

The game is filled with hundreds, if not thousands of interactions that serve little purpose other than to make players chuckle, or alternatively be so surreal that they weird them out. I’ll hate bathrooms for the rest of my life.” I missed her because I went to the bathroom. “I heard Venus made an appearance at the Runaway Five show. Or how about this classic piece of Shakespearean dialogue: It’s a game where a sign in a hospital might read “We offer a special discount on tombstones for those that have passed away in our hospital.” In fact, all the signs littered around the game’s world are essential reading because they are insane.

Plus, anything that might boost up the demand for a Mother 3 port is a good thing.This is a game where an evil cult has dedicated itself to painting everything – including the local cow – blue. Now that it’s on Switch, there’s one more easy way to play it. The off-beat RPG about four kids braving the world and trekking through a comical, psychic power-infused journey has stood out over the years. I almost want to print this out, hole-punch it and stick it in a binder.ĮarthBound has Nintendo Switch Online subscribers excited for a reason, after all. There’s an appeal to it, a reminder of a time when large guides for deep RPGs were more common. There are fun little asides like the Onett Times sections, and little notes on different parts of the guide. It’s got a lot of style and charm to it, befitting the game it’s walking players through. It’s basically a handy guide to everything EarthBound, available in PDF form.Įven if you’re not currently playing the classic RPG, the guide is interesting enough as a tome of game knowledge. There are also guides and charts for weapons, food, condiments, Psi, and more. At 135 pages long, it tracks the whole adventure from Onett on through the final battle. The player’s guide is not just a manual for EarthBound, but a pretty comprehensive guide to the whole game.
