This thread is mainly about Earthbound.

[Grandy]

I decided to myself that I wont do the third Mother before bounding my earth.

[WarxePB]

Other than a couple of recurring characters (sadly, Ness and friends don't make an appearance), Mother 3 is totally self-contained. You don't need to have played Earthbound for it to make sense.

Also, has anyone here played the original Mother? Thematically, it's a lot like Earthbound, but I actually believe it has a slightly stronger plot, and it fills in a few gaps in Earthbound.

[Grandy]

Can't find it in english.

[Djanki]

Other than a couple of recurring characters (sadly, Ness and friends don't make an appearance), Mother 3 is totally self-contained. You don't need to have played Earthbound for it to make sense.

Also, has anyone here played the original Mother? Thematically, it's a lot like Earthbound, but I actually believe it has a slightly stronger plot, and it fills in a few gaps in Earthbound.

Oh, it does, really--you learn more about Giyga's past (and, oddly, his name was...Gigue...), and learn of the possible past of Ness' mother and father...

Also: Giygas has the coolest attack and music ever.

YOU CANNOT GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF GIYGA'S ATTACK!

Now that I think about it...I wonder who would win in a fight: Giygas, or Lavos...? I mean, we can't grasp the true form of Giygas' attack, but Lavos makes destruction rain from the heavens...

[WarxePB]

Giegue/Giygas are the same character. But the American translators decided that "Giygas" was a more Americanized name than "Giegue", and that it more accurately represented the character. Or something like that, anyways.

Also, Giygas would kick Lavos' ***. Lavos was defeated by three kids, a frog, a robot, a cavewoman and an emo sorcerer, where it took the combined power of the entire planet (and the player) to defeat Giygas. So unless Lavos could use the Spirit Bomb, he'd eventually die.

[Djanki]

So unless Lavos could use the Spirit Bomb, he'd eventually die.

But...at the end of Crono Cross, he was still drifting somewhere in the Timestream, i.e., ALIVE...

BETTER IDEA! What if...Giygas possessed Lavos?!

[WarxePB]

Then, my friend, we'd be f**ked. And not just the game characters, either; Giygas-Lavos would probably find a way to cross over into the real world and devour us all.

[Djanki]

Then, my friend, we'd be f**ked. And not just the game characters, either; Giygas-Lavos would probably find a way to cross over into the real world and devour us all.

You mean...like in the ending for the arcade version of Golden Axe?!

T_T

[arcaine91]

[spoiler]or worse, if the Dream Devourer fused with Giygas. Not only would we be f**ked, the entire time stream would be f**ked.[/spoiler]

[HobomasterXXX]

Can't find it in english.

Lol google
http://mother3.fobby.net/

[WarxePB]

Another thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TRpVvvsazc

[Grandy]

Lol google
http://mother3.fobby.net/

lol I said Mother, not Mother3,

[X_marks_the_ed]

lol I said Mother, not Mother3,

Isn't the English translation of Mother 1 dubbed Earthbound Zero? I have an Earthbound Zero ROM for NES and it works, so I assume that would be Mother 1. :/

[Grandy]

K. Going after it.

[WarxePB]

Also, Mother 3 is awesome. Just got up to Chapter 4, and it's getting better with every minute. Definitely recommend it.