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Earthbound: Onett Theme

Recently shared this with some friends and decided to post here as it’s a great track one of the best games on the Super Nintendo.

What Are You Playing During Quarantine?

Hope all of you are having a safe quarantine. With that I was curious what everyone was up to while we are all locked away in our houses. Since I have a 4 year old most of my weekend time is spent with him but I have been making time to play some Super Nintendo Classic and focusing on Earthbound and Star Fox. I nearly beat Star Fox yesterday but Andross shut me down on my last life.

The Nerd Reviews Earthbound

It's odd to get an Angry Video Game Nerd review of Earthbound but after watching it i'm glad he made this. It's not too far into the review where he does admit that this might be one of the best Super Nintendo games of all time. I also like that he critiques some of Earthbound's lesser features such as not being able to buy multiple items and the amount you are punished for dying. The death punishment can be circumvented with a SNES Classic save state but if you are playing it the way the original creators intended you can spend 30 minutes backtracking to bring your party back.

It's a great review of Earthbound but my only warning is that if you haven't played the game... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/26/2018 at 05:39pm

I wish I could get into this game, it sounds like such a fun trip. But, I just can't get past the beginning story. Maybe because it's set it modern time, but the "You're the chosen one" story just really fell flat to me.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/26/2018 at 06:12pm

But, after watching this video, I'm glad I got to see at least some of the trip!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/27/2018 at 02:50am

Adam. Your the chosen one... to PLAY EARTHBOUND!

Oh wait.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/27/2018 at 05:40am

Lol, I'm just going to have to force myself at some point.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/27/2018 at 01:56pm

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SNES Classic Trailer & Pre-Orders Go Up And Are Sold Out In Seconds

The US release Super Nintendo Classic trailer has gone up and this retro feast confirms many details that were in the Japanese Famicom Classic trailer. Live rewind & game borders are coming to the Super Nintendo Classic. Last night pre-orders went up on Amazon and Best Buy and sold out quickly. Many were happy to secure one but many were sleeping, including myself. Hopefully the rest of the pre-order sites go live today and there is a brief window where I can pick on up.

If you are interested in getting on I urge you to check the Nintendo page for retailers that have yet to go live with pre-orders like Walmart & Target:

https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 08/22/2017 at 05:26pm

Just saw an email that it was in stock at Walmart... went to check and they're sold out.

Uuuuuuuggggghhhhhh

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/22/2017 at 07:01pm

Looks like they are selling out in around 30 seconds.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/22/2017 at 07:22pm

Yep. I've a had a few in my virtual hands and then click buy either killed the site or it was snatched away by Gremlins.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/22/2017 at 09:32pm

I thought I had one at gamestop but the site crashed.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/23/2017 at 01:12am

Right. I think the only options we have now are ... getting lucky to find one in a store.

So yeah, looks bleak.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/26/2017 at 04:20am

There's hope. Let's see if Walmart sends me an email in a couple days saying "Ooooohhh sorry. We shouldn't have sold you that."

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2017 at 01:07pm

A little context there, Travis and I JUST pre ordered a SNES Classic at Walmart. I'm going to wait a bit before posting about it though as last time... well it didn't work out

Travis Admin wrote on 08/28/2017 at 06:24pm

So how comfortable do you feel today? I got an email that there had been a change in my order and freaked out a bit, but it was just a release date change.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 06:35pm

What was the change? I haven't seen that email yet.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/28/2017 at 07:25pm

It went from a delivery date of Oct 6 to Oct 3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 07:36pm

Oh nice!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/28/2017 at 09:41pm

Did you order me one?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2017 at 09:51pm

Sorry, I only ordered 50. 49 of those are saved for EBay!

J/k I think Walmart just allowed pre ordering one.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/29/2017 at 02:35am

You have to pay for your kid's college somehow.

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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 1 - The First One Where We Talk About The Super Nintendo Classic!

"Jon, Travis, Tim & Scrypt are back after the destruction of The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable for an all new Podcast, Cheerful Ghost Radio! We start things up talking about what we've been playing and watching and then dive in to the best things that came out of this years E3! Nintendo dropped a huge bit of news today in that they will be releasing the Super Nintendo Classic on September 29th! We discuss our thoughts on that and ask the question "will we be able to actually get one?"

This is the first episode of Cheerful Ghost Radio and as such we are still tweaking things to create a great show. Let us know your thoughts on the new show and anything we can do to... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 06/30/2017 at 03:49am

It's been too long since we got together to talk games! This was super fun to make!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/30/2017 at 04:13am

Agreed, it's nice to be back!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/30/2017 at 05:39am

Super rad! Welcome to the world of podcasting! Now, hurry up and get on Google Play lol

scrypt Supporter wrote on 06/30/2017 at 01:28pm

I love it! Turned out really well. And now YouTube won't insist on picking my worst poses as cover images! :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/30/2017 at 09:14pm

I'll always miss those poses!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 07/01/2017 at 05:51am

Wait, I just realized the topic is marked as Earthbound? Huh? :P

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/01/2017 at 01:30pm

Because it's on the SNES Classic of course!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/02/2017 at 07:07am

I downloaded the podcast and haven't gotten very far into it yet. For now, I just wanted to comment to @Tim. I'm glad you're finally playing FFVIII, the Steam version is the best. Travis introduced me to it in our college days and I fell in love with it. It is my personal favorite. The Ogre games are something I'd like to check out as well.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 07/08/2017 at 11:06pm

FFVIII is cool, I'm having fun with it. I just wrapped up disc 1*, so I've made a decent amount of progress so far. I don't know if it will end up in my favorites list though. I'm really not a big fan of the draw system. I'm very glad that I'm playing the steam version where I can use the magic booster add-on to circumvent the draw system for the most part.

*Since it's a digital game there aren't discs, but the game marks your save with what "disc" you would be on if you were playing the PSone version. :)

Travis Admin wrote on 07/09/2017 at 05:37am

I never minded the draw system but I definitely get the complaints.

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The Super Nintendo Classic Is Coming September 29th!

Today Nintendo announced the Super Nintendo Classic, the follow up to last years NES Classic mega-hit you couldn't actually buy in stores due to it's crazy popularity. The Super Nintendo Classic will retail for $79.99 and feature 21 classic games such as Contra III, Donkey Kong Country, Earthbound, Final Fantasy VI, F-Zero, Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Dream Course, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Mega Man X, Secret of Mana, Star Fox, Star Fox 2 (previously unreleased), Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Castlevania IV, Super Ghouls & Ghosts, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Super Punch-Out & Yoshi's... Read All

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 06/27/2017 at 05:31am

I am already selling 5 on eBay.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/27/2017 at 05:48am

Man, we've been on the same page lately. I was thinking about posting something about this, since I just read about it. It seems there are some really good SNES games getting left out such as FFII and Chrono Trigger. I still kind of wish I was able to get a NES Classic. I'd like to get this one, too. I saw something that said a N64 Classic could be next.

Travis Admin wrote on 06/27/2017 at 03:24pm

The N64 Classic would be a logical step but it's all speculation at this point. I hope they do.

If they keep this up we should get the Switch Classic in 2022!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/27/2017 at 11:45pm

I did get the NES Classic for Christmas, and honestly, it was fun for a couple weeks, then I forgot about it. The SNES Classic game line up is super tempting though... but I'll probably pass on getting this one.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/28/2017 at 03:25am

> I did get the NES Classic for Christmas, and honestly, it was fun for a couple weeks, then I forgot about it.

I am ready to adopt this system you have to give it a loving home. I have other classic systems it will be able to play with and I imagine they will have adventures Toy Story style when I am not looking.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/28/2017 at 03:25am

> If they keep this up we should get the Switch Classic in 2022!

By then I think i'll be ready to buy one.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/28/2017 at 03:59am

"Star Fox 2 Programmer Is Surprised And Thrilled The Game Is Finally Coming Out"

http://kotaku.com/starfox-2-programmer-is-surprised-and-thrilled-the-game-1796446311

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Would The Box Art and Description Convince You?

Aaron of RetroLiberty posted an interesting video called "Earthbound Convinced." The premise is that Aaron reads off the text on the Earthbound box and shows off some of the game art and then asks if that was enough to convince you to buy it. It's not quite fair as Aaron's video is well cut and is more than simply reading off the box art but it does showcase what little information we had to go off to make choices as kids. That said, I had Nintendo Power and they did a great job hyping up whatever video games Nintendo wanted us to buy at the time, Earthbound included.

Earthbound, were you convinced?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 09/05/2014 at 03:12pm

The intro to the video says the premise of the series is on whether or not you would rent a game, based on the box art and text alone. If that's the case, then, yes, that would be enough to convince me. I don't think there was ever any point that I would purchase a new game (any game) outright, just by reading about it and looking at the cover, unless it was less than $10. That's what makes games such a weird entertainment medium. The cost of entry is so high, and most of the time you feel like you have to take leaps of faith just to purchase a game. Movies, books, music are all cheap in comparison, and can get away one-shots or a paragraph of text to convince someone to, say, drop $10 to sit in a theater for 2 hours. One trailer for The Matrix, showing the bullet-time effect, was all I needed to see to say "I want to go to there." The games industry hasn't been fond of rentals, or used games, and barely makes room for demos, which is one reason why Let's Play is so popular now, which seems to be gaining in favor, even among devs (or, at least, console makers). In fact, most commercials/trailers for games don't show much in the way of gameplay to any great extent. This has been something gamers have been used to seeing for decades, with either live action or CG animation taking precedent, especially in the older generations of games.

So, anyway, yeah. I'd rent just about anything with as little as a "hey, you should check this out." Purchasing, on the other hand, takes a bit more convincing.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2014 at 05:07pm

Ah good point on the rental part. There were a few times I bought a game off the shelf based on the box and sometimes it was OK but most time it was terrible, looking at you Ultraman!

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Buzz, Buzz & The Reason Behind Fuzzy Pickles

For years, Earthbound has been a huge blemish on my "gaming wall of shame." As I have been playing Far Cry 3 I have wanted to play something with a less serious tone so I started Earthbound. Earthbound is a retro RPG that has a pretty interesting history and fan community. This post isn't a primer on that history or community, but a few thoughts on the game itself and how well it holds up today.

Since I don't have the "warm fuzzies" of Earthbound nostalgia love, I think my perspective is interesting. Many times i've tried to head back into older titles and haven't loved the result. Some games from the NES or SNES era don't hold up as well as others and that's... Read All

Earthbound in 3D looks amazing!

I loved the original pixel art style of the original Earthbound, but I would play the hell out of a 3D remake if it looked this good!

3D designer Christopher Behr did an amazing job recreating Earthbounds starting town, Onett. More (and bigger) pictures can be found at: http://www.christopherbehr.com/Onett