The only thing I ever really got annoyed with was the fuzzy, disoreinted, burned-out feeling I got after playing for several hours straight. I remember one occasion when I ran out of Bottled Water for Poo in the Scaraba Pyramid, so I went downstairs and got a real bottle of water, fully convinced that this would make everything better. Anyway, speaking of game burn-out, that brings me to a question. I could swear that on one occasion, after playing for many, many hours, someone called on the receiver phone in the game and asked me if I'd been playing too long, and would I like to take a break? Did this actually happen, or was it just a figment of my game-fried imagination?

Oh, yeah, I know what annoyed me...I remember one time when I beat two "Your Sanctuary" bosses in a row, without saving, and then my little brother came in the room and turned off the SNES. I didn't play for a week, I was so disgusted.

~Mr. Foppy



I've got that feeling right now, only its from driving a forklift around, sorting pencils, and wading through hundreds of rediculously weird Mailbag submissions. And yes, that phone thing is true. I first got that in Dusty Dunes after I played up to it from Saturn Valley and leaving the SNES on during dinner. Was that a run-on sentence?

~diospadre



Let me get this straight...you didn't have a bottle of water in the game so you decided to get a real bottle of water? And then you heard a phone ringing that never existed. And THEN you let your stupid brother turn off the SNES while you were in the room. You need help.

~Poo

The thing is that I like earthbound and most of the people here do, but I after beating it whole bunch of times it just gets real boring. I know that another let down is the poor graphics but everybody knows that. I for one have beaten that game three times and now I just don't want to play it anymore. I wonder if that happened to anyone else. Oh! and another thing; there is the annoyance of when you die and the windows and text change color. also its annoying to have to wait through the whole stupid show when the runaway five...or is it six? perform. I HATE THEM!!!!!@#$%^&

~Chimera



I play and ebat EarthBound about twice a year. It keeps it fresh and cool. I agree with you about the Runaway 5/Venus, though. Having to sit through five or six of their 'walk around the stage and hum' performances gets pretty redundant.

~diospadre



I vowed to myself that the next human who said that the EarthBound graphics "suck" or "are horrible" would meet the end of my foot. But since you said they were "poor", I guess I can let that slide. The graphics are really good, if you consider that it's an SNES game. And by the way, if you became unconcious, wouldn't red flash in front of your eyes too? Oh, and make fun of the Runaway Five and I'll "destroy" you.

~Poo

Without a doubt, there are two, yes two, things that prevent Earthbound from being the super nifty ultimate game to end all games.

1) The gall-darned inventory system. From Bombs, to Teddy Bears, To Insignificant Items, there was tons of cool stuff to play around with in Earthbound. Yet the Inventory system was one of the most clunky and hard to use, forcing you to give all you stuff to your sister, much like (some might say) real life.

2) Random Drops. Its like a horribly primitive form of the subquest, only even eviler. DIE! Gwargh. Of course, the sheer coolness of everything else more than cancels it out.

~Mad Fnorder



I hate the inventory system too, but it really forces you to pick and choose what you carry. I wish Escargo Express was a little more efficient, though. Sometimes it seems as if it would just be easier to go back to Onett to get your stuff. I agree with you about the random drops, as the characters dont really need the weapons youve found for them after you've leveled them all up to 100 fighting so many enemies to get them.

~diospadre



Well, Nintendo Power once said that the inventory system was poorly designed and perhaps they're right. But I think that the inventory system was made that way so that it might add a little more challenge to the game or a little more realism. As for the second thing you griped about, I assume you're talking about the camera man? If so, he's really cool. If you get EVERY picture taken, he gives you Fuzzy Pickles. It's a reusable item that recovers your whole party's HP and PP. But it can only be used outside of battle.

~Poo

The one thing I hate about EB? The ONLY thing I hate is the amount of item space. Ness's Nightmare is no threat, Moonside is fun, Diamond Dog is a pushover, 1 in 128 items are no annoyance, but the amount of item space the game gives you is just not enough! Even with all four people and Escargo Express, There just isn't enough space! I know the kids would probably break their backs if they had to carry any more stuff, but still, there should have been more item space.

~eduD edisnooM



Pay attention! That other guy just said the same thing!

~diospadre



Just think of it...if you were Ness, Paula, Jeff, or Poo, you wouldn't want to carry anything at all. But here you are, complaining about how much a group of teenagers and an item storage system can withhold. You make me sick!

~Poo

There are very few things I hate about this game. One is the guy who plays the trumpet in Onett. Another than that the things that I don't like that much just add to the difficulty and the greatness of the game.

TERRITORIAL OAK BURST INTO FlAMES!!!

~Territorial Oak



Kablammo! Those guys aren't that much of a problem. As long as you've got your text speed set to fast and just keep hitting the B button you won't lose too much HP. They are pretty lethal to teddy bears, though.

~diospadre



All right, I have a simple solution for your problems. First of all, don't talk to the trumpet player in Onett. I myself like his little melody, but hey...And as for your second, the easiest method would be to take out the non-explosive enemies on screen and then go for the explosive enemies last. This way, your HP counter will only roll until the battle ends.

~Poo

I never cared for the jumping puzzles in Earthbound, but maybe that's just me.

~Zinco



Dude, you're right. If only EarthBound could have been more like its followers, Turok 2 and Daikatana. Then we wouldn't have to bve jumping across Fourside just to get the Video Relaxant to power the Suporma and open the door to the Nightmare Rock.

~diospadre



One time I met a talking squirrel. It talked to me. It...talked.

~Poo

The one thing I absolutely HATE about EB is the whole Fourside sequence. First of all, I HATE the whole mole cave. It takes me at least three times through it because I always run out of PP. Then, I hate going though the Department Store. Something about it just bugs me. Next, you have to go through Moonside, possibly the only bright spot in the whole thing, but I still hate the whole warp man thing because I always get lost with them. Then its the monkey cave. Man do I dislike going through that cave. It really gets annoying always having tho go back and forth looking for specific items. Finally, it's the Monotoli Building. Those darn Sentry Bots can get annoying. Fourside is by far the most annoying place in EB. At least the annoying stuff is all clumped in one part of the game instead of appearing sporadically throughout the game.

~EBFan2000



I only have two problems with Fourside. First, there's so much cool stuff going on; its like the developers just crammed a whole bunch of cool stuff in the middle of the game. I sometimes stop playing after that because it gets out of the towns at that point and goes to swamps and deserts and stuff. The other thing is the Sentry Robots counting. No, actually I like how they count faster and faster. Reminds me of when they pushed the car off the cliff in Me, Myself, and Irene.

~diospadre



Fourside is cool! The mole sequence thing is a challenge to me and the Department Store thing is easy. Moonside is really fun except for the tough enemies. And the monkey caves is one of the best things in EarthBound for me. Hmm...maybe I like EarthBound too much...

~Poo

I can't think of much that I don't like about it, although a few things come to mind... There's a lack of optional side-quests which takes the replay value down a little (unless you include battling endless copies of enemies hoping to get a 1/128 item a side quest...), you don't actually get to control the Sky Runner or the submarine, and Dungeon Man leaves the party too soon. There's also the fact that it indicates a sequel, yet there probably won't be one, but that's just being picky.

~LousySpy



You really do need that nick change, Mr. pessimism. I agree with you about the Dungeon Man, though. That music with him following you is so cool, but then he walks through some trees, forgets that he's a giant stone man, and just decides to stand there until he dies. I don't know how he'd get too many customers standing in the middle of a desert, plus he's locked. He just doesn't have good business sense, don't ya think?

~diospadre



I DO consider getting the 1/128 items a side quest. I've gone back and played EarthBound in order to get the items before. It's addicting, actually. Especially when you're like "Hahahahaha, I'll bet it's this one that has it!" and then it's not. Actually that's really annoying. But anyway, if you keep walking around and around that part of Scaraba forever, you can keep Dungeon Man forever. And you're right, you are being Picky. Or Pokey. Ha...ha...

~Poo

What do I hate about EarthBound? The fact that you have to listen to your Dad ramble on about nothing to save the game. And he always says the same thing (well except when you're poo, and when you're a robot.

~Leeman



I hate when I accidentally choose to hit the hay or whatever, then I have to get up and be careful to Power OFF the SNES and not just reset it. Stupid lack of a reset button on the controller. Go Dreamcast!

~diospadre



Actually, I never quite understood why he would tell you how many experience points you needed to gain a level if you were about to leave or something. And I also don't get why he always wants you to hit the Power button and not the Reset button. I've done it before and nothing has happened.

~Poo

The one thing I hate about Earthbound is you can't go into the bathrooms. The game did what so many other games never do simply by putting the bathrooms in there! And they were thiiiiiiiis close to reaching video game perfection when *SNAP* they take the bathroom ability away from you! Did you know that on average, about 3 million people in the world are going to the bathroom at any givin time? Why can't they do that in video games too?!

~Yutz



I like the noise it makes when you walk into the bathroom door, so I'm cool with all that.

~diospadre



Read the front of the EarthBound cartridge box. It says K-A which means it's made for kids through adults. Now, if someone were to go to the bathroom, it would violate the "kids" thing. Get it? Besides, you know that period when you turn the game off? THAT'S when they go to the bathroom. On their own time. If you want to see people going to the bathroom, go play The Sims or something, Mr. Bathroom Obsessor.

~Poo

I hate how they only give you 5 spaces when you choose your names and food etc. I need more than 5 spaces! I need to name my character: "Bob the radioactive hamster man" ans stuff like that.

Paula... with a man's voice... that's just wrong, dios... Completly and utterly WRONG