What is the Best Version of EarthBound?
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
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The Lost Underworld - EarthBound
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It’s a wild experience to have this video show up on my timeline, inadvertently allowing me to revisit old projects and videos. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Thank you so much for everything you've contributed to this community as well. Long-time follower of yours here, your comment means the world.
Seeing your name just took me back 13 years, used to watch you all the time in middle school
great seeing ya
My favorite way to play earthbound is to dress up as ness and start hitting things with My batt I call it earthbound IRL
I tamed my neighbor’s dog after following your advice and now he’s sleeping peacefully 🥰🥰🥰
@@OOFUS4103 I followed that advice too. I beat all the local police with a bat, and instead of arresting me, they just told me to move to the next town over 🥰🥰🥰
I followed that advice and got arrested for mass murder.
Don't forget to dumpster dive
I was hit by a taxi and beat up by a trashcan
I love how M1+2 is a better way of playing 1 and a worse way of playing 2. Honestly kind of magical.
It’s better for M1 to an extent, completely decimates the music and is an inferior translation to the original.
@@MonkeyNess I feel like some music (except Being Friends) are better or atleast original per se
@@MonkeyNessI love music too much to get into Mother 1+2 unless that’s fixed somehow.
@@flintfrommother3gaming the higher notes are too high and hurt my head. Listen to both the NES and GBA versions of “Mother Earth” for a very clear example of this.
you can play without audio and play the music on CZcams@@dorememe8548
Imagine having a teacher so based, he makes a boardgame based on a videogame to help you learn a language in a fun and interesting way. What a legend.
What a horrible day to get Chugga's lets play reccomended to me
Wait why
Ohhhh I just looked him up
Don't let that ruin it for you, his video is still up to help gamers learn the game. If we ignore legitimately well-made videos, then we're paying for the mistakes Chugga made.
he didnt do anything wrong
@@based980 yeah i guess being a creep isn't inherently a crime but that shit is weird
I got the game used shortly after it came out for the SNES and sent Nintendo a letter saying that my copy didn't have the players guide that was supposed to come with it. They sent me a free copy and a bunch of stickers. The guide had scratch and sniff cards for all the bosses.
That's the most Nintendo will have ever cared about it's fans
@@Wow-xi3xz Thats BS Nintendo cared about its fans until Iwata died. The guy made sure of it. Have you not seen the quality of the Mario Galaxy games? Did Operation Rainfall not work? This is coming from someone who hates them now. I turned pretty quick. Did you know Wii U Japan VC had literally 100x the content the US\EU one had? So much that they had multiple versions of games on different systems, like FF6 SNES and GBA?
That playersguide with the scratch and sniffs are definately a want. Mind asking me if the stickers were only earthbound?
@noahboat580 It was Earthbound and generic Nintendo stickers iirc. Mind you, this was the summer after it came out in the USA. I've raised kids of my own since then. So, it's a little fuzzy
Nowadays they would send you a cease and desist
I have never heard the trivia about the Brawl demo revisional difference before, that's a deep, deep cut.
Chugga, NCS and Stephen are the reason I’m an Earthbound fan today. Glad they’re getting some love!
Same I remember seeing chuggas old earthbound lp back in like 2012 or something.
Chuggaconroy haven’t seen his vids in over ten years..
Same Stephen Inspired Me and now its my fav game
this hurts to see
@@kyuosaya6241I know what you mean
OBVIOUSLY the best way to experience EarthBound is through YOUR videos :)
Damn this is some Cybershell tier stuff
they don't know that i only played earthbound in my head
playing earthnound in snes9x with like 8x upscaling is awwesome
Insanely high quality! Not even a Mother fan and I thoroughly enjoyed this video, great work!
This is probably the highest compliment a Mother content creator can receive
The algorithm blessed me and I gotta say, your content is great! Been lacking MOTHER content in my life and having someone whos voice is very nice to listen to tell me about a bunch of random MOTHER crap is really scratching my brain.
I played and completed Earthbound on "Mother 1 + 2" a couple of years ago and loved the portability and playing such a wonderful huge aventure on the go. Most people havent played that version.
As someone who’s played both games on it multiple times, I still say respective SNES and NES versions are better.
Where did you get it? I've been looking, and only found translations for M1.
PK Scramble and Ancient Cave randomizer are both really good randomizers, I'd reccomend playing both. They both have their own mechanics that they bring to the table.
"Ancient Cave randomizer"? That based off the Ancient Cave in Lufia 2, by chance?
It's been a long time since I laughed this hard. This is such an amazing video! (P.S. everyone here should watch your EarthBound Analysis series. It's by far my favorite series on CZcams.)
I love weird videos going over obscure versions of games. Good video!!
Randomly seeing this on my feed and then seeing one of my old videos mentioned here made my day. Wtf.
Man, I should replay EarthBound.
"Or just do what everybody else does, don't play it and say you did".
That hits hard lmao, also in case you're wondering started my playthrough a while ago however I haven't beaten it. At the time of writing this I've reached Three (more specifically the bunker guarded by the two zombies) so wish me luck!
Gem!!! And the kyosuke thing was adorable, good teachers are some of the greatest people around.
I understand the reasons why Mother 1+2 would be considered a bad version. Especially for a new player, it's really not a good version to play. Me personally, I really enjoyed it. I know the music gets a lot of flack (some of which is very accurate; "Welcome Home" comes to mind), but I'd say 70% of it I could tolerate. Also, I found the game played quicker compared to the SNES version. Like menus (in and out of battles) and transitioning between areas are a lot faster, which I really appreciated. It gives a similar sense of nostalgia I felt when I grew up playing the GBA version of A Link to the Past. Not the best version, but I appreciate it for what it is.
Understandable that the game would run faster, as the GBA had a faster processor than the Super Nintendo did, despite constantly being labeled as the handheld SNES, the GBA was technologically superior to it.
11:35 Dude... This specific one really left me with a nostalgic feeling. I litterally had a somewhat long-term project going where I was trying to recreate Fourside in Minecraft; my inspiration for it were the "Super Secret Settings" MC had at some point where pressing it enough times left you with a filter-effect very reminiscent to Moonside. So I was going to try and build both, turning on the filter after interacting with a crude Mani Mani Statue. Too lazy to finish it though, so glad to see this exists.
I played through the variable width font fan translation of Mother 1+2 a few months ago for the novelty, and it's genuinely not so bad. It's a good enough port in my opinion. If you only have a GBA and a flash cart, you might want to consider it.
I JUST saw your comment on that roblox arg video and then seeing this one really tripped me out
Emulation-wise, it runs decently on older phones where SNES Earthbound doesn't tend to. I found it worth playing in that case.
"Earthbound fans excited to play Earthbound for the first time"
I went to that 2015 Earthbound convention, it was really fun! If memory serves, I believe the arcade machine was kind of a grand prize that could be won by an attendee, either as part of a raffle or some charity thing, so I'm pretty sure fangamer doesn't have it anymore.
Yup, can now confirm. Was auctioned off for charity.
i was there too! fun convention. can't believe we got initiated into a cult
Never knew about the earthbound reshuffle event and that arcade artwork is a thing off beauty ,the mother community is one off the most dedicated communitys i ever seen its magical seeing this type off events even if not in person , i honestly wonder which version off earthbound beginnings would be the best especially with all the new versions that are coming out from fans
Like the new Mic btw it adds too the relaxed felling i get from your vids
Hi im new to the earthbound community. I’ve always wanted to get into it but never knew where to start because the franchise seemed so expansive. thanks for making this video It really helped set a path for where to start!
I hope you enjoy it!
>chuggaa's lets plays
oh...
Same
What happened?
@@concept8192Groomed a 15 year old
@@SoftTehCustomer oh
@@SoftTehCustomer No he did not, shame on you.
Replaying EarthBound is an annual tradition for me!
This year I played the GBA version!
Next year I will not play the GBA version!
5:21 Oop-
some real foot in mouth action
@@Podzhagitel Ooohhh I get it, I get the joke!
Nice of you to shout out that small youtube creator David Lynch. I love to watch his videos everyday about the weather and the number of the day.
You sound like cybershell describing all the obsure and esoteric ways to play this kind of hard to get game (like sonic 3 and knuckles was in 2017)
The Vinesauce playthrough is one worth watching.
I was just watching EarthBound videos (cause I wanted to play it but didn't know which part should I emulate) and suddenly this vid was there. Can't believe it was uploaded just an hour ago. Great work!
Btw is that Toby Fox at Earthbound arcade machine?
Yes it is!
Man, the Chuggaconroy recommend was unfortunate. XD Missed by 4 months.
Its still the best earthbound LP.
No longer unfortunate. It’s unveiled they’re just some people trying to ruin his life and career over misdemeanors at worst.
@@solarflare9078 That seems to be becoming a trend recently.
@@JackieWohlenhaus I thought I was the only one to notice that. Some people are all too willing to demonize someone they don't like with exaggerated narratives.
At least Masae handled her case far more maturely than the other two
Y'all forgot about Mother 2 Deluxe, it's one of the best ways to experience the game for returning players. It'll be even better once the newest version is released...
Didn't forget, just not super familiar with everything about it and didn't want to misreport on it.
This had me riveted from start to finish. Amazing work
Although Mother 1+2 isn't the best, I always enjoyed listening to the music. I dunno, the slight audio crunch makes my brain the good kind of tingly :)
Same, but I know mine is because mother 1+2 is the first version I acquired.
I always thought it did a decent job trying to sound like the SNES version (not all songs though), just a bit muffled
How is mother 2 not good 😵💫
5:20 IT'S THE FEET MAN
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So how about that doc?
Awesome video. I'd rather recommend Mother 2: Perfect Edition, which takes everything from the Maternalbound and also relocalizes the game to remove censorship and make the script more akin to the japanese version.
Also, some of the versions you mentioned aren't 'ports', like the 3DS, SNES mini and the WiiU versions. In fact, the only actual port is the GBA version. All the others are just emulated roms with slightly changes to avoid seizures, as you mentioned.
Colloquially they're understood as "ports" though, so I'm just speaking in common terminology.
I get cybershell vibes from this. Good video.
ouch. Unlucky with that chugga recommendation. Man, it is what it is
Thankfully, it was revealed to be nothing more than an attempt to sabotage his career and life
(But sadly, it worked)
bro if EB got remade for 3D classics it wouldve been SO COOL
I had a “3DTV” back in the day that came with these black 3D glasses (Not red and blue. It actually looked incredible with this game.
The Mother games were a huge part of my childhood, teen years, and early adulthood. It has been strange to see new fans filter in and out and make up different generations of the community. Parts of my core time in the fandom has begun to disappear in the cracks of the early internet, links and sites entirely now defunct. It's sad to look at, but new generations are what fuels and breathes life into a community that may have simply died off as older fans inevitably put down their controllers and focus on their adulthood. The memory lives on, but I will always appreciate those who still keep its heart beating.
Andrew Cunningham's Earthbound streams are worth taking a look as well. It's a great look at a hardcore Undertale fan's first time playing the game that inspired Undertale.
There should be a video on EB Beginnings like this one, because I keep getting mixed signals from people who played different versions
The problem with save states on WiiU, 3DS, and Switch, is that you can't delete them. You can overwrite them, but you can't delete them. And they also have power over the normal ingame saves. So, if you made a save state once at the start just to see but decided to save with your dad for that playthrough, it will always haunt your menus, just waiting for you to slip up and nuke your entire progress, and there's nothing you can do about it other than delete the entirety of the app's data and never touch it again.
Dunno about SNES Mini
great video!
5:20 Chuggaaconroy jumpscare
Shut up
@@durpanda123 The post was before the doc was released
But yeah, the original post aged like milk
Did not expect David Lynch in the red room ranting to me again about phones
Mother 2 Deluxe is great for the challenge if you've played EarthBound countless times (it also doubles as a faithful Mother 2 hack too)
I also second mother 2 deluxe, especially because it made me appreciate jeff's tools a lot more by making them their own menu rather than taking up space in the inventory
It only took like a quarter of the video for me to even forget that it was about the best version of EarthBound to play. Really cool video.
I like cozy videos like this :)
Glad you enjoyed :)
The Earthbound English Game that Teacher made is one of the cutest things I’ve ever heard
The arcade cabinet art was done by jmanvelez formerly known as kaigetsudo
Commenting before watching to say my personal recommendation is the MaternalBound Omega romhack which changes graphics and translation to make it closer to Mother 2, makes the A button also context-sensitive like the L button, and adds a run button like Mother 1 and 3.
Edit: Ayyy, it got mentioned!
I love mother 1+2 personally, but I know it’s only cause it was the first time I got to play earthbound on official hardware, which means a lot to me. As a collector now, getting my hands on the SNES version would be ideal, and I have the switch port, but I still keep going back to mother 1+2 for some reason. As for music, I have the mother 2 record so I’m not really forced to only listen to the music on the GBA.
Hey, just got recommended this video and as a huge Earthbound fan from back in the SNES days, you did a great job with this one. I was wondering if you happened to recall a version of a PC exe that I think was just called "Earthbound Tag" or "Earthbound Hide and Seek." I remember downloading it years and years ago (back in the late 90s) and someone created a simple game that was supposedly multiplayer through a LAN connection I believe? Took place in Onett and I think it might have just been a normal tag game with EB characters, but I never had anyone to try to play with (or knew how to set it up to be honest).
Now that you touched on the topic of browser emulation, i remembered that's the reason i lost my entire progress in Chrono Trigger
this is the most earthbound way of telling people what port of earthbound to play
Great video
seeing the calculator version of earthbound really makes me wonder if it would be possible to maybe make a version for the more powerful ti calculators out there, like the 84+ce or something like that (no the emulated version on the Inspire does not count i mean like an actual port)
I love the mother 1/2 ability to speed walk
I gotta say, in 2022 I completed a work in progress version of the mother 1+2 English translation (I dubbed it Mother+Earthbound). It was complete, tho hasn’t been made official and I didn’t mind it, especially on the tiny game boy micro screen :)
5:16 *groans in pain*
How do you feel now?
@@solarflare9078 all this could've been prevented if that one individual threw a temper tantrum over a reddit comment
I LOVE how AMAZING work does the Mother's community. THE BEST FANDOM FOR THE BEST GAME!!! :")
I recently begin playing this on NSO and I’m having fun!
Today I decided I wanted to play Earthbound, so I obtained a copy for my steam deck. Haven't played it yet and saw your video, and it made me reconsider my opinions for playing the game. Thank you.
That David Lγnch clip made me burst out laughing, thanks for that 🤣
oh well no more chuggaconroy
What about now?
Speaking of mods that refresh the game for experienced players, Mother 2 Deluxe Edition is worth mentioning, does a lot of the script reversions that Maternalbound does, and also changes up a lot of mechanics, too many things to list quickly, while trying not to ruin the spirit of the game. There's some stuff to help the player along the way but overall it's a good bit more difficult, would recommend it to anyone looking to replay Earthbound for the umpteenth time with a fresh feel.
Imagine being bored during a math test and then busting out earthbound for calculator
The smoothing with the SNES classic edition is my biggest grudge with that version. I wish there was a way to turn that off because it slightly ruins the ending with showing the SNES’s abilities.
My favourite thing bout mother 1+2 is the fact that wuth mother 1 you no longer have to go through a menu to interact with anything and instead you can just press L you could already do that on the snes version of earthbound, but it's really nice to see that feature backported into mother 1.
My first time was playing it on the 3DS, been hooked ever since
This feels like a Cybershell video
I use save scrubbing in areas that have a lot of dangerous enemies like the cave of the past or fourside department store, it's not so that i never loose it's just because the enemies are either too annoying or dangerous to fight
The whole phone emulation but is so funny, cause I first played Earthbound around 2015 on my phone using *that same emulator*
Right now go with the SNES (on like on a switch or Wii u) version, but Mother squared and EarthBound Dimensions are looking hopefull
i played and beat the game in 2020 on the 3ds virtual console, but the actual first time i played it was somewhere from 2018-2019 by projecting my phone emulator onto the tv :) the phone screen would go black except for the buttons which weren't projected onto the tv screen so the phone essentially worked as a controller. was possibly the coziest i've ever felt playing a game for some reason.
Honestly, the first time I finished a game of Earthbound was via the Mother 1+2 English Patch. Aside from names and items, it was completely in Japanese. And I speak no Japanese, nor can I read any Japanese. I just knew enough about how the game went from let's plays (Chuggaa, Stephen, FFSTV, for example) that I was able to play through it all.
I was in middle school at the time, and I had it all done on a small 8GB flash drive I took to school with me.
When I was in high school, I attempted to make a small battle game on my ti83 calculator that was based on Earthbound's battle system.
You're the cybershell of earthbound
That Thumbnail Made Me Crack Up For No Reason.
13:41 Toby Fox jumpscare
Yeah kind of shocking to see him in the wild, especially since it sounds like it was from summer 2015? That seems like it would have been a very busy time period for our annoying dog overlord.
Good video btw
With the seizure filter on PSI, while it is *safer* it does look significantly worse overall. I'd vastly prefer it if I had the option to disable it, as someone who isnt epileptic.
13:41 Toby Fox sighting
I had the official cartridge for $10 from a pawn shop back in 1996, incredible then (no guide too) and always loved it since.
Hope it's ported to Steam with extra content and achievements someday.
Don't think we'll ever see the day Nintendo ports their games to PC as long as they're still producing consoles unfortunatley.
I actually haven't yet tried Mother 1+2 on GBA yet… Not out of choice, but rather a lack of decent accessibility; There's only one English fan translation I know of, and it's just EarthBound Beginnings that got the full translation (though not based on the official localization). I honestly would love to try it out one of these days and see what it's like, whenever it may be that there'll be a patch that 1:1 ports the localization efforts and changes the original NES and SNES localizations gave (not that I dismiss fan localizations entirely)
My first real playthrough of Earthbound was indeed emulation like almost a decade ago, funny enough it was also my first usage of emulation. I didn't have a good computer but I did have an OUYA, which supported emulation
I remember the first time I played through Earthbound was on a SNES emulator for DS that I put in my R4.
It was messy cuz I don't think it was fully optimized so I would occasionally have to play around with the game's visuals, since sometimes I would only see the enemies, sometimes only the buildings (no doors or anything) , and sometimes only the background assets.
On the bright side, the save states worked, and it allowed me to experience one of my favorite games ever, but I would never recommend playing like I did LMAO
Personally, my favorite way to play Earthbound is with an SNES gamepad through BSNES emulator, using the NTSC (RGB) filter as well as the PAL-Composite shader (both found in BSNES options) - this gives the game a very authentic look, how I remember it when playing through my old TV as a kid.
Sad not to see Vinesauce on the list!
wild! I beat it on Wii U years ago. I'll replay it one day...but it is for Mother 3 that I truly thirst...
I have a hard time seeing what the need is for a retranslation to attempt to literalize the script when the localization we got was so phenomenal (especially for that era) in the first place. It even added one of my favorite jokes: "I'm such a lucky man!"
I see no harm in having both, it's not replacing the localization after all.
5:03 I'm debating whether I should try to progress the game past twoson for the third time...
I definitely want some other options to think about...
Skawo's let's play is peak
I actually live in tucson where Fangamer calls home. I went there for the holiday shopping season last year