A comparison between Earthbound and Undertale 

why does it say Magalovania instead of Megalovania?

Has nobody noticed that alphys hide in a trash can like loyd and Andonuts

It makes me mad how underrated earthbound is

7:58 - Please no my heart already hurts-

5:44 Ebott is supposed to be Toby backwards, like Toby Fox, the game's creator, just like Mother 1 had Mt. Itoi, named for Shigesato Itoi, the game's creator

7:58 "Now let's talk about Asriel and Claus, because they have a lot in common." BESIDES BEING TOO ADORABLE!?

Earthbound: battle against an unsettling opponent Undertale: battle against a true hero C’mon Toby fox be original! Edit: remember Asriel boss fight makes it rain stars? Well ness’ final smash is pk starstorm

It’s like undertale being the cousin of earthbound and mother 3 ALSO OMG I HEAR GIGYAS BREATHING IN 18:59 NOW

Oh wow, can't believe it took me a year to find this! Nice work! I noticed a couple more things myself. Chara, the fallen human, seems to be very reminiscent of Giegue from EarthBound Beginnings. They both were alien to the world they found themselves in, but were raised by a different species who loved them as their own. Yet one day, they would meet with a tragic event that would make them emotionally unstable from then on. For Giegue, it was the death of his adoptive human mother, Maria. And Chara, it was sacrificing themselves to break the Barrier. Both Undertale and EarthBound Beginnings start with an exposition about events that happened long ago and then they jump to the present day, UT jumps to 201X and EB:B jumps to 198X. Makes it more familiar due to the similar intro music.

This video was very well made, a lot of things you don't really notice unless you make comparison videos like these. No wonder bonetrousle and unfounded revenge are both jam tracks!

Well, you stated Mr. Saturn and Tem play the same role in their games but, Mr. Saturn plays a bigger role in earthbound while tem is more of a comic relief. (By the way, the reason Fallen Down uses the exact same soundfont as Earthbound is because it was originally from an Earthbound album made by Toby Fox.)

thank god this comment section is not a war zone

EARTHBOUND: You start in a dark room in your bed. UNDERTALE: You start in a dark cave on a bed... of flowers.

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More people need to play earthbound from the undertale community.

U: dude, could I copy your homework? E: of course, just don't copy at all *Undertale, best game in a long time* E: son of b...

Actually, Asriel and Gigue have a shocking amount of similarities. What with the whole storyline of Gigue having a human brother and being raised by Mary is reminiscent of Chara being alien to the Dreemurr family, and upon losing his close loved one, both Gigue and Asriel loss their grip on their reality and are driven into insanity thus causing them to lose their forms and become metaphysical being which have an impact on the minds and emotions of the characters in the story and are indirect antagonists.

Official Deltarune promotion gag art tweeted by Toby has a temmie dressed as Mr Saturn

Well Toby was inspired by earthbound and I think everyone is forgetting that

mother 3 is my favorite game too

you forgot to reference Earthbound's 'Halloween Hack', which was made by Toby Fox himself. If you listen to the track that plays during the final bossfight (Dr Andonuts Rage) it will sound very similar to a track from undertale... apart from that, great video

Good video despite a few spelling mistakes. Glad someone brought this up properly. One thing I have to note though is that Claus isn't really out seeking revenge. He was killed by the mecha drago and brought back to life as a chimera.

Opinion warning, pokey means business was the first megalovania. Hey I said opinion warning.

Fun fact: "Snoring symphony" (that one in comparison with "Buzz buzz") is just slowed down "Determination", played with snore effects

"Love Undertale, so I decided to play all MOTHER games." Welcome to my world, man😅❤️

Ebott is Toby backwards (kinda), I think it’s a homage to Mt. Itoi

1000+ views, 42 upvotes and 2 downvotes. Yay, numbers! Thank you so much ^^

I figured out the Mother Earth and Once Upon a time similarities because in Mother Earth you can hear a not being held then 2 higher ones that follow. If you play the first 3 notes for once upon a time there is just a long enough gap for you to add the 2 notes that play after the first held note.

Papyrus tore a piece of Starman to make clothes

My theory is that Undertale is inspired by Earthbound and Deltarune is inspired by Mother 3(chapters etc.)

Gotta remember that toby fox himself said that Earthbound/mother 2 was a HUGE inspiration for undertale. Thats why there is Multiple things that are simular.

You should look at the game Cave Story, it's another game Undertale obviously takes inspiration from, and there's a lot of similarities. Like for example the names "Cave Story" and "Undertale" have pretty much the same meaning, not to mention the fact that Asriel looks EXACTLY like the character Toroko from Cave Story. There's a lot more similarities and yet I have never once seen it brought up when people talk about Undertales inspiration

I'm pretty sure Mt. Ebott is meant to be a reference to Mt. Itoi from Mother 1.

19:20 - That song reminds me of the Nowhere Dimension that Squidward enters after breaking the time machine in SB-129.

Ebott is Tobe backwards with an extra T, just as Shigesato Itoi named the final area of Mother after himself, Mt Itoi, toby named the main mountian after himself.

Kinda weird when Undertale fans won't accept the Mother 2/3 are the better games when the creator himself said that the game was inspired by the mother series and never tried to be better than it. I'm not saying that you shouldn't enjoy the game, I myself really like Undertale, but they act like it's the Holy Grail of gaming.

Very good video 😊 the editing with the guitar font was funny 😂

One of the Earthbound songs is also called battle against a strange opponent

I know i'm kind of late but, nice vid dude keep up with the good content :)

I know this was made a year ago, but to be honest, I really liked this video a lot. Please keep up the good work 😉

The Bird that carries you over a disproportionately small gap is actually very similar to the chicks in Magicant

19:17 isn't it called the cave of the past?

this is a really good video!!!

This video shows that Undertale was inspired by EarthBound. It borrows its soundfont, has a few plot coincidences, a similar sense of humor, and some references to EarthBound. This doesn't present anything new, as Toby Fox has said EarthBound was a primary influence as well as the Mario RPG games. (I can also point some similarities to Super Paper Mario, for example.) Yet people in the comment section are still saying Undertale is a blatant copy of EarthBound, which is so stupid. Undertale is a character-driven, plot-driven game that subverts the RPG genre. EarthBound is a traditional RPG that parodies American culture of the 90s and is simplistic in premise (boy goes on an adventure to save the world), not very story-driven, and it relies on witty dialogue from NPCs for its humor rather than fleshed out characters, with the except of a few. Both are great games. But let's face it. EarthBound fans are simply pissy because some twelve year old looked at EarthBound and said "wow, the art looks like Undertale!" despite the fact Undertale-obsessed kids say that about everything, and are now trying to discredit the game in every way because 90% of the EarthBound fandom is full of elitists who think the Mother series are the most original and only good RPGs in existence. Even though the creator of EarthBound HIMSELF looked at Undertale and said it was a brilliant game. And I think he would know whether or not his own game was copied. I'm starting to get really angry to see people insult Toby Fox as a person and say horrible things about him just because they're mad some kids compared their precious game to Undertale.

I’m very late to this video but I’d like to point out that undertale and mother 3 share a very similar song being the Love theme and His theme. Both songs are heard in the game in different songs throughout the games. It is one of the big motifs.

I prefer Earthbound. Not only was it more original, but it a few more design aspects just appeal to me more. For instance, Earthbound balances out some of the adult themes to make the game more accessible to everyone; unlike Undertale where it felt explicitly more mature. Along with that, the contemporary setting in Earthbound was much more refreshing to see in an RPG, it felt relatable while also offering moments of pure strangeness. Undertale borrows more of the tropes we see in RPGs, like it being in a fantasy world inhabited by monsters, however it turns it on its head a bit by making the monsters actually good guys. Which isn’t bad, I just prefer Earthbound’s approach. Something I really didn’t like about Undertale’s mechanic of sparing enemies was that it was very shallow. It expects you to do things in a very clearcut way: spare all the enemies. You get punished with a grind and unfair bosses if you decide to kill everything.The game is basically telling you to play it a certain way and not your way, which limits player freedom and makes the whole moral system feel worthless. Wouldn’t it be better if the game let you figure out for yourself that killing the creatures is not ok. Along with that, when you replay the game, odds are that it will waste a lot of your time with cutscenes. Sure they were funny maybe the first and second time, but when you replay the game a third time, I can’t see any reason why you would enjoy wasting your time like this. It ends up coming up becoming filler. I’m not gonna say Earthbound is completely blameless because it wastes your time too, but that game doesn’t encourage replaying it to experiencing something new, unlike Undertale. If it’s any consolation, I think the characters are much more interesting in Undertale than in Earthbound for the most part. Although, characters like Porky, Giygas, and Everdred kinda make it a tougher call. I just wished Undertale didn’t rely as much on random internet humor. It makes the game become more dated with time. While Earthbound had its fair share of random humor, it didn’t rely solely off of pop culture, making the game’s comedy feel timeless. The story in Earthbound was practically nonexistent, just unite yourself with the powers of the Earth and defeat an alien. Unlike Earthbound, Undertale actually attempts to tell a bit of a story, but it really isn’t anything special. All the major parts of the story basically amount to character development for the monsters... or don’t help the monsters, it’s your choice, but not really. Besides that, it’s pretty basic. Get to the surface while also trying to help the monsters. However, I do like the reason why monsters are attacking you, you are the final human soul to break the barrier and although it doesn’t make sense, I can still appreciate the effort and they did some very creative things with it. The Asriel plot was also very interesting, but it never goes very deep with that because it’s not the primary point of the story. The ending is satisfying and cliche, like a basic story usually is. I think Earthbound’s ending is much better because you get to experience the world that you saved rather than just seeing a cutscene. Also, Mother 3 is way better than Undertale. I don’t want to explain because of spoilers and anyone who has already played Mother 3 already knows why.

We might find Undertale 2 If You GUYS STOP MESSING WITH THE TIMELInES

Actually there is another referement:In a Halloween Hack the final boss plays a song called:Megalovania,and in fact,the track is similiar to the one we all now!

Wow I think you should earn more subs this is a great vid

This video deserves more visits

Really good video! I love both games, but I think my favorite its Mother Series~

Hi, i know it's late but i just wanna say this: in the amalgamate theme there are some "sound effects" , they are from the theme "giygas Is wounded!" Anyways you make an awesome video!!! Sorry if it's hard to read but i don't speak english xd

20:03 "magalovania"

Uhh megalovania is from earthbound Halloween hack but I accept you

Thank god Toby Fox didn't get copyrighted by Nintendo

I remember there was a thing about mother 3 where toby said "if you ever played mother 3, you'll know I'm "very" original. Its funny to think about

If you got to the restaurant in Mettaton Resort, you can see a monster with a hard hat on and he looks a lot like Mr. Saturn.

Imagine Temmie just helps you create a time machine and also appears as a item in smash that I still don't know what it does

Another big inspiration for Undertale is probably Super Paper Mario for the Wii, since a lot of the characters are similar, and even some key visuals. Both games have, for example, a spider maid lady, a nerdy chameleon, and even floating colorful hearts as a major plot point. It has more similarities, also to Deltarune, but I don’t want to spoil too much. I recommend checking it out, the humor and heart is all there, while the gameplay is totally different.

Temmie=Temmie Chang I used google to search MT.Ebott and i found it its on florida! Undertale golden flowers:buttercups Earthbound golden flowers:sunflowers

why does everyone leave out the small reference or coincidence: the save points sort of look like the sanctuary guardian overworld sprites. they are both stars.

15:40 it sounds like luigis mansion theme more

Videos showing inspirations from even other midias in undertale would probably have as much content in it. UT truly feels like a celebration of JRPGs and Internet culture done in the most loving and original way possible, with you being able to enjoy it even without knowing the references or sources.

Earthbound is a Beatles fan game

great vídeo dude

personally i would've compared asriel not only claus but also Giegue from mother 1. I mean to defeat him you have to sing the lullaby that his ""mother"" Maria used to sing, making him feel bad for his actions, and some time after his defeat, because of all the power he had and the conflicting emotions towards the human race, his mind shatters and becomes the monstrosity named Giygas in Earthbound. Overall good video man

btw, Mt. Ebott is meant to be a nod to how Earthbound Beginnings Mt. Itoi is named after the creator, Shigesato Itoi, and Mt. Ebott, when flipped backwords spells Mt. Ttobe (Toby).

I noticed other thing, undertale: alphy gives you a phone wich If you slow down has a undertale theme i forget the name now. Earthbound 2: in momento (i think chapter 7) you find a pigmask phone that plays a really fast his highness (his highness is the main music for porky themed things)

I think some parts of the plot of the Halloween Hack also were inspiration. It was originally going to have Jeff come back to life at the end from the souls of the other characters, but that was too cheesy. Just kinda sounds similar :)

Megalovania and Fallen Down actually have deeper connections to EarthBound, as Megalovania comes from a rom hack Toby Fox developed called Earthbound Halloween Hack, while Fallen Down is from an EarthBound tribute album called I Miss You.

the guitar man... THE GUITAR (I'm laughting so hard, I dunno why)

the temmie is like cats you find in earthbound and there most commonly found in summers island

WAIT!!! Here are two I can't Unhear from the Mother Series vs. Deltarune! Gentle Rain to Lancer and Get On the Bus to vs. Susie They sound really similar to me...

I have thought about many of the coincidence, but many of them made me think "why have I never thought of this one?", specially the one of the black and white houses

Fun Fact: Undertale is a fangame of Earthbound and Mother

Mother 3 is the best RPG ever. PROVE ME WRONG.

Both are great, but Earthbound >>>>>>>> Undertale

And music F-f-fire! And When SNAILS run

you discovered earthbound the same way i did except undertale is kind of overrated (not meaning its bad, just a lot of people still do videos on it and it ended up kinda like fnaf) and the community is quite toxic but earthbound is very underrated and it's so peaceful in the community that i could even argue if it's the best fanbase out there, but the community is quite small

Toby's a big fan of Earthbound , he even maked a fangame or a hack room for halloween

Amalgamate is probably a Halloween Hack reference. if what i heard is right, enemy with the same name exist there... now, Memoryhead and Giygas... i can see the point

I loke mother 3 and undertale. They have funny characters, good music and tragic story. And also i love battle system. P.s. I know what i wrote "loke". P.s.s. I think background from battle with Asriel look loke Background from mother 2/3. WAIT AGAIN LOK-

Nobody: The word guitar at the last 2 songs: *take it back now yall, one hop this time... now cha cha real smooth*

soundtrack not listed can also be the place

Once Upon a Time is structured the same as Mother Earth, too.

Well, original Megalovania is from Earthbound Halloween Hack made by Toby, so, yea

A Confusion Confession

One of my Favorite references is Unfounded Revenge - Bonetrousle (find in 14:24

If you listen to the original Megalovania from Toby's halloween hack, it sounds even more like Pokey Means Business.

Well, In giygas’s first phase, you have to deal a lot of damage first

gigyas lair feels weird without the *clank clank clank clank

Bonus Fact: Megalovania was originally made for a Mother 2 ROM hack.

Hell yeah, my two/3 fav games.

Earthbound is so much better than Undertale

Also in the credits the bench undyne and alphys are on is the summer's from earthbound

They teach you the machanics of the game

Nice video!

that barrior music just caught me off guard

I have played all Earthbound franchise (Mother 1, Mother 2, Mother 3) and yeah, life changing by rich story. I never play Undertale full game (was playing demo yet), and gameplay similar to Earthbound with unique mechanics.

"The place" is also known as "The Cave of the Past" .