OK,I know this doesn't deal with any important issues, but answer my questions anyway:

1)In EarthBound,what is the point of the ruler and protracter items?They don't do anything!!

2)Why didn't Nintendo release EarthBound Zero in the U.S.A. or Canada(mainly Canada)?

~The Clumsy Sentry Robot



As we all know, EarthBound is based on 1950ish America, and back then rulers and protractors were a very useful tool. Were the game based on the 60's, then we might have caught a glimpse of such amazing weaponry as the "Slide Rule" or "Paper", which no doubt would have been just as crucial to the completion of the game as the ruler.

Nobody really knows why EarthBound Zero wasn't released. Some say it's because Nintendo didn't think an Rpg would have sold well. Others blame it on the collapse of communism. As for Canada, it wasn't released there because it's not as good as America, duh.

~diospadre



1) Nintendo knew that, 5 years after the release of the game, silly American fans would still be puzzled by the inclusion of the ruler and protractor. As our Japanese Correspondent Tomato tells us, rulers and protractors are an important source of fiber for Japanese citizens who are too poor to afford delicacies like cardboard and glass shards.

2) To be honest, because they didn't expect it to do very well in America. To make an attempt at humor and sarcasm, because they knew that some psychos in the army would get a hold of the game and begin spewing crap about it being a drama set in Post-Cold-War America.

~reidman

Why is reid so cool?

~ironchefboy



reid is cool because he can produce his own food and clothes for an entire year. Because of this, he isn't with preoccupied with such concepts as money and work, and can focus on his coolness.

~diospadre



Thats easy. Why does Superman fly? Because he has to save the world. I, on the other hand, will conquer it, so I must be the living epitome of coolness and get everyone to suck up to me. The void in space created by the massive amount of sucking up will send the Earth into a galatic tailspin, thus creati-- well, nevermind, you'll find the rest out soon.

~reidman

im am extremly curious why nintendo tries to avoid things with earthbound as much as possible, i mean they have never made a clear comment on something that involves earthbound but yet the support superman to come out. i never understand why they release games like that anyway, but my point is us true earthbound fans have not got that much of a tast of this great game. all i want to see happen is earthbound 64 to be released and earthbound 0 to be released on gameboy color or something!

i have been still playing earthbound for my snes since the second day it came out. im in love with this game, but nintendo give me a break!

~brandon diab



I think it's not that Nintendo ignored EarthBound related material, they just don't know what it is. Gone are the Power Counselors of the past, in with the mothers of kids who like video games. The result? A customer relations staff with the collective knowledge of video games of a monkey (and I'm not talking about Mojo Jojo, yo.)

~diospadre



Heh, well, we'll find out soon. The EarthBound 64 Petition will either be the last hurrah for EarthBound fans or the beginning of something beautiful. Possibly the extension of the Mother franchise, if it actually gets ported to Gamecube or something. But thats wishful thinking. If you don't want to get your hopes up, then go back to stabbing needles in your Pikachu effigy.

~reidman

Who was the author of "Don Qixote"?

~Shivered McTimber



Cervantes was the author of my favorite Spanish novel. Kind of a freaky coincidence, Shivered McTimber, because there was also a pirate guy named Cervantes in Soul Calibre.

~diospadre



Al Gore. Without him, neither Don Quixote or the internet would be around.

~reidman

in threed, theris a grave not in the graveyard, why does the stupid crappy picture dude come down when you go near it? Is there a secret in it?

~Andrew



No, theres nothing special about it, it's just the crappy picture guy. I never liked him either, cause he's boring, and is only funy the very first time you see him in your very first game.

~diospadre



No, the photographer dude (as you hopefully noticed by this point in the game...) mysteriously plummets from the sky at various places in the game. There is a reason for it, but if I told you, it'd ruin the entire game. You'd fall to your knees and curse my name as a fire backdrop exploded behind you or something. It would be cool if you could battle the photographer though, wouldn't it? Someone start a topic about this on the Forum, I bet it'll make for good reading.

~reidman

ARE YOU HAVE FF9 CHEAT

~WAN HENG



I IS DO NOT HAVE NO. THE TRANSLATORS IN LINE ARE BONS.

~diospadre



Yeah. Its called

~reidman

hi, just testing, don't post this in the real mailbag unless we're like worse than eb.net in terms of needing content. ~Tomato



Ok.

~diospadre



You present an interesting point. If you'll go to our Mother 2 section, you'll see that we have posted a total of 2 fan-submitted files this year! This sets a new record for Starmen.Net, and to congratulate us, please don't submit anything to us at all.

~reidman

YOUR'RE SITE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Nick Bailey



Dude I know

~diospadre



Heh, thanks. Your grammar rocks. I've never seen a grammatical error compounded like that...its usually just "you're". Oh well, as long as you like Starmen.Net, noone carez aboot youre grammer.

~reidman