EarthBound: The After Years - Trouble on New Year's Eve

Here it is!
Another EarthBound project that was in the works for a while.
This time, we have Ness, Paula and Jeff, older and stronger than ever, going back to visit Fourside as trouble is afoot on New Year's Eve.
You can also find the songs here: • EarthBound: The After ...
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Useful EarthBound hacking resources:
starmen.net/pkh... (CCscript Command References)
datacrystal.ro... (Control Codes List)
datacrystal.ro... (Event Flags List)
github.com/pk-... (CoilSnake Wiki / Tutorials)
github.com/Her... (Source Code Recreation)
earthbound-rom... (ROM Explorer)
/ discord (PK Hack Server, you can ask for help there!)
Credits (Give them a follow / subscribe!):
•BlueStone ( / chrisbluestone )
•Catador
•Chaz ( / stochaztic & earthbound.app/)
•D-Man
•Gabbi ( / gabbi_tabby )
•jtolmar (noisyowl.com/​ & pkscramble.com​)
•Messianic
•Meyuelle ( / @meyuelle )
•phoenixbound ( / @phoenixbound5768 )
•Pik ( / pm_pik )
•ShadowOne333 ( / shadowone333 )
•TragicManner ( / tragicmanner )
•vince94 ( / vince94 )
Tools used:
CoilSnake 3.0 & 3.33
EbMusEd by Goplat, jeffman, BlueStone and vince94
PSI Animation Editor
Clip Studio Paint
Paint.NET
GraphicsGale
FL Studio
Audacity
Filmora
General scripts used:
•EB++ Disassembly v1.1 by Rufus, the_kirby and D-Man
•Epp. ebpp_mem. and ebpp_std. by Reg
•Asm65816 by H.S
•4-Digit HP/PP Window by D-Man
•Enemy Float by D-Man
•Movscr Codes by Catador
•Run Button Patch by ShadowOne333
•Battle Script by jtolmar, phoenixbound and Catador
Specific, custom scripts & patches used:
•Character Spacing Change by Chaz
•Revitalizing Machine Spawn by Catador
•Atomic Bottle Rocket Behavior by Catador
•Map Reload / Exit Mouse Sound Removal by Catador
•Screen Shake by Catador
•New Year Eve's Bomb 1-Hit Kill by jtolmar
•Custom NPC Movement Code by phoenixbound
•Phone Ring Sound Removal by phoenixbound
Stats:
•Custom Characters & Objects: 57
•Custom Overworld Sprites: 306
•Custom Enemies & Bosses: 17
•Custom Battle Backgrounds: 12
•Lines of Script & Dialogue: 1463
•Custom Songs: 20
Enjoy!
#EarthBound #Fourside #Hack

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you for the wait! I hope you will enjoy this story that I worked really hard on. I also now have a Patreon if you would like to support me and my work! It will help me create more content for everyone to enjoy. www.patreon.com/BigSharkZ As always, if you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them all. Enjoy!

[@lucineidecarvalhodeoliveir5566]

I have a question

[@BigSharkZ]

@@lucineidecarvalhodeoliveir5566 What's your question?

[@tarkanertugrul7808]

@@BigSharkZ I’m pretty sure he’s gonna ask about releasing the hack for playable purposes?

[@fodv93]

Are you going to upload those mother 3 tracks eventually? Because they're total bops!

[@BigSharkZ]

@@fodv93 I will yeah! The video with all the songs played here should be up later today with a download for them. Thanks!

[@Crimson-Hat]

I like the character development in both personality, stats, and PSI abilities. Ness has mastered Starstorm and Paula has learned both Healing and Lifeup. The idea that everyone all across the world knows and remembers them in universe is great too. 10/10

[@BigSharkZ]

Thanks a lot, glad you liked those aspects!

[@sparktwochristopher7240]

Ness knowing Starstorm is basically a homage to Smash Bros actually

[@Portalvision21]

Paula also learned psi thunder omega which means she mastered fire ice and thunder. Also ness learned psi healing omega as well.

[@josephconover5270]

@@Portalvision21 he learns that in the main game though.

[@anthonyloveschickens]

@@josephconover5270 ness only learns up to healing gamma. Poo gets healing omega

[@matthewroyer1561]

Banana kid? Daughter of apple kid? Next thing you know, orange kid might have his own daughter probably called, “lemon kid”

[@fravonzonbonn]

the citric family

[@OL_WUZ_HEER]

@@fravonzonbonnvs the sweet fruits family

[@1QWEST143]

UNACCEPTABLE

[@BryanMorris-yc8iq]

You know damn well Orange Kid never got married

[@matthewroyer1561]

@@BryanMorris-yc8iq I said might!

[@nicknuwe]

I like that sneaky poke at Mother 4 being rebranded as Oddity

[@BigSharkZ]

Glad you noticed!

[@nicknuwe]

@@BigSharkZ By the way you did a seriously amazing job with this hack. I think you have a knack for making stuff that really fits in the Earthbound world, I'd totally play this and enjoy it thoroughly if I had the chance

[@BigSharkZ]

​@@nicknuwe Thank you very much, that means a lot! I would love to release a playable hack sometime in the future and I have plans to do so, but for now I enjoy doing these various stories for entertainment. There is a large amount of work that goes behind these projects (many weeks to months of work) since I do this alone, so a complete, bug-free experience would take a very long time to make.

[@Revan1700]

Only true mother fans noticed

[@DonkeyKongJr]

By the way What happened to poo?

[@traces-without-is-dead-lol]

Pet your best friend? Yes > Yes that had me dead

[@InktheImpassive]

I love how King can deal 200+ damage now for no reason.

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

Good dog, best friend.

[@BigSharkZ]

Well, he wouldn't be very useful if he couldn't deal some damage now, would he? He's also older, so I'd like to think he's more useful. The original Boney.

[@_heavyweaponsguy]

Man’s best friend

[@feenickstv4209]

what da dog doin

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

I'm surprised that King doesn't have a UI just like Boney have in Mother 3.

[@fodv93]

22:42 I like that little easter egg referencing the guide for earthbound

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you! I always liked those as well as the "This game stinks!" slogan.

[@fodv93]

@@BigSharkZ As one mother fan to another, do you feel we'll eventually get the trilogy on the switch?

[@BigSharkZ]

@@fodv93 I highly doubt it, unfortunately. Mother 3 would have to be censored a lot and ruined in many ways to fit with the modern Nintendo of America. At best, we might get to see a Japan-exclusive collection someday, but they most likely know this would cause more outcry from the fans and thus avoid doing such a move. I'll keep on hoping, though!

[@fodv93]

@@BigSharkZ honestly same. But if kumatora or duster make it to the next smash game, I'd be really happy. Also as a request may you please do that mother and fighting game crossover thing but use Lucas and his friends?

[@_heavyweaponsguy]

“It stinks, just like one of those scratch n’ sniff stickers in magazines” As if life didn’t stink enough

[@-dark-matter-]

I am in awe after watching this whole thing. So many little details and homages to the MOTHER Series as a whole.. Thank you for making this piece of art!

[@BigSharkZ]

You're welcome! And thank you very much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!

[@awe9217]

23:38 king really just went 'i'll show you how it's done' huh

[@SkyanUltra]

i hate to say this but the mutant starman has a jermaSus face and i couldn't stop thinking about the phrase "when the new years is troubling" so now you have to deal with it too

[@rockinblues7491]

I just love how you wrote Paula to be a sass queen who will not hesitate to roast the crap out of rude ass dudes and throw hands with any woman who tries to steal her man. Not what I have imagined Paula to be like in her 20's, but I definitely do now. XD And the way you wrote Jeff too was fantastic, so nerdy yet so lovable. That "And I'll just take care of myself, I suppose. As always, forever forgotten..." line just hit me right in the feels. My boy deserves a hug, but at least he got a kiss instead for his troubles. XD Also wasn't expecting Laura, the elevator lady of all people, to join the team. Never thought she could pack quite a punch too. But of course, her back to back banter with Paula over who gets to be with Ness is really her greatest contribution to the team. XD You should be very proud of this masterpiece honestly, not everyone has the talent to make fanmade content where the personalities of characters and the dialogue between them just feels so fresh yet so natural. We never see Paula and Jeff talk like this nor talk that much in the original game, yet your take on the characters just fits so well with them. Really looking forward to your future projects and what you'll bring to the table with your talent. Cheers!

[@Kupomasters57]

I like the idea of ness,jeff and paula being an investigation team. And that ness dog grew stronger to replace poo due to him probably being a leader in his country.

[@Glisten456]

I love how this is kind of a "backstory" to the New Year's Eve Bomb. Very well done, congratulations! (The only thing I wish this had was maybe a little dialogue scene at the end of either Porky/some Pigmasks stealing the N.Y.E.B, which ties in to their existence in New Pork City) of course, the entire thing was so well done, I really enjoyed it!

[@ROBDEWAND]

i like how you used the new years eve bomb for destroying the statue just like in mother 3 you would need to do in order to destroy that porkey statue

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to do a bunch of references to Mother 3, even Paula, Jeff and King's sprites are meant to reference Kumatora, Duster and Boney.

[@garantia_cverga]

Also PK Ground here too

[@theactualfunnylord5307]

Man, this is absolutely incredible. I'm honestly pretty sad this isn't getting the recognition it deserves. Keep up the fantastic work though!

[@Wow-xi3xz]

Tons of Mother 3 references! Also the fantastic NYE bomb animation, bigger health bar, and floating enemy sprites were pretty neat.

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you!

[@DurradonXylles]

I loved this, I absolutely did. The custom sprite work, the music, the dialogue very reminiscent of the original Earthbound, it's all rather wonderful. I am very much hoping we'll see more of Ness and Co's post-Giygas adventures in the future.

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. I have tons of ideas planned for future videos, so it's only a matter of putting in the time to complete them all. :)

[@zoura_3025]

Laura joining the party was awesome; I expected her just to be a joke party member that would run away after one fight, but the Reality Check is basically a free Offense Up when it goes off. Kinda weird you elected to call her Elevator Lady and not Laura in battles, though.

[@pkmntrainerluigi]

I like how all the battle themes are existing ones from MOTHER 3, but remixed to fit the music soundfonts of Earthbound

[@AstralXen]

17:19 Seeing an Earthbound battle with the actual area in the background is kind of CURSED

[@podunkboi3994]

It's so nice seeing this videos again! The mother 3 music is a really nice detail, i hope you like making them as much as I like watching them

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you! I always like making these, especially if it entertains others.

[@Aleze26]

7:02 “just standing there, menacingly” lol

[@ImFangzBro]

Man, it's like... I wanted to suggest an idea here, you don't have to act on it, but I figured I'd put it here because this a very skilled ROM hack. I kinda wanna see Jeff with a "Gadget" command like Duster's Thief Tools command. Instead of having the gadgets in his inventory, there's a dedicated command where all his inventions can be used from. The bottle rockets would still be items, but things like the HP Sucker, the Counter-PSI unit, and Shield Killer would all be "pseudo-PSI."

[@Kyezoar]

Only a few minutes in and its already got me interested

[@BigSharkZ]

Thanks!

[@aerth6946]

What the actual flip is going on about these high stats xD Rock Candy abuse, apparently. Awesome work, dude.

[@BigSharkZ]

When you grow up, so do your stats! These enemies must be super old... Thanks!

[@mossasaur]

Gosh the sprite work on this is so good!! Those flying mice are pretty cute too

[@HUNGRY4EGGS]

lovely thing to pop onto my front page :)

[@BigSharkZ]

Aw, thanks a lot!

[@BrattyRotten]

I cried when I saw Jerry getting Statue'd... which made the ending all the more satisfying.

[@ed94ro99]

All these years and Jeff still has 0 PSI

[@SergioFlores-xx4sm]

He doesn’t need any, he has GUNS.

[@mudkip984]

@@SergioFlores-xx4sm• bro would tell ness and paula not to go to school the next day 💀

[@maybibi3413]

MOTHER 3 ost with Earthbound soundfont... This is very clever idea!

[@booba2074]

This was SO good! I loved everything about this! The dialouge, the spritework, the music, all of it! Amazing work as always!

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you so much, glad you loved it!

[@lolmitketchup]

9:15 feisty the snowman asked for what!?

[@goroshina285]

Earthbound but it's overloaded with Mother 3 music and references

[@SunnyandCuddly]

God the cop/starman was amazing! All of it was of course. But that was a huge highlight!

[@fatbastard345]

This guy literally deserves more subs.

[@raddudeguy]

Damn, this was incredible. Gotta find a way to show this to Chuggaconroy

[@joshshrum2764]

Hell yeah he’s who got me into this lovely series.

[@SeanStrife]

"Her oddity"... I see what you did there.

[@josieekat1190]

So happy to see that some of your Earthbound videos are back up! Your artwork is great, and I love how cinematic all of them are!

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you so much! Unfortunately, it's not entirely sure if they will fully be back, it's a very tedious process but if they stay available for at least 30 days, then the issue will be resolved. If not then I will need to submit counter notifications, which is basically just more of the same thing I've been trying to do since the month of May. Fingers crossed!

[@scoob4636]

The ego orb is giving me nightmares..

[@randopea1405]

I got a cool mod idea:Ness actually talks,that will be cool

[@KoreaMoment]

ikr fr

[@FurbyGaming125]

King Looks Too Cute And Way Too Lovable Wearing A Shirt And A Hat, It’s Makes Me Wanna Rub Kings Belly, My Most Favorite Character Ever

[@SodiumNuke]

Mother 3 songs in earthbound? Awesome! But a snowman asking for your credit card information is hella creepy

[@mopbrothers]

Holy moly these are some high stats. Love the character dialog!

[@jovangonzales]

Thank you for this! It was like an Earthbound movie! Loved the funny monster attacks and dialogue just like the original! Great job!!!

[@Mr_Saturn_enjoyer]

The starman looks sick

[@SGDIreal]

I'm 1 year late but, this could be a really good series! One problem related to one holiday.

[@Goji94]

Guess Paula grown up into tsundere😂

[@gabbls_]

Happy New years!

[@BigSharkZ]

Happy 2021!

[@n.ar.]

a psi master that has the power of earth... that defeated an incompressibly force of evil.. is having a hard time defeating a drunk partygoer?... when did itoi make MOTHER 2.5 and why didnt i know about it??

[@dylbro1166]

It’s gonna become a tradition for me to watch this every New Year.

[@fatbastard345]

Woah all your hacks are actually great I think you would be the best one if it's all of them are playable.

[@violentviolett]

Oh. My. GOSH. I absolutely loved that and thoroughly enjoyed it. Please make more! It’s not every day people post Earthbound content so it makes my day. Hoping for more and keep up the good work!

[@imfineimfumo3475]

_this was what was _*_supposed_*_ to happen at the end of 2020_

[@n-zone5723]

THIS IS AMAZING! You did a fantastic job! Congratulations!

[@NACHOZMusic]

I can't stress enough how incredible I think this is lol. Had me beaming the whole time :)

[@shadoww_kcta7707]

30:18 Ness's health bar tho..

[@sonicthehedgedog7024]

Unholy number

[@the14thgamer31]

Ah yes, Terminator 2 Reference with the Corrupted Cop Boss

[@RedBlast172]

I sometimes dig deep through KZbin for Earthbound content. But I never saw this until now. Amazing game! 10/10

[@BTthekingnocap]

Great game I always loved the stone affect from mother 1 and you basically brought it back

[@mikumika3819]

Really glad Poo is there at the end, I thought he wasn't gonna appear at all

[@enragedbard]

Oh wow, thanks algorithm. I want to play this!

[@Akogiri]

You know it's pretty sad that considering M3, this entire world is pretty much dead

[@BTthekingnocap]

Dude your so talented keep up the good work my friend

[@shadoww_kcta7707]

yes, another good custom earthbound hack video i managed to find in my recommended

[@Kelswagsinandballin]

This is awesome. :D

[@FF2WasNotA_BadGame]

The fact that it’s called “after years” and the characters hp goes to thousands make me think this has influence from ff4: after years of

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

This deserves more attention

[@NinjaSchildpad]

This... this can’t be any better

[@MezmerKaiser725]

Criminally underviewed

[@TrueSolunar]

7:06 Spongebob reference...

[@DobygamesGC]

Where?!

[@TrueSolunar]

First displayed at 7:04, the text says: “… has been standing there… menacingly…”

[@nicholaspiazza8687]

I wish that this was a real hack, just like the EarthBound Halloween Hack by Toby Fox!

[@jessemarkham6887]

using Earthbound romhacking as a storytelling medium like this is really interesting

[@movinitlikedat45]

The Inflated Ego Orb has an identity crisis. It thinks it's Majora's Moon.

[@brothers_of_nod]

Earned a subscriber.

[@nathanielbennett2950]

Amazing rom hack!!

[@bahomems5613]

I just finnished the game on switch and found your vidéo. Great job and very good game for a SNES 20 vers ago I discover only now.

[@s0medude9163]

This is great Bigsharkz :D

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you!

[@Protofall]

Great work as always :D

[@BigSharkZ]

Thanks!

[@user-qz8pb5dx1x]

I love how there is just a nuke in a trashcan

[@Beepogen]

We need more Inflated Ego Orb

[@grapevape44]

Amazing as always!

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you!

[@Voidycartoony]

kids will always grow, like their HP mometer too!

[@sythem]

i just noticed that this attack 38:03 is in sync with the music

[@orgdotedufilms7633]

uh yea this needs...like all the views. All of em. where are they. where are the views this desperately deserves. brb gonna share this EVERYWHERE

[@Alexdrakohoshiko]

I like how ness learned pk sandstorm

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

THEIR HEALTH IS IN THE 1 THOUSANDS

[@michaelbuchanan1118]

I came for the rom hack. But I'm staying to figure out what happens to Jerry. NO spoilers please. Still watching the video Edit: ah. Jerry's all right. And don't think I didn't notice you making poo look like flint buddy. Bravo!

[@7niahceulb]

Excellent hack!

[@BigSharkZ]

Thank you!

[@Darko-3]

What the?! How didn't I know this? This look badass hack! It been two years from now, how is going so far?

[@batdogduke]

I. LOVE. THIS.

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

Ayy the whole trilogy got referenced here

[@neo0582]

Love how porky is not even mentioned besides being the best character in the game

[@breadwithpipis5235]

I know I’m truly late on seeing this but how did you make it so they had an extra digit to HP And PP

[@gordoperodeculto2967]

Amazing

[@elixxur]

I would play this on my SNES Classic :) Is this just called Earthbound After Years?

[@Flamsterette]

That Ego Orb is fucking huge!

[@ElFreakinCid]

They always were.

[@Flamsterette]

@@ElFreakinCid Interesting.

[@ţťþtţtt]

pretty epic

[@BigSharkZ]

Thanks!

[@MikeCrain]

LOL Ness' dad is a wireless landline when he's an old man.

[@IAARPOTI]

I wish a dog can be a playable character.