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A turn-based JRPG and sequel to then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.
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One of the most memorable games I've ever played, Earthbound is brilliant because it tries to have fun with just about every single aspect of JRPGs that I usually find mundane. Everything from the NPC dialogue to the battle system to the music has been dicked with in some unique way to make it stand out from the endless deluge of SNES JRPGs with generic fantasy settings and faux-orchestral MIDI music.