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I still haven't played earthbound (iirc it wasnt published in europe) and I'm thinking of trying this romhack which apparently improves the controls. Can anyone

I still haven't played earthbound (iirc it wasnt published in europe) and I'm thinking of trying this romhack which apparently improves the controls. Can anyone whos played the original comment if this is a good idea? http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1111/ http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1111/

gambiting 11y ago
Mother and Mother 2 are both available on Wii U as Earthbound:Beginnings and Earthbound. Good reason to buy them legally :-)
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- coldpie 11y ago
  The trouble with buying them legally is you can't mod them. Well, I guess you could buy it and then just to find a ROM and hack that and be morally in the clear. Mother is basically unplayable in 2015. The encounter rate is beyond ridiculous. I'm a little surprised they released it unmodified. Shortly before the official Nintendo release this year, someone put out a great hack that makes the game actually enjoyable. If you're going to play Mother, play this version. https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th-Anniversary-Edition/page/1/ https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th... Earthbound is pretty good unmodified, but there are hacks around that make the game more playable.
  - JonnieCache 11y ago
    If we're posting romhacks, this super metroid hack is absolutely amazing. An entirely new tileset, an all-new much larger map, new mechanics, AI, it could be super metroid 2. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the original. Oh, and the ending. The ending! http://www.hyper.metroidconstruction.com/ http://www.hyper.metroidconstruction.com/ Hacks of 16 bit games are getting really interesting at the moment.
coldpie 11y ago
I can't speak to the quality of that hack, but it does sound like a godsend. In the original, you have to open the menu to talk to someone (Menu -> Talk To) or to open something (Menu -> Check). Yes, they're separate commands. You can't talk to a chest, and you can't check a person. If you're too far away, it pop up a dialog saying "No problem here" that you have to dismiss and navigate the menu to try again. It's crazy annoying.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago
  You can hit L to either check or talk; you don't need to open the menu at all.
  - coldpie 11y ago
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you tell me.
    - JoshTriplett 11y ago
      Here's a fun one: by design, you can play Earthbound entirely with your left hand, using just the direction pad, L, and select.

gambiting 11y ago

Mother and Mother 2 are both available on Wii U as Earthbound:Beginnings and Earthbound. Good reason to buy them legally :-)

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coldpie 11y ago
The trouble with buying them legally is you can't mod them. Well, I guess you could buy it and then just to find a ROM and hack that and be morally in the clear. Mother is basically unplayable in 2015. The encounter rate is beyond ridiculous. I'm a little surprised they released it unmodified. Shortly before the official Nintendo release this year, someone put out a great hack that makes the game actually enjoyable. If you're going to play Mother, play this version. https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th-Anniversary-Edition/page/1/ https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/Mother-25th... Earthbound is pretty good unmodified, but there are hacks around that make the game more playable.
- JonnieCache 11y ago
  If we're posting romhacks, this super metroid hack is absolutely amazing. An entirely new tileset, an all-new much larger map, new mechanics, AI, it could be super metroid 2. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the original. Oh, and the ending. The ending! http://www.hyper.metroidconstruction.com/ http://www.hyper.metroidconstruction.com/ Hacks of 16 bit games are getting really interesting at the moment.

coldpie 11y ago

I can't speak to the quality of that hack, but it does sound like a godsend. In the original, you have to open the menu to talk to someone (Menu -> Talk To) or to open something (Menu -> Check). Yes, they're separate commands. You can't talk to a chest, and you can't check a person. If you're too far away, it pop up a dialog saying "No problem here" that you have to dismiss and navigate the menu to try again. It's crazy annoying.

JoshTriplett 11y ago
You can hit L to either check or talk; you don't need to open the menu at all.
- coldpie 11y ago
  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you tell me.
  - JoshTriplett 11y ago
    Here's a fun one: by design, you can play Earthbound entirely with your left hand, using just the direction pad, L, and select.