Difference between revisions of "EarthBound"

[[Jeff]], a student of the [[Snow Wood Boarding House]] receives the message in his sleep, and is prepared to leave. His best friend [[Tony]] wanders around the school with him as Jeff collects items to prepare for his adventure. While [[Tony]] does not want Jeff to leave, he trusts that his friend knows what he is doing and helps him sneak out of the school. Once [[Jeff]] is outside of the gate, he wanders down to [[Lake Tess]], where a rare [[Tessie]] sighting was supposed to occur. Jeff eventually finds himself riding Tessie to the other side of Winters. He meets [[Brick Road]] after going through a [[Brick Road Maze|dungeon]] and finds his way through a cave with the help of [[Bubble Monkey]] to unlatch the climbing ropes ultimately leading to [[Dr. Andonuts]]'s lab. In the lab, his father has the [[Sky Runner]] prepared for him. Jeff takes off and heads back to Threed with a crash landing in order to save Ness and Paula. He uses the [[List of key items in EarthBound#Bad key machine|Bad key machine]] he obtained from [[Maxwell]] and they escape.

===Vanquishing the Zombies===

===Stuck in the Dunes===

'''[[Ness]]''' is the protagonist of EarthBound. He lives in the town of [[Onett]]. Ness uses his psychic abilities to perform [[PSI Flash]] and [[PSI Rockin]] attacks. In addition to [[PSI]], Ness uses various [[Baseball bat]]s as weapons.

'''[[Paula]]''' is a girl from [[Twoson]]. She is able to perform [[PK Freeze|PSI Freeze]], [[PK Fire|PSI Fire]], and [[PK Thunder|PSI Thunder]] attacks; she can also use a special ability known as [[Paula#Praying|Pray]], which creates random effects in battle. Paula uses various [[Frying pan]]s as weapons.

'''[[Jeff]]''' is a boy from [[Winters]]. He is unable to perform PSI attacks -- instead, he relies on his high IQ to help the team. He can also [[Jeff#Spying|Spy]] on an enemy to learn about its stats. Jeff is able to repair certain items that would otherwise be unusable and then use them in battle. To attack, he uses various types of [[Gun]]s. He is the son of the famous scientist [[Dr. Andonuts]].

'''[[Poo]]''', the prince of [[Dalaam]], is the oldest member of the team and a martial arts master. He is able to perform [[PK Freeze|PSI Freeze]], [[PK Thunder|PSI Thunder]], and [[PK Starstorm|PSI Starstorm]], and he can also use his [[Poo#Mirror|Mirror]] ability to transform into an enemy during battle. Poo specializes in a sword known as the [[Blade|Sword of kings]].

*The ESRB, the American rating system for video games, rated EarthBound for the Virtual Console. This rating, however, was a mistake and there are no announcements from Nintendo regarding the VC status of EarthBound. [http://www.infendo.com/no-earthbound-for-vc-esrb-rating-a-mistake/]

*EarthBound is somewhat infamous because of Nintendo's odd marketing campaign, which included the tagline "This game stinks!" (a reference to the included scratch-and-sniff cards). This may even have contributed to its lack of success in America.{{Cite-needed}}

*All of the game's areas are connected to each other. Using a glitch to walk through otherwise impassable objects and off the map, players can literally walk to Giygas's lair in the [[Cave of the Past]].

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== References ==

* [http://www.gamehiker.com/wiki/index.php?title=EarthBound Article] at [http://www.gamehiker.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page GameHiker's Nintendo Wiki]

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