I am sitting here watching my mother learn how to post pictures on her blog and for some reason i thought of my favorite video game of all time. Many people haven't heard of it and too bad for them. The Game is Called Earthbound. It is fore the Super Nintendo. EarthBound is set in the year "199X" in the small town of Onett, part of Eagleland. The main character, Ness, wakes up when a meteor falls close to his house in the middle of the night. He heads out to investigate the meteor, but not before his mother reminds him to change out of his pajamas. At the crash site, he meets his next door neighbor, Pokey (Porky in Japan), who tells him to go home and stop bothering the police. Ness is awoken later that night by Pokey to help him find his lost brother, Picky. They go to the meteor crash site where they find Picky sleeping as well as meeting an insect named Buzz Buzz from ten years in the future who sends him on a quest to defeat the intergalactic destroyer Giygas in this time, because he is too powerful in the time that Buzz Buzz came from. Ness must then journey through the world, seeking his eight "sanctuaries" where the Earth's power is strongest in order to unite his own powers with the Earth's and gain the strength needed to confront Giygas.
Ness finds the first sanctuary in Onett and then moves on to Twoson. He rescues a girl named Paula from the Happy Happyist Cult in Happy Happy Village and finds the second sanctuary there. Then, they move on to Threed, which is overrun by zombies. When Ness and Paula are captured, Paula sends a telepathic message to Jeff in Winters, who uses Dr. Andonuts (his father)'s Sky Runner to reach Threed and rescue Ness and Paula. The three of them travel to Saturn Valley, which is populated by a bizarre race of creatures called Mr. Saturns, who have been going missing recently. A massive pile of vomit named Belch has been kidnapping them, and has also given life to the zombies to attack Threed. Ness defeats him by using a jar of fly honey, and Ness finds the third sanctuary in Saturn valley. He moves on to Fourside. Once there, he discovers that Fourside's Mayor, Monotoli has been taken over by a strange item called the Mani Mani Statue. Ness frees Monotoli, who tells Ness to go to a pyramid in a desert.
Ness finds the fourth and fifth sanctuaries in Winters and Fourside, respectively. Ness returns to Threed and fixes the Skyrunner to go to Summers. Ness falls unconscious in Summers and dreams of a far-off land known as Dalaam, where Prince Poo has completed his 'Mu' training and joins Ness on his quest. The four of them find a boat and go to Scaraba and Ness finds the pyramid, where he learns how to defeat Giygas. Ness returns to Dalaam and finds the sixth sanctuary there. He uses a submarine to go to Deep Darkness, where he meets Belch again. Once Belch is defeated, Ness finds the Tenda Village. Only the people of Tenda can open the way to the Seventh Sanctuary, but they're all too shy. Apple Kid has a book about overcoming shyness, but is kidnapped by Giygas. Ness returns to Winters and rescues Apple Kid, and Dr. Andonuts, who begins building the Phase Distorter, a machine that is essential to defeating Giygas. Ness uses the book to convince the Tenda to open the way to the Seventh Sanctuary. Once he activates it, he finds the eighth and final sanctuary in the lost underworld.
When Ness activates the final sanctuary, he is teleported to a world made out of his dreams, Magicant. He destroys the evil Mani Mani Statue there, which destroys Magicant but also makes Ness very strong. Dr Andonuts finishes the Phase Distorter and uses it to send Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo back into the past. The four of them find that Ness's neighbor, Pokey has allied himself with Giygas. Giygas becomes so powerful that his mind is completely destroyed. Paula begins praying, which weakens Giygas's defenses. When the player begins praying too (via on-screen text), Giygas is completely eradicated. Pokey escapes, and Ness and his friends safely return home. It is an Awesome game.
ple in the internet community and UFO community really believed it would happen, all based on one woman’s channeling of other worldly entities saying that they would appear. I really wished it would appear but I didn’t think it would. Oh well.
to be able to write.
but I wish I could deal with words better. I am listening to Bright Eyes right now. A great band led by Conner Oberst, who writes the songs and lyrics. It really is good stuff. He doesn’t have the best voice in the world but he sure can write some good lyrics. I want to be able to do that! Help me!
