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The battle against Giygas, which depicts him in turmoil, drew inspiration from a Japanese film which traumatized Itoi as a child. He has received positive reception with critics referring to his battle as one of the creepiest in video games, and considered one of the greatest and most iconic video game antagonists of all time.
In both final battles, Giygas is defeated through love and prayer instead of through a tour de force of weaponry, unlike the endings of other period games. [10] Nadia Oxford wrote for IGN that nearly two decades later, EarthBound 's final fight against Giygas continues to be "one of the most epic video game standoffs of all time" with noted ...
He is the neighbor of the protagonist, Ness, but eventually finds himself under the influence of the main antagonist, Giygas, whom he aides in the final battle. He eventually flees after Giygas' defeat. In Mother 3, he is responsible for much death and destruction, having traveled through time and manipulating an island of people to suit his whims.
After being defeated in battle, Pokey turns the device off, releasing Giygas and forcing the group to fight [14] the alien, whose infinite power transformed him into an incomprehensible embodiment of evil and insanity. During the fight, Paula reaches out to the inhabitants of Earth, and eventually the player, who prays for the children's safety.
Mother uses random encounters to enter a menu-based, first-person perspective battle system. Mother sold around 400,000 copies upon its release, where it was praised for its similarities to the Dragon Quest series and its simultaneous parody of the genre's tropes, though its high difficulty level and balance issues polarized critics.
Ness, now fueled with unlimited power, awakens, after which the four characters learn that to battle Giygas they must time travel to the past. They put their souls in robots and travel to the past to battle Giygas and Pokey. Giygas is defeated, and Pokey escapes, though after everyone returns home, Pokey sends Ness a letter challenging him.
Giygas battle in Mother 2 and Shigesato Itoi [ edit ] The game designer, Shigesato Itoi, has said in an interview that the battle with Giygas in Mother 2/EarthBound is the result of a traumatic experience he had as a child after accidently walking into a theater playing a violent rape film.
The film is best known for its association with the SNES game EarthBound.Its creator, Shigesato Itoi, accidentally walked in on the film as a child and mistook a murder scene for a rape scene, which traumatised him and inspired the eerie dialogue during the game's final boss battle with Giygas.