EarthBound

August 27, 1994

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EarthBound

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Earthbound

Platforms

Game Boy Advance New Nintendo 3DS Super Famicom Super Nintendo Entertainment System Wii U

Companies

Ape Creatures Inc. HAL Laboratory Nintendo

Genres

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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Early previews of EarthBound show that the game's localizers had considered calling Giygas "The Geek".

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person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month August 5, 2013

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Most drug stores became shops in the North American version, although the one in Dusty Dunes Desert still has a prominent "Drug" sign in front of it.

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In the Japanese version, the intro says, "Gyiyg Strikes Back!", but was changed in the International release to, "The War Against Giygas!". This could've been possibly an overly-cautious attempt to avoid conflict with Lucasfilm over The Empire Strikes Back.

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person ClaudX calendar_month October 9, 2013

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There are four unused sprites of King, which show him climbing a ladder or rope. This would suggest two things: either King was supposed to remain in the party longer, or Ness' original travels through Onett were supposed to include something to climb.

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person ClaudX calendar_month October 9, 2013

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Three of the songs in the game are each composed entirely of a single sample played at various pitches.
• Cave of the Past - "Deirdre" by The Beach Boys
• Moonside - "Keep on Laughin'" by Ric Ocacek
• Cave of the Present - "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles

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An infamous scratch and sniff ad for EarthBound, featured in magazines around the time of the game's release, caused WayForward director/designer James Montagna to suffer from a severe allergic reaction as a child, which had him rushed to hospital:

"When I came to the page with the EarthBound scratch and sniff ad, I remember going at it without hesitation. Not long after, my tongue started to swell, and my throat closed up. I started to panic, and woke up my parents to take me to the hospital (magazine still clutched tightly in my hand), where we determined I had a reaction to the scents on the EarthBound ad!"

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person Dazz calendar_month October 2, 2023

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