Marcus hails from Pender Island. He enjoys writing about the lore surrounding the Warhammer 40K universe. He has an affinity for chocolate and manga. Earthbound is a goofy JRPG that casts us as Ness, ...

Ness will begin to wake up from his dream, the Sound Stone he once had is now gone, and his friends will be standing over him tying to get him up. Saturn Valley is where you need to go, Ness and his ...

Although the most recent Nintendo Direct on Feb. 9 was fairly divisive, there was one game that stood out to me above all others — and it’s nearly two decades old. “EarthBound” was originally released ...

When Ness wakes up he will be in a strange land. Talk to the man on the right. He’ll tell you this is a place inside your mind, Magicant, a place where you must cleanse yourself of the evil hidden ...

As I’ve said before, I like when a game is elegantly written. I like when a game story manages to get its point across without too much expositional dialogue, ideally within gameplay, not cutscenes. I ...

It’s not as easy to ignore the impact of the 1995 SNES RPG EarthBound as it used to be. Released in America to low sales and a somewhat confused fanfare, including a Monty Pythonesque ad campaign ...

Eathbound is a very popular RPG coming from Japan that launched one of Nintendo's latest faces, Ness, onto a large scale. Originally titled a sequel to Mother, and released in Japan as Mother 2.

Earthbound is trippy from beginning to end. Throughout this underrated RPG, Ness battles sign posts, New Age retro hippies, and sentient vomit. You encounter so many bizarre creatures, you get ...