Nice reflection on how EarthBound's modern setting was such a departure from the JRPG norm in '95. The decision to ground enemies and locations in contemporary suburbia instead of castles and dragons was pretty bold for Nintendo, especially when Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger were dominating with their fantasy worlds. The quirky humor definetly aged better than alot of other 90s game writing. I've been meaning to check out that Mother 2 Deluxe hack, the difficulty tweaks sound like exactly what the original needed.
Nice reflection on how EarthBound's modern setting was such a departure from the JRPG norm in '95. The decision to ground enemies and locations in contemporary suburbia instead of castles and dragons was pretty bold for Nintendo, especially when Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger were dominating with their fantasy worlds. The quirky humor definetly aged better than alot of other 90s game writing. I've been meaning to check out that Mother 2 Deluxe hack, the difficulty tweaks sound like exactly what the original needed.
The rolling HP counter is straight up disabled on the highest difficulty as well.