Characters
The iconic main character of this game is also a playable character in every Super Smash Bros. game.
Who is Ness?
Probably the most well known ROM hack of EarthBound, made by Toby "Radiation" Fox, revolves around a bounty hunter tasked with killing a monster.
What is "The Halloween Hack"? Or, what is "EarthBound: Radiation's Halloween Edition"?
This humble boy is poor and unsanitary but is a genius when it comes to making things.
Who is Apple Kid?
An extremely popular game released in 2015, based off EarthBound. It has a whole forum dedicated to it on starmen.net!
What is Undertale?
This old man who is the father of one of the main characters appears in Mother 3 as well.
Who is Doctor Andonuts?
This is where Sans's famous fight dialog comes from. It's something that Chief Strong says to you when you first talk to him.
What is "On days like these, kids like you should be playing Nintendo games."?
The Runaway Five, A jazz band that lands themselves in a debt twice that the main character has to pay off. The Runaway Five are based off of this real band.
Who are the Blues Brothers.
In EarthBound, you travel around, looking for "Your sanctuary" locations finding melodies to travel to Magicant. However, this is not original. In Mother 1, you go around finding melodies to do this.
What is helping Mary remember who she is?
Ness' annoying friend and main antagonist of Mother 3. He is described as "A boy resembling a pig in clothes".
Who is Pokey/Porky?
The final boss of EarthBound and technically Mother/EarthBound Beginnings. He had destroyed his own mind with his sheer power. He mutters disturbing things and is probably the scariest Nintendo villan.
Who is Giygas?