Have you ever laughed out loud or cried while playing EarthBound?

A long journey passed. Unbelievable memories of many hours seeing sights, fighting foppies, and foiling alien plots. Now that all was well and done, Giygas being destroyed and now returning back to boring, uneventful life, walking a beautiful girl home all to the music of my fave band-the Runaway Five. The music still plays as I look through a photo album of my friends and the things I saw. All this experienced gained at my early age, for what?

The music ends, and Im thrusted back into the real world, controller wet from sweat. The year is 1995, I am 12 and have just completed one, if not the best games of my life were I would have given anything to be a part of, and now, before my eyes this world comes to a close. It made me sad, very very sad, but out of joy and my remorse for it actually ending. Now mind you I didnt cry, because videogames are nothing to cry about, but it did make me sad. Long live Earth Bound.

--Psionic Brawler



Congrats on writing a Letter of the Week!

And from the eternal void... piercing the darkness... a golden ray of hope. ... it’s amazing what effects music can have on a Mailbag staffer’s psyche. Play it, Aquas. In any case, that little metaphorical verse indicates that amid these less significant letters, you have united vowels and consonants in a way in which they speak to all. It’s hard to respond to your letter because you so accurately portrayed the feeling of EarthBound and its completion. There is but one thing to do – raise our voices as one and speak to all. Long live EarthBound!

Oh, but I have to disagree. To cry because of a video game is no different than crying because of a movie or book. In any case... YOU ROCK YAY YOU GO LETTER OF THE WEEK DUDE!

--GuyInsummers



Congratulations on winning the Least Boogery Letter Of The Week award!

You get a case of bikini wax and a bottle of Spikey Hair Gel - the brand used by Japanese superstars everywhere.

--- SimonBob

I laughed outloud through the entire game, but not entirely because of the game. Me and my sister played it together(well, I had the controller), and we really bonded over it. I haven't seen her that much since she graduate/got a serious boyfriend and it was great to congregate infront of the nintendo and laugh our behinds off every night. I appreciate Earthbound so much more because of this. Hmm.. I suppose I got off topic a bit there. Sorry. :P

--PappyCat





It’s great to hear stories about things like EarthBound helping to keep people together. I wish I had the opportunity to bond with a sibling over something we both enjoyed. The pure emotional effect of this letter almost made me brand it Letter of the Week, but then I realized it wasn't quite there when I closed Winamp. Crazy radio.

~GiS



I miss my sister too, she went to Kingston and hasn't come back yet. And my cat is sick. But EB makes me feel better. That and StarFox. And SSB:M. And Balloon Fight. And did I mention StarFox?

--- SimonBob



Talk about laughing out loud - when I read your response, SimonBob, I was sure it said "she went to kindergarden and hasn't come back yet."

~GiS



Jerk! I'll kick your butt!

--- SimonBob

It's kind of ironic that the first part of the game I laughed so hard. I had tears coming out of my eyes was when I was fighting the Mini Barf. Being it was the first time I played it, it's dry heave sound made me bust up like none other.

--CabezaGrande



Oh, those little laugh-inducing details that the designers did such a good job of. YAY EARTHBOUND!

~GiS



That noise always made me angry, because it was the noise that signified the beginnings of uncontrollable crying for my characters. I hate uncontrollable crying! It makes me have to use PSI and Bottle Rockets and I always want to just hit the stupid thing and I can't argh argh argh ...

--- SimonBob

Not only did I laugh and cry, but I also started making my own beef jerky when I read the description for it in EB. Now, where's my clothesline...

--- SimonBob



Eh? SimonBob wrote that letter? But Simon's the corresponder. That means...well, this'll be interesting.

~GiS



In the backyard, where you left it to dry. Incidentally, it rained today, so it's actually all wet now. Maybe you should just make some burgers instead, dude.

--- SimonBob

Oh ho ho ho! Not only have I laughed out loud when playing EarthBound... I also talk to the bad guys!

I'm 19 years old and I STILL do it even to this day. I started a new game just a week ago, and I just past Threed. I would talk to the enemies like "OH! Don't slap me! I am far too girly!" and "Fun bubble machine!"

I'm so profane :D

--Starman Elite



Uh huh... you see, swear masking is bad. But instead of just editing that out... I’ll let SimonBob do it. Buahahaha...

~GiS



I edited your message to be more "politically correct." Not that there's anything wrong with swearing at enemies, but we're a "family-oriented" site. So when you think "HOLY LIVING BOOGERS ON A FORKLIFT!!" you should say "My goodness, I do believe I'm taken aback!" or something equally friendly. Otherwise XODNIZEL WILL KILL YOU. Thanks for playing.

--- SimonBob



...as I write this, somebody in a Nickelodeon cartoon said “Sexy”. O_o Behold EarthBound’s influence!

~GiS



Stop double-replying.

--- SimonBob

I almost cried when it ended because I knew I'd have nothing else to do with the game except playing it again. Buzz Buzz dying was pretty sad too. I laughed out loud when talking to the zombies stuck to the tent. I don't know why either, it was just funny at the time :P.

--kappo



Interesting. Really, the end always got me choked up because I was emotionally stunned by the quality of the game, the beauty of the story, and the overall sexiness. See, since the word “sexy” is approved by two major child-acceptable mediums, I can use it. ... what is the world coming to?

~GiS



I was kinda sad at the zombies stuck in the tent. A lot of them weren't moving. I felt really bad because it probably wasn't their fault they got drafted into the zombie army. Of course, what kind of idiot makes a zombie army anyway? The reason people die is because they're weak! Why do you think they'd get any stronger when they were resurrected? (Answer: Belch has a high stomach-to-brain ratio.)

--- SimonBob

At the end. Cry. Hey, I was like 8 or something.

--SCPH



Hey, crying at emotional moments is not something to be ashamed of.

~GiS



Succinct. You are. I like that, it makes it easy to answer.

--- SimonBob

yes.
The part where Venus signs the autograph on a banana peel.
Also when the zombies are trapped in zombie paper.

--Carlo



For lack of a wittier response than SimonBob’s, I will simply end this with a subliminal message. ... okay, so a subliminal message isn't the best idea. Forget I so much as mentioned it, okay?

~GiS



Yep, I cried when Venus signed the banana too. I was gonna eat that banana... :~(

--- SimonBob

Helos mr mailbag person.
How is yuor day of mailbagness?

oh yess I laffed wile playng Urfbownd.
I laffed at tha part where Ness was like ":O WHOA DUDE" and those uther guyz, like Poop and Paul and Jef were like "wow Ness is like invisible" and then Giygas appeared and Ness hit him with his baseball bat and he died.

that was teh funnie!!!11111

ANYWAYZ, C U NEXT WEEK MAILBAG D00D

--Omnipenguin, signing out.



It burns! IT BURNS!

~GiS



I like you better when you don't act like an idiot.

--- SimonBob

No, but whenever one of the characters gets the nausia status effect for some reason I start to feel like I am going to puke....

--Heero0m`



I know! And when one of my characters gets the Diamondization effect, suddenly my skin dries out completely and all the carbon suddenly is exposed to incredible pressure and my body supermetabolizes to a point where my body temperature is so high my skin cells become diamonds.

~GiS



Ewww, stand over there.

--- SimonBob



... you were talking to him, right?

~GiS



DARNIT WHAT'D I TELL YOU?! --- SimonBob

Er... Nobody laugh, but I cried when at the end of the game I couldn't find out who ness' dad was. Stupid phone.....

--PKMaster



Just as long as you know that Ness’s dad isn’t the Star Master. I mean, I can’t even seen eye to eye with anybody who would think that. What an absurd thought!

~GiS



Okay, for the last time, since you obviously haven't heard yet: Ness's dad is the Star Master. That's why he appears twice in Magicant. Geez, welcome to last year.

--- SimonBob

I laughed when the guy in Chaos Theatre said "I just farted."

Hehehe, fart...

--GG Crono 4



For some reason I dare not try to explain, I laughed out loud when I saw “Hehehe, fart... ”. I suppose EarthBound brings out the premature little maniac in all of us.

~GiS



I remember being very disturbed by the farting guy. Next!

--- SimonBob

You answered my question last week about Tomatoes board, and thank you, now heres another...

Im banned from the WHOLE forums, AND chat! Because I asked a question....I read that it goes against an ammendment!

--Earthbound Master



That wasn’t a question.

~GiS



You mean the concept of "Freedom of Speech," I assume? I'm no politician, and I'm a pretty lousy debater. I generally stay out of those kinds of discussions. But I think the general idea is that since the boards are a private installation of Starmen.Net, we reserve the right to kick you off the forums for whatever reason, particularly if you break any of the rules stated in the Terms Of Service. If you can't play nice, get out of the sandbox.

And "Because I asked a question" probably isn't the reason, nor is it the whole story. Can't pull the wool over my eyes that easily, no sir.

--- SimonBob

I cried when Paula died. Where is my hat?

--Grampa



JUST BUY A NEW ONE

~GiS



My eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets when Pokey walked through the fire. But it wasn't as cool as the part where Jeff got the chainsaw by fixing the magic clock. Also, the Kirby cameo in Cantlin was neato. Your hat is under the flower box in the backyard.

--- SimonBob

Hmm...that could've gone better. You see, I only got 16 letters this week. One was jusT SO wrong, one was a tad too late, and everything else you see here. This makes me sad. At least make my job a challenge. I also noted a lack of nice long letters. I know I said I didn't like all long letters...but I wanted a mix. If you all don't do better next week, I swear I will unlease the Curse of the Hello Kitty. I mean it. Dead serious. Do NOT make me. And mad props to SimonBob for a fine job.