Initial Reaction
I have several fond memories of playing Earthbound. Even buying the game contains some of my most cherished memories. My dad and I bought the game from a mail order catelog behind my mother's back(she would have definitely said no to purchasing it) and six weeks later the package came. I had a friend over at the time and unfortunately it was my mom who had to sign for it. She was a bit bewildered and was tempted to refuse to sign it, but luckily I convinced her and she let me and my friend play it.
So we plugged the game in and started to play it. Being that I was only 8 at the time I came up with the such great names as "Moron", "Butt", "Hank" and "Fart" with "Poop" being Moron's favorite food. Nearly immediately I feel in love with the game. The graphics, the music and the battles all made my first playing experience fantastic(though we only got up to Frank that first day).
Earthbound's theme song became a sort of theme for me. Often I would walk around school humming the different songs. I bring my player's guide to school and show it to my friends. During Lunch I would draw pictures of the characters and show them to my teacher, who would eventually call my parents and tell them that I play too many video games.
I devoured everything I could from Earthbound. Since I would talk to every NPC I could find, this greatly increased my reading ability. Before Earthbound I was a bit behind the class in terms of Reading level, but by the end of the school year I was one of the top readers in the class. My teacher was shocked because she thought all I did when I came home was play video games(which was true..)
After a while I began writing letters to Nintendo saying how much I loved Earthbound and I begged them for a sequal. They would give a stoic response, but I never gave up. I finally stopped writing them when I read in Nintendo Power's Space World report that Mother 3 was in the works and being the kid that I was, I attributed that to me writing all those letters.
I still have my Earthbound Players Guide, though its in storage. I don't think any game effected me more in my youth than Earthbound.
I have several fond memories of playing Earthbound. Even buying the game contains some of my most cherished memories. My dad and I bought the game from a mail order catelog behind my mother's back(she would have definitely said no to purchasing it) and six weeks later the package came. I had a friend over at the time and unfortunately it was my mom who had to sign for it. She was a bit bewildered and was tempted to refuse to sign it, but luckily I convinced her and she let me and my friend play it.
So we plugged the game in and started to play it. Being that I was only 8 at the time I came up with the such great names as "Moron", "Butt", "Hank" and "Fart" with "Poop" being Moron's favorite food. Nearly immediately I feel in love with the game. The graphics, the music and the battles all made my first playing experience fantastic(though we only got up to Frank that first day).
Earthbound's theme song became a sort of theme for me. Often I would walk around school humming the different songs. I bring my player's guide to school and show it to my friends. During Lunch I would draw pictures of the characters and show them to my teacher, who would eventually call my parents and tell them that I play too many video games.
I devoured everything I could from Earthbound. Since I would talk to every NPC I could find, this greatly increased my reading ability. Before Earthbound I was a bit behind the class in terms of Reading level, but by the end of the school year I was one of the top readers in the class. My teacher was shocked because she thought all I did when I came home was play video games(which was true..)
After a while I began writing letters to Nintendo saying how much I loved Earthbound and I begged them for a sequal. They would give a stoic response, but I never gave up. I finally stopped writing them when I read in Nintendo Power's Space World report that Mother 3 was in the works and being the kid that I was, I attributed that to me writing all those letters.
I still have my Earthbound Players Guide, though its in storage. I don't think any game effected me more in my youth than Earthbound.
