I made one failed attempt at beating Giygas. I was going to go back and try again, but first I decided to call my brother and ask for tips. He pressured me into playing EarthBound in the first place. He claims it’s his favorite RPG. He’s gotta know how to finish it, right? WRONG. Turn […]
EarthBound – Are we there yet?
Ness is level 53-ish, the rest of my party ranges from level 48 to level 36. Just reached Tenda Village, everyone claims to be too shy to help me. I probably shouldn’t write a post so soon after finishing what I can only hope is the worst stage in the game (Deep Darkness) but I […]
EarthBound, Suikoden: Hyakunen and some other stuff
Short updates on four games, since I haven’t done that much gaming this weekend. EarthBound: I’ve kind of lost the plot, so I’m just plodding on from town to town seeing the sights. I just got to Fourside after the lengthy Threed saga. Now I think I have to go back to the desert and […]
EarthBound, the early days
The game doesn’t keep an hour count, but my MC (Ness?) has reached level 20 and I’ve just gotten my second party member, so this is as good a time as any to write something about EarthBound. Except I don’t know what to write, because it’s more Earth-Bland than anything else right now. I’m liking […]
Dekitate High School – Just because you did something ‘first’ doesn’t mean you did it well
When Dekitate High School came out on the SNES in 1995, it marketed itself as “the first high school simulation game on the SNES.” According to j-wiki, this wasn’t true because a game called Houkago in Beppin Jogakuin (After School in the Beautiful Girl’s Academy) had come out a few months before. It was also […]