@OnionKnight4124 Actually Mother 1 was going to be brought to the US. It was cancelled. The main reason the Mother series cant be localized in the US is copyright laws and "the violence"
this game should be the number one played game of all time. It makes you think,laugh,cry and most of all realize the power of friendship. This game is unlike the new ones, out there with its bloodshed and whores. But this is the kind of game that children and adults alike would truly love.
Good bye for now, ninten, ness, lucas, and co. we may have finished your adventures, but we will never forget you guys. you taught us, that love, wisdom, courage, and friendship will aways conquer evil's black heart, and to never give up hope on those you love. Though people criticized your games for being too simple on the graphics, to us your graphics mean nothing. May mother be remembered forever, and passed down from generation to generation. We miss you.
It's so sad that I have never played this game because I'm Finnish, but at least I managed to import Mother 3, and I loved it so much, even tough it was a tad bit on the short side. God I want to play Mother and Mother 2 so bad.
Lol I have never played Mother or Mother 3 (obviously) or Earthbound (on Amazon it goes from $199-$599 D:) and I don't have the stones to illegally download an entire game here.... But MAN do I feel tempted now...
@pastaandawesomesauce Well, you yourself cannot be arrested or anything, and if you can then me and several thousand other people would have by now, if you do download an emulator and ROM. I myself finished Earthbound the other day and it is fantastic. Whether you do buy one or download a copy, or niether for that fact, I just hope you're happy with your desicision.
@OnionKnight4124 The definition of irony- right after posting that comment and working to earthbound music, i finally couldnt take it anymore and downloaded a ROM, Fan Translation, and Emulator to play Mother 3. Only an hour in, and its already above and beyond my list of favorite Gameboy Advance games :D How did a series this awesome NOT sell and stay in America??
@pastaandawesomesauce Cause Nintendo is silly and doesn't like letting America have some of the greatest games they've ever made, unfortunately. I have bookmarked the DL for Mother 3 and have been debating on whether or not to play that one too, I've seen the beginning via chuggaconroy's videos, but I might. I don't understand why Nintendo sometimes thinks "Oh, Americans might not enjoy this game, so we won't translate and ship it to them." When most of the time we will enjoy them.
@OnionKnight4124 Ha I agree with you, man. But you also gotta keep in mind that Nintendo isn't Santa willing to make that special new toy you want. It's a company. And a companies first and main priority is to make money and to pay their employees. Mother still is considered the biggest financial failure of Nintendo, and we're lucky they havent stepped even farther away from us because of it. Heck, we're lucky Fire Emblem made it across seas. Hopefully all their other RPG's will follow one day
@pastaandawesomesauce I know that it's money and mostly money only. It disappoints me, and disappoints me further that somethings I like are basically on the brink of being shut down/cancelled. But in this time of the world, thats all it is about. Money and power. On a side note, I've only played one Fire Emblem game and that was one for the DS. Don't remember the title. but it was one with Marth in it, but it was still good. Also frustrating when they got a crit and killed a vital charcter.
This song just brings a tear to my eye(fits the name pretty well, Smiles and Tears, all of my good memories as a gamer crammed into one piece, thank you Earthbound and Itoi for this absolute MASTERPIECE of a game.
This game has everything a good game needs. a funny story, and a amazing soundtrack, that's never over dramatic, bound to get a few laughs, creep people out, mentally disturb people,and make them want to cry. and then there's gameplay. if your fast enough your character won't die. and the graphics are simple, yet elgant, perfect for a fun family game.you never want to see those pixelated sprites go. this game is better than any over rated rpg on the planet. those are the four factors i rate 4/4!
The Earthbound series is truly special to me because what other game has you fighting New Age Retro Hippies and Master Belch and MOTHER 3 is the only game that actually made me cry. Kudos to you Mr. Itoi for making :D and T_T
Oh the glory days. Why have we spread apart? I remember playing this game back in 2009. It was the first game I ever played that made me tear up, I was 13. Earthbound and the Mother series in general are some of the few games with meaning, more so now. Too bad that it won't ever be released on the Virtual Console.....
Earthbound's ending was really something. I played it at age 19 two years ago and have no recollection of it when I was younger. I also played Chrono Trigger for the first time at that age as well. Nostalgia may make me think that Yoshi's Island has the greatest ending on the SNES, but Earthbound and Chrono Trigger are up there in the top five.
@darknumber000 During the credits, where it shows all the photographer's photos of your adventure (not to be confused with the curtain call right before that)
@darknumber000 during the increadible ending. everyone should hear this song in the game because you know youve beaten one of the greatest games of all time
It's the kind of song that always makes me cry, that ''I miss you'' just reminds me how much I miss my whole family (they're all in Russia, and I can't come back there)...
I see all the fans in the comments. Where are you in real life? Preferably a big titted babe. Show yourself while whistling Paula's theme.I will liberate you.
Earthbound. I always that it was weird. Even though Ness was my favorite character in SSBB. And SSB64. But, on exactly 6/9/11, I actually listened to this song. I was brought down with tears. I have never heard of a song so sad. And, to this day, Im a Mother Fan Forever. ;_;
Why cant more games have more emotioned put into them like the mother series. Halo, cod, god of war, and all these popular kill shit games, i dont gove a flying fuck about whats happening. Mother makes u laugh ur ass off, cry (well, the 3rd one at least), appreciate the simple graphics, awesome music, and conect to the story and characters...
Because not as many game designers are as emotionally fragile and screwed up as Shigesato Itoi these days, that would be my guess. Now don't get me wrong, I fucking love the man and his creations, but he's uniquely emotionally fragile.
cod and halo are just so dumb yeah kill a guy you get a pirze if you do but earthbound and all nintendo games are fun for all ages and can have a amezing sound track
It's times like this that I feel sad for people who don't play video games, or those who feel that games are kids stuff. Games like Earthbound have taught us more about life and love than people will ever know...
heh... cant belive this still makes me cry, just so nostalgic, my my... hey everybody although my eng is not that good if you undertand this tumbs up!... for every of those who played this and didnt "cry till the end" ^_^ this for me is the best game series ever ^_^
FOR ALL THE MOTHER LOVERS, THUMBS UP IF YOU LOVE MOTHER EARTHBOUND, AND MOTHER 3 COSE THIS IS A MASTER PIECE. at least for me is my master piece. :D
@Guitarsmokerr that's gotta be the most retarded reply I have ever read and you didn't have anything to do 'cose if you had the time to write this shit you must have been bored like hell, or you are just an imbecil and stupid asshole. (^w^).l.
@jarrettreiber and i shall pray for you for writing such an stupid coment, if you are the kind of asshole who thinks making comments just for pissing people of, i pray that you never get beaten up by someone who won't controll himself and get the crap out of you, and just so you know "pendejo de mierda malparido", i was refering to the mother games not my mother, in fact my mother is dead, you son of a fucking bitch! _.l..
@megandres1994 i feel the same way. i was rly sad at the end kuz i LOVED this game soooo much. i wish they had an AMERICAN release of the other games. if they make a new one on the wii, it would have to keep the same style as this. (not like what they did with metroid other m)
@MantaStorm Game with a soul...That's what I say the industry needs more of today. Don't get me wrong, there are some. But if people ask me why I never play stuff like military shooters and such I tell them it's because those games do not appear to have a soul to me. What is a game with a soul? Not something that can easily be defined, but you know it when you play it.
@MantaStorm I know exactly what you mean, this game had a soul, and its indescribable how or why...this game just is magical in a way to so many people including me
Why can't we have VG soundtracks where the composer actually puts effort into it, anymore? It's really amazing...All these old soundtracks just sound like the composer poured his heart and soul into something seen as a "child's plaything"...and the result was something outstandingly amazing and emotional.
I must say, this is an adventure I'll NEVER forget. During the credits scene nearing the ending of the song when the guy says, "I miss you (5:11)," I replied "Awww..!" and felt a tear coming on. Really a game that comes to life.
Thanks Mr. Itoi for creating an awesomely creative, and emotional series.
(cont.) borrow my SNES and the game. I laughed and told him that Call of Duty was destroying video games, and for the first time in my life, somebody my age agreed.
I truly love this game. I'm only twelve, so i can't feel the nostalgia other people do, but I've never enjoyed games with the focus of killing. (except for League of Legends!) Once, my friend came over and i asked him if he'd ever heard of Earthbound, and he said he thought it was stupid because there's no blood or killing and one of the characters is a girl.
In response i fired up my SNES and began to play. I played for a whole hour, and after two melodies, he took it back and asked if he could
@starclanman I think most children are like that now. They only want whats new and the graphics. The new ones don't have something these old ones do. charm. Games like this, final fantasy's II, III, Secret of mana, Super metroid, Chrono trigger, A link to the past. These games have so musch unmatchable charm. games like Halo only care about killing. These litterally made you sad at times and moved you in a way other games didn't. These games will be remembered forever. This is from a 13 year old
My name is Liam,I'm 12 and I learned about Earthbound 3 years ago,I have gotten all my friends into it,and I'm helping create new Earthbound fans here in Arkansas,do the same guys. Spread the love. :3
RPGs in general are so lame these days... I mean, Bioware games and all those Elder Scrolls games are fun and all, but they aren't nearly as fun, compelling, and deep as the older RPGs. Games like Earthbound and Grandia show that you can have a fun, compelling, deep, thought-provoking RPG, without being rated M gorefests.
I'm an 11 year old so while I never got to play earthbound,its sparked even more if my imagination.As said games don't lose their magic.Take Mario for example.Games used to be all about using ones imagination!Now days,all kids in my classes talk about all these shooters.It saddens me very much to see it.While I've never played I love earthbound especially for that reason!
@AmateurWisdom everything was deeper and magical back then, but i dont think its that much about the games not being like that again, i think its a thing of growing up and nostalgia, when you were a kid and played that stuff, you imagined all, the bad guys, the worlds, everything was very real in your mind, you felt you were there, then when you grow, things stop being like that, we have things like money and work in our heads, videogames dont lose magic, players do, dont lose the magic fellas
@chaggo21 These newer games have grown to be roboticized and cold. They don't provide genuine entertainment: They provide amusement. Games like Earthbound will always captivate the gamers that have enough softness left in their hearts to feel. Many people I talk to who like newer games show disgust for games like Earthbound. The questions I get are usually along the lines of "so when do I start killing things?" It is sad to know that they are desensitized from true masterpieces like Earthbound.
@chaggo21 Which explains why plenty of kids 12-13 who have no nostalgia whatsoever think video games were deeper and magical back then. Its just the nostalgia they don't have talking.
I haven't lived as long as adults have, I have nothing but My bike and red hat. A smile a laugh and you in My heart, as well as My Baseball bat.
The times we laughed and the times that we cried. No matter what you were there by My side. I thought the two of us were just friends but I hid feelings inside
We had a long journey filled to the brim with fun and hardship, the time flew so fast. Though we have now returned to our homes the moments still seem to last. *2bcont.*
*cont.* Our travels came to an end, as I wait in time for you to be mine. Yet wishing stars fell down like a trend. Will there ever be? A chance for you and Me?
We don't need to cry or worry cause the Earth is our provider. Even if we're broken apart we'll still be bound together.
Don't forget Me, if you're lonely listen to my Heart and know that we're far apart but the time we spent together is still there and we don't need to cry or worry cause the Earth is our provider *2bcont.*
*cont.* Even if we're broken apart we'll still be bound together.
You made Me strong just being who you are. Like a wind blowing and swaying the grass. I know you always walk with a smile. I wonder if that Smiles last.
We had a long journey, filled to the brim with fun and hardship, the time flew so fast, Though we have now returned to our homes the moments still seem to last.
Yes the two who shared all the smiles and tears, one after the other and now it is time *2bcont.*
11 People are the kind of people that I would regret meeting. Whoever dislikes such a beautiful masterpiece like this should be ashamed. It's not my opinion, nor my friends. It's everybody's opinion. This game is just so great, I wonder how somebody could hate it.
@Seisius If "person A" hears that "person B" like a game, that "person A" has never heard of, better than "person A's" favorite game, then "person A" will hate said game, assuming he's your typical "fanboy", as most people call it.
I'm guessing that about 11 people heard that someone likes EB better than their favorite game, so they decided to hate EB, rather than check it out or ignore it, being the stubborn people they are.
@hanoitwin No. Long story short, there's an enemy named Dali's Clock in one of the game's areas and the copyrights on Dali's paintings have changed since it was first released. It is unlikely it will ever be released on virtual console at this rate, even theough it's the most wanted game. There are only 2 ways to get this game now: illegally download it, or shell out hundreds of dollars for a used NES cartridge. Guess which option everyone chooses.
@Monuver Thank's for the answer. i can't believe the reason for this not being available on the wii virtual console and also the cost of buying this cartridge is crazy, hard to believe... i want this game so i know what direction im going in :) peace!
@Monuver I've always heard that it was because of music infringement. A lot of the Beatles music was referenced as objects, characters and whatnot, as well as lifts from their songs (Strawberry Fields Forever) is part of one section in the game.
It's what I've heard, not what I can confirm. And FYI, I actually have a Copy of Earthbound on SNES. Gotta love my Uncle for that game (among Others), but mostly Earthbound. Great game.
I'm so appreciative & happy this game was part of my childhood, playing it on the Super Nintendo in a winter morning. I still have it as well, and i'm never going to sell it :D
I haven't even played yet, but I'm in love with it. It's my fiance's favourite game, and I asked him if this could be our song we dance to at our wedding. I hope that when I finally get to play I'll have as many good memories with it as he does.
heh, personnaly, it's been my first game ever played. I was about 8 years old when started playing this, my father left and I was living with my dog, my mom and my sister. They never understood the game, as it was a foreign language, I learned it all and now everytime I hear this song, it remind me so much... such irony XD
@nintex40 if only they would of thought about knowing that ness has been in the last 3 super smash bros games. It ain't gonna happen just like jfg will never get a sequel. Nintendo doesn't see it as a money maker and there are too many copyright issues involving earthbound.
I've been dying to play Earthbound for a very long time. The problem was, I didn't have an SNES, let alone an Earthbound cartridge.
My dad heard about this and, a few months ago, went out of his way and bought an SNES with some games for $250. He then showed it to me and my brother. It didn't seem like much because he showed us game we already had, but then he put in another cartridge, and we couldn't believe our eyes.
It was Earthbound. I don't know how I'll ever repay my dad...
I was at a game store, obviously not GameStop because they don't recycle anything older than a DS cart anymore, and I asked the guy at the counter if they had a copy of Earthbound.
He literally shed a tear.
My mom had to drag me out of the store, we must have talked for an hour?
This is one of the most influential games I have ever played and seen for that mattereven though most games nowadays cloud the minds of younger gamers I still try to spread its classsicness.
One of my friends kept talking about things called "Roms" i was like What the heck?..And i remembered i used to play melee like heck and he told me about a game called "earthbound" and told me ness comes from it Ness being one of my favorite characters from melee i obviously wanted it so He downloaded me an snes emulator Got me a rom And my life forever changed..Soon he said a game called mother 3 was being patched and it was earthbound 2 i was happy as heck..Soon downloaded it when it came out
@OnionKnight4124 Actually Mother 1 was going to be brought to the US. It was cancelled. The main reason the Mother series cant be localized in the US is copyright laws and "the violence"
MultiRiver00 6 days ago
@Jan4Jen I sudgest you buy the original copies then emulate it. You have to buy it or it will be illegal.
MultiRiver00 6 days ago
This song sounds awesome at 2x speed as well.
Tacityoshi1234 1 week ago
Dear mum, Dear dad.
If something happen and i die when you just live...
Please, play This song at my Furneral
linkXness 1 week ago in playlist Earthbound Music
this game should be the number one played game of all time. It makes you think,laugh,cry and most of all realize the power of friendship. This game is unlike the new ones, out there with its bloodshed and whores. But this is the kind of game that children and adults alike would truly love.
375ROCKMAN 1 week ago
When like a vid isnt Enough....
need a Love button...
linkXness 1 week ago in playlist Earthbound Music
13 people suck at playing this game
Hottelio120 1 week ago
I always cry when I hear this song like now
Hottelio120 1 week ago in playlist Earthbound Music
I didn't know I could feel all these feels.
shawngskinner 2 weeks ago 7
Good bye for now, ninten, ness, lucas, and co. we may have finished your adventures, but we will never forget you guys. you taught us, that love, wisdom, courage, and friendship will aways conquer evil's black heart, and to never give up hope on those you love. Though people criticized your games for being too simple on the graphics, to us your graphics mean nothing. May mother be remembered forever, and passed down from generation to generation. We miss you.
minifig2401 2 weeks ago 6
5:11 This talking FREAKED me out when i was 7
tacodude007 2 weeks ago
@tacodude007 It's the creator, Shigesato Itoi.
RedtheGhost 2 weeks ago
@tacodude007 Really? For me it was the thing that opened the tear ducts, first time i cried at a video game.
TheTlay101 2 weeks ago
it been 1 year since i beat this game
still love it and definitely one of my all time favorites
watzup7856 3 weeks ago
It's so sad that I have never played this game because I'm Finnish, but at least I managed to import Mother 3, and I loved it so much, even tough it was a tad bit on the short side. God I want to play Mother and Mother 2 so bad.
Jan4Jen 3 weeks ago
Lol I have never played Mother or Mother 3 (obviously) or Earthbound (on Amazon it goes from $199-$599 D:) and I don't have the stones to illegally download an entire game here.... But MAN do I feel tempted now...
pastaandawesomesauce 3 weeks ago
@pastaandawesomesauce Well, you yourself cannot be arrested or anything, and if you can then me and several thousand other people would have by now, if you do download an emulator and ROM. I myself finished Earthbound the other day and it is fantastic. Whether you do buy one or download a copy, or niether for that fact, I just hope you're happy with your desicision.
OnionKnight4124 3 weeks ago
@OnionKnight4124 The definition of irony- right after posting that comment and working to earthbound music, i finally couldnt take it anymore and downloaded a ROM, Fan Translation, and Emulator to play Mother 3. Only an hour in, and its already above and beyond my list of favorite Gameboy Advance games :D How did a series this awesome NOT sell and stay in America??
pastaandawesomesauce 3 weeks ago
@pastaandawesomesauce Cause Nintendo is silly and doesn't like letting America have some of the greatest games they've ever made, unfortunately. I have bookmarked the DL for Mother 3 and have been debating on whether or not to play that one too, I've seen the beginning via chuggaconroy's videos, but I might. I don't understand why Nintendo sometimes thinks "Oh, Americans might not enjoy this game, so we won't translate and ship it to them." When most of the time we will enjoy them.
OnionKnight4124 3 weeks ago
@OnionKnight4124 Ha I agree with you, man. But you also gotta keep in mind that Nintendo isn't Santa willing to make that special new toy you want. It's a company. And a companies first and main priority is to make money and to pay their employees. Mother still is considered the biggest financial failure of Nintendo, and we're lucky they havent stepped even farther away from us because of it. Heck, we're lucky Fire Emblem made it across seas. Hopefully all their other RPG's will follow one day
pastaandawesomesauce 3 weeks ago
@pastaandawesomesauce I know that it's money and mostly money only. It disappoints me, and disappoints me further that somethings I like are basically on the brink of being shut down/cancelled. But in this time of the world, thats all it is about. Money and power. On a side note, I've only played one Fire Emblem game and that was one for the DS. Don't remember the title. but it was one with Marth in it, but it was still good. Also frustrating when they got a crit and killed a vital charcter.
OnionKnight4124 3 weeks ago
@OnionKnight4124 I hate it when that happens!
Tacityoshi1234 3 weeks ago
This song just brings a tear to my eye(fits the name pretty well, Smiles and Tears, all of my good memories as a gamer crammed into one piece, thank you Earthbound and Itoi for this absolute MASTERPIECE of a game.
GuitarMasta3046135 3 weeks ago
I cant believe im saying this but I really hope they remake this game.
Afk4life8 3 weeks ago 2
This game has everything a good game needs. a funny story, and a amazing soundtrack, that's never over dramatic, bound to get a few laughs, creep people out, mentally disturb people,and make them want to cry. and then there's gameplay. if your fast enough your character won't die. and the graphics are simple, yet elgant, perfect for a fun family game.you never want to see those pixelated sprites go. this game is better than any over rated rpg on the planet. those are the four factors i rate 4/4!
minifig2401 1 month ago
words can't express what i'm feeling when i hear this song.......i burst out in tears because it's just so beautiful!
Flex1986 1 month ago
The Earthbound series is truly special to me because what other game has you fighting New Age Retro Hippies and Master Belch and MOTHER 3 is the only game that actually made me cry. Kudos to you Mr. Itoi for making :D and T_T
soulgamer789 1 month ago
"I miss ya'."
LightmanCybernetics 1 month ago
Oh the glory days. Why have we spread apart? I remember playing this game back in 2009. It was the first game I ever played that made me tear up, I was 13. Earthbound and the Mother series in general are some of the few games with meaning, more so now. Too bad that it won't ever be released on the Virtual Console.....
Aunpaidintern 1 month ago
Earthbound's ending was really something. I played it at age 19 two years ago and have no recollection of it when I was younger. I also played Chrono Trigger for the first time at that age as well. Nostalgia may make me think that Yoshi's Island has the greatest ending on the SNES, but Earthbound and Chrono Trigger are up there in the top five.
SMRPGFAN101 1 month ago
I used to humm this sonv as a kid and here i am at 23 still humming
stevenmtaylor21 1 month ago
EarthBound epic zombie game it has zombies therfore, making it a zombie,sci-fi and horror game. YOU guys do know what I mean RIGHT?
science9001 1 month ago
When was this music played? :)
darknumber000 1 month ago
@darknumber000 During the credits, where it shows all the photographer's photos of your adventure (not to be confused with the curtain call right before that)
breloom657 1 month ago
@darknumber000 at the end when it shows all of the enemies i think
Cunit1874 1 month ago
@darknumber000 during the increadible ending. everyone should hear this song in the game because you know youve beaten one of the greatest games of all time
awesomeahow 1 month ago
so... freakin... amazing *sobs*
HadoukenDave 1 month ago
13 people got raped by poo. oh wait everyone else did to because poo is just that badass. *cries*
:')
TheNarutoidol 1 month ago
we miss you too earthbound
starfoxrocks1 1 month ago
12 people have no souls.
demoniccheesepuff274 1 month ago in playlist Mother 3/Earthbound Music
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nintendomaster32 1 month ago
Real men can cry.....
minifig2401 1 month ago 38
It's the kind of song that always makes me cry, that ''I miss you'' just reminds me how much I miss my whole family (they're all in Russia, and I can't come back there)...
FinalAuron1 1 month ago
When I saw my name on the special thanks screen, my weakened heart began to weep.
MrHooliganCat 2 months ago
I see all the fans in the comments. Where are you in real life? Preferably a big titted babe. Show yourself while whistling Paula's theme.I will liberate you.
jarrettreiber 2 months ago
Ness...I miss you.
=')
TheImperfectDarkOne6 2 months ago
@nametobedecided Lucky! There's no more copies for what I see now, I wanted to play it on the SNES not the emulator.
DaFohawker 2 months ago
I have never noticed Ness inside of the head of the starman guy (I forget what hes called) until now.
twodimensionalcube 2 months ago
I'm too young to have owned a snes when it was new. I got Earthbound for Christmas and could not be happier.
nametobedecided 2 months ago
I was gonna leave this page, then I realized I was homesick, so I called my mom :)
Pyro25100 2 months ago
EarthBound 3DS would be epic.
vera881 2 months ago 29
@vera881 Yeah. Too bad we can't even have a Virtual Console release of it :(
damn copyrights.
DeliciousBakemeat 2 months ago
@vera881 WHY CAN'T I THUMBS UP MORE THAN ONCE?!?
Yokito121 1 week ago
@vera881 Mega Man Legends 3 would be epic.
ganonvslink1000 1 day ago
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Earthbound. I always that it was weird. Even though Ness was my favorite character in SSBB. And SSB64. But, on exactly 6/9/11, I actually listened to this song. I was brought down with tears. I have never heard of a song so sad. And, to this day, Im a Mother Fan Forever. ;_;
Fawful99 2 months ago
Earthbound, can make men's cry.
MrRage71 2 months ago
I miss you...
Siberianhusky89 2 months ago
I called my mom after finishing this game.
StormZephyr 2 months ago
@StormZephyr After playing the game i craved steak...
Yokito121 1 week ago
Thumbs up if you think the SNES Sound Chip is legendary because of this song
SuperCrazf 2 months ago 7
Nintendo! We know you haven't forgotten this series! Port the series NOW!
Kenpokid4 2 months ago
This is by far my favorite song from any videogame
tk1e 2 months ago
Why cant more games have more emotioned put into them like the mother series. Halo, cod, god of war, and all these popular kill shit games, i dont gove a flying fuck about whats happening. Mother makes u laugh ur ass off, cry (well, the 3rd one at least), appreciate the simple graphics, awesome music, and conect to the story and characters...
masaaki221 2 months ago 3
@masaaki221
Because not as many game designers are as emotionally fragile and screwed up as Shigesato Itoi these days, that would be my guess. Now don't get me wrong, I fucking love the man and his creations, but he's uniquely emotionally fragile.
Peonchrist 2 months ago
K..l.r..i.10 kept praying
killertrip10 2 months ago
cod and halo are just so dumb yeah kill a guy you get a pirze if you do but earthbound and all nintendo games are fun for all ages and can have a amezing sound track
375ROCKMAN 2 months ago
"I'll miss you"
Me too :')
vera881 3 months ago
NINTENDO SHOULD RECREATE THE MOTHER GAMES SO WE CAN FERL THE NISATLGA ONCE MORE!
Ryuuu27 3 months ago
this soooooo epic ♥ mother 3 and earthbound
epicreshiramgirl 3 months ago
@megandres1994
Nothin' to add. Mother 3 and Earthbound are the two best games ever...
MrGamezero 3 months ago
@dittogoop I'm talking about touching heart, not what you think.
Pikafan2132 3 months ago
This game touches me like Pokemon does.
Pikafan2132 3 months ago 3
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It's times like this that I feel sad for people who don't play video games, or those who feel that games are kids stuff. Games like Earthbound have taught us more about life and love than people will ever know...
Bushido21XX 3 months ago 6
11 people have no soul and only play CoD and Halo
imaprettybirdieyay 3 months ago
A game is not popular by it's graphics, but it's popular by it's emotions and stuff.
Pikafan2132 3 months ago 6
heh... cant belive this still makes me cry, just so nostalgic, my my... hey everybody although my eng is not that good if you undertand this tumbs up!... for every of those who played this and didnt "cry till the end" ^_^ this for me is the best game series ever ^_^
FOR ALL THE MOTHER LOVERS, THUMBS UP IF YOU LOVE MOTHER EARTHBOUND, AND MOTHER 3 COSE THIS IS A MASTER PIECE. at least for me is my master piece. :D
megandres1994 4 months ago 143
@megandres1994 that's gotta be the most homsexual comment I have EVER read.
Guitarsmokerr 3 months ago
@Guitarsmokerr that's gotta be the most retarded reply I have ever read and you didn't have anything to do 'cose if you had the time to write this shit you must have been bored like hell, or you are just an imbecil and stupid asshole. (^w^).l.
megandres1994 3 months ago
@megandres1994 Lol. you seem to love your mother in an unhealthy way. I shall pray for you
jarrettreiber 2 months ago
@jarrettreiber and i shall pray for you for writing such an stupid coment, if you are the kind of asshole who thinks making comments just for pissing people of, i pray that you never get beaten up by someone who won't controll himself and get the crap out of you, and just so you know "pendejo de mierda malparido", i was refering to the mother games not my mother, in fact my mother is dead, you son of a fucking bitch! _.l..
megandres1994 2 months ago
@jarrettreiber so is experiencing strong emotion unhealthy for you
WaffleTheQueenz 1 month ago
@megandres1994 i feel the same way. i was rly sad at the end kuz i LOVED this game soooo much. i wish they had an AMERICAN release of the other games. if they make a new one on the wii, it would have to keep the same style as this. (not like what they did with metroid other m)
NickDude2251 1 month ago
3:12 :*)
electricmastro 4 months ago
Graphics are the current generation selling point.
As soon as graphics are the best they can be, they'll have to start putting more effort into the other aspects of games, right?
Like music?
Rellik165 4 months ago 6
@Rellik165 Not just music, but story/plot-wise too :>
Lexyvil 4 months ago
@Rellik165 True, technology can only go so far...
Pyro25100 4 months ago
This is a video game that had a soul. Graphics be dammed, this is everything you need right here.
MantaStorm 4 months ago 42
@MantaStorm 1000 thumbs up but this damn youtube just lets me to put one ^_^. hahaha
megandres1994 4 months ago
@MantaStorm Game with a soul...That's what I say the industry needs more of today. Don't get me wrong, there are some. But if people ask me why I never play stuff like military shooters and such I tell them it's because those games do not appear to have a soul to me. What is a game with a soul? Not something that can easily be defined, but you know it when you play it.
jmeyer2039 4 months ago
@MantaStorm Sadly graphics are partly what ruined video games today.
Ghost0744 1 month ago
@MantaStorm I know exactly what you mean, this game had a soul, and its indescribable how or why...this game just is magical in a way to so many people including me
Cunit1874 1 month ago
earthbound must have touched people different than any other video game could've...
Zer0Skateboard 4 months ago
Why can't we have VG soundtracks where the composer actually puts effort into it, anymore? It's really amazing...All these old soundtracks just sound like the composer poured his heart and soul into something seen as a "child's plaything"...and the result was something outstandingly amazing and emotional.
Gotmilk0112 4 months ago
11 pokeys
Frogger2500 4 months ago
I just finished the game~
I must say, this is an adventure I'll NEVER forget. During the credits scene nearing the ending of the song when the guy says, "I miss you (5:11)," I replied "Awww..!" and felt a tear coming on. Really a game that comes to life.
Thanks Mr. Itoi for creating an awesomely creative, and emotional series.
LuxrayX 4 months ago
It's unbelievable how many good RPGs the SNES had. I don't think any of us really appreciated what we had back then
trapical 4 months ago
@trapical
I wish I could add a million more thumbs-up man.
BrawlFanMario 4 months ago
*sniff*
Emild00d 4 months ago
(cont.) borrow my SNES and the game. I laughed and told him that Call of Duty was destroying video games, and for the first time in my life, somebody my age agreed.
starclanman 4 months ago 6
I truly love this game. I'm only twelve, so i can't feel the nostalgia other people do, but I've never enjoyed games with the focus of killing. (except for League of Legends!) Once, my friend came over and i asked him if he'd ever heard of Earthbound, and he said he thought it was stupid because there's no blood or killing and one of the characters is a girl.
In response i fired up my SNES and began to play. I played for a whole hour, and after two melodies, he took it back and asked if he could
starclanman 4 months ago 6
@starclanman I think most children are like that now. They only want whats new and the graphics. The new ones don't have something these old ones do. charm. Games like this, final fantasy's II, III, Secret of mana, Super metroid, Chrono trigger, A link to the past. These games have so musch unmatchable charm. games like Halo only care about killing. These litterally made you sad at times and moved you in a way other games didn't. These games will be remembered forever. This is from a 13 year old
awesomeahow 4 months ago
@awesomeahow There are still good games nowadays, the point is they aren't so mainstream, like Tales Of Symphonia for example.
vera881 3 months ago
My name is Liam,I'm 12 and I learned about Earthbound 3 years ago,I have gotten all my friends into it,and I'm helping create new Earthbound fans here in Arkansas,do the same guys. Spread the love. :3
sonicfan642 4 months ago 4
RPGs in general are so lame these days... I mean, Bioware games and all those Elder Scrolls games are fun and all, but they aren't nearly as fun, compelling, and deep as the older RPGs. Games like Earthbound and Grandia show that you can have a fun, compelling, deep, thought-provoking RPG, without being rated M gorefests.
mrandmrssaturn 4 months ago
I'm an 11 year old so while I never got to play earthbound,its sparked even more if my imagination.As said games don't lose their magic.Take Mario for example.Games used to be all about using ones imagination!Now days,all kids in my classes talk about all these shooters.It saddens me very much to see it.While I've never played I love earthbound especially for that reason!
YoshiStack 4 months ago
() ◕ ᵜ ◕ () ϡ Did you know? There is no crying until the end?
TheNarutoidol 4 months ago 4
Oh God I'm crying like my whole family was murdered in front of me.
Spektre41 4 months ago 2
Back when video games were deeper and magical...
AmateurWisdom 4 months ago 2
@AmateurWisdom everything was deeper and magical back then, but i dont think its that much about the games not being like that again, i think its a thing of growing up and nostalgia, when you were a kid and played that stuff, you imagined all, the bad guys, the worlds, everything was very real in your mind, you felt you were there, then when you grow, things stop being like that, we have things like money and work in our heads, videogames dont lose magic, players do, dont lose the magic fellas
chaggo21 4 months ago 5
@chaggo21 These newer games have grown to be roboticized and cold. They don't provide genuine entertainment: They provide amusement. Games like Earthbound will always captivate the gamers that have enough softness left in their hearts to feel. Many people I talk to who like newer games show disgust for games like Earthbound. The questions I get are usually along the lines of "so when do I start killing things?" It is sad to know that they are desensitized from true masterpieces like Earthbound.
hollowsephiroth 4 months ago
@chaggo21 Which explains why plenty of kids 12-13 who have no nostalgia whatsoever think video games were deeper and magical back then. Its just the nostalgia they don't have talking.
Catdramaticstatic 4 months ago
5:11 gets me every time
CESkootchy 4 months ago
who got chills at 4:52?
majinjovan 5 months ago
This is my argument for video games being art rather than just time occupiers
mmaaat123 5 months ago 74
@mmaaat123 Hell, use this plus Shadow of the Colossus, and you could convince just about anybody.
Rellik165 4 months ago
*sniff* I'm going to go hug my mom now.
tuxedosponge 5 months ago 2
Drinking some whiskey and listening to some Earthbound music = good night.
thel0lephant 5 months ago 2
I haven't played this game in ages. *hooks up Super NES and plays.
Kefka44 5 months ago
The "I miss you" always sends sad shivers down my spine.
11 people use emulators and hold space down to speed through these cutscenes.
AwesomeFassad 5 months ago 2
This game, well, series, was so great, I'm planning on making a book for each game.
OtakuThreeThousand 5 months ago
Yesterday I was listening to this on my iPhone as I strolled around my local Borders for what will probably be the last time. I'll miss them...
Kev95682 5 months ago
5:12
I was sitting here listening to this as I did my homework when I heard that. It startled me.
Rellik165 5 months ago
I haven't lived as long as adults have, I have nothing but My bike and red hat. A smile a laugh and you in My heart, as well as My Baseball bat.
The times we laughed and the times that we cried. No matter what you were there by My side. I thought the two of us were just friends but I hid feelings inside
We had a long journey filled to the brim with fun and hardship, the time flew so fast. Though we have now returned to our homes the moments still seem to last. *2bcont.*
Thenumber1yoshi 5 months ago
*cont.* Our travels came to an end, as I wait in time for you to be mine. Yet wishing stars fell down like a trend. Will there ever be? A chance for you and Me?
We don't need to cry or worry cause the Earth is our provider. Even if we're broken apart we'll still be bound together.
Don't forget Me, if you're lonely listen to my Heart and know that we're far apart but the time we spent together is still there and we don't need to cry or worry cause the Earth is our provider *2bcont.*
Thenumber1yoshi 5 months ago
*cont.* Even if we're broken apart we'll still be bound together.
You made Me strong just being who you are. Like a wind blowing and swaying the grass. I know you always walk with a smile. I wonder if that Smiles last.
We had a long journey, filled to the brim with fun and hardship, the time flew so fast, Though we have now returned to our homes the moments still seem to last.
Yes the two who shared all the smiles and tears, one after the other and now it is time *2bcont.*
Thenumber1yoshi 5 months ago
*continued* to say hat I need you right here. So don't leave Me in the dark. Yes even through all the smiles and the tears know that I still miss you.
Even through all the smiles and the tears....
(I miss you)
Please know that I
please know that I
Know that I still
Know that I still miss.... you....
Thenumber1yoshi 5 months ago 2
MOTHER 1 taught me how to sing the melody of love and be more patient (every... three... steps...)
MOTHER 2 taught me how to grow up, through smiles and tears. (every three steps!)
MOTHER 3 taught me to treasure what I have, because someday it could get destroyed, and its hard to re-create those treasures. (every three steps...)
So I thank MOTHER nature for giving us Itoi and all the wonderful people who helped make MOTHER, MOTHER! Without it, I'd cry before the end...
pikachuluver44 5 months ago 4
11 People are the kind of people that I would regret meeting. Whoever dislikes such a beautiful masterpiece like this should be ashamed. It's not my opinion, nor my friends. It's everybody's opinion. This game is just so great, I wonder how somebody could hate it.
Seisius 5 months ago
@Seisius If "person A" hears that "person B" like a game, that "person A" has never heard of, better than "person A's" favorite game, then "person A" will hate said game, assuming he's your typical "fanboy", as most people call it.
I'm guessing that about 11 people heard that someone likes EB better than their favorite game, so they decided to hate EB, rather than check it out or ignore it, being the stubborn people they are.
breloom657 5 months ago
Wii have this on classic's?
hanoitwin 5 months ago
@hanoitwin yes actually the Earthbound game was for the Super Nintendo entertainment system
Brotherclips 5 months ago
@hanoitwin No. Long story short, there's an enemy named Dali's Clock in one of the game's areas and the copyrights on Dali's paintings have changed since it was first released. It is unlikely it will ever be released on virtual console at this rate, even theough it's the most wanted game. There are only 2 ways to get this game now: illegally download it, or shell out hundreds of dollars for a used NES cartridge. Guess which option everyone chooses.
Monuver 5 months ago
@Monuver Thank's for the answer. i can't believe the reason for this not being available on the wii virtual console and also the cost of buying this cartridge is crazy, hard to believe... i want this game so i know what direction im going in :) peace!
hanoitwin 5 months ago
@Monuver I've always heard that it was because of music infringement. A lot of the Beatles music was referenced as objects, characters and whatnot, as well as lifts from their songs (Strawberry Fields Forever) is part of one section in the game.
It's what I've heard, not what I can confirm. And FYI, I actually have a Copy of Earthbound on SNES. Gotta love my Uncle for that game (among Others), but mostly Earthbound. Great game.
shogunblade 5 months ago
February 11, 2011. The day my life changed. Am I late to the party? Yeah, but at least I got here.
TheKaradom 5 months ago 3
@TheKaradom hell yeah i got late to the party too, but im so glad i came... best series ever
mmaaat123 5 months ago 2
I'm so appreciative & happy this game was part of my childhood, playing it on the Super Nintendo in a winter morning. I still have it as well, and i'm never going to sell it :D
blingfire03 6 months ago
I haven't even played yet, but I'm in love with it. It's my fiance's favourite game, and I asked him if this could be our song we dance to at our wedding. I hope that when I finally get to play I'll have as many good memories with it as he does.
Octoburfrost 6 months ago
NO CRYING TIL THE END
Frogger2500 6 months ago
My brothers going off to college, in the last five minutes he'll be here i decided to listen to this song and contemplate
loveisallyouneed98 6 months ago
Earthbound saved my life
Dadge42 6 months ago
@Dadge42 how?
CasualThursdays 5 months ago
I miss you.
markthewhalekiller 6 months ago
Earthbound is:
*Population of Mr Saturn*/10!!
TheLingaling 6 months ago
The title of this song is exactly what it brings to those who hear it.
kekensa 6 months ago
heh, personnaly, it's been my first game ever played. I was about 8 years old when started playing this, my father left and I was living with my dog, my mom and my sister. They never understood the game, as it was a foreign language, I learned it all and now everytime I hear this song, it remind me so much... such irony XD
MrHypoglycaemic 6 months ago
I give the Mother series....
23252695698496/10
0822kitten 6 months ago
@0822kitten i give over 9000 bilions /10
onlycollect 6 months ago
@onlycollect Haha, me too. XD
0822kitten 6 months ago
@0822kitten NOT LARGE ENOUGH!!!!! lol
Timman96 6 months ago
@Timman96 How does Alterniabound*times*w*times*9001/5 sound?
0822kitten 6 months ago
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Timman96 6 months ago
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@0822kitten STILL TO SMALL only past chuck norris and infinity that it will be measured. So says the Bagel King!
Timman96 6 months ago
earthbound 4 for Wii U and Wii and 3DS! with epic cutscenes and another great epic history, please nintendo, do it!
nintex40 6 months ago
@nintex40 I'm thinking Mother 4 for WiiU, and Mother 1-3 in a compilation set for 3DS.
ToastMaster623 6 months ago
@nintex40 if only they would of thought about knowing that ness has been in the last 3 super smash bros games. It ain't gonna happen just like jfg will never get a sequel. Nintendo doesn't see it as a money maker and there are too many copyright issues involving earthbound.
SlamTheLabel 5 months ago
no crying until the end!
Frogger2500 6 months ago
5 levels to a video game
1. i hated it (worst)
2. it' wasn't so good
3. it's okay
4. it's pretty good
5. EarthBound (best)
CasualThursdays 6 months ago 3
I've been dying to play Earthbound for a very long time. The problem was, I didn't have an SNES, let alone an Earthbound cartridge.
My dad heard about this and, a few months ago, went out of his way and bought an SNES with some games for $250. He then showed it to me and my brother. It didn't seem like much because he showed us game we already had, but then he put in another cartridge, and we couldn't believe our eyes.
It was Earthbound. I don't know how I'll ever repay my dad...
MetagrossOverlordX 6 months ago
This is Eight melodies REMIXED!
08Darkra80 6 months ago
I was at a game store, obviously not GameStop because they don't recycle anything older than a DS cart anymore, and I asked the guy at the counter if they had a copy of Earthbound.
He literally shed a tear.
My mom had to drag me out of the store, we must have talked for an hour?
ToniToniTonitrus 6 months ago 44
@ToniToniTonitrus Did you eventually go back in to get a copy? :P
electricmastro 5 months ago
@electricmastro They never got one. I'll probably buy two carts and sell one to them, just for the hell of it.
ToniToniTonitrus 5 months ago
@ToniToniTonitrus Makes an old timer like me glad i actually bought it when it was released
nokion 4 months ago
@ToniToniTonitrus that sounds like lots of fun :)
toonwolflink418 4 months ago
MOTHER 3 and Earthbound, god, what can be said about these games that has NOT been said?
I'll go with the generic one.
This game is the best game ever made and the reason all I want for Christmas is an SNES. (I'm 12 years old, not a loser)
drewdeth9 7 months ago
This is one of the most influential games I have ever played and seen for that mattereven though most games nowadays cloud the minds of younger gamers I still try to spread its classsicness.
multikingjd 7 months ago 2
One of my friends kept talking about things called "Roms" i was like What the heck?..And i remembered i used to play melee like heck and he told me about a game called "earthbound" and told me ness comes from it Ness being one of my favorite characters from melee i obviously wanted it so He downloaded me an snes emulator Got me a rom And my life forever changed..Soon he said a game called mother 3 was being patched and it was earthbound 2 i was happy as heck..Soon downloaded it when it came out
nicka209 7 months ago