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<\/center>Now, we all know that Jeff is in a two-way tie with Paula for lamest Earthbound character, so why am I so happy to see him? In honest truth, I really just love Earthbound. Any and all Mother-related junk I see in Brawl will make me squeal like a fangirl. I hate using Ness, but I was devastated by the idea that he might not return. In any case, it’s mostly just another way to tide me over until the day Earthbound hits the Virtual Console. Don’t get me wrong, I rented it at least thrice and played through it via emulation a couple times too, but I really want<\/a> a VC version of Earthbound.<\/p>\nMy reasons for such a desire are twofold. Firstly, and most importantly, I want to be able to say I own the game, digital rehash or not. Ever since the day I read the preview article about it in Nintendo Power, I’ve always felt that my biggest SNES-era loss was Earthbound. And considering the poor sales numbers, I guess it may be some other people’s as well. Secondly, and maybe the truly more important one, is that if waves and waves of people buy the VC Earthbound, Nintendo of America might finally<\/em> be swayed to give us the prequel (Earthbound Zero) and sequel (Mother 3). You may be aware, but a fully localized copy of Earthbound Zero is floating around out there somewhere; it was just never released. And as for Mother 3, NoA are just being dicks about that one. They know<\/em> there’s a fanbase. How in God’s name are all the casual Wii owners supposed to know who Lucas is? Or why exactly New Pork City is awesome? Come the fuck on.<\/p>\n Anyway, that’s about it for my spiel. I don’t really care if we’ve seen the entire roster yet or anything. It’s good the way it is. I’d like more playable villains, but other than that, I’m perfectly satisifed with what we’re getting. …As long as Pok\u00e9mon Trainer has a female version as a costume swap.<\/p>\n Oh, right. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the Brawl intro video. Epic win.<\/p>\n