I'm about to take a trip soon, and I'll only have my less powered laptop to play on for a couple months. Earthbound (Mother 2) for the Super Nintendo is one of my all time favorite games, and I'm looking for some other similar RPG's that I can play. If you haven't played Earthbound yet, do yourself a favor and get a SNES emulator and give it a go. I'm probably due for a replay pretty soon myself.

Games like EB
Mother 3 - The long awaited sequel to Earthbound, and it did not disappoint. You'll need the Mother 3 ROM, a GBA Emulator, and the Mother 3 Fan Translation to play. Do it!
Undertale - I didn't buy into the hype train, but when I finally played oh man was I a happy camper; the praise is not undeserved.
LISA - A darker sort of RPG with adult themes, but still an emotionally charged and powerful game.
Boot Hill Heroes - Basically Earthbound in the wild west. The story dragged a little at some parts, but still a great game and awesome soundtrack.
Citizens of Earth - I followed this one eagerly before its release, but upon playing for a few hours it didn't really draw me in. Will pick it back up again at some point.
Why Am I Dead At Sea - Murder mystery in the Earthbound style, haven't played it yet but it's on my list.

Fan Games / RPG Maker and other inspired stuff. Haven't played any of these yet.
Mother 4 Fan Game - This is the one I'm really looking forward to. Been in development for several years now, but when it's finally released it should be great.
Mother: Cognitive Dissonance - Another fan game set in the Earthbound universe
OFF - Highly regarded French surreal adventure RPG that has been translated into English. Want to play soon.
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - RPG starring basketball star Charles Barkley. Heard good things about this one.
Space Funeral - Interesting art style, looks kind of darker & bloodier like LISA.
Yume Nikki - Heard this was pretty creepy & surreal
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass - Don't know much about this one, definitely looks Earthboundy
IB - Another creepy one, looks similar to OFF
Patty and Mr Piles - Someone recommended this one, don't know much about it either

Upcoming Games
Knuckle Sandwich - After Mother 4 Fan, the game I'm most anticipating
Crossing Souls - More of the "new 16bit" style that is popular these days. Government conspiracy plot reminiscent of Stranger Things (not a bad thing!)
Omori - I can't say I love the black-and-white palate but the story looks interesting.
Ikenfell - Like the art style here, kinda draws from Zelda and Earthbound
GLITCHED - Yep, looks very much like Mother 3. Don't know much about it.

Please share and discuss any and all games in this genre.

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Mother 1

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It's not exactly the same thing, as it's an action RPG, but the Princess Remedy games have a similar feel to me. Plus, like with all good drugs, the first one is free!

Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Princess Remedy In A Heap of Trouble

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Nice, will give these a go.

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Want a ye olde looking RPG? I'd suggest giving Secret of mana on the snes a go. Was one of my favourite childhood games to play.

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Oh yes, I actually have played it years back but another playthrough is probably in order. Same goes for Chrono Trigger!

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Oooh Chrono Trigger yes! Though if you can run it I'd suggest trying out a Nintendo DS emulator. Because the version of Chrono Trigger on the DS, though not changing much of what was originally there, added a lot more stuff. So I would definitely say to emulate the DS version instead. More content = Whoot! (Though the extra dungeon, the singing mountain, frustrated me to no end)

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I've never heard of Earthbound until now, so I can't recommend anything like it. I haven't played Undertale either, but it's on my wish list.

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BUMP for Earthbound!
I think you meant "Knuckle" Sandwich ;D

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Ha, yep I sure did.

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IB looks like it may be a really nice game actually.

Also i got Lisa in my wishlist so its definitely worth checking out for sure .

And boot hill heroes is cool :P

Ah and Omori look like it may be fun to play !

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Bumping the thread.

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Mother (JP) / Earthbound Beginnings(zero) (US/EU)
Famicon - July 27, 1989 (JP)
Virtual Console - June 15, 2015 (JP), June 14, 2015 (US/EU)

Mother 2 (JP) / Earthbound (US/EU)
Super NES - June 5, 1995 (US)
Super Famicon - August 27, 1994 (JP)
Virtual Console - March 20, 2013 (JP), July 18, 2013 (US/EU)

Mother 3 (JP) / Earthbound 2 (US/EU)
Game Boy Advance - April 20, 2006 (JP)
Virtual Console - ???????? (US/EU)

useful site: StarMen

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Yep, I've played all of these. I didn't realize Mother 3 had a US/EU release though.

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Hasn't happened yet, but it's a well-corroborated rumor.

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Last day bump..

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awesome thread!
earthbound such a good game , so many memories

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Closed 3 years ago by Andrewski.