EarthBound

EarthBound (known as Mother 2 in Japan) is a computer role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second title in the Mother series. It is known for its characteristic cartoon-like graphics, soundtrack (that, uniquely for its time, incorporates sampling), irreverent humor, portrayal of the Western world as seen by Japan, and quirky, almost caricatured characters.

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Unlike many role-playing games, this game takes place in the present. EarthBound is set in the year "199X" in a United States-like country called Eagleland (also somewhat reminiscent of the U.K). The main character, Ness, wakes up in the middle of night, in his pajamas, when a meteor falls close to his house, and decides to investigate. At the crash site he meets an insect named Buzz Buzz from ten years in the future who sends him on a quest to destroy the Evil Alien Giygas in this time, because he is too powerful in the time Buzz Buzz comes from. Ness must then journey through the world, seeking eight "sanctuaries" where the Earth's power is strongest in order to gain the strength needed to confront Giygas. The game follows a deceptively loose and simple story arc, devolving from reality to a fourth-wall breaking nod to The Player at the strings.

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