EarthBound
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- 3.6K Backlogs
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- 3.5% Retired
- 88% Rating
- 2.2K Beat
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Main Story
28 Hours
Main + Sides
32 Hours
Completionist
39 Hours
All Styles
30½ Hours
You will be startled to hear the thunderous crash at the beginning, only to discover it to be a meteorite. EarthBound is based on a typical American boy, Ness, with psychic powers. To kill the potentially dangerous creature of the future Giygas, you travel through the present, making friends, and defeating enemies.
How long is EarthBound?
When focusing on the main objectives, EarthBound is about 28 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 39 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
When focusing on the main objectives, EarthBound is about 28 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 39 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Platforms:
Game Boy Advance, Super Nintendo
Game Boy Advance, Super Nintendo
Genres:
Top-Down, Turn-Based, Role-Playing
Top-Down, Turn-Based, Role-Playing
Developers:
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Ape, HAL Laboratory
Publisher:
Nintendo
Nintendo
NA:
June 5th, 1995
June 5th, 1995
JP:
August 27th, 1994
August 27th, 1994
Updated:
7.5 Hours Ago
7.5 Hours Ago
Alias:
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushu
Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushu
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| Single-Player | Polled | Average | Median | Rushed | Leisure |
| Main Story | 431 | 27h 35m | 27h 59m | 17h 53m | 36h 23m |
| Main + Extras | 324 | 32h 36m | 31h 20m | 21h 14m | 57h 16m |
| Completionist | 84 | 39h 20m | 39h | 24h 35m | 59h 35m |
| All PlayStyles | 839 | 30h 42m | 30h | 19h 10m | 56h 27m |
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| Speedruns | Polled | Average | Median | Fastest | Slowest |
| Any% | 3 | 5h 38m 4s | 4h 46m 24s | 3h 59m 35s | 8h 8m 12s |
| 100% | 1 | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s | 16h 58m 32s |
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| Platform | Polled | Main | Main + | 100% | Fastest | Slowest |
| Emulated | 98 | 26h 14m | 30h 55m | 39h 55m | 13h 40m | 46h |
| Game Boy Advance | 4 | 30h | 35h | -- | 20h | 40h |
| Nintendo 3DS | 96 | 28h 38m | 38h | 38h 54m | 19h 28m | 82h 34m |
| Nintendo Switch | 95 | 27h 25m | 31h 26m | 43h 52m | 13h | 70h 28m |
| Super Nintendo | 389 | 26h 45m | 31h 7m | 39h 9m | 8h | 80h |
| Wii | 4 | 35h | 36h 40m | -- | 34h 21m | 39h 41m |
| Wii U | 134 | 30h 4m | 34h 19m | 38h 16m | 17h 20m | 57h 12m |
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