This week's mailbag topic:

Next gen systems and EarthBound.

I chose another forumling off of the SM.net forums for co-responding this week. This week is Gauntlet, and I don't know too much about him so I don't know what else to say, except that he responded to your letters. This week was about next gen systems and EarthBound (somehow). On with the mailbag!

did i get a gamecube or similar next gen system this weekend? nope, we were gunna, but we sat around and thought about doing it sometime ater his week so we could be munchin on some turkry and playin luigi's mansion... how is this gonna effect/affect (dunno which on 2 use..) earthbound? duh! ness on ssb:m! im gunna whupp up all dem fools on my two levels! (fourside and onett)...maybe i should shutup, is this not the boringest reply you have ever received? if not, ill try harder next time? kay-o?
-wes-o, in the ak-o



I hear Ness is as slow as a turkey now in SSB:M...turkeys ARE slow right?

- EBounding



Yes definitely try harder next time ;D

- Gauntlet

I didn't get a next gen. system THIS week, but I got a PS2 last christmas, and let my tell you it is the biggest peice of crap the world has ever seen. Whenever I watch a DVD when ever it gets really dark(in the movie) ie: at night, the thing goes crazy and the screen starts flipping around. Being the lazy person I am I did not take it back. I'm gonna get a GameCube sometime soon, if there IS any left somewhere. EB would be cool on the GBA. WAMahahaha

-NeSs79



But you can always use it for this. - EBounding



I never got a PS2. My friend's brother has one and he uses it for a DVD player, it's actually not bad for playing DVDs.

- Gauntlet

YEAH LISTEN UP 'BOUNDERS we all are going to start up ANOTHER EARTHBOUND petition but not for EB64 but for EB on GAMECUBE and a port of EB to the Gameboy Advanced.SORRY FOR THE OFF THE TOPIC COMMENT BUT IM SURE you will approve. GAME ON....



We'll have to see. There's some debate about what exactly the kind of petition we should do. But it seems like we should know exactly what we want. I EB for GBA would be fun, but we're still left with the Pokey cliffhanger at the end of EB. I say some kind of sequel, but that's already been done! AGH! Should we annoy them more? Hmmmm....

- EBounding



oh no he was off topic punish him

- Gauntlet

Wow, you guys are really hardcore aren't you? Earthbound is a pretty old game. Anyway, WHO WANTS TO SEE EB FOR THE GAMEBOY ADVANCE? ME ME ME!!! GBA should have no probs with an snes EB port, in fact, it should do better than the snes graphix wise. If you guys have the clout, go petition for an eb port for the gba



The problem I have with petitions is the work involved with them. Now, I wasn't really involved with the last petitions, but I know they took A LOT of work. And I don't even think we got a reply from the second petition we did (EB64). I think we did for Mother on GBC. It is an interesting thing to do though. Maybe there'll be more EB fanbase now with SSB:M.

- EBounding



If I know Nintendo, which I don't, then they don't care much about EarthBound anymore :P Of course I could be entirely wrong in which case I look stupid but okay I'm gonna move on to the next letter

- Gauntlet

(Completely off topic): Is there going to be a Holiday Funfest this year? I have a great fanfic but I don't want to send it until there's another funfest!



Yes, as you can see from the crappy sidebar button (sorry to whomever made it), the SM.net Non-denominational Holiday Funfest is underway (I added the non-denominational thing). So whether you make Ness lighting the Menorah, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, fasting for Ramadan, partying for New Years, worshipping an evergreen for a pagan kinda winter solstice, or doing whatever people do for Kwanza, it's ALL good for the SM.net non-denominational Holiday Funfest! So get to work! :D

- EBounding



Funfest has been announced... maybe I'll actually enter this one
^.^;

- Gauntlet

I do not know if this what nintendo plans or what the plat of the next earthbound is but i remember like 3 years ago when i first heard about earthbound coming out, i came upon a site that stated a plot of the new game somewhat like this:

All the original characters are gonna be in it, along with the introduction of a new main character who moves into pokey's home. His name is Authur and becomes friends with Ness. It turns out that Ness's Dad is actually a StarMan working for Giygas, who reveals himself and says that Ness only defeated a fake Giygas and that the real Giygas is preparing for world domination. I cant remember more and i dont know if this is true just wanted some feedback on what the plot of the new Earthbound maybe.

THanks, Jason.



Hmmm...interesting. Just don't OD on the Flinstone vitamins, Jason.

- EBounding



Did you get that info from earthbound.net by any chance?

- Gauntlet

Well, I think the Gamecube looks cool. I think they should make an awesome sequel to EB with the same characters, same enemies, same humor. But in 3D!! But they should also stop making all these dang fangled systems cause I think thats the reason why Mother3 didn't get released. People were making too many systems and crap. ^^;;; Well thats my two frickin' cents!

--Dragman87



Yes, it's clear that the GCN was at least partially responsible for EB64 not being released.

- EBounding



I agree that the sequel should have the same characters and style, and be in 3D. 3D rocks. Systems also rock.

- Gauntlet

Yo, what's up, I just beat Earthbound again tonight, and decided to come to the library to do some Chemistry, but went on the internet, and found your site instead. I am interested in the site, and whoever is responsible for it, please email me back.



Thank you for choosing this website over chemistry (not EVERYTHING is made of, like, chemicals, duh). If you want info about the site and the big wigs behind it (Tomato, reidman) go to the Site Info section.

- EBounding



I can't think of a witty comment for this one (not to imply that my previous responses have contained the wittey).

- Gauntlet

I was lookin through your earthbound64 section for the 100th time and i noticed this time something that was said about the cancelation. I read that it was cancled partly because they couldnt work in 3D, so why dont they just put it on the game boy advance? It already has a huge user base in Japan and America plus it would have the same look as the previous earthbounds that we all love!



Wow, so people do still visit the EB64 section!...Anyways, it's possible that if there ever is a sequel that it may be on the Gameboy Advance. Only time will tell...

- EBounding



A GBA version of EB is something I think the whole community wants but personally I don't think it looks very likely. I SURE HOPE NINTENDO PROVES ME WRONG HINT HINT

- Gauntlet

hey everybody! i don't know how many people are gonna read this, but i just thought i'd say a couple of things. first, i live in the Philippines and not many people here know about EARTHBOUND. everyone over here seems to be really into other rpg's (final fantasy being the obvious), and whenever they ask me what i like, they just look at me like i'm some kind of weirdo when i say EARTHBOUND. well, i can only say that they are missing out on a lot of fun stuff. i got the game when it first came out and let me say that it still is my all-time favorite. and even though a friend of mine "borrowed" my SNES (he still hasn't returned it after TWO YEARS), i've managed to get a copy on my computer. anyway, i guess this is getting kinda long. ...oh, and yes, my dad just got me a gamecube. he's working in the states right now and i begged and pleaded him to get me one. and he did, thank goodness. people also think something's wrong with me just for being loyal to nintendo, but hey, i p ick quality over power any day. (X-what?) and i don't know if he was able to get me a copy of SSME, but i'm hoping he did... NESS was my favorite character in the original and i'm looking forward to seeing him again on my brand new gamecube. well, thanks for reading, and please keep me updated on any EARTHBOUND NEWS!



Thanks for visiting the site! Hopefully there'll be some earth shattering EarthBound news soon, but until then, expect to see a lot of SSB:M footage.

- EBounding



I'm loyal to Nintendo too and people think something's wrong with me. I wanna cuuuuuuuuube... :(

- Gauntlet