system. They covered such a crazy amount of genres and it was all over the place yet still fit right into the world seamlessly
no the most metal game is castlevania 4 and rock and roll racing and ronndo of blood not the piss poor port castle vania x aka vampires kiss i mean the rela one tg16 and alpha where u been at man havent seen vid from u allmost 6 months
The two composers pushed the SNES's sound hardware. One of them was Hip Tanaka famous for working on Donkey Kong Arcade sound effects, Mario Bros. Arcade, Dr. Mario, Wrecking Crew, Gameboy Camera and Tetris GB. He was the one to contribute to the arrangement of Korbineki aka Type A BGM. The other composer Keiichi Suzuki worked on Mother and this game only.
AlphaOmegaSin No kidding. That was one of the best parts
+Retrogaming Insanity make more videos
make more videos
"You gotta be insane to come up with this."
Or Japanese.
Actually you have to be Japanese to come up with this and actually make it work
Or on LSD
same thing
Desu!
Disturbed Renegade Grant Morrison disagrees.
My favorite episodes are when he reviews well-known and beloved games such as Earthbound and give it the "tough love" treatment. He really likes the fun and gives them a very detailed look but he will significantly highlight the overlooked or apparent flaws with the game. I would to see more formats like this in the future.
In a perfect world, Studio Ghibli would make a Earthbound movie
They made an Earthsea, that's close enough.
This game definitely looks like something ghibli would make
I can also imagine a live action Earthbound movie made in the 90s but not sh*tty like the Mario movie. More like Rocky or the Lord of the Rings with it's multiple parts and well done.
Imagine a Studio Ghibli Giygas.
YES
I remember back in 2010, all I wanted was for avgn to go a ep on earthbound.
I'd say this was worth the wait honestly
I was wondering that back in 2015 that what if AVGN reviewed a mother/earthbound game
Now let's wait for Mother 3
do*
@@thomasedwardharrison2879 mother 3 fixed all the problems from earthbound soooo
Really worth it. :)
Fun fact: the names MILLY, LILLY, BOB and OLIV were chosen by James' oldest daughter.
How do you know? Did you check the AVGN wiki? That's pretty interesting.
Actually, I read it on the episode's IMdB page.
@@MissBarker93 thanks.
@@superspectacularstubby it's also right in the description of the video and he has said it before on camera, just saying
@@jbfarley Do you really expect me to read all that?
One of the undisputed classics of AVGN. An absolutely perfect review showing all of earthbound's quirks and flaws.
Also loved the Metallica reference at 21:25
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There aren’t many RUclipsrs who could hold my attention for 40 mins, but you make it fly by man. I really need to try this game now I think 😂
Try it. You won't be disappointed.
felt like 10 min to me. Immersion overdrive.
Yeah I feel the same. his videos are so damn fun to watch.
Linkmon99 you'll love it
Linkmon99 it's really good and entertaining, but you gotta play it smart and have lots of patience.
10 years from now, this video will age like a fine wine.
Nice
That's what games will trend to be
Following.
like the previous avgn episodes
You deserve my applaud
"If God had a favorite game -- *it might be **_EarthBound_** !* "
--James Rolfe, 2018
Joke
If god actually existed. Keep in mind there is no substantial evidence that a god even exists.
@@spindalis79 I dont believe in such a thing too.
@@spindalis79 The whole world already knows God exists. You just missed the boat haha!!
@@spindalis79 jeez man, he was literally just quoting James. No need to make this a serious religious discussion...
All those little nuances are what make the game so charming to me. It was my favorite game growing up and still my favorite game to this day. I've played it all the way through at least 25 times.
fav AVGN episode ever
Thanks Chad Pennington
same here
It really is nice for AVGN to a much deeper in depth review on a game instead of him saying he can't finish a game, uses cheat codes, still can't win and give.
@@DigitalFulcrum Really fitting for a great game
This one is fantastic, I’m pretty partial to The Wizard / Super Mario Bros 3 one!
One thing that I really liked after finishing this game is that the credits won't roll after the final boss and a final cutscene in the moments afterward, like in most games and RPGs. Instead, the game has you backtrack from Saturn Valley to Onett on foot... leaving you with this empty moment, when you just walk and reflect upon your experience. This moment was just magical...
You can use PK Teleport though
The Grizz Bear W
oh YES. that was one of the cutest things i've experienced in a game.
There's a lot of zen in the Mother series in general. Mother 3's ending in particular.
Kinda like you have to return to Tantegel Castle in Dragon Quest I-III?
I know you’re the Angry Video Game Nerd but I really enjoy the reviews of actual good games like this one.
I love this game. It's consistently weird and fun. I even love how they made it a challenge to teleport. Somehow it got my full attention with all the choices on the Mini SNES.
It's amazing that even over a decade you're still going strong. Few Internet content creators have those bragging rights. Keep doing what you're doing Nerd.
10 years of AVGN...wow do I feel old already. Lots of great memories.
Lel
Good to see the Big Rigs commercial guy again.
Mint sauce is that smell
Ikr he's always winner
Came back here after 2 years to say that this continues to be the best episode of AVGN in history. The love this game received here made my 12 year old self cry in happiness. So many people I knew thought I was weird for loving this game. Years later, it was awesome to see the huge community behind this game.
I came after 3 years. It is by far the bet AVGN episode ever. Is so special!
I remember buying Earthbound while it was on sale at my local Kmart. I bought it because I was looking for another RPG for my Super Nintendo after finishing Ogre Battle and Chrono Trigger. Amazing game with a beautiful soundtrack. I dare say it’s the best Super Nintendo game in my opinion right next to Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid.
"abortion exorcism"
that in itself, if done and handled the right way, could be a grotesque but brilliant film idea.
And time travel
Found the name to my new metal band!
Sounds like that could apply to a Rosemary's baby sequel, ya know?
Silent Hill 3 (the ps1 game)
Thanks
Graphically the game looks great. It holds up beautifully after 28 years. One of the best games on the SNES.
You can really see how similar is to Pokemon, as the development team I'm pretty sure is closely affiliated.
@@kylem1112 wouldn’t be surprised.
All of the SNES stuff aged better than N64 or PS1 :D
@@kylem1112 ape inc the company for the mother games also made a lot of the poke'mon games.
@@bergfruehling debatable. If you consider snes an art style but consider n64/psx as attempting "realistic graphics" then you are right. But if you consider all three consoles as an art style of the times, they all hold up pretty well in that regard.
wow this episodes already 2 years old, crazy cuz it feels like it just came out. such a good avgn episode
It's the best AVGN to date and it's the last AVGN James himself made.
What what? Now I'm confused...
Same
I still feel like some of the 2015 - '16 episodes just came out...
Ye
I love how he tried to act angry at the magazine. But you could tell he was gently setting it down to not ruin it lol
I’m in tears. This is one of the definitive episodes of avgn. Not only that but this one creates an existential dread for me
23:28 got me
Mother will do that to you
"I'm in tears". Really
_"No tears until the end"_
I’m in tears. This is one of the definitive episodes of avgn. Not only that but this one creates an existential dread for me
the dad constantly asking if you want to take a break is the developers way of trying to teach kids to take a break and go do something else, like go outside
Magna Ryuu Doesn't matter, it's still obnoxious bullshit when you're just trying to enjoy a game.
and 20-ish years later all the newer Nintendo games added in "take a break" reminders.
kekekeke
They may do it due to a lawsuit they got.
TehFreakPlays EVERYTHING'S LINKED
After you beat Giygas it's cool to travel the world and see what's up and I found it very humbling and surreal to drop off Paula back at her house before going home yourself. At the very least re-explore Onett, as you can run into certain NPC's like Frank who is now working at the pizza place. You came a long way on your journey and it's a unique experience for an RPG to be able to see the good that you've accomplished abolishing evil, and even continue doing things like buying that house on the cliff you couldn't afford at the beginning if you never went back for it.
It gets me in my feels and I've replayed it a few times as i've gotten older and the appreciation ONLY grows. it isn't perfect, but it is a masterpiece to me and many others. In many ways decades ahead of its time (enemies flee from you as you over take them in power, something many rpgs i WISH would copy).
Ohhh so it's actually like Dragon Quest, that's amazing!
I believe I know the main message of Earthbound, that being, patience.
"Your MOM has an oversized box!!!" ROFL! Perfect delivery James.
This is my favourite line in the entire series.
What does rofl mean
@@yamman225 rofl
@@yamman225 rolling off for lucas
@@yamman225 no he just misspelled Rolf with rofl
If James ever reviews Mother 3, then it will be the final AVGN episode.
Man, I don't know if he would mention the fact that there was a final boss that was even scarier or at the same time as Gygas
@@ikelldagay1801 Even though many of us here know what happens in the final battle, he’d still find ways to make it funny leading up to the end, just like the games themselves. No one is going to be happy when everyone realizes that it is truly ending, and that’s okay. I just couldn’t think of a better game to end the legacy that James started than by him finishing it with Mother 3.
Id assume it would be one of his childhood games instead of a game he never played.
This somehow made me not a want a Mother 3 episode. I don't want avgn to end :c
This episode gave me "AVGN has come to an end" vibes, going back to his older memories, it felt like the end was here, a farewell. Fortunately he s still releasing episodes.
I always keep finding myself coming back to my video. It’s probably my favourite, above Hong Kong 97 and Big Rigs.
Is it just me or is AVGN going through some sort of renaissance, keeping the original flavor of the nerd but adding to it in so many ways and a massive increase of quality
@@pass_ since 2004 actually 15 years roughly damn I feel old now.
I rented this game back in the day on a whim from the box art and became hooked. Never beat it m, but was always drawn to how deep it was. It used to annoy me that you would get hot in the desert and could die just walking around, but also a cool mechanic I never experienced before as a kid. Love this game.
This was an instant classic AVGN episode. It was very interesting and informative. Good to know you still got it James!
indeed very well done!
I've rewatched this particular episode a few times and have loved it every time. It's so original and the game is amazing!
“If God had a favourite video game, it might be Earthbound”
Hello new favourite AVGN quote
2:07 - My favorite line in the whole video actually; *"If god had a favorite game... It might be EarthBound!"*
Yeah, that's pretty messed up... And interesting!
It's freaking epic, thanks for saving it!!
people will do some shit quotes likes this in the comments: "blabla" -- James Rolfe 2018, but they're too stupid to do it with a _really_ awesome quote.
He was sarcastic
@@nikolaikolev8252 You demon. Everyone knows that God likes that game haha!
I won't blame him if that was true
Ive been watching you since i was a kid in 2007 and I think this is your magnum opus. Its not an angry review but its such a great love letter to earthbound and makes me want to play it again. Few reviews, positive or negative, actively make me want to pick a game up. Thanks for making it, and im sure im going to come back and watch it again for many years to come.
You know, I haven't watched AVGN in years, and for some reason I was drawn to start rewatching some older episodes the other day. Eventually, I decided to give this video a watch, being a big fan of Earthbound - and this reminds me of why I admire James and his work so much. There's so much effort here, so much genuine heart behind all the exaggerated swearing and shit jokes. I'm glad you got to experience this game, James, the passion you felt about it really shows through your video. Here's to many more years of the Nerd.
I remember playing Earthbound when I was pretty young and even now, I'm still unsure as to whether or not my memories of the game weren't part of some messed up fever dream.
Maybe play it again?
Ironically something like that happened to itoi once when he was young, I believe he used that as inspiration for giygas or something.
@@ohmygahdbilly he walked into a wrong theater, which ended up being a scene of someone being raped
@@justaspectator9762 It wasn't a rape scene. It was a scene where a woman gets hacked to pieces.
I had to stop playing at the mole maze but finished it
Only AVGN can still be kicking ass at making these videos for such a long time. Congrats James, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. We love what you do
Earthbound is easily one of the best games that I have ever played from start to finish. It took me about 50 hours to complete because I did a lot of level grinding. And I didn't get the "Sword of Kings."
Six months and six hours later I got the sword.
Even after all these years, you’ve still got your charm
Connor Piercy Such as...?
Ur welcome, worth it
i agree with you. that schmuck got stale when he reviewed The Matrix. >_
He is like a fine wine.
I think it's his everlasting passion for film-making that preserves his charm, I mean it's been 14 years, there aren't a lot of series that can last that long without getting stale or having to essentially reboot or make a sequel, the only series I can think of off the top of my head that pulled that off is One Piece
i remember watching the AVGN in elementary school now im nearly about to graduate from hs and it looks like you havent aged a frickin day... Glad to see your still doing well
his oldest video goes back to 2006 , he looked like a kid (late teens) back then
GenOner uh he looked early 20s what u talking about? Coming from someone who was a teen watching him back then lol
He's one of us 80s kids, he's 38 now.
you're about to graduate from highschool, but still can't spell you're
Sorry my grammar tends to slip when im on the internet since ya'know no one really cares
Someone ought to file a restraining order, the creepy old man keeps following 4 kids alone and taking their picture while asking them to say "fuzzy pickles."
holy shit the metallica i love you james
I'd rather him ask me to say fuzzy pickle than him asking me to hold funny pickle...
This review was honestly one of, if not, the coolest AVGN review ever.
Imagine if he did a video on Mother 3
Agree
That's the thing about Earthbound: some of those fights are in tents.
hehehehe in tents hehehehe
Or is a tent.
Bomp womp! Lol
Or you have a tent play music for you by playing sound effects in rhythm. Or teleport you to a cafe. Or qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq
I really like this episode because it goes less on the angry and talks about a good game in an interesting way. It shows the avgn character can have more depth than just anger
Indeed, there would be no AVGN if there weren't good games to revel that the awful ones get in the way of.
YOUR MOM HAS AN OVERSIZED BOX!!!
6:09 i have played earthbound countless times, and even though at this point im starting to remember which npc says which dialogue and stuff like that, i like to talk to every npc i see because of this, i never get tired if Earthbound's dialogue
Fuck, i spoiled myself the intirety of a game I started to play a week ago, which came out 26 years ago because of a 2 year old video, I'm such a fool...
Just play mother 3 blind then
@@StarmenRock fair enough
@@dixinmayas938 Tell me that you also spoiled that one,it'd be hilarious
"Your MOM has an OVERSIZED BOX!"
Aldo Parziale I know right. If he met my mom to know the size of her box I would be upset she never introduced me to him . Not that I'm crazy about him indulging in my mom's box ,but I think I would like to hang with the nerd at least once.
"Oh, don't you talk about his oversized boxes! HE LIKES OVERSIZED BOXES!"
🤣🤣🤣
Putting this video on again while I pack for a big trip. I get the feeling this is gonna be one of those videos I just put on all the time.
I'm not gonna press the like button, only because there is 69 likes... Sorry.
Tim, are you going to put it on.. IN THE BATHROOM?
John Roberts How do you know my name?
I don't lol, NintendoCapriSun's real name is Tim
NintendoCapriSun hi dude
The happy town music is such a thing, which makes evil hiding in Kakariko Village so haunting and memorable.
My dream is seeing James review Mother 3. I could die a happy man if he did that.
And Earthbound Beginnings
@Random Person why not
Eat your cereal
Eat your cereal
I call that game "Earthbound Advance"... a lot of GBA games were retreads or sequels that had "Advance" in the title, so I think it makes sense.
Never thought a good game would be one of AVGN's best episodes.
Maybe thats the beginning of an new Aera.
AVGN rewiew good Games.
Al Bundy
i unironically want this to happen. analytical nerd is so much better than angry nerd.
The shit jokes were never funny. Reviews of obscure NES games is what made him popular, not the toilet humor.
You didn't watch the Super Mario Bros 3 episode?
Well, the Super Mario Bros 3 episode is great
I'm watching this while waiting at the waterfall
Nice avatar
Me in happy happy town bcaus idm how to pass xD
Same here
@@Procastinado Walk into EVERY HOUSE. You'll find a cult room. Wait, I'm a month late fuuuHUUUU-
What water fall undertale
質の高い日本語字幕に敬意を表する。AVGN による多分珍しいのだろう神ゲー解説が見れて感慨深い。
Holy shit, you are probably the best creator on RUclips, you’ve kept up your quality ever since 2004. Keep making this amazing shit.
Also, I never considered how much EarthBound pushed the SNES’ capabilities, it looks like a game made today trying to capture it. (If you’re wondering I never played any of the mother games until recent)