16-Bit Gems #11: EarthBound - The Review [3/3] (Super Nintendo)

This is part 3 of 3 in our review of EarthBound for the SNES.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6snV13D08
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ysIrTL0kQ

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Roo finishes off EarthBound-a-palooza with a thorough review of the game itself. By examining the story, writing, graphics, music (good God, the music), and all the other little touches that make EarthBound great, hopefully you'll feel compelled to give this king of the overlooked games a playthrough - whether it's your 1st or your 101st time.

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[andrmar94]

what is that music track called 1:06 i mean the real one not the cheer version

[ClanOfTheGrayWolf]

@andrmar94 "Eight Melodies" (not to be confused with Mother 1's "Eight Melodies"), though the melody was also used in "Smiles and Tears"

[chuggaaconroyfanboy1]

does actually like never gonna give you up and dont carethat it is a HUGE intenet meme like this comment if you do

[heerogunkenobi]

@vivelecorn right you are

[vivelecorn]

@heerogunkenobi Halo actually has a good story line, not as emotional as Earthbound of course, but these lame war storied based games like COD get boring real easy, and lack charm like Earthbound had.

[heerogunkenobi]

god earthbound is such a fucking awesome game way better then call of duty and halo and all other boring repetitve games in todays consoles in my personal opinion you just dont see much creativity and heart like earthbound anymore :(

[nicflicks]

earthbounds awsome. nuff said

[321cheeseman]

@LinguistTroubadour Yes, the melodies are only somewhat similar, but in a lot of cases, EarthBound uses samples directly lifted from other sources, and sampling has somewhat... iffy legality.

Now, I don't think this is even remotely a big enough deal that Nintendo need be worried about litigation, but hey.

[deathman1021]

thanks roo, you just told me that Crono Trigger rick rolled us, lousy hipster robo

[ZavenNes1718]

I stared the review which i have already seen it and the history 3 times, and i started watching this for something small at the begging of the first part but i kept watching and watched them all again

[MindOfCreativity]

I cried out loud when I completed Earthbound.

[SuperShinyGyarados]

Why must the cheapest one on eBay be $70.00?