EB64's Ranting and Raving About EB64!
I know this probably won't get posted but I have to speak my mind. I have been to the message boards and seen enough posts that I decided to write this article. I hope this will make people think a little before posting again.
Why is everyone condemning Mother 3 a.k.a. Earthbound 64 just because there will be new characters and new places? The way a "series" game gets people interested time after time is that there are new characters and/or places to meet/visit! Some examples of this concept are:
1) The Mario Bros. series. They may all contain basically the same characters but the locations are always different! Also, they do seem to introduce new character in just about each one.
2) Mortal Kombat. Ok, so the characters are basically the same. They do add new ones in each one and change the ones that they keep (Sub-Zero comes to mind).
3) Final Fantasy Series. This is my best example of the principal of "changing characters/places". Each game is a completely new one! There are a few similarities like having a character named "Cid" and the weapons names are basically the same in each one.
4) The Mother series so far. Earthbound and "Earthbound Zero" are pretty much nothing alike except that they both have PSI and some of the weapons/characters/places are the same.
Do you think the Japanese threw a fit when Mother 2 came out whining: "It's not the same! the characters and places are different!"? I doubt they did. They are smart enough to know that you need change to make something last.
Just try and keep an open mind about Earthbound 64 until you play it and see what the characters/places/battle commands are like! THEN I won't have any objection to you whining and complaining about the game being different. Thank you and good bye.
I know this probably won't get posted but I have to speak my mind. I have been to the message boards and seen enough posts that I decided to write this article. I hope this will make people think a little before posting again.
Why is everyone condemning Mother 3 a.k.a. Earthbound 64 just because there will be new characters and new places? The way a "series" game gets people interested time after time is that there are new characters and/or places to meet/visit! Some examples of this concept are:
1) The Mario Bros. series. They may all contain basically the same characters but the locations are always different! Also, they do seem to introduce new character in just about each one.
2) Mortal Kombat. Ok, so the characters are basically the same. They do add new ones in each one and change the ones that they keep (Sub-Zero comes to mind).
3) Final Fantasy Series. This is my best example of the principal of "changing characters/places". Each game is a completely new one! There are a few similarities like having a character named "Cid" and the weapons names are basically the same in each one.
4) The Mother series so far. Earthbound and "Earthbound Zero" are pretty much nothing alike except that they both have PSI and some of the weapons/characters/places are the same.
Do you think the Japanese threw a fit when Mother 2 came out whining: "It's not the same! the characters and places are different!"? I doubt they did. They are smart enough to know that you need change to make something last.
Just try and keep an open mind about Earthbound 64 until you play it and see what the characters/places/battle commands are like! THEN I won't have any objection to you whining and complaining about the game being different. Thank you and good bye.
