I have a long, odd history with the ‘EarthBound’ franchise. When Nintendo began their heavy-handed marketing campaign for the SNES title in the series, “EarthBound” (a.k.a., “Mother 2”), I was at an age where I firmly believed that Fantasy elements were mandatory in RPGs, and I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to suffer through any game that took place in the *horrified gasp* modern era and featured a cast of *even more horrified gasp* school children. It wasn’t until I met my friend Mark, who was a year behind me in high school and an even bigger videogame nerd than I was, that I heard a compelling argument to the contrary. Mark loved “Final Fantasy 4,” “Final Fantasy 6,” and “Chrono Trigger” as much as I did, yet he also had copious amounts of praise... |
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