Was Earthbound too different compared to other RPGs to be a big hit?
EB won against every other RPG of it's time on it's sheer legacy and impact
>>736296632it bombed for a multitude of reasons but it's doing pretty well right now
It was less of an RPG and more of a moviegame. It is lauded for its story, characters, music and theming, not the gameplay. The gameplay is "babby's first RPG".
>>736300246that's what nip rpgs are
>too differentIt was basically just Dragon Quest with rolling HP>but the settingYou don't really spend that much time in cities or more American areas
>>736300246It's still a rpg but set in America.
>>736296632>Was Earthbound too different compared to other RPGs to be a big hit?More like too based, Ness in Smash Bros helped it big time.
>>736296632its main fan base just didn't exist until the 2010s.
>>736296632Nintendo marketed it in America with a "This Game Stinks!" advertisement campaign that included intentionally bad scratch and sniff coatings.
>>736300246Name a single JRPG that isn't a brain dead moviegameWhat makes Earthbound stand out is that the movie therein is actually good
>>736300246but enough about chrono trigger
>>736305521Etrian Odyssey
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>>736296632it's literally just dragon quest, so no and your retarded question reveals just how absent your knowledge of games isthe reason why it wasn't a big hit was because THE GAME FUCKING SUCKED ASS
>>736305521saga 1saga 2romancing saga 1romancing saga 2romancing saga 3saga frontier 1saga frontier 2unlimited sagasaga scarlet gracesaga emerald beyond>inb4 hurrr durr i read a guide and-you didn't play the game then.
