Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2014 20:23:53 GMT -5
One of the days I accidentaly skipped , due lack of time.
So the day was supposed to be MOTHER themed. So lets talk about the cult classic Rpg shall we?
MOTHER is a RPG trilogy developed by Shitesao Itoi and the APE studios. The first game was released on NES, the second on SNES and the third one on GBA. The series is interesting as only the second was released here in west (known as Earthbound) and wasnt at its time recived that well from critics or gamers. Despite this nowadays the series has a cult following, to the point they made a translation of the third game in the franchise. Now I dont know why earthbound was the only one released in west. Probably NOT because mother 1 and 3 were too japanese I hope
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Anyways the story of the game is simple . You play as a kid with PSI abilities who adventures with a group of friends
So what do people like about these RPGs. I think its the western feeling in it. Normally RPGs tend to have a typical famtasy setting with swords and magic and whatnot. Instead Earthbound has a modern western feel in it. The athmosphere of the series is quirky and silly as well.
Despite this the series can get suprisingly dark. The majority of MOTHER 3 is sad and dark(for instance SPOILER ALERT your mother dies in the beginning). There is also the infamous final boss of earthbound, the alien abonimation Giygas
Speaking of Giygas I find him to be an interesting villain actually. Normallywise villains who are working behind the scenes 100% time (like say Smithy from the first Mario RPG) are tend to be...not that memorable but Giygas is a surprising expection. I must admit that I mainly like him due his memorable (albeit disturbing) boss battle and his backstory shown in MOTHER 1. Seriously, villains with sad backstories are my weakness (also in Mother 1 Giygas wasnt a...strange abomation. Rather his design looks similar to a certain ssb4 DLC legendary pokemon)
But as cool as Giygas is there is one villain who deserves even more mentoin.Thats right, its Porky. That neighbor brat who bwcame a nearly overlord in mother 3. Porky is just perfect villain one we either love to hate or utterly despise because of his actions. He is just so desciable and cruel.And even if I just talked about the villains I think the series has pretty great charactwrs in general.
The series has memorable and hilarious moments. Sadly I cannot say I am a fan, but thats only because I have only played earthbound a tiny bit
So the day was supposed to be MOTHER themed. So lets talk about the cult classic Rpg shall we?
MOTHER is a RPG trilogy developed by Shitesao Itoi and the APE studios. The first game was released on NES, the second on SNES and the third one on GBA. The series is interesting as only the second was released here in west (known as Earthbound) and wasnt at its time recived that well from critics or gamers. Despite this nowadays the series has a cult following, to the point they made a translation of the third game in the franchise. Now I dont know why earthbound was the only one released in west. Probably NOT because mother 1 and 3 were too japanese I hope
. Anyways the story of the game is simple . You play as a kid with PSI abilities who adventures with a group of friends
So what do people like about these RPGs. I think its the western feeling in it. Normally RPGs tend to have a typical famtasy setting with swords and magic and whatnot. Instead Earthbound has a modern western feel in it. The athmosphere of the series is quirky and silly as well.
Despite this the series can get suprisingly dark. The majority of MOTHER 3 is sad and dark(for instance SPOILER ALERT your mother dies in the beginning). There is also the infamous final boss of earthbound, the alien abonimation Giygas
Speaking of Giygas I find him to be an interesting villain actually. Normallywise villains who are working behind the scenes 100% time (like say Smithy from the first Mario RPG) are tend to be...not that memorable but Giygas is a surprising expection. I must admit that I mainly like him due his memorable (albeit disturbing) boss battle and his backstory shown in MOTHER 1. Seriously, villains with sad backstories are my weakness (also in Mother 1 Giygas wasnt a...strange abomation. Rather his design looks similar to a certain ssb4 DLC legendary pokemon)
But as cool as Giygas is there is one villain who deserves even more mentoin.Thats right, its Porky. That neighbor brat who bwcame a nearly overlord in mother 3. Porky is just perfect villain one we either love to hate or utterly despise because of his actions. He is just so desciable and cruel.And even if I just talked about the villains I think the series has pretty great charactwrs in general.
The series has memorable and hilarious moments. Sadly I cannot say I am a fan, but thats only because I have only played earthbound a tiny bit
