Apologies and All The Reasons I Love Earthbound so Much but Also Why the Game is so Beautiful but Weird at the Same Time.

Hey Gamers! So recently I've been neglecting this blog pretty hard and I apologize. To be honest I've been working and playing video games. I've gotten Torchlight and Castle Crashers from the Steam Sale. I've been playing Mario and Luigi: Dream Team on 3DS. I've also been playing Pikmin 3, Mario Kart 8, New Super Mario Bros. U and Earthbound on Wii U. So yeah that is a lot of games but it's still no excuse for not posting on here so again apologies but this post is going to be all the reasons why I love Earthbound so much but also why the game is so beautiful but weird at the same time (Warning there might be spoilers!)

Okay so Earthbound is about a kid that is defaulted named Ness but you call him whatever you want, and this was before name filters so you can even call him naughty things. At the start of the game it has you name all of the main characters including your dog. It then asks you what your favorite food and a couple of questions like hobbies or activities. Okay so after that the game starts, a meteorite crashes close to your house on top of this hill so you go out to check it. On the way there are animals that you fight which include snakes, crows and dogs. I guess the animals are possessed or something but it never really says so you're just hitting animals with a baseball bat until they "turn to normal." So now let's get into the meat of the game. These are the reasons why i love this game and i'm only in the second town.

1. In the first town you fight gang members that ride pogo sticks, skateboards and that hola hoop. 
2. Their mob boss uses knifes in battle. This battle made me laugh a lot because even though you have psychic powers, this guy is still stabbing you and you're just hitting him with a baseball bat. 
3. After you fight the mob boss, he has a tank that punches people. 
4. Your dog in the game fights with you at first but then says screw it and stays at home. 
5. You find a bumblebee from the future and it dies from someone swatting it. This bumblebee was a prophet from the future and was really strong in battle, but a fly swatter must be it's weakness. 
6. The first boss in the game to get a Sanctuary Spot is a titanium ant, and the sanctuary spot is a big foot step. 
7. Your dad just seems to always have money to give you. 
8. The mole that breaks the fourth wall.
9. After Onett you go to Twoson and the next town is Threed. Awesome names. 
10. Before you go to the second town, you have to fight the police force from Onett and the Captain and he uses a mixture of sumo wrestling and karate. 
11. In Twoson you fight old ladies, hippies and cops that apparently are delusional from some new kind of religion. 
12. There are mushroom and grass enemies, they literally just have little cartoon feet. 
13. There are Lil' UFO's and Spinning Robots that can give you colds. 
14. There are Territorial Oaks that burst into flames when they get too low on health. 
15. There are mysterious Pencil Statues that can only be removed with the Pencil Eraser. 

So yeah the game is ridiculous but it's a load of fun and it honestly makes me think that I am high while I play it sometimes. And I'm not even all the way through the game, I haven't even met Mr. Saturn. 

So yeah if you have a Wii U and you don't have this game on your virtual console... get it. It's worth the buy. Thanks for reading and remember to keep playing!