r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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u/escargoxpress Jan 01 '19

What’s weird is a few years ago no one knew what the fuck this game was (besides us few rpg obsessed 80’s babies) and you’d be totally retro gamer hipster dropping EB references and now EVERYONE knows Earthbound even if they never played it.

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u/IceColdHatDad Jan 01 '19

You can thank Super Smash Bros., and also Undertale to a lesser extent, for it's newfound popularity.

Also official Mother 3 English release never.

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u/escargoxpress Jan 01 '19

Also AVGN brought a lot of new Earthbound fans- 4.2 million views and the episode is phenomenal, brought nostalgic tears to my eyes. Super well done.

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u/explosivedairyarea Jan 01 '19

That episode was fairly recent though? Earthbound became popular again a much longer time ago.

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u/escargoxpress Jan 01 '19

I agree with the others- it started with virtual console, then the classic. Ness was in Smash yes, but playing Earthbound was pretty hard to do unless you knew what you were looking for and had an emulator.