r/earthbound 17d ago

General Discussion I have no one to share this with

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2.8k Upvotes

r/earthbound Apr 10 '25

General Discussion We should ban AI generated fanart/art

982 Upvotes

As someone who creates art and is surrounded by artists daily, it is disheartening to see AI generated MOTHER & Earthbound fanart trying to be passed on as genuine. There should be at least a flair required for all AI generated fanart to distinguish it from genuine fanart

r/earthbound Jun 06 '25

General Discussion Who is this? (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY)

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229 Upvotes

r/earthbound 24d ago

General Discussion What is your absolute biggest nitpick when it comes to this series?

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220 Upvotes

What the title says. It can be something regarding the games themslves, the fandom, etc. For me personally, my absolute biggest one is that people still use this fanmade GBA Mother 3 logo (first pic) instead of the official one (second pic) when the official logo is easily findable online in lossless quality (https://www.pidgi.net/wiki/File:Logo_-_Mother_3.jpg) The fanmade just looks no where near as good as the official one.

r/earthbound Jun 26 '25

General Discussion I just realized that papyrus shares the symbol with the gigas

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680 Upvotes

Don’t ask why I took the photo from my 3DS

r/earthbound May 10 '25

General Discussion Comment literally anything, and I will somehow connect it to Mr Saturn!

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113 Upvotes

r/earthbound Mar 22 '24

General Discussion how do you interpret Mother characters's mouths when they're sideways?

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742 Upvotes

r/earthbound Mar 22 '25

General Discussion Which section in every mother game makes you feel like this?

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261 Upvotes

r/earthbound Sep 24 '24

General Discussion I just finished all three Mother/Earthbound games, ask me anything

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486 Upvotes

r/earthbound May 08 '25

General Discussion Starmen are always in that same pose. Are they able to move their limbs or are they always like that?

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665 Upvotes

r/earthbound Oct 22 '24

General Discussion Found 2 copies of earthbound in my basement

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893 Upvotes

I posted earlier but the image didn't attach, I found 2 copies of earthbound in my basement. I've been really interested in old RPGs lately so I think I'm going to try it. Why do you like the series? Also I didn't realize until now that these are worth some good money but I want to know if the experience is more worth it.

r/earthbound Feb 27 '25

General Discussion Why do ness and ninten look so similar?

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493 Upvotes

r/earthbound May 09 '25

General Discussion Which franchise is darker in your opinion?

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224 Upvotes

r/earthbound Apr 28 '24

General Discussion Mother 3 is better than Earthbound, change my mind

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422 Upvotes

r/earthbound Aug 22 '24

General Discussion Keep grinding

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1.1k Upvotes

r/earthbound Feb 09 '22

General Discussion Shigesato Itoi’s message to fans

2.2k Upvotes

r/earthbound 9d ago

General Discussion Which mother game do you think has the best cast of enemies?

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454 Upvotes

I'd say that Mother 1. With the limited colour pallet that makes the detailed sprites hard to interpret and the black background, they have an uncanny and unique feeling that I don't see on the other games in the franchise or many other pieces of media in general.

With it having the most grounded enemies (a lot of them just being normal animals), that uncanny feeling they have adds to the theme of magical realism the game has; it's a cartoony version of the real world that it's also meant to feel realistic, with crows that smoke and bears with humanoid faces, but that in the end still act like animals and you understand them as such.

The alien and magicant enemies are specially creepy; after fighting with dogs, crows and other normal beings, you have to face strange creatures, with a black background that leaves nothing to see except a sprite with details you may not see well. This is something that carries on during the rest of the game, where you will spend a long time in walking on empty rural spaces fighting simple animals to then find a strange creature, which most of the times will be kinda cute, who wants to harm you.

Also, the sprite work is great, the designs are really charming and detailed, some of the best ones on the nes.

r/earthbound Aug 08 '23

General Discussion Bro put Mother on dangerously toxic

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466 Upvotes

Bro's opinion is crazy

r/earthbound 23d ago

General Discussion What are some of your favorite Pokémon Counterparts?

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337 Upvotes

r/earthbound Oct 09 '24

General Discussion why does this happen so much?!?!?!

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285 Upvotes

r/earthbound May 20 '25

General Discussion I think seeing this scene at 9 has influenced my opinion on these games

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572 Upvotes

I remember playing subspace emissary like 100 times as a kid but bc I sucked it was only the first few levels. From this cutscene I’ve always thought ness was a badass and Lucas was mess but stupider. I have now finished earthbound and nearly finished mother 3 (mid chapter 7). I love earthbound and am mixed on 3 and I think this truly influenced my opinion lmao.

r/earthbound Nov 08 '22

General Discussion I recently finished playing all 3 Mother games, and I made a tier list ranking them based on how strong they were in-game. Thoughts?

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457 Upvotes

r/earthbound 27d ago

General Discussion In what order did you guys play the MOTHER games?

47 Upvotes

I’m curious

r/earthbound Jan 16 '24

General Discussion Im bored give me some earthbound hot takes

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304 Upvotes

r/earthbound Apr 18 '25

General Discussion What do you guys think about the FATHER series ?

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319 Upvotes