I think we've all seen the compilations of sound and song samples used in the Earthbound soundtrack. However, there's one song that I never see mentioned.

The Dusty Dunes Desert track sounds EXTREMELY similar to a song called "Spanish Harlem" sung by Ben E King. https://youtu.be/OGd6CdtOqEE?si=taGuEMlCKxoEiZ1k

Am I crazy? The descending percussion line (marimba?) at the beginning of the track is ABSOLUTELY used in the DDD track. Anyone else notice this?

Hey guys! I’m making a new RPG (at the moment it’s called project y.o.u.r) inspired by the MOTHER franchise and Undertale… the story will have love at the end of it similar to Mother 3 and will be released possibly in 2025

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Mind of a Thief is beautiful

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I've done some looking, and while they are some fanmade Earthbound games in the pipeline, I've never seen any that were complete and ready for release outside of demos. Also I've seen ideas floating around as far back as 2014 of a fan remake being made, again, nothing found thus so far. Is there any remake that already exists, or will be out soon enough that I should keep a close eye on it, or much like with Skywind and Skyblivion, I might as well learn to hurry up and wait?

All I know is if I can't find a fan remake of Earthbound Zero I'm going back to play the original for the first time...someday. Maybe. Before dying of old age. **strokes his gray beard**

Hey, folks, was a huge fan of the game and vividly remember getting the big box with the player's guide the summer it came out and then that... became my summer. Played it thru twice but took my time and made sure to investigate every little nook.

I collect records, and recently got a lot (as in a crate of random stuff) from someone for cheap, and there's two damn copies of the soundtrack in there. Blue and Red. Was going to go to discogs, but checking to see if any fans on here want dibs. Not a lot of these on discogs at the moment, but seem to be going for ~$50-$60. I'll go lower, I'm calling it "nostalgia reasons." Not sure yet if I want to keep one or sell both, need to give it a listen. Wish the tracks were longer. I could listen to a lot of those compositions for an hour... which I probably did... running around Onett gaining EXP beating up sharks for instance...

Any ideas?

This was the only song afaik that Itoi himself composed, but that’s not the only interesting part about it though. The static you hear at the beginning, and the samples of “Eureka” and “Liberty Bell”, what do they even represent? Personally, I always interpreted the static as indistinct chatter of ordinary people in a crowded public place, which is supposed to REALLY emphasize that the chosen four are just normal kids, lost in the crowd with no one thinking twice about them. I think it’s supposed to be a relatable feeling, that these kids are really just like us or whenever we were kids, except they have PSI or extreme intelligence of course lol.

I’d like to imagine a scene in a movie where this song plays in a crowded public place. Ness and the other three are separated by their parents and struggle to look for them, but as the song progresses they instead find each other.

I was just playing earthbound casually. After I met the invisible guy in moonside, I was teleported to the hotel and SOMEHOW I missed the dialogue and did the no enemies glitch. if somebody knows how to fix this, please respond.

I think it would be really cool if there was a MOTHER 3 anime, and it was only released in Japan/not subbed or dubbed. What do you guys think?

Yeah, I found out where some of EB's samples come from, and now I'm trying to restore Smiles and Tears with them, which fun fact, the infamous piano in that track is almost definetely the same as the Roland SC-55 one, AKA the Windows midi piano.

Forgot to go back in the east cave at Happy Happy valley, and accepted the ride to Theed. Now I have to solve the stuff in Theed before I can go back to Twoson and get the melody.

I'll be so over leveled when I finally fight the mole.

What a rollercoaster. Never loved and been so disturbed by a RPG in my life. Mother 3 next?

I love the Mother series. And as much as I want Mother 3 to be localized, I do think there's something with the series that I think we should prioritise more and that's a Mother 1 remake.

The original game isn't nearly as good as the others (because of software limitations, ofc), let's all face it. On my opinion it's the best story wise but the gameplay...... Eh. But still, I would love to see a remake of it, so people can enjoy the story without having to deal with an encounter every step you make.

Actually nevermind, that's just giving Nintendo a chance to screw up The timeline just like how they did with pokemon.