To talk at length about Giygas would be the sort of spoiler the BBCs likely to upload to an FTP somewhere; suffice to say Earthbound players who thought they knew what to expect after his debut in Mother were in for a bit of shock. While much of Earthbounds final battle still inspires debate, the emotions and trauma depicted come directly from Itois childhood as a boy, he walked into the wrong theatre and witnessed what he believed to be a rape scene during an adult film. Itoi was haunted by what he believed hed witnessed, and sought to evoke that feeling of witnessing something indescribable in the final boss encounter. Earthbound is a deeply personal game, with the hopes and fears of its team interwoven throughout. While the final boss fight sticks in the minds of those whove played to the end and at first seems to provide a deeply grim finale, its message is the culmination, not a subversion, of what Itois been trying to say. He reaches into his own past and recaptures what, to him, is an expression of true evil that you and your friends must overcome together. At turns funny, scary, juvenile, witty, clever and cunning, theres nothing remotely like Earthbound and its currently on sale at the Wii Us eShop. While it wont deliver the polished adventuring of Skyrim or Mass Effect, Earthbounds craftsmanship helps the game stand tall against modern-day offerings and it doesnt need novelty advertising to win your heart.
