May 20th, 2012 | EarthBound, Hacking, Videos | 7 Comments

Recently I decided to start learning the C# programming language since I’m way behind the times and only program in C anymore. So to kick off my foray into the language, I started by doing some EarthBound hacking with it! What I’ve done is “reshuffle” lots of stuff in the game and introduced a lot of random changes too, with stats, actions, and more. A few days ago I showed...Read More »

May 20th, 2012 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 5 Comments

There are sentry robots in the Monotoli Building in EarthBound, and usually there are some you can’t avoid getting into battle with. It turns out that if you use Skip Sandwiches and time things just right, you CAN get past them! The video above was done using some hackery to jump straight to that portion of the game without having to play through everything, that’s why Jeff isn’...Read More »

May 17th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, MOTHER 3, Videos | 11 Comments

A few years ago I posted about a school orchestra performing “Oh Buta Mask” from MOTHER 3 (see here). Well, a good while ago xfis sent me an actual video of the performance, which you can see here: This was like four years ago – I wonder if any other school orchestras have done any EarthBound/MOTHER stuff like this. If you know, let me know! ...Read More »

May 14th, 2012 | Fan Games, MOTHER 1, Videos | 24 Comments

Over the years there have been many attempts at recreating MOTHER 1/EarthBound Zero in a more modern format. As far as I know, none have the projects have reached completion yet, but I was recently shown this project that looks promising: There’s not much information, but it looks like it’s being made for Macs. See for more info and some screenshots. Now if someone would just make thi...Read More »

May 13th, 2012 | Fan Games, Videos | 12 Comments

Over the past couple weeks there’s been a lot of talk about games being financed through Kickstarter – it seems like everyone and their dog has a Kickstarter game in the works Anyway, here are two EarthBound-y-ish ones that people have been discussing! Boot Hill Heroes First up is Boot Hill Heroes, which has already gotten a good amount of press. It’s described thusly: Take one...Read More »

May 10th, 2012 | EarthBound, Videos | 8 Comments

For some reason, dying in EarthBound is sometimes glitchy, as we’ve seen in past posts. Here’s another glitch that can apparently happen somehow: Off the top of my head, here’s another dying glitch: Simultaneous defeat glitch If you’ve run into any weird stuff like this before, let me know! I love hearing about how people make games screw up without trying ...Read More »

May 7th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, MOTHER 3, Videos | 9 Comments

Tim sent in this video showcasing EarthBound/MOTHER series music made in WarioWare DIY: The composer, Aviarmew, has a lot of other songs too, check them all out here! ...Read More »

May 5th, 2012 | MOTHER 1+2, Videos | 20 Comments

A nice fan e-mailed me the other day with some typo/error reports for the MOTHER 1+2 fan translation, so in the near future I plan to fix those and release an updated patch. But while I’m at it, I thought I’d make a public call for error/typo reports – so if you’ve found any typos in the latest patch or run into any problems, let me know! Now for some other questions: A f...Read More »

May 3rd, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound, Videos | 13 Comments

OKeijiDragon pointed out to me that a Laserdisc version of a Super Famicom preview collection is currently for sale on eBay here. (click for more info/pics) What’s interesting about this is that it has the MOTHER 2 preview video on it – I subbed it a while back: That was taken from a VHS version, but with the above Laserdisc version, it’d be possible to get a much cleaner-looki...Read More »

May 1st, 2012 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 13 Comments

There’s a trick in MOTHER 2 (and probably EarthBound, but I haven’t tested it) that allows Ness to go through most of the game still in his pajamas! Here’s a Japanese video of it in action: (click to view video) Basically, the trick works like this: You’ll need to prepare two save files. One at the very start of the game where Ness is still in his pajamas and one at a poi...Read More »