I would honestly play this game. The idea of not going back far enough to save the world and finding it in the midst of its horrific apocalypse instead is a really interesting one.
The gameplay sections looked so organic, the part where Buzz Buzz heals himself, but then walks a tile forgetting that he was still poisoned, was just such a nice touch in my opinion.
I like how this justified how buzz just dies because of porky's mom, he was in a pretty bad state after facing all of this and traveling with his chip almost broken, just barely being able to explain to ness what will happen and helping to fight the starman that startet to appear, and the code newton was really good, seeing the ship being apple shaped, all of it was really great
What I find most haunting is that Ness, even under Giygas' control, chose to go back to his mother's house. Maybe Giygas sensed the attachment he had towards her and brought him there. Or maybe a shred of Ness is still conscious and in control, and in his terror he wanted to go home. Maybe that's why the inside of the house was put up in a facade, so Ness could pretend that he was still a little boy surrounded by those who love him.
In Mother 1 (aka Earthbound Zero), Giygas was obsessed with the idea of a human life and family. In fact, he had come to Earth as a baby and was raised by humans. Unfortunately this is the reason why he went crazy in Mother 2. Sort of like a superman gone wrong.
A real interesting thought is that Buzz Buzz for the most part is unfazed by the atrocities and beasts he witnesses/battles. Presumably because the future where Giygas rules the world is just as, if not more terrifying and horrible than this.
Love this style of showcasing of a longer playthrough, it's such a comfy, haunting feeling. Even the littlest obstacle bumps & the way you navigate around adds so much authenticity to this unsettling little world. Between Sonic 3 Purgatory Hell & now BuzzBound, I really dig this format from you!
I highly agree with everything you just said! One little critique I'd give: Maybe they should slow down on flicking through menus and stuff, maybe also not make such a quick "beeline" to the next plot point. Do just a little more to disguise the fact that "the player" knows exactly where to go, what will happen, and what all they can do for it, y'know?
What i find most unnerving about this is that in ness's sisters room.....Its the only place that a magic butterfly resides....the last one in fact....maybe ness's sister thought it could save her from gigyas's control..... unfortunately we all know how that went....
I thought that the ending was going to be a plot twist where "Ness" causes the infection after being sent back in time due to latching on to the machine. Honestly, glad that wasn't the case since it seems overdone.
Overdone is an understatement! The causal loop paradox is at least as old as Oedipus, and has been associated with time travel ever since the Twilight Zone _(and more relevantly, Back to the Future, 20 years later)._ It's likely the most common plot twist in the history of storytelling.
This is meant to be a prequel and what happens canonically, is that Buzz Buzz goes back in time to tell Ness that he's the chosen one and about the sanctuary locations he has to go to in order to unlock his psychic powers. He succeeded in that.
I like how Porkys fate is a complete mystery in this universe. He could have just never been roped into working for Giygas or he could be causing mayhem in different universes and timelines like he did in Mother 3.
Alternatively this could've been the distant past of the original darker draft of Mother 3 when it was still on the N64. (Also worth noting how when Ness tries to grab Buzz-Buzz he transforms few times into a red version of Claus' cut Angel/Mind Battle/Mutated form from the beta version of the GBA Mother 3)
Fun fact: I did research on this, and Buzz Buzz' design in this video actually comes from a Mother 2 "Choose your own book" cover, and that's quite a deep cut if I've ever seen one! I like it.
@@LumpyTouch Judging by the color scheme and rhino beetle design, he's a highly stylized _Megasoma elephas_ beetle, also known as an elephant beetle. In other words, Lardna's assumption that he's a dung beetle is a lot less stupid than I initially thought- he's a part of the same beetle family as dung beetles.
This really serves as a prequel to the events of the beginning. Also the corrupted onet's enemies were really terrifying, excellent work as always Lumpy.
Really glad to have helped with the in-game parts, as expected the video turned out fantastic. The editing on this was also amazing, keep up the great work!
This is an insanely cool concept, Buzz not going far enough back in time and seeing the world mid-apocalypse. The whole True Lab aesthetic of the place is cool, with all the enemies being mimics of normal animals and people. Also like the fun with the Motherly Figure becoming the Disfigured. Definitely thought the sprites for Ness's mom were the best.
This explains everything! The Apple of Enlightenment, the meteorite and the piece of it that Dr. Andonuts needed to finish the Phase Distorter, and the fact that Pokey’s mom one-shot him is because he was weak from the battle! Incredible work as always. :}
This was fantastic! I know you said on Twitter you don't care if this gets popular but I hope it does! 100% deserved, you nailed Earthbound's style and injected your own personality into it perfectly.
I'd play a full version of this- landing elsewhere in the world only to find Ness taken over and having to go further back thus starting Earthbound. Love it! Also, very nice nod to FMA there with the Chimera Queen....
Some references I've spotted. Mutated dog = A reference to the film The Thing. Tracy and King Fusion = A reference to Nina Tucker from Full Metal Alchemist. In addition the time travel effects are from Chrono trigger. If anyone saw more references please do let me know.
I like that Giygas absorbed Ness to prevent him from stopping him. And that Buzz Buzz just had to go back a few more weeks to our play Giygas. I still feel like somehow future Giygas is merged with Porky somehow and Porkys obsession with Ness causes him to place Ness face on the devils machine
@sonicANDtailsfan157k if unopposed yup. BuzzBuzz said "if you start your journey now you may upset his plans". He was right. Having a influenced creature or thing absorbing the power of each your sanctuary spot i think was meant as a way to untether Ness from the earth thereby making him pretty much powerless to stop Giygas. So the fact Ness starts immediately and the titanic ant is only so far into absorbing the spot that Ness can defeat it as weak as he was while tye enemies slowly got harder all the way ubtil the final sactuary location i think shows how strong titanic ant would have become had those weeks kept going.
Yeah, Nintendo isn't the issue here. BigSharkZ doesn't work on complete working romhacks nor they release their work into public. Everything is for show, which sucks, i honestly want to play into these ideas.
You know, the idea of a game starting like this would make the stakes really great, and would make from an epic Tutorial Someone from the future not going back far enough and watching the worst scenario possible, having to fight unique enemies and watching the intro area totally destroyed, that would make any player interested in the game.
Headcanon: Cursebound takes place in the future where Giygas won, so Buzz-Buzz went back in time to prevent those monstrosities from happening. But there was one small problem: he ends up in a world that’s much, much more sinister than he could possibly comprehend.
I like to think that the reason why the ship is apple shaped is because Apple Kid was one of the only survivors of the apocalypse, and was enlisted by Buzz Buzz to create a time machine, or even repair the time machine Dr. Andonauts made with the Mr Saturns.
Always love when you make an animation out of existing worlds. You always make sure that everything fits in with the story, and all of the neat references you included in this one really shows how much care you put into these videos. Another amazing video!
At first I thought the thing inside Porky's spidermech at 10:43 was Porky after being either killed or turned into an abomination by Giygas. Then I looked at the sprite for a bit longer and realised something. That's not Porky...
It took me a minute to figure out who it was - and in context it makes ideas like Ness still having a shred of his conscious despite being taken over by Giygas so much worse.
Man, if only this was a real mod. Just add some more story elements for length and a tough final battle, and would be up there with the Halloween Hack!
too bad the original game's engine probably can't do a lot of this which means either what's basically a lite version of this(which could still be dope) or getting sued into oblivion
9:30 Getting some strong Fullmetal Alchemist vibes. I love this version of Earthbound! It definitely shows what would happen to Ness and Onett and the whole world of Earthbound if Buzz Buzz arrived too late. It's basically the nostalgic and iconic SNES game but creepy and made for more mature audiences. Very creative! And creepy.
I always thought this plot would make for a dark and brutal sequel: Giygas' consciousness latches onto Ness as the Chosen Four returns home, leading Ness to suffer horrific nightmares and visions -- doomed to watch others around him suffer and go insane by simply being in the same proximity as him.
@@akitarefuge43 i think it means that, if a direct sequel of Ness's adventure existed (i mean a new game with Ness still as a protagonist) it could use a plot like gygas's mind being linked with Ness after being defeated, causing Ness to slowly corrupt as his mind would start to get damaged by gygas's madness, that could make a new and darker story
@@randomdeinternet3582 Exactly. And Ness wouldn't even be AWARE of this until a coffee break goes wrong, and his inner thoughts grow demented and slowly appear in the same speech patterns that Giygas had. That's when Ness realizes, that all of his fighting to save Eagleland has been for naught, because his powerful mind is essentially a superconductor for insanity. TL;DR - Giygas would end up making Ness an insanity carrier, kind of like Fox-Die with Solid Snake, except worse because it doesn't simply kill you.
This does lose a bit of tension because it leads directly into the game we know, which gets pretty spooky, but ultimately has a happy ending. Maybe that's a good thing, though!
This video represents a lot of the terror of a very well crafted crepypasta just like "Godzilla Nes", this video is a spectacle, the movement of the protagonist, the vibe that the distorted music conveys, the reproduction of RPG style fights present in the game itself, everything This is wonderful, I'm happy that Earthbound has a video and it's a complete feast for anyone who is a fan of the horror franchise or just an RPG. This video is perfect!
Jeez, if this thing was in the actual game before earthbound started, I don’t think I would be able to enjoy any part of the game afterwards, remembering how fucked up the world we were in if we fail as ness. I am in love with the concept of playing through what would happen if the heroes failed tho, a interesting concept indeed lumpy
3:10 after the sfx plays, you can see a transparent man on the chair, and it comes more visible when the screen turns black as you see red eyes for a few frames after
This is fantastic . I always did wonder what would become of the world once Giygas had his way with it. So many little details that made the hardcore Mother fan in me happy. What’s cool too is that as dark and screwed up as things get, it technically DOES have a happy ending since the events of Earthbound play out as normal. Shame about BuzzBuzz though. Rest in peace, little space Hercules beetle.
the part where he looks down at the ground and whispers to himself "its buzzin' time" before he buzzed all over the enemies was truly a cinematic masterpiece. nintendo was long ahead of their time with this. i had to hold back so many tears
I'm still amazed that lumpy goes to the point to mod/animate in the game itself, that's incredibly amazing, and as a begginer pixel artist, it amazes me, to what limits he pushes this art style!
Holy shit this was an awesome take on Pre-Earthbound I know EB has very suttle Dark tones in it but this takes it to a whole new level! It's cool to imagine what earth is like under giygas' control and to see the corrupt, unrelenting reality of what could've been hadn't buzz buzz traveled back in time to warn ness! As a hardcore Mother fan this is breathtaking and deserves a spotlight! Great job Lumpy! P.S. Don't think I didn't catch that Mother 3 reference from Ness' Face you tricky devil you
Jeff and Dr. Andonuts put up a brief resistance, arming the students and staff of the boarding school, but were overwhelmed. Paula was sacrificed by the Happy-Happyists and Poo fell off the meditation pillar after a meteorite directly hit Dalaam.
Paula was stuffed inside Porky’s spider-mech. You can see her inside it during the fight with Ness/Giygas. idk about the others tho but I don’t think I need to know
This was badass! I happened to notice a ghostly shadow as Buzz Buzz leaves Liar's house. Also, is that a mutilated Paula in the heavily armed spider mech?
I always love seeing this Buzz Buzz design because I am under the impression I am the person who made it known 🥺 I might be wrong, but a friend of mine knew Buzz Buzz was my fav character and when she found the book, she shared it with me and I shared it around the internet! The photo I've seen used around is the one she sent me! Also I absolutely LOVE this concept, oh my god~! As usual, Lumpy hitting with the high quality horror
@@ghoulbuster1 Technically my friend is! but yeah! At least I believe so. You never know with the internet. But so far I haven't found anybody else who knew of this design for Buzzbuzz before (or any other that is not 'pixel'). I think the few pieces of fan art I made helped spread it, although not much (it wasn't really super cool art, just enough to get people asking)
I'm not even creeped out because I just love this concept *entirely* and wished that it was something genuine and real The idea of a earthbound prequel where you play as Buzz Buzz is just incredible and the way is executed here just deserves a chef's kiss Also, the idea of everything becoming gory due to giygas is just something amazing that could definitely make you think on how much the future buzz buzz lived in was horrible Simply, one of the best fan-earthbound content i've seen in a while
This was amazing to watch, to say the least. 😮 Very interestingly possible backstory/lore featuring Buzz Buzz, giving us a glimpse of a haunting and disturbing “what-if?” scenario of a post-apocalyptic world after Giygas’ invasion without Ness being forewarned about it. 11/10, would play this game! Great job Lumpy!
Honestly, if buzz buzz showed Giegue that timeline before he became Giygas, he would probably call the invasion off. It feels like not even Giegue would want that world.
As someone who grew up playing Earthbound ROM hacks in middle school, this is truly amazing to see. 13 year old me would've been so awe struck by this. Thank you so much for making this!
Ah, so that's why Buzz Buzz's time machine took such a beating after jumping back 10 years, but the Phase Distorter could jump back much further with no ill effect- Buzz Buzz didn't jump back far enough the first time and it got beat up from the dangers from that time.
This is so freaking cool I love this idea and the execution is so dope I would totally play this. I hope you do more stuff like this, the Mario one is awesome but this is just so well thought out and well done that I could see this blowing up. I hope it does.
6:30 Oh no... Tracy and Ness's dog had been forcefully fused together to create an abomination called the Chimera Queen. That's horrible. It reminds me of Shou Tucker from Fullmetal alchemist where he inhumanely experiments on his daughter and dog to create a talking Chimera in order to maintain his "job position". That must be a Fullmetal Alchemist references and without a doubt.
I've got a lot to say: It's very unbelievable that such a game could fit in a SNES cartridge, hell, the original game was pushing the limits by using a 12 megabit cartridge, still, it doesn't diminish how much work went into this and how awesome it came out, gives a whole new perspective to Buzz Buzz, like yeah, what if by accident, he didn't go back far enough into the past, and because of the fight with the possessed ness, it explains why he crashed landed in a "Meteorite", however, despite his actions, he still died to Pokey's mom by being squashed like a bug. Still, this makes my appreciation for the mother series grow even more, makes me glad to be in the fandom. My favorite monster has to be the Chimera Queen, despite bringing back unpleasant Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood memories
Well, if there's anything to justify his pathetic death, he went through hell firsthand, having to fight giygas' abominations, giygas himself as the chosen one, and also surviving a big fall inside a broken time machine that was in a state of combustion, i say he was probably very tired or hurt.
I know it's not real but DANG! This itches my Earthbound nostalgia. Now, someone has to make an animation of what happen between Mother 2, a.k.a Earthbound, and Mother 3.
HOOOOOLY SHIT I'M NERDING OUT....I LOVE EARTHBOUND AND THIS BOTH GIVES ME NOSTALGIA AND FREAKS ME OUT. BUZZ BUZZ DOESN'T GET ENOUGH FAN CONTENT EEEEEE!!!! i love the little beetle..... also this part!!! JESUS i love the mother 3 callbacks 4:27 you incorporated the the subliminal horror of earthbound so well
This is one of the most awesome fan-made things I have ever seen. You went above and beyond and definitely knew what you were doing. The concept of Giygas taking over like that is so interesting of a concept. I can't believe how good this is. If this was an actual game, I would definitely pay money to play it.
i've watched this atleast like 50 times. nostalgia and all that but i just absolutely love the unsettling horror aspect mixed in with some banger remixes that fit into the game really well. a horror themed earthbound game is such a genius idea. there was a lot of love put into this and i really respect that. amazing work
Wow lumpy, i didn't think you'd make an earthbound-related video again, also I loved the parts where buzz fights ness. they were pretty cool. and nice outro too
This is one of the most amazing prequel fangames I've ever seen. Wish it was real so I could play it. :) Love the attention to detail on Buzz Buzz and the Apple of Enlightenment.
Watching this was like discovering your channel all over again. As EarthBound was my gateway to Turn-Based RPG's in general, I loved this interpretation on the future Buzz Buzz witnessed. Really makes you think about what you're fighting to avoid in the game proper. Also gotta commend your use of the Happy Happy theme. Most creepypasta-like stuff usually use that one cave theme or the Cave of the Past. That was a nice switch up. Looking forward to the next big project.
unfortunately for giygas, buzz buzz is a total badass and still kicks the ass of all of the enemies he faces (minus ness). I'm glad we got to see more buzz buzz action
This is soooo good. The house lunging at you was like a jump scare, that would terrify me if I was playing it. It's one of the more believable "I found this lost media" stories. Nothing's haunted or possessed it's just unsettling. It also looks like someone is really playing it. There's very human pauses before taking actions and even the little touches of stuff like opening and closing of the menu without using anything really sells the idea that someone is playing it.
Which was your favorite monster?
I quite like Parasyte dog myself
Me too
Ness was pretty creepy, but awesome.
This is really well done man, makes me wanna play earthbound again! :D
I’ll say my favorite is the dog as well
The Disfigured was pretty nightmare inducing imo
I would honestly play this game. The idea of not going back far enough to save the world and finding it in the midst of its horrific apocalypse instead is a really interesting one.
Oh my god ! Me too !
Me three
Me four!
Epic
Me five to be honest, don't judge me for the pfp
The gameplay sections looked so organic, the part where Buzz Buzz heals himself, but then walks a tile forgetting that he was still poisoned, was just such a nice touch in my opinion.
Y'know that's probably because it's a recording of a ROM hack.
@@stevennguyen6529most of the gameplay sections are of a ROM hack, but a lot of this is hand animated.
It kinda bothered me that healing alpha fixed poison tho
@@stevennguyen6529 nah there is no buzz bound rom hack?
@@stevennguyen6529nah its not a rom hack at all just a edited video
I like how this justified how buzz just dies because of porky's mom, he was in a pretty bad state after facing all of this and traveling with his chip almost broken, just barely being able to explain to ness what will happen and helping to fight the starman that startet to appear, and the code newton was really good, seeing the ship being apple shaped, all of it was really great
he survived multiple possessed and mutated monstrosities but died to a fat lady
thaaaats earthbound!
At least buzz buzz had a better death
This man was at 1 hp….
He was probably far more than exhausted and needed a place to rest and decided her hair was a good spot idk
What I find most haunting is that Ness, even under Giygas' control, chose to go back to his mother's house. Maybe Giygas sensed the attachment he had towards her and brought him there. Or maybe a shred of Ness is still conscious and in control, and in his terror he wanted to go home. Maybe that's why the inside of the house was put up in a facade, so Ness could pretend that he was still a little boy surrounded by those who love him.
In Mother 1 (aka Earthbound Zero), Giygas was obsessed with the idea of a human life and family. In fact, he had come to Earth as a baby and was raised by humans. Unfortunately this is the reason why he went crazy in Mother 2.
Sort of like a superman gone wrong.
@@commetsftw Wasn't his backstory that his race came to Earth, abducted Ninten's grandparents who then ended up being Giygas's "family" though?
@@Laevateinn102 Yes, but Giygas still ended up becoming attached to his adoptive parents. Which was his weakness.
Or maybe Giygas thought that would make for a cool thematic boss fight conveniently close to buzz' landing site I dunno
I call this version of Ness,DARKNESS
I like how you used Buzz Buzz's "official" design from the MOTHER 2 choose your own adventure book. You know your stuff!
Oh, it's Lucas.
Yeah!
Proves that he’s indeed, a dung beetle
i'm a little scared to see someone kinda famous on youtube talk about the mother series
@@boomerangmonkey8263 Oh, it's Boomerang Monkey from hit game Bloons Tower Defense 6 (BTD6).
A real interesting thought is that Buzz Buzz for the most part is unfazed by the atrocities and beasts he witnesses/battles. Presumably because the future where Giygas rules the world is just as, if not more terrifying and horrible than this.
This really reinforces the whole “Giygas is the ultimate evil” thing. Very well done.
Best part about this?
Spoiler Alert: As this is a prequel, Buzz Buzz ultimately succeeds in saving the future
But he dies 💀
It makes sense now, how he strongly believes in his theory that ness is the chosen one, how he’s weak enough to get his guts smashed out,
Buzz Buzz: _A bee....................... I am not._
he sacrificed himself for the greater good
rest in peace you legend
Yea right
Love this style of showcasing of a longer playthrough, it's such a comfy, haunting feeling. Even the littlest obstacle bumps & the way you navigate around adds so much authenticity to this unsettling little world. Between Sonic 3 Purgatory Hell & now BuzzBound, I really dig this format from you!
I hope he makes more stuff like this even tho its probably a nutty amount of work.
I highly agree with everything you just said! One little critique I'd give: Maybe they should slow down on flicking through menus and stuff, maybe also not make such a quick "beeline" to the next plot point. Do just a little more to disguise the fact that "the player" knows exactly where to go, what will happen, and what all they can do for it, y'know?
What i find most unnerving about this is that in ness's sisters room.....Its the only place that a magic butterfly resides....the last one in fact....maybe ness's sister thought it could save her from gigyas's control..... unfortunately we all know how that went....
I thought that the ending was going to be a plot twist where "Ness" causes the infection after being sent back in time due to latching on to the machine. Honestly, glad that wasn't the case since it seems overdone.
same
Yeah. The ending is pretty much what could happen when Gigyas won if Ness didn't become the Chosen One.
Overdone is an understatement!
The causal loop paradox is at least as old as Oedipus, and has been associated with time travel ever since the Twilight Zone _(and more relevantly, Back to the Future, 20 years later)._
It's likely the most common plot twist in the history of storytelling.
Yeah but if that happen, it couldn't be called a prequel
This is meant to be a prequel and what happens canonically, is that Buzz Buzz goes back in time to tell Ness that he's the chosen one and about the sanctuary locations he has to go to in order to unlock his psychic powers. He succeeded in that.
I like how Porkys fate is a complete mystery in this universe. He could have just never been roped into working for Giygas or he could be causing mayhem in different universes and timelines like he did in Mother 3.
Alternatively this could've been the distant past of the original darker draft of Mother 3 when it was still on the N64. (Also worth noting how when Ness tries to grab Buzz-Buzz he transforms few times into a red version of Claus' cut Angel/Mind Battle/Mutated form from the beta version of the GBA Mother 3)
10:45 skinless porky in the mech
@@kingofthefobbys3894 i don't really know who is that, i think is doctor andonuts
I think it's implied that Giygas instead took over Ness instead of Porky, which is why all of this is happening
@Scratchy it’s Paula I think. you can see the ribbon
Fun fact: I did research on this, and Buzz Buzz' design in this video actually comes from a Mother 2 "Choose your own book" cover, and that's quite a deep cut if I've ever seen one! I like it.
Yea it's basically the only reference for his design. I for sure thought he was a bee when I played the game... even though he said he wasn't one.
Yeah!
@@LumpyTouch That's quite understandable. I REALLY like deep cuts like this in fanworks, though! Keep up the great work!
I think a lot of people really into earthbound know of that design. I've seen a decent amount of fanart of it
@@LumpyTouch Judging by the color scheme and rhino beetle design, he's a highly stylized _Megasoma elephas_ beetle, also known as an elephant beetle. In other words, Lardna's assumption that he's a dung beetle is a lot less stupid than I initially thought- he's a part of the same beetle family as dung beetles.
i like that the items that are in Buzz Buzz's inventory at the start are a Big City Cola and Luxury Banana, literally items from the future.
This really serves as a prequel to the events of the beginning.
Also the corrupted onet's enemies were really terrifying, excellent work as always Lumpy.
Really glad to have helped with the in-game parts, as expected the video turned out fantastic.
The editing on this was also amazing, keep up the great work!
Thank you for all the hard work you did!
Hey I’m curious is there any actual downloadable rom hack? Or is just animation
@@inko8736 its an animation
@@Twostew Pain
@@inko8736 If there was a hack, every bit of it was shown on screen in the video, there's not much of anything to explore or do differently..
'Code newton' and then the Apple fell on Ness.
Thats genius , lumpy
even on an Earthbound video I cannot escape from primal aspids...
@@leothebugnerd HA, you know it
Guys, did you watch new video of buzzbound?
Fun game. Wished it wasn't so short. Ending was quite a buzz-kill.
Me too. Also, nice pun.
Yep
Badump ts
Ironically, Buzz was the only one who lived.
Booooo! Bad joke
This is an insanely cool concept, Buzz not going far enough back in time and seeing the world mid-apocalypse. The whole True Lab aesthetic of the place is cool, with all the enemies being mimics of normal animals and people.
Also like the fun with the Motherly Figure becoming the Disfigured. Definitely thought the sprites for Ness's mom were the best.
I used to think Porky was the greatest Giygas-related tragedy, somehow I didn't consider "What if the hero destined to defeat Giygas loses?"
Or better yet never learned to know what he was supposed to fighting against
Do you know the tragedy of Darth Giygas, the powerful?
This explains everything! The Apple of Enlightenment, the meteorite and the piece of it that Dr. Andonuts needed to finish the Phase Distorter, and the fact that Pokey’s mom one-shot him is because he was weak from the battle! Incredible work as always. :}
This was fantastic! I know you said on Twitter you don't care if this gets popular but I hope it does! 100% deserved, you nailed Earthbound's style and injected your own personality into it perfectly.
I'd play a full version of this- landing elsewhere in the world only to find Ness taken over and having to go further back thus starting Earthbound. Love it! Also, very nice nod to FMA there with the Chimera Queen....
Ness didn't take over, Giygas corrupted Ness
Ed...ward...
@@EKTE64 Yes. Giygas "took over" him/his mind.
@@derthevaporeon Big Brother Edward....!
FMA?
Some references I've spotted.
Mutated dog = A reference to the film The Thing.
Tracy and King Fusion = A reference to Nina Tucker from Full Metal Alchemist.
In addition the time travel effects are from Chrono trigger.
If anyone saw more references please do let me know.
Full metal alchemist. Full metal alchemist
Ness said his iconic line: Okay
I think the song during the Disfigured encounter is the same as the one that play when fighting an "Evil October" in Halloween hack
(From another comment) Code Newton involves the apple falling on top of Ness, like how an apple fell onto Isaac Newton's head.
@@moosesues8887 Full metal alchemist. *Full metal alchemist*
Now we know why Itoi never talked about Buzz buzz's backstory.
LMAO
The remixes used for this video are by Kannibal.
You can listen to the whole album here, it's amazing: ua-cam.com/video/Zipd_sL-380/v-deo.html
The sheer madness of Lumpy Touch.
Based. The way your art and their music comes together here is an experience
You are a terrifying person. I love it!
I like that Giygas absorbed Ness to prevent him from stopping him. And that Buzz Buzz just had to go back a few more weeks to our play Giygas.
I still feel like somehow future Giygas is merged with Porky somehow and Porkys obsession with Ness causes him to place Ness face on the devils machine
A few weeks, it took Giygas *a few weeks* to turn the entire planet into the hell scape we saw!? 😨😨😨😨😨
@sonicANDtailsfan157k if unopposed yup. BuzzBuzz said "if you start your journey now you may upset his plans". He was right.
Having a influenced creature or thing absorbing the power of each your sanctuary spot i think was meant as a way to untether Ness from the earth thereby making him pretty much powerless to stop Giygas.
So the fact Ness starts immediately and the titanic ant is only so far into absorbing the spot that Ness can defeat it as weak as he was while tye enemies slowly got harder all the way ubtil the final sactuary location i think shows how strong titanic ant would have become had those weeks kept going.
Someone needs to make this a full game but dang this video was incredible. Funnily enough this wouldn’t feel too out of place in the mother universe
Nintendo: *laughs in Cease and Desist*
Bruh Nintendo doesn't actually own the IP of earthbound lol. Itoi does.
@@Ninten_ ez win
Yeah, Nintendo isn't the issue here.
BigSharkZ doesn't work on complete working romhacks nor they release their work into public. Everything is for show, which sucks, i honestly want to play into these ideas.
You know, the idea of a game starting like this would make the stakes really great, and would make from an epic Tutorial
Someone from the future not going back far enough and watching the worst scenario possible, having to fight unique enemies and watching the intro area totally destroyed, that would make any player interested in the game.
Yeah, but probably less darker becuase nintendo's audience is mostly children.
Headcanon: Cursebound takes place in the future where Giygas won, so Buzz-Buzz went back in time to prevent those monstrosities from happening. But there was one small problem: he ends up in a world that’s much, much more sinister than he could possibly comprehend.
You mean the videos with the cursed images(?
@@hernanmunoz7771 Yup
@@wiggytommy8607 can you send me one?
Not to sound rude, but that's literally the plot of the video. I'm not sure I see the headcanon part.
@@SpathiCaptainFwiffo Here's Lumpy's first one: ua-cam.com/video/TIAZZSBj-tI/v-deo.html
I like to think that the reason why the ship is apple shaped is because Apple Kid was one of the only survivors of the apocalypse, and was enlisted by Buzz Buzz to create a time machine, or even repair the time machine Dr. Andonauts made with the Mr Saturns.
Always love when you make an animation out of existing worlds. You always make sure that everything fits in with the story, and all of the neat references you included in this one really shows how much care you put into these videos. Another amazing video!
At first I thought the thing inside Porky's spidermech at 10:43 was Porky after being either killed or turned into an abomination by Giygas. Then I looked at the sprite for a bit longer and realised something.
That's not Porky...
It took me a minute to figure out who it was - and in context it makes ideas like Ness still having a shred of his conscious despite being taken over by Giygas so much worse.
Who or.. what Is that thing?
@@thebenz9871 It's Paula.
@@Laevateinn102 How can you tell? Is she decapitated?
@@thelvadam8811 Look at the top left area of the sprite inside the Spider Mech. It's got Paula's hair and part of her hair ribbon.
Damn, from the aesthetics of the pixel art to the music. So creepy yet sooo good.
Never thought how messed up it could be if Giygas was able to gain control of Ness. Very cool and well made
Man, if only this was a real mod. Just add some more story elements for length and a tough final battle, and would be up there with the Halloween Hack!
too bad the original game's engine probably can't do a lot of this which means either what's basically a lite version of this(which could still be dope) or getting sued into oblivion
@@Africa893 1. you don't have to use the og game engine. 2. Nintendo doesn't own the rights to earthbound.
@@codex1742 wait Nintendo doesn't own earthbound?does hall or ape??
@@theredandbluegamer4776 I believe Itoi himself owns them.
@@Africa893 I think itoi is ok with fanworks, at least in comparison to Nintendo
9:30 Getting some strong Fullmetal Alchemist vibes.
I love this version of Earthbound! It definitely shows what would happen to Ness and Onett and the whole world of Earthbound if Buzz Buzz arrived too late.
It's basically the nostalgic and iconic SNES game but creepy and made for more mature audiences.
Very creative! And creepy.
Earthbound is already cursed and we love it for that
I always thought this plot would make for a dark and brutal sequel:
Giygas' consciousness latches onto Ness as the Chosen Four returns home, leading Ness to suffer horrific nightmares and visions -- doomed to watch others around him suffer and go insane by simply being in the same proximity as him.
What does that mean
@@akitarefuge43 i think it means that, if a direct sequel of Ness's adventure existed (i mean a new game with Ness still as a protagonist) it could use a plot like gygas's mind being linked with Ness after being defeated, causing Ness to slowly corrupt as his mind would start to get damaged by gygas's madness, that could make a new and darker story
@@randomdeinternet3582 Exactly. And Ness wouldn't even be AWARE of this until a coffee break goes wrong, and his inner thoughts grow demented and slowly appear in the same speech patterns that Giygas had.
That's when Ness realizes, that all of his fighting to save Eagleland has been for naught, because his powerful mind is essentially a superconductor for insanity.
TL;DR - Giygas would end up making Ness an insanity carrier, kind of like Fox-Die with Solid Snake, except worse because it doesn't simply kill you.
how would "coffee break goes wrong" go? What hallucinations Ness will have? Like in Akira
So that's why Buzz Buzz couldn't survive Porky's mom hitting him. He was hurt and beaten from the previous universe!
3:07 just noticed that the treasure hunter appears in the chair as Buzz Buzz leaves the room.
He never made it out...
@@Ithan480 I can't blame him to be honest
Maybe it’s his ghost?
This does lose a bit of tension because it leads directly into the game we know, which gets pretty spooky, but ultimately has a happy ending.
Maybe that's a good thing, though!
Not a good ending for buzzbuzz though...
@@flyingstonemon3564 fucking Lardna
@@Swift-Prime Pokey's mom's the true secret finalboss, we just haven't found a way to fight her yet
@@flyingstonemon3564 The Pokey's Mom used a bitchslap attack!
9999 HP of mortal damage to Buzz!
Buzz got hurt and died.
@@flyingstonemon3564 if I'm right, stopping Gigyas would undo the damage he'd done, and would probably revive Buzzbuzz.
This video represents a lot of the terror of a very well crafted crepypasta just like "Godzilla Nes", this video is a spectacle, the movement of the protagonist, the vibe that the distorted music conveys, the reproduction of RPG style fights present in the game itself, everything This is wonderful, I'm happy that Earthbound has a video and it's a complete feast for anyone who is a fan of the horror franchise or just an RPG. This video is perfect!
6:49
"What the f-YOU can FLY!" -literally me lol
Jeez, if this thing was in the actual game before earthbound started, I don’t think I would be able to enjoy any part of the game afterwards, remembering how fucked up the world we were in if we fail as ness.
I am in love with the concept of playing through what would happen if the heroes failed tho, a interesting concept indeed lumpy
Wouldnt you like be determined to prevent that world from happening?
love how giygas ness' design looked similar to the unused final bpss backgrounds from mother 3
Call him Darkness is better
3:10 after the sfx plays, you can see a transparent man on the chair, and it comes more visible when the screen turns black as you see red eyes for a few frames after
This RULES!!! I love the genuinely unsettling nature of the playthrough and what this means for EarthBound's story. One of your best yet!!
I always wondered what a timeline where Giygas won could look like. Pretty cool
This is fantastic . I always did wonder what would become of the world once Giygas had his way with it. So many little details that made the hardcore Mother fan in me happy. What’s cool too is that as dark and screwed up as things get, it technically DOES have a happy ending since the events of Earthbound play out as normal.
Shame about BuzzBuzz though. Rest in peace, little space Hercules beetle.
the part where he looks down at the ground and whispers to himself "its buzzin' time" before he buzzed all over the enemies was truly a cinematic masterpiece. nintendo was long ahead of their time with this. i had to hold back so many tears
I'm still amazed that lumpy goes to the point to mod/animate in the game itself, that's incredibly amazing, and as a begginer pixel artist, it amazes me, to what limits he pushes this art style!
Holy shit this was an awesome take on Pre-Earthbound I know EB has very suttle Dark tones in it but this takes it to a whole new level! It's cool to imagine what earth is like under giygas' control and to see the corrupt, unrelenting reality of what could've been hadn't buzz buzz traveled back in time to warn ness! As a hardcore Mother fan this is breathtaking and deserves a spotlight! Great job Lumpy! P.S. Don't think I didn't catch that Mother 3 reference from Ness' Face you tricky devil you
Dang…very interesting concept! makes me wonder how the other chosen four members are doing.
Jeff and Dr. Andonuts put up a brief resistance, arming the students and staff of the boarding school, but were overwhelmed. Paula was sacrificed by the Happy-Happyists and Poo fell off the meditation pillar after a meteorite directly hit Dalaam.
Paula was stuffed inside Porky’s spider-mech. You can see her inside it during the fight with Ness/Giygas.
idk about the others tho but I don’t think I need to know
It is funny how Earthbound's tone makes us forget how dark the backstory is.
This was badass!
I happened to notice a ghostly shadow as Buzz Buzz leaves Liar's house. Also, is that a mutilated Paula in the heavily armed spider mech?
I always love seeing this Buzz Buzz design because I am under the impression I am the person who made it known 🥺 I might be wrong, but a friend of mine knew Buzz Buzz was my fav character and when she found the book, she shared it with me and I shared it around the internet! The photo I've seen used around is the one she sent me!
Also I absolutely LOVE this concept, oh my god~! As usual, Lumpy hitting with the high quality horror
Wow! I didn't know that. Historic contribution!
Very cool! Thanks, Sony! Thanks for showing us Buzz Buzz Alpha!
@@LumpyTouch At least it's what I think! Take it with a grain of salt!
And keep up the good work!
no way you're THE BUZZ-BUZZ GUY?!?! NO WAY
@@ghoulbuster1 Technically my friend is! but yeah! At least I believe so. You never know with the internet. But so far I haven't found anybody else who knew of this design for Buzzbuzz before (or any other that is not 'pixel'). I think the few pieces of fan art I made helped spread it, although not much (it wasn't really super cool art, just enough to get people asking)
Imagine if Shigesato Itoi makes a earthbound prequel about buzz buzz
I'm not even creeped out because I just love this concept *entirely* and wished that it was something genuine and real
The idea of a earthbound prequel where you play as Buzz Buzz is just incredible and the way is executed here just deserves a chef's kiss
Also, the idea of everything becoming gory due to giygas is just something amazing that could definitely make you think on how much the future buzz buzz lived in was horrible
Simply, one of the best fan-earthbound content i've seen in a while
Would it be a spoiler to mention CogDis?
This was amazing to watch, to say the least. 😮
Very interestingly possible backstory/lore featuring Buzz Buzz, giving us a glimpse of a haunting and disturbing “what-if?” scenario of a post-apocalyptic world after Giygas’ invasion without Ness being forewarned about it.
11/10, would play this game! Great job Lumpy!
I could easily imagine this fitting into EarthBound’s canon.
Honestly, if buzz buzz showed Giegue that timeline before he became Giygas, he would probably call the invasion off. It feels like not even Giegue would want that world.
If we went by CogDis lore…it’s likely Giegue already knew… but couldn’t do anything to stop it directly. At least. Not Giegue specifically.
As someone who grew up playing Earthbound ROM hacks in middle school, this is truly amazing to see. 13 year old me would've been so awe struck by this. Thank you so much for making this!
Great timing, I just finished my first play through of Earthbound! Awesome stuff as always lumpy
That's an odd coincidence. Wow!
I'd forgotten how anxiety-provoking EarthBound battles can be, really adds to the horror in this case!
First Thought: "Corridors of Time"
Excellent as always with Lumpy's stuff.
10:50 Imagine if THAT was Ness's Nightmare
Who should’ve been called Dark Ness.
This was so dark and creative. The ending with Ness was scary and honestly would make for a fun fan game
It's terrying to see Ness on the other side. When you realize how scary it would be if the powerful protagonist was evil.
@@SyLuX636 yeah. Very cool and dark "what if?" Scenario.
In this version, Ness turned into a demon looks like chara
@@giygasthedevilalien5995 a little bit. Undertale is heavily inspired by Earthbound so I can see that.
@@zacherydyer8365 I call this version of Ness, DarkNess.👹👹🇯🇵🇺🇸
Y'know, I can't get over how neat your stuff is. Faithful and transformative at the same time. Simply wonderful.
Ah, so that's why Buzz Buzz's time machine took such a beating after jumping back 10 years, but the Phase Distorter could jump back much further with no ill effect- Buzz Buzz didn't jump back far enough the first time and it got beat up from the dangers from that time.
This is so freaking cool I love this idea and the execution is so dope I would totally play this. I hope you do more stuff like this, the Mario one is awesome but this is just so well thought out and well done that I could see this blowing up. I hope it does.
6:30 Oh no... Tracy and Ness's dog had been forcefully fused together to create an abomination called the Chimera Queen. That's horrible. It reminds me of Shou Tucker from Fullmetal alchemist where he inhumanely experiments on his daughter and dog to create a talking Chimera in order to maintain his "job position". That must be a Fullmetal Alchemist references and without a doubt.
At 9:37
Ness' dog's name is King!
I've got a lot to say:
It's very unbelievable that such a game could fit in a SNES cartridge, hell, the original game was pushing the limits by using a 12 megabit cartridge, still, it doesn't diminish how much work went into this and how awesome it came out, gives a whole new perspective to Buzz Buzz, like yeah, what if by accident, he didn't go back far enough into the past, and because of the fight with the possessed ness, it explains why he crashed landed in a "Meteorite", however, despite his actions, he still died to Pokey's mom by being squashed like a bug. Still, this makes my appreciation for the mother series grow even more, makes me glad to be in the fandom.
My favorite monster has to be the Chimera Queen, despite bringing back unpleasant Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood memories
I'm sorry to say but this is like 75% editing and 25% rom hack
Typo? I don't think a SNES game used a 64 gigabyte cartridge lmao
@@charbomber110 I know
@@BulborbStan oh yeah, nice catch, sorry, I was a bit scatterbrained, trying to put my scrambled thoughts into words
Well, if there's anything to justify his pathetic death, he went through hell firsthand, having to fight giygas' abominations, giygas himself as the chosen one, and also surviving a big fall inside a broken time machine that was in a state of combustion, i say he was probably very tired or hurt.
I know it's not real but DANG! This itches my Earthbound nostalgia. Now, someone has to make an animation of what happen between Mother 2, a.k.a Earthbound, and Mother 3.
Aren't mother 2 and earthbound the same game?
@@NewiDeltafell Yes, I put the commas their to emphasize that, they are the same game. I will see if I can clarify further; sorry for the confusion.
Very well made. The incredible amount of attention to detail and the spritework are glorious. Amazing job!
HOOOOOLY SHIT I'M NERDING OUT....I LOVE EARTHBOUND AND THIS BOTH GIVES ME NOSTALGIA AND FREAKS ME OUT. BUZZ BUZZ DOESN'T GET ENOUGH FAN CONTENT EEEEEE!!!! i love the little beetle.....
also this part!!! JESUS i love the mother 3 callbacks 4:27
you incorporated the the subliminal horror of earthbound so well
12:20 Holy shit that Giygas remix goes hard as fuck
3:50 I swear if this is the pufferfish sound
Really?!
6:54 *Buzz Buzz found a trashcan*
I guess it's empty, like ManlyBadassHero's so..
*Buzz Buzz found a neutralizer!*
Oh... well _NOW_ it's empty...
This is one of the most awesome fan-made things I have ever seen. You went above and beyond and definitely knew what you were doing. The concept of Giygas taking over like that is so interesting of a concept. I can't believe how good this is. If this was an actual game, I would definitely pay money to play it.
New head canon dropped when zarbol
Goes back in time, really love this video on being a sort of prequel to EB and explains how buzz buzz dies!
Horror stuff like this really makes you appreciate what you have now. At least the earth isn't going through some apocalyptic event.
Oh my gosh, I wish this was a longer and playable hack. It's incredibly well made.
man I used to think this was real the first time I watched this somehow
i've watched this atleast like 50 times. nostalgia and all that but i just absolutely love the unsettling horror aspect mixed in with some banger remixes that fit into the game really well. a horror themed earthbound game is such a genius idea. there was a lot of love put into this and i really respect that. amazing work
This was really good, and it makes more sense now that the time machine didnt survive in EB. It was already damaged.
Wow lumpy, i didn't think you'd make an earthbound-related video again, also I loved the parts where buzz fights ness. they were pretty cool. and nice outro too
Nice Fullmetal Alchemist reference. Also, of course you had to make Ness say "okay" at the end. Lol
This is one of the most amazing prequel fangames I've ever seen. Wish it was real so I could play it. :) Love the attention to detail on Buzz Buzz and the Apple of Enlightenment.
MAKE MORE. i've been watching you for a while and i genuinely think this is one of your best videos yet. you are so rad lumpy!!!
Good stuff, also like the Earthbound styled sprites you did for the characters as well
I'm not sure how terrifying I expected a bad-end Ness to be like but holy shit did that scene deliver
Watching this was like discovering your channel all over again.
As EarthBound was my gateway to Turn-Based RPG's in general, I loved this interpretation on the future Buzz Buzz witnessed. Really makes you think about what you're fighting to avoid in the game proper.
Also gotta commend your use of the Happy Happy theme. Most creepypasta-like stuff usually use that one cave theme or the Cave of the Past. That was a nice switch up.
Looking forward to the next big project.
unfortunately for giygas, buzz buzz is a total badass and still kicks the ass of all of the enemies he faces (minus ness). I'm glad we got to see more buzz buzz action
This is so very beautiful.
Thank you.
The music, the graphics, the dialogue…bravo.
"Pink Slime"
So you're telling me that THIS is what happens when I eat pink sauce!?
Affer finishing the video this is LITERALLY THE PREQUEL TO EARTHBOUND wow. Never ceases to amaze us Lumpy
im really curious as to what those Porky silhouettes at 4:15 would look like in battle
And that house at 4:27.
just like the boogey tent just a face
They looked like Sans silhouettes to me... *proceeds to chuckle*
This is soooo good. The house lunging at you was like a jump scare, that would terrify me if I was playing it. It's one of the more believable "I found this lost media" stories. Nothing's haunted or possessed it's just unsettling. It also looks like someone is really playing it. There's very human pauses before taking actions and even the little touches of stuff like opening and closing of the menu without using anything really sells the idea that someone is playing it.