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Video Games => Video Game Chat => Topic started by: Nintendoobsessed on November 21, 2007, 10:06:04 PM
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One day, while searching the search engine, I came upon a fearful sight. No Earthbound topic! So, just for the heck of it, a Earthbound topic, and, to super-fans, Mother and Mother 3. So...who is worse? Pokey or Giygas?
Giygas: Member of bizzare alien race. Raised by George and Maria, George steals the secret physic powers of the aliens, and passes it down to his grandson, Ninten. Giygas, enraged, tries to take over the world through support of the evil in Earth. He is eventully confronted by Ninten, and forced to retreat, due to a loving song. He returns 10 years later, and with amazing power, destroys his mind, and becomes his own evil dimension. Ness eventully defeats him.
Pokey: Living next door to Ness, Pokey was the smart evil. Pokey joins the Happy Happy Cult, and when Ness comes by to save Paula, Pokey orders the Cult to kill Ness. Pokey escapes, then joining the possesed Mr. Monotoni (Did I get that right?) uses extreme political power. However, when Mr. Monotoni goes back to normal, Pokey steals his helicopter, and crashes in a poison swamp. Later, he helps Giygas in the final battle, and causes his horrfying real form to be revealed. Pokey escapes, in terror, to the future, taunting Ness as he escapes from the hellish Giygas dimension. Pokey travels through time, capturing people from diffrent eras, and brainwashing them. He comes to the far, immesurable future, where the land was destryoed by technology, and the last people had escaped to Nowhere Island to erase thier memories to forget technology. Pokey comes from the past however, and using his brainwashed army, creates the Pig Mask Army, and creating technology all over again. Eventully, a team of four, Lucas, Kuma, Duster, and Boney come to face him. Using his spider-mech, he faces them off, each member of the group having something terrible having happened beacause of Pokey's unholy technology. Pokey is not defeated however. He locks himself in the Absolutely Safe Machine. He is invincible. He can never die. Although, he is locked in. Pokey will live forever, but he can never escape.
Yeah, the Pokey thing is bigger, but Pokey is a much more intresting character. Just a starter topic for the topic.
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Bet you saw this coming: I'll make the first reply.
I freakin' love EarthBound. Too much. It needs a Virtual Console release so I can pay Nintendo for it, as do Mother and Mother 3. I only ever played the ROM in SNEmulDS. To everyone reading this post: do yourselves a favor and get the ROM and an emulator. It's not unethical yet.
Pokey is just about the coolest villain ever. "Ah... what's your name... Pig's Butt... no no, Ness!" The greatest thing is how realistic he is in personality--he's way too cowardly to ever do anything but insult you until the end, when he's heavily armed and has Giygas to help. He's hardly ready to insult you face-to-face unless he has big beefy security guards who will do whatever he says. Heavily Armed Pokey (http://wheresdezzer.googlepages.com/pokeybumper.png) needs to be a Subspace Emissary boss in Brawl. But that probably won't happen...
Hey, EarthBound takes place WAY longer than ten years after Mother. I think you're confused--ten years after EarthBound, Giygas has completely taken over the world. I'd say the time between each game in the series is at least 200 years.
It's Monotoli.
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Heavily Armed Pokey for Brawl!
Yes, it would seem Mother is being a little more focused upon in Brawl. A Brawl character (Lucas) and a stage (New Pork City) is confirming a importance! Yes, Pokey as a Boss or Assist Trophy. Regarding the 200 year gap between Mother and Earthbound, the technology hasn't changed much. On another note, it's unfortunate the creator is ending the series as a trilogy. Although, what could the sequel be about anyway(?). I wonder what Pokey would look like with a haircut. (As in, you could see his eyes)
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Is there any website... or something... anything, somewhere explain why they refuse to release anymore of these games here?
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I only have the original Earthbound/Mother 2 on the SNES. It's cool to have, but I almost never play it.
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Beacause, it wouldn't "Be profitable". Umm...right.
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Wasn't he Giegue before he was Giygas? Or is this a Gannon vs. Ganon type deal?
Oh, and in the hopes of a slim chance Mother 3 will be released outside Japan, I had to skip like half your post.
As for Piggy, read Lord of the Flys, It makes his impact that much more profound, IMHO.
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It is Giygas in the only game that was released here and in Melee trophy descriptions. On a similar matter, they'd better change "Porky" to "Pokey" on the sign in New Pork City for Brawl.
Pokey was some dumb fat kid who went evil for some reason, and got trapped in a machine in the final game.
Even though his family was evidently rich, his parents neglected him and his brother and he was jealous of Ness (suggested by Pokey as he appears in Magicant). He might have also been born with no eyes. Somehow Picky turned out all right.
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It is Giygas in the only game that was released here and in Melee trophy descriptions. On a similar matter, they'd better change "Porky" to "Pokey" on the sign in New Pork City for Brawl.
Yes, but both are referring to his demigod form, not his corporeal form.
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I fished old Earthbound out today. I'm currently battling that Titanic Ant guy.
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Pokey's worse. He's the EarthBound equivalent of... er... Professor Snape, Cartman, Mido (little Kokiri brat in Zelda: OoT)... not sure who, but Pokey's pretty bad.
Love EarthBound, keep hoping Nintendo would re-release EarthBound and get Mother 3 over to America. Boy was it refreshing to fight stray dogs and new age retro hippies for a change. Here's hoping for a reference to the Sky Runner in brawl.
Lucas' recent PK Starstorm move does look awesome (looks like it even destroys the stage itself!), but if they're going to bring back animated entrances from the first Smash Bros., they owe it to the fans to bring back that black explosion look. You know, what happens when you use Teleport and crash into something.
Not sure what my favorite moment in EarthBound was, aside from the Sky Runner music, but the Lost Underworld was a pleasant surprise. Moonside is one place I'd never like to return to, too many memories of going into there when my party was underpowered.
...oh wait, I remember my favorite moment. Meeting the Crested Booka! Love those guys. That Crested Booka drawing by goosezilla is still the best EarthBound fanart I've ever seen. Followed by a cute realistic-looking Exit Mouse holding the exit sign with its tail.
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Dude, Earthbound rocks. I just beat the Happy Happy cult. I don't think I've ever had so much fun with a SNES game.
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I'd say the time between each game in the series is at least 200 years.
No, no, I'm so stupid! The time between Mother and Mother 2 is at least 90 years. Mother takes place in the early 1900s and EarthBound takes place in "199X." I don't know when Mother 3 is supposed to happen.
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Starmen.net says that Mother took place in the 1980's. But what do I know?
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No, no, I'm so stupid! The time between Mother and Mother 2 is at least 90 years. Mother takes place in the early 1900s and EarthBound takes place in "199X." I don't know when Mother 3 is supposed to happen.
No, the beginning of the plot for Mother took place in the early nineteen hundreds, When Ninten's Great Grand Parents were abducted, and I quote "80 years later". Now this doesn't necessarily mean the 80s, but definitely not the early nineteen hundreds.
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199X could mean 19910, but that seems rather doubtful.
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I want to play EarthBound for the SNES so bad. I completed EB Zero a few months ago, and now I'm really tempted to play its sequel.
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Edited for current irrelevance.
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I want to play EarthBound for the SNES so bad. I completed EB Zero a few months ago, and now I'm really tempted to play its sequel.
You played Mother huh? I want to play that game just like you want to play Earthbound. :)
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Going on the Dojo Brawl website today, pure happiness ganged up on me! The idea Pokey may appear in Brawl get's closer!!!
Check today's Second update, after the Metroid one. Yayz!
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Yes! Pokey and the King Statue is in Brawl!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy4IRfGXDLs
The above are Brawl spoilers!
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So does NoA hate Mother or something? I mean the japanese dojo shows a demo for Earthbound, which we already have a translation for over here, yet it's completely absent in the english update.
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I believe they do, because of the misfortune the series has experienced here--Mother was too late for the NES, so it wouldn't sell. EarthBound was released when it was all about tightening up the graphics, and the style didn't go over well. I think Brawl's Masterpieces almost seals releases for at least EarthBound and possibly a localized Mother 3. If not, then we'll just have to not pay for the ROM when the fan translation is done.
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Just checked, Wiggles is right, EarthBound pic is not there on the American site, but it's there (along with a few other things) on the Japan site. I find that disturbing.
I think Brawl's Masterpieces almost seals releases for at least EarthBound and possibly a localized Mother 3.
I don't know. Looking at the screenshot, it looks like it's just Onett at night at the beginning of the game. With a short time limit, you won't be able to do anything but fight a Stray Dog and Spiteful Crow. If it's really at the beginning, where Pokey and the cops are blocking the way, then we don't even get any battles.
But then again, if every masterpiece will be available in full form on the Virtual Console, then... eh, mm... yeah, probably seal releases for those. NoA can't conveniently forget the masterpieces for Ness and Lucas. Unless they do that stupid thing where certain games are available in Japan only, yet the fact they're on the Virtual Console service at all shows they're too lazy to put up the U.S. version at the same time... although in EB's case, it's possible that they don't have a spare U.S. ROM or cartridge of it lying around.
Darn Nintendo of America, stop pretending EarthBound doesn't exist! Maybe we should send a flood of Mr. Saturn fanarts on envelopes to Nintendo.
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I still say I want localized Mother 3 as part of a collection for the DS with Mother and Earthbound.