Topic: Looking at chicks makes you happy. Let's Play Earthbound! (Read 25115 times)

Angry Beaver · « **Reply #220 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:07:54 AM »

I eyeball LP Hell every night just to see if this has updated. You jokers keep breaking my heart.

Niku · « **Reply #221 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:14:28 PM »

i have also been reading and loving because earthbound is basically my favorite game, but it's been long enough since i read through a lot of this trivia that i have forgotten a lot of the asides you've brought up. and some are even brand new to me!

patito · « **Reply #222 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:19:41 PM »

I actually even feel bad for mongrel, since you're leaving him hanging right on the climax.

Rico · « **Reply #223 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:23:10 PM »

Quote from: patito on October 29, 2012, 10:15:55 AM

Yeah, I've actually followed the entire LP, I don't see where you get the idea there was no reader interest. Plus it'll take you like 5 minutes to finish the game man.

To be fair, there is the bit where virtually every NPC in the entire game has new dialogue after the final boss.

R^2 · « **Reply #224 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:36:08 PM »

That'll do.

Giygas' Intimidation - Earthbound Music Extended

Pounding on Giygas does nothing, so as Porky so obliquely recommended, you have to use your telepathy or something to call for help.

And we're taken to a scene, back in the present, in Saturn Valley.

And as the distant friends send their best wishes to Snes, Gufin, 007, and Shit... Giygas' defenses start to come apart, splitting him into mirror images of himself.

And while I take the screencap, Snes revives Shit.

Worth a shot!

R^2 · « **Reply #225 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:46:04 PM »

WHERE IS YOUR KEYBOARDIST

That's not a screencap glitch, the game flashes in bright colors to indicate the psychic backlash of the good vibes from the Runaway Five is actually hurting Giygas.

Oh, that's... um...

Creepy as hell.

Giygas lashes out with staggering blasts of psychic energy, too insane to bother with strategy. His attacks target two people with Thunder, hit three random targets for damage, or attempt to kill three party members. Flash protection helps prevent the instant death, so only Shit is in mortal danger.

We're going to need a lot more people.

oh god the madness mantra again

The combined prayers of everyone we've contacted so far are starting to add up.

We endure Giygas' attacks as best we can. Since Gufin is the only one who can actually win us the fight, it's not like Snes and Shit have anything better to do than use Lifeup and Healing powers.

Niku · « **Reply #226 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:51:08 PM »

Quote from: R^2 on October 29, 2012, 02:36:08 PM

That'll do.

R^2 · « **Reply #227 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:54:23 PM »

Frank alone supplies a substantial damage spike.

The story's been around for a while. Series director Shigesato Itoi wandered into the wrong movie theater as a small child and accidentally saw a sex scene that ended in a murder. Giygas' dialogue is based loosely on the mix of dialog Itoi heard: pleasure, terror, and pain.

Just good ol' high-octane nightmare fuel.

We've had Gufin's parents, 007's classmates, Shit's fangirls, and now...

Giygas is starting to lose control, as he splits again and starts to ripple and undulate faster.

R^2 · « **Reply #228 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:56:50 PM »

Gufin, hit him again!

R^2 · « **Reply #229 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:03:22 PM »

Quote from: McDohl on October 13, 2012, 04:34:41 PM

Noooooo! This is impossible! How are we supposed to win!?

Quote from: Stush on October 29, 2012, 06:02:49 AM

:( I've really enjoyed the LP and i've been really looking forwards to seeing the end. I never finished earthbound.

Quote from: patito on October 29, 2012, 10:15:55 AM

Yeah, I've actually followed the entire LP, I don't see where you get the idea there was no reader interest. Plus it'll take you like 5 minutes to finish the game man.

Quote from: Angry Beaver on October 29, 2012, 11:07:54 AM

I eyeball LP Hell every night just to see if this has updated. You jokers keep breaking my heart.

Quote from: Niku on October 29, 2012, 12:14:28 PM

i have also been reading and loving because earthbound is basically my favorite game, but it's been long enough since i read through a lot of this trivia that i have forgotten a lot of the asides you've brought up. and some are even brand new to me!

Quote from: patito on October 29, 2012, 12:19:41 PM

I actually even feel bad for mongrel, since you're leaving him hanging right on the climax.

But perhaps I'll just sneak away to another era to think about my next plan. It's a good bet that we'll see each other again... All right! Be seeing you! So now which one of us do you think is the cool guy?!

And then Giygas just... winks out.

The briefest glimpse, and then...

R^2 · « **Reply #230 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:08:07 PM »

...and the souls of Snes and his friends are trapped in wrecked-up robot bodies, far in the past, with no one around to help them.

THE END

Oh.

Classic · « **Reply #231 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:09:30 PM »

Well, they had nowhere else to be.

So now for the important part...
WHICH OF YOUR AWESOME FRIENDS ARE YOU GONNA HANG WITH FIRST?

patito · « **Reply #232 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:12:31 PM »

You're incredible R^2

Mongrel · « **Reply #233 on:** October 29, 2012, 03:20:31 PM »

McDohl · « **Reply #234 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:06:30 PM »

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jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #235 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:33:25 PM »

Now do Mother 3.

Classic · « **Reply #236 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:21:10 PM »

HE'S GOTTA DO THE ENDING! WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH OF THE INFINITE NUMBER OF ENDINGS THAT HE CAN HAVE HE WILL PICK.

I AM SO ALL CAPS ABOUT THIS GUYS!!!

R^2 · « **Reply #237 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:25:37 PM »

Before I post the ending and everything, let's discuss the final battle.

Namely, that it doesn't work in the overall narrative.

I mean yeah, you're fighting Giygas and calling together the whole world to unify their hearts in a Goku-style spirit bomb, and that's not enough, so you have to call on your button-pressing overlord -- or his forum community, as the case may be -- to use his godly powers to explode through the fourth wall and win for you.

Here's the problem:

Paula/Gufin calls for help with the telepathy she's used throughout the game.

Ness/Snes is largely immaterial to the final battle.

So what was the whole damn point of collecting the Eight Melodies and fighting the evil influence in Snes's mind?

Classic · « **Reply #238 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:37:31 PM »

My first guess was that Itoi originally wanted Snes to have a telepathy spell like his predecessor, Nintendo, did in the original Mother.
But it got cut because that's stupid.

It could also be some weird Neverending Story nonsense which would also be stupid.

A² · « **Reply #239 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:48:07 PM »

Because Ness would have blocked the telepathy going out, or not been to pray for it properly. Paula started the prayer, but it was a group effort.

That's my take anyway.

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