Earthbound - Giygas battle (full)

[@youraverageant7888]

4 children defeat an (almost) omnipotent being capable of ripping apart the universe (full)

[@kirbdabirb5627]

This follows the same example as Kirby

[@youraverageant7888]

@@kirbdabirb5627 lol

[@ahmadkazan7994]

I don't think giygas are omnipotent.

[@Mr.M2045]

Nintendo characters are known for being overpowered

[@teimporta4248]

Man, days of life

[@amelienader7941]

ok but imagine encountering this as a kid free of all spoilers and playing for the first time ever lmaooo

[@alventuradelacruz522]

I did

[@Nick_sux]

I did too

[@MrChainChomp]

welcome to "how i got traumatized"

[@megamanx293]

I feel bad for Ness because he's have infinit nightmares after seen this monster or alien

[@brandonvestra]

@@deez5595 How did he turn into a distorted screaming face?

[@dog4473]

Imagine walking into your childs room and seeing this on the screen

[@Sweetbutters160]

Are you winning son?

[@monoytnecoproductions1997]

@@Sweetbutters160 i dont know

[@ImCrowned76]

If the game was for switch, this would have happened.

[@liamsamples]

*Or in the family room.*

[@ARCHIVED9610]

family room eeee

[@KinguKirimuzon]

Maybe Giygas says “it feels good” and “I feel happy” because it’s finally feeling something for once, even if it’s pain

[@stevenwhitear]

He said previously that he felt "sad" though.

[@solidshot6600]

Maybe he became accumulation of humanity’s hatred and somehow channeling emotions idk

[@javieralejandrotrianapaz6343]

Lemme recap: He got so powerful he lost the ability to think properly, it's all just a brute, irrational and saddening mess.

[@jonaskatona7136]

@@javieralejandrotrianapaz6343 He not only lost the ability to think properly; he literally destroyed his own brain, but still couldn't die because he was too powerful, leaving only this mess that doesn't make much sense but is utterly horrifying and brutal.

[@Beautiful_Bruh]

Sounds like Giygad is masochist

[@Micuccio]

"Paula's call was absorbed by the darkness". That's pure despair, man.

[@Enzo24.]

"You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack!" Ness took 9 damage! Paula solidified! Jeff started crying! Poo fucking died!

[@omegadragons321]

😂

[@squaggus]

He really hates poo don't he

[@optimer44]

@@squaggus weird alien becomes allergic to feces

[@SkiesForeverBlue]

​@@squaggusThe fact that he killed him AFTER the Dalaam prayer could be Giygas being jealous of Poo

[@anaelsaherrera9869]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sultan___]

" Poo could not turn into Giygas! " *years of academy training wasted*

[@ortherner]

damn imagine if poo did become giygas. The world would be truly fucked.

[@aryandey3012]

Things would get really complicated won't they. Poo: *what am I even* Giyas: *W h a t*

[@chillmanmax775]

@@aryandey3012 giygas can't think because of the power he holds, certainly poo wouldnt be able too. he would basically become a vegetable after that

[@neptardus6970]

@@thegoodguy2381 yeeaaaaah no the giygas that we see on the video isn't even what he truly looks like because reality itself can't comprehend his true power and form so i would say probably not an epic fight and more of creepiness

[@diningsock3316]

YES!!!

[@TGK825]

Imagine what this would be like and look like in real life....

[@jodiegallardo8668]

Oh no......

[@anotherordinaryguy4992]

@@DarkElvishChick98 sounds like a new scp.

[@hellothere8270]

Anotherordinaryguy 499 indeed it does

[@GoldNight_]

Trill • Force Hound of Predor Skal'Nas tbh I doubt if your body would feel ANYTHING because, well, yunno

[@thischannelwashackedbyoffi6175]

I think I’d have a long mental breakdown while giygas just feasts away at my sanity

[@invalid_user_handle]

Fun Fact: Giygas internally has 20,000 HP, but is programmed to fully heal every turn. The only reason why praying eventually kills him is that it eventually does more than 20K damage in one hit, meaning the heal can't take effect. Theoretically if you had an attack that could deal over 20,000 damage, you could defeat him before it's scripted to, although I'm not sure what kind of glitches this may cause since the game doesn't expect him to die early.

[@claus4670]

giygas has 2000 hp. if he was vulnerable to multi bottle rockets he'd likely be taken out in a single turn. idk if thatts possible but in mother 1 + 2 you can kill giygas by poisoning him.

[@kenanz7613]

In mother 1+2 it will just say that giygas was defeated, then proceed with the ending

[@jaydenhusfelt8221]

@@kenanz7613 yeah since the game has no other way for the giygas fight to end it just kinda fills in the blanks

[@-stinkyfartfart-]

@im am alone... you cant physically have infinite health

[@-stinkyfartfart-]

if he did you wouldnt be able to kill him, which you can

[@Truescreen]

(A young woman in Dalaam woke from a dream in which Prince Poo died, and she began to pray for the well-being of Poo and his friends.) Poo: *fucking dies next turn*

[@yukomakesstuff3752]

Now that's an F

[@weegee42069]

LMAO

[@Merasus]

She predicted poo's death

[@Haxxorguyeditz]

The consequences of remembering your dream

[@tanzyvat5834]

And the fact it didn't affect any of the others makes this even more hilarious, Giygas was out for blood. 😂

[@brawlerkoo2583]

Let's name our baby _Poo._

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Turd

[@melissaardon2294]

@moody owl production's Lol

[@IcelandicIslander]

uh oh, stinKEE

[@jirbykid368]

@@IcelandicIslander Poo funny wooooooooooooooooo

[@IcelandicIslander]

Jirby kid HAHA YEAAA FOR POOPY GOOD POOPY POOPY FUNNY AHAHAH

[@mrkitloin]

The most terrifying part is giygas is basically just a scared kid who wants his mother

[@wonokairun69]

Thy Mother

[@redTrickster]

"where is she it hurts so b a d"

[@TheHumbleHollow]

Eh, not really. He's already a fully grown (judging by his mental state) adult alien by mother 1, and mother 2 happens 10 years after, so he's probably an adult by then. It's just that the mental anguish he's in after his defeat to Ninten and memories of Maria just make him lose his mind and become what we see in this battle

[@mrkitloin]

@@TheHumbleHollow while giygas may physically be an adult, his own mental state collapsed so hard that he basically became a scared and angry child

[@TheHumbleHollow]

@@mrkitloin true that, the dude's got a shattered mind and is presumably in constant agony, so it wouldn't surprise me if he was like a terrified little kid again

[@drybones3657]

Ok so nobody is talking about how Giygas has excellent graphics for a snes game

[@jytvreal]

its not like snes graphics suck or anything, snes is always good for a 2d console

[@blueelectric05]

Bless mode 7 for that one lol

[@jytvreal]

@Lavos because still use pixel art, they still use loe poly art too but not as much

[@goofybutserious4807]

Earthbound is one of those games that will age very very well in coming years.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Yea but except the sounds, dear Jesus Christ it's like Satan is speaking to me... O_O

[@xxmodzhaxsxx7910]

"Earthbound is a fun rpg meant for children, rated E for everyone"

[@Yoruharu]

"...for the most part."

[@jirachi_the_nomai]

"Earthbound is a fun rpg meant for children" *"don't finish it"*

[@thatguy7155]

@@jirachi_the_nomai it's basically life At first you easly hide the pain but no matter what you do the next great depression will come

[@deidrecullum5754]

I'm 8 and I beat the game a lot

[@uncannydanny5682]

@Lavos Well, it's Re-rated T for Teen now.

[@sidviscus]

I think the reason the game says "you cannot comprehend Giygas' attack" but his attacks do little damage is because the damage is not physical, it's a different kind of damage. Kinda how you can be traumatized but not show signs of it on your body. That's what Giygas is doing, he's traumatizing you.

[@wonokairun69]

... Or Just Lazy To Do Anything LOL

[@_piranha]

Because that's exactly what Giygas represents. I think Itoi said that Giygas (his design, obviously he appeared sane in mother 1) is supposed to represent a childhood trauma he had after seeing a violent rape-murder scene in a movie as a child.

[@wonokairun69]

@@_piranha Okay, Helpful @Ralsei

[@MikaOfficial999]

I‘d actually say that they do so little damage is because reality itself doesn’t comprehend them so they can’t really do much

[@keepplays5451]

@@_piranhaunrelated but is that “will of the prescript” (or whatever move it is) from library of ruinia in your pfp?

[@CheeseYourself]

I'm legit surprised that Ness doesn't have PTSD after seeing this shit

[@gisur5052]

@Cysto Ultra What is your statement?

[@crystalwater505]

He's probably strong minded. You kind of have to be when it's up to you to save the world.

[@pigaboyAKAthecoolestguyonearth]

its funny how everyone says that about ness but don't care about the other 3 people that did the exact same ting

[@jell-ofell-o5091]

pig a' boy I was about to say the same thing XD

[@Faux_Sunlight]

Someone else made an essay-long rant about this on the deleted version of this video

[@Max2ds]

“Are ya winnin son?” “I don’t know.” -Last recorded instance of Son, 1989 *it is said that Dad still roams the world, slightly opening the doors of gamers everywhere*

[@kaiky_3821]

@@SteveScriggins7539 That laugh your dad makes after you tell a dad joke in front of everyone

[@penguin3679]

wait how does earthbound exist in 1989?

[@draguladriver]

we'll call it SCP-93252

[@zantetsuken-zero]

The Giygas Incident

[@oblivion_tube]

@@penguin3679 nope

[@Kodeb8]

"I'm glad I didn't play this as a kid. I'd be traumatized!" -AVGN

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

"I can't believe this was rated K-A" -Avgn

[@margiemorrison9190]

@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 the 90s were fucked up good music but the kids stuff too creepy for our taste

[@melonstuff9creative]

what about zelda 64 shadow temple

[@krakentoast]

I played it when I was 9

[@IgarashiNorio]

weak gen z be like.

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

“So, isn’t this terrifying? I’m terrified too. Giygas cannot think rationally anymore, and isn’t even aware of what he is doing now. His own mind was destroyed by his incredible power. What an almighty idiot! Yep, that’s what he is! Heh heh heh heh… and you… you will be just another meal to him!” Fucking terrifying.

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

@SirWooff Gaming watch out, I might swear again! Watch: piss; hell; bastard.

[@Blueybeak]

@@fermiLiquidDrinker oh my god, how dare you! THAT IS INNAPROPRIPEATE

[@Timxmobyfan300]

@SirWooff Gaming ikr😐fucking annoying of him. what a bitch

[@rodrigopadilha5682]

@@fermiLiquidDrinker this is a christian server

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

@@rodrigopadilha5682 AAAAA OH GOD IM MELTING OH NO AAAAAAAAA

[@brandonnetwork]

Here’s my theory. Giygas is not really a physical being you can either see or touch, rather he’s on a completely separate plain of existence. But he has telepathic abilities which is how he interacts with things. The freaky images you see in Earthbound like the swirling face and baby, that’s just an image he puts into people’s heads so that they can even have a vein idea that he’s near by. And he chooses that face because it’s to simply show he should not be taken lightly. And the “you can not grasp the true form of Giygas’ attack” means he simply launched a mental telepathic attack. It can not be seen, it can not be heard, unless you’re telepathic. But it can do severe damage to the victim’s mind. And the whole “pray to defeat him” is basically like a spirit bomb kinda. All the characters give Ness’ company the mental power to defend against Giygas and make him retreat to parts unknown. As for the doorway to him and Ness’ face: first off, the gang is in a parallel world, the only world where Giygas can be contained. But Giygas has a very vague connection to the outside, so he can connect to 1 person’s mind at a time, which was Ness. So he presented Ness’ face as a mental image to basically say to them “this is your only warning. I’m more dangerous than anything you’ve ever encountered. Turn back now.” And then when Porky released Giygas, well, read above. Adding to my theory, and the fact Giygas has a physical body in Earthbound Beginnings. Giygas’ race simply naturally has the powers of telepathy just like a scorpion has naturally abilities to poison. But Giygas himself was especially powerful, so powerful that after the loss of Maria, he went in a mental breakdown. A mental breakdown + telepathy = he basically destroyed his own physical body and his own sanity. So all that remained was just his vague spirit lying beyond a separate plain of existence as I said above. “Giygas is undefinable by human standards”, we’re talking about something that can’t be seen in the physical plain of existence and can only interact via imagery inside someone’s mind. So of course he’s undefinable by human standards, he can’t be defined if he can’t be seen.

[@frajjor6550]

Reminds me to pennywise concept.

[@waluigitime1780]

Except I don't think he merely retreated to parts unknown. I'm pretty sure Ness and gang destroyed him entirely.

[@Lasherluke]

Here's my theory gygass is the embodiment of our own devilish dark evil nature and this particular gygass is the gygass that is within ness that is trying to escape and they are trying to prevent that from happening

[@kfcconsole7475]

@@Lasherluke Giygas*

[@flokus]

BUT THAT'S A THEORY, A GAME THEORY

[@adamhernandez7183]

I love how at the very end Ness just casually thanks his friends then goes about the rest of his day like nothing happened.

[@empathy4ever883]

ness after defeating an incomprehensible eldritch embodiment of evil and terror: thanks guys

[@Marksman_12]

“Okay I'll catch you later, then”

[@PASTELXENON]

i mean it's kinda part of the theme of the game that you just gotta move on

[@donk-dwonk]

ness is going to be so pissed when he gets back home from saving the universe and is greeted with multiple missing vocabulary homework

[@chimaeraarts]

​@@donk-dwonk i think his sister already does that for him as he was on his adventurea

[@KrisTheDude18]

It’s not a JRPG unless a group of kids/teens use the power of friendship to destroy a being who’s basically the equivalent to Satan. No but seriously I love this fight, and this game, and this Trilogy

[@ahmadkazan7994]

Except they canonically lose for the 3rd game to happen.

[@KrisTheDude18]

Ahmad Kazan uh, what?

[@ahmadkazan7994]

@@KrisTheDude18 lucas's town is on the back of a sleeping dragon since the world was destroyed ,meaning Ness canonically failed to stop the giygas.

[@KrisTheDude18]

@Ahmad Kazan that’s actually a really interesting way of looking at it, except for one thing, it’s stated in chapter 8 of Mother 3 that it was the humans that caused the destruction of the world... except now that I think about it... Innoway it could be Canon

[@JohanHearth]

@@ahmadkazan7994 No, ness win the fight

[@zacharykenniston748]

The saddest part about this game is to me giygas’ agony. He’s the real victim. His death was necessary but tragic on an unimaginable level.

[@lextavactchi]

One of my favorite, if not the favorite, tragic villains of all. Also, more than likely, the most powerful. “It hurts” makes my heart ache bruh

[@sabrit0n35]

Not really, Giygas at this state is pure evil. In the beginning of the entire series, it's be sad, but when Mother 2 is happening Giygas is completely insane and an embodiment of pure evil and terror.

[@zacharykenniston748]

He still just wants his mom...

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

@@sabrit0n35 bro there are some characters going _insane_ if the thing they like, *gone*, like doom slayer But giygas is basically a villian here which is different from others

[@Lexxxxiii]

Its not tragic at all, what if satan dies? Would you feel sad because he felt pain?

[@bryanmills5517]

This fight is so intense on so many levels: -A bunch of children are forced to remove their souls from their bodies to travel back in time to perform a retroactive abortion essentially. -They're forced into a hopeless battle with only the forces of pure good as a weapon. -Their enemy is literally pure evil. -They're just CHILDREN forced to endure this intangible horror. When their souls returned to their body I cried. The first playthrough of this game really is an honor.

[@brunodonoso8175]

Yes but CHILDRENS are innocent and they're have not been yet contaminanted with evil

[@RamiCrafy]

​@@brunodonoso8175children

[@miguelgcgamer9878]

Wasn't this theory debunked?

[@lukayaroslav9914]

​@@brunodonoso8175"Kids are cruel Jack and I'm in touch with my inner child" - Sundowner -

[@skyguy1236]

i know im late, but why does everyone keep saying they "went back in time to perform a retroactive abortion" the game clearly states that Giygas is simply hiding in the past and attacking the present from the past, and Giygas is in his most powerful form at this point in time. He was not born in this moment, as he was born many many years ago before Mother 1... I dont know if there was something changed in translation, or if everyone is tragically misunderstanding what happened.

[@Richter451]

3:33 Jeff attacks! Giygas dodges quickly! *h o w*

[@SethFitch]

Excellent question

[@bonedoggle]

you cannot grasp

[@russianfeline1286]

*sanctuary guardian plays*

[@WizzOfIzz]

RussianFeline w h a t

[@russianfeline1286]

@@WizzOfIzz HOW

[@forcex8671]

Giygas hates poo. Poo takes the most damage from the giygas attack

[@lucatdcat8720]

Giygas is racist

[@crimsonnotion]

@@lucatdcat8720 that's why he's in a mental state right now.

[@Jupedd]

The "actual" explanation is that Poo doesnt accept pendants or anything, so if it's for example a fire attack, Poo will basically always take the most damage if all others have pendants. I for example used a sea pendant and earth pendants, but Poo couldn't use em

[@monke3387]

@@Jupedd It's a joke.

[@BloomBlanche]

News flash: Giygas comes back to wreck havoc in Dalaam specifically

[@ericandre5060]

“Caten kept praying” This is why Giygas is my favorite rpg boss of all time. The game really makes you feel like you’re actually helping Ness and his friends. As much as I really love Kefka, I don’t think his final boss battle will ever give the actual player real emotions of fear, confusion, and hopelessness, that Giygas can accomplish.

[@bluesheep7]

Imagine your parents turning off the console at the end, because they thought the TV wasn't working... So you have to confront Giygas AGAIN.

[@theladiescallmesona]

Oh no

[@doobis_the_doober]

2 time nightmare

[@TireRire]

oh no

[@amso7169]

KZbin compression totally ruined that final part. You can’t even read Porky’s text.

[@shitpost-o-matic7469]

Damn, it's zero

[@mizerinhageimiplays1488]

On phone is totally fine

[@Atlas-yh6vg]

"Ness! Now, I...well...it's going to seem like I'm running away. But perhaps I'll just sneak away to another era to think about my next plan. It's a good bet that we'll see each other again... All right! I'll be seeing you! So now which one of us do you think is the cool guy?!"

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Damn it YT

[@hessofuckedinthehead712]

I've seen more than one Zero

[@adaisychain4azathoth]

giygas is one of the only instances of cosmic horror in early gaming goddamn. imagine if this boss battle had a film adaptation. it'd be lovecraftian IT level mind-flaying shit.

[@squaggus]

WELL HOW ABOUT WE ASK NINTENDO TO MAKE AN EARTHBOUND MOVIE!!!!!!!!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

There was that thing Sinistar or something

[@matthewquach2705]

Giygas is pretty much similar to It in a lot of ways. One could even argue that the famous line " You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack." Is a direct homage to the deadlights.

[@ZeroFreak1]

The scene where their souls leave the robots moved me to tears when I first played this. Ness, our hero, is such that his spirit is the last to leave, a boy who puts others before himself

[@WizzOfIzz]

Theusernameless but the phase distorter *was* the machine, so..

[@manuelvelascobeltran5132]

Pvssy

[@alventuradelacruz522]

It would be interesting if their spirits remained in the past and stayed millions of year together trying to not dissapear until they get to their own time

[@drzidxn7070]

@@alventuradelacruz522 they only travelled back 10 years

[@Apoc2K]

Just imagine the amount of therapy these kids have to go through now.

[@theladiescallmesona]

"I ------- saved the world and fought a alien that looked like 9999 creepy faces" "...what"

[@sberky98]

@@theladiescallmesona "uhm sa- i mean ness i think you need to take your normal pills"

[@studded11]

@@sberky98 nah ness needs E X T R A normal pills for that shit

[@tailsrhtatonslice1418]

jeff already needed therapy before this

[@BigSisterWolf]

@@tailsrhtatonslice1418 why? What did Jeff do?

[@lukamagicc]

Okay but can you imagine coding that ending scene with the static only to hear a kid mom walked in on that and thought their kid was being brainwashed.

[@ian09dbz]

this makes 100% sense because video games were still new then

[@GizmoFantasyCrew]

​@ian09dbz not to mention with the satanic panic attack if the Christians knew about this game back then holy shit they would have a heart attack

[@shopkinspesky]

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU

[@extrez]

NOOO! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME!

[@craisert]

does it? does it compel me? it's not that compeling

[@WaWYGaSNUOTV]

Noo! You haven't seen the last of me

[@dedsec6072]

@@craisert "hey look at me, im e d g y"

[@lancecurry7538]

No...! Not into the pit! IT *_BUUUUUUUUUURNS!_*

[@gippzybtc2129]

We can all agree with something: Giygas is the most terrifying being that Nintendo has created. Edit: How the hell did I got so many likes?! o o

[@gayahhbihh]

@ÄByşş Brain Vs *Whatthefuckisthisshitjesuschristalmighty*

[@NemesisAthena]

Hell yes

[@ihatecartoonslloveanimemor7720]

Kirby super star ultra: Marx haha Marx Marx

[@randxm6122]

@@ihatecartoonslloveanimemor7720 what about scary faces from gameboy camera?

[@WolfyRed]

1345 likes mive

[@BloomBlanche]

If anyone managed to beat this game when they were a kid... I am so, so sorry for you

[@krakentoast]

I was 9 back then haha

[@Redeemed-v6c]

“I’m h...a...p...p...y...” That phrase was changed when giygas looked at his reflection.

[@ortherner]

lol

[@Headless_Toil2418]

This made me make a honking noise lmao

[@fortranXVIII]

ls? damn i didn’t know you liked earthbound lmao

[@hairvermin]

"Oh boy, can't wait to finish the gam-" 3:30

[@osretrogames64]

"O_o?"

[@theladiescallmesona]

"What the hell is that??"

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

Poo•Heavily Armed Porky A's body solidified!

[@Whoamaise563]

14:03 OH NO

[@WeegeePinchesBack]

11:20 Aw! 12:00 WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS IT SO GLITCH-

[@sheekyking]

Found this in a Forum and I think it perfectly defines what the developers were trying to convey "Always felt it was an emotional driver for the final fight; the feeling of hope the player needed. I know my first play through (believe it or not, WAS in 1995, i was ten) the Giygas fight was TERRIBLE. I fought him for hours several times wondering why i couldn’t just win. BY ACCIDENT, i hit pray, and he took damage. I felt a tinge of hope, and kept hitting it. You can imagine how it played out from there."

[@richcast66]

I wish I played earthbound as a young, naive kid. This would hit a lot differently

[@sabrit0n35]

ope i did and boom, can't sleep at night without thinking about it

[@Djboyrimo]

I was 18 when I beat the game even as an adult it still hits like a truck, this was by far one of the best games I’ve ever played coming from someone who’s played battle royales, souls games, shootemups, 1st person, rhythm/fighting games you name it..

[@krakentoast]

I did play this when I was 9. I didn't defeat Giygas until this video dropped.

[@juanchicabeza7587]

When I was a kid I really wanted to play this game, but english it's not my native languange, it's spanish, and sadly, there wasn't a fan translation for this game then (there was one but if I remember correctly, it was like half of the game translated lol). It wasn't until 2 years ago that I played it for the first time, but in a full English translation of mother 2 (all japanese content restored). Idk if there's a full translation in spanish yet lol, and i'd be amazed if there wasn't.

[@deadacc6338]

"Ness... Its not right... not right... not right... I'm sad... It's not right not right not right... I'm h...a...p...p...y... It hurts... it hurts... it hurts... ness... I'm so sad... ness... ness... ness... ness... Ness... ...friends... I'm so sad ness... Ness... ...it hurts... ...it hurts... ...ness... ...go b...a...c...k... Ness... ...I feel... g...o...o...d..." This was the first gaem I played where I felt sad for the enemy, even if he attaccs you immediately afterwards. The baccstory especially makes this moar saddening.

[@deadacc6338]

@Sans_Audio 3 actually

[@alventuradelacruz522]

I put my name into ness abd it was scary whatching gygas saying my name

[@TuberzTv]

Tactical Cringe lol

[@omoriperocondrip9130]

"Sad about an enemy* *laughts in Brad's battle, from LISA: The Joyful*

[@RetroVibing]

OH YEAH LIKE HE IS ACTUALLY FU--ING 2 ITS A JOKE

[@washingtonirving72]

doing this fight as a kid in the 90s would be fucking insane.

[@Yelhsa0703]

It was!

[@arls-xv6gm]

12:00 Let the nightmares begin!

[@batdogduke]

It's only a nightmare if you fear him

[@jaytherobloxkidd8389]

arls6804 gave me nightmares till I was 19

[@gladysbradley2527]

He's terribly wounded

[@melissaardon2294]

Is this a Jevil reference with that quote “LET THE GAMES BEGIN!” I hope I'm right

[@melissaardon2294]

@Donovan Wood ...

[@rizzostar04]

Its weird how the people look at you when they start praying

[@Curtsy208]

I never thought of that before. Damn.

[@dead1585]

I like how it’s just normal 8-bit music then it immediately transforms into 128-bit scary music for no damn reason

[@psychic_digit]

Everybody has these complicated theories about what the “true form” of giygas’ attack is, but I already have the definitive answer. It’s a red oval heading towards you at full speed.

[@SidVacant69]

Game theory of the year-2020

[@altobonifacio8936]

Mattpad could never

[@venade9997]

yes.

[@sarahbelle81]

haha yeah i also hate every theory that isn't practically canon and wish every single person on the planet took everything they saw at face value and had zero interesting ideas about anything

[@goose7618]

@@sarahbelle81 Can you shut up man

[@beaverduck0514]

0:26 The Official Theme of Sleep Paralysis.

[@kipkipkippers]

When I have sleep paralysis next Tuesday I'll think of this comment, thanks.

[@beaverduck0514]

@@kipkipkippers Your welcome.

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

@random idiot yep that is a better theme for sleep paralysis

[@noahra8430]

I'm definitely not sleeping tonight, so I'll tell you which was blasting my senses tomorrow.

[@fatswissandtee]

Ironic, the only time in my life I've had sleep paralysis was when I was 8 years old and had stayed up relatively late playing Earthbound, I could've sworn my walls were caving in and slowly morphing into the form of Giygas.

[@MyUsernameIsGoofy]

Ness: Gets punched Paula: Pat on the head and given a goodnight kiss Jeff: Gets tickled Poo: Litteraly hit by a nuclear bomb

[@phourthdavid]

Its funny how paula imitates goku, asking strength from all earth

[@marmar-agar4753]

Finally someone who gets it

[@isaaccruz7080]

Paula used Spritbomb of positive energy!(giygas is negtive energy, so positive cancels him out, basically.) It supossedly dealt like 300000 damage!

[@Beanut8370]

Also like that one fight in Beyblade where Ginka had to call all the spirits of their beys to have the strength to defeat Nemesis

[@isaaccruz7080]

@@Beanut8370 lol i remember that from like being a kid

[@deadacc6338]

didnt this come first?

[@gravityuser07]

That moment when the guy that stabbed you is praying for your safety

[@ARCHIVED9610]

hey, he turned his life around and got a nice job, dont be rude

[@harrisonfackrell]

It's not right... not right... not right... I'm so sad... Ness... _Ness could not stop crying._

[@Alexhimself1337]

Well at least porky has an *_actual_* final boss theme, unlike giygas, who only has a recording of *_-hell itself-_*

[@tomatobees7858]

nah, Giygas’ theme is the latest 100 gecs track. I especially loved how it went ⚠︎︎꧁꧂⚠︎︎➪♪𒊹︎♔𓅓𖣘

[@ballisticboo7808]

@@tomatobees7858 nah bruh, I liked when he said ■₩¿》☆~[÷, really felt that.

[@neoagent3]

how did you- what

[@sarahbelle81]

@@neoagent3 SPIT IT OUT

[@minecratftnt]

@@sarahbelle81 I uhhhh uhmmmmm uhhh I--------- Uhmmmmm uhhhh??? uhmmm,,, uhhhhhhhh uhm... uhmmm????

[@RapidPhantom293]

"2020 is the worst year ever!" 2021:

[@drybones3657]

Sans 2345 lol

[@WizzOfIzz]

NO STOP PLEASE

[@drybones3657]

Giygas the Virus

[@somerandomguyontheinternet7429]

Lol 2020 wasn't that bad

[@somerandomguyontheinternet7429]

@Risyad XMI yeah

[@childishflamingo422]

I’ve always had a theory that giygas never wanted to be this monster, but this power that he holds overtook him and drew him mad, as seen with the dialogue snippets from the fight.

[@jjabbott7249]

Canonically, that's exactly what happened.

[@emmamora7]

What do you guys think of the true form of Giygas’s attack? In my personal opinion, I think Giygas is attacking the mind itself. Remember, Giygas comes from the same species that created PSI so obviously, they have much more advanced PSI than Ness & co so it won’t come off as a surprise if they were able to attack the mind directly. That’s why you are unable to grasp it, you’re feeling pain without even being attacked externally by physical or PSI attacks.

[@lynx5327]

at this point, idek man. This shit is already hard to comprehend lmao

[@Tekkwin]

so essentially, giygas is inducing migraines

[@sabrit0n35]

@@Tekkwin yeah i'd say it probably feels like a migraine x100 maybe

[@sabrit0n35]

And to add to that, I'd like to think that that image in the background is not actually Giygas, but instead a image he's put into the mind of Ness and the gang, because there is a sprite that's supposed to be Giygas, but it's invisible.

[@Theunihornable]

I imagine it's more like being surrounded by a lotta red bloody gas and it's impossible to actually see the psy attack physically because you can see the psy attack animation on other bosses but because of giygas surrounding you it's all muffled by the mist. You can actually tell he uses psy flash, rockin, thunder, and freeze because of how it affects you however.

[@navi6962]

I’m a Christian I’ll say I surely prayed after I whent to bed that night

[@ROASTEDCXNT]

Your pfp says it all

[@topher2404]

XD

[@House2017]

One of the most memorable battles in the history of gaming.

[@helionator]

I agree

[@theprodigyhq9871]

That music that plays right before the battle starts is just so amazing it gives me the chills everytime

[@SB_Productions3]

This game hit me right in the feels at the part where Ness' family began to pray while the eight melodies kicked in.

[@waldornprime5567]

11:50 love the transition of calm melody to unending hellscape

[@justanomorifan3059]

Calming?

[@ian09dbz]

suddenly, worse hellscape

[@brodyjackets2694]

The music is so eerie and disturbing.

[@thomasstrasser7554]

If you cross your eyes a little then it looks like your playing on a 3ds

[@zutril]

B R U H

[@NO-pt7dz]

Woah

[@IgnatiaWildsmith1227]

Thomas Strasser *W O A H*

[@HavenMarches]

What the fuck make it stop

[@xxmodzhaxsxx7910]

Holy crap guys I see two giyagus, now the boss is harder to fight

[@Sweetbreyy]

"it will be fun" they said "its really cool you should try it" NEVER AGAIN

[@Z-Man2007]

I know Giygas is evil but I kind of feel bad for him.

[@JimmehRulez]

Why

[@josephbriggs2257]

Jimmeh Rulez He used to be a perfectly normal kid that was taken in by a kind regal family, him growing to love them, but also having a mission to kickstart an invasion of the Earth. When his loving adoptive parents both seemingly died, he tried to go back to his original mission, but was conflicted between his loyalty to his race and his love for his new family. It’s to the point that the only way to actually beat him in the original game is by singing a lullaby that his mother made for him; you have to keep trying to sing it, and he stops you multiple times, but the more you do it, the longer it takes for him to stop, because he misses his mom. By the end, he’s just consumed by grief and can’t bring himself to fight anymore, which leads to a mental breakdown that breaks him mentally into the garbled mess of a creature that mutates from an incorporeal screaming face into a wall of demon babies screaming about how good it feels, unable to even properly communicate. On some levels, this fight is like putting Giygas out of his misery more than anything else.

[@pokeyclyde2428]

Jimmeh Rulez See Earthbound Beginnings.

[@ortherner]

i guess

[@trewashington787]

Don’t

[@JillLulamoon]

I always liked to imagine that since Earthbound is so inspired by childhood, what Giygas represents the most is the loss of innocence. Giygas is the moment in childhood where you realize the world is not a kind place. It is not a good place. It is cruel, frightening, and often heartless. Good people are often abused, and terrible people often succeed. It's when you realize just how unimaginablely cruel humans can be. Yet, just like Ness and his friends learn, that moment doesn't destroy you. Humans can be capable of incredible kindness too. They defeat Giygas and save the world entirely thanks to thier friends and family on Earth who fervently pray for them to succeed because they care about them and want them to come home alive. And I think the reason the player's prayers are what destroy Giygas is because, the player is a just a stranger to these kids. They don't know you. But a stranger prays for them to win regardless. These random kids are in incredible danger and that's enough to pray for their safety and that kindness humans can show for each other is too much for Giygas to survive.

[@Univerzocker]

All the best to you for the future.

[@dripnx6381]

fun fact: itoi actually based giygas's design off of his own personal childhood trauma

[@Univerzocker]

@@dripnx6381 I know this.I wish you a great Weekend and all the best.

[@Vivrian]

First mission: find a bug. Final mission: defeat the embodiment of evil.

[@nevastewart6859]

Imagine seeing Giygas final form in real life

[@wonokairun69]

Nice

[@wonokairun69]

@spunch bob JK, That Would Be Terrifying

[@nurulazmi939]

No thanks, I would be traumatized

[@cardboardleaf7971]

"Giygas isn't real he... *it* can't hurt you." *GIYGAS:* woo woo spooky face

[@theveryhateableowl1991]

He's a red oval heading towards you at full speed

[@SkyeonTheDragon]

Note that this scary of a final boss is based on a traumatic experience Itoi himself experienced when he was a kid.

[@agenericguy1014]

Wait really?Can you expand more on that?I'm genuinely curious cuz what happened to him to the point where he made...this

[@illusionofguy]

​@@agenericguy1014 he saw a movie in the theaters, and there was a guy who killed his wife by strangling her and then he brought her body to a place, I think a hospital to chop her body up. He watched that movie by accident as a kid not knowing what the movie was about, and said he put that traumatic feeling into the final boss of this game because he never forgot it. The feeling he had was unfathimable to him to understand at the time as a child.

[@dyrpyn96]

Ah yes, this looks like the perfect video to watch at midnight when everyone else is asleep.

[@kitclod]

If I was Ness I would be so traumatized. To have Satan himself keep chanting your name and stuff. Horrible.

[@adanmesa9501]

This isn't some rock-and-roll goat man, this is the ULTIMATE EVIL, How dare you insult GIYGAS by calling him Satan.

[@kitclod]

Adan Mesa well to be fair, he is like satan.

[@adanmesa9501]

Kitclod I don't remember Giygas having rock and roll powers, but ok.

[@drybones3657]

Adan Mesa nobody insults my boi like that!

[@jirachi_the_nomai]

Actually, Ness was crying the whole time.

[@IslaJansen]

As much as Giygas is one of the most freakiest Nintendo villains, He's actually a tragic villain, if you read his backstory and fought him in the fan translated Earthbound Beginnings, it's unclear exactly how, but after his first defeat, he literally has his mind and body destroyed, and succumbed to villainy against his will, enough so that defeating in this is like giving him euthanasia.

[@Knightmine.]

"Giygas is so powerful omggg he even dont have a physical body and you cant comprehend his attacks of how powerful it is wooow so unnerving!!111" Also giygas: *Proceeds to fail the attack on every party member because it "did not work"* It's the truth.

[@adanmesa9501]

Knightmine Plays stfu let me put you against giygas and let's see how scared you'd truly get,

[@Knightmine.]

@@adanmesa9501 I Dont even know how to answer this nonsense so i'll just take it as a joke. a bad joke.

[@ComeforthchildofmanandDIE]

Knightmine Plays *what adan said, stfu.*

[@Knightmine.]

@Lavos exactly .

[@Knightmine.]

@@ComeforthchildofmanandDIE ?

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

This was one of the most creepiest boss battles I have seen.

[@knightsplice]

One of the greatest and most terrifying boss fights in gaming history.

[@temporaltoast9692]

Isn’t it a beautiful message? That even just a little bit of kindness from the people you’ve met is enough to defeat the sum of all evil?

[@thelastoofer2131]

Giygas: straight up crying Giygas a second after: *YOU CANNOT GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF GIYGAS-*

[@WahnTawns]

I got to this boss fight spoiler-free at 1 a.m. in the morning with the lights out. This was one of the best experiences of my gaming life. I would be lying if I didn't say I was terrified and uneasy. 10/10 would do it again.

[@morganruss7284]

That must've been both _terrifying_ and _breathtaking_ for you.

[@WahnTawns]

@@morganruss7284 Yes, and YES. I fought my hardest not to die because it felt like my life was on the line.

[@ryszardwiechwiech3074]

3:33 "Giygas dodged quickly" imagine seeing giygas doging like... a knife

[@Super-xs5gq]

Giygas right now makes up the entire background, so you would just see the incomprehensible horror all around you recede slightly when you try to poke it with your knife

[@endermenon4836]

When Paula ends up breaking the 4th wall and asks for _your_ help in defeating the embodiment of evil itself.

[@thestickopia4619]

I remember when I beat earthbound for the first time not to long ago. I knew about everything giygas related and was fully expecting everything But while fighting him I still got a deep uneasy feeling That’s the power this fight has, it creeps you out even when you know exactly what’s happening and we’re ready for it

[@drfeelgood3846]

Bro wtf, this makes me fell really uneasy

[@dimma7892]

How tf did they make these graphics all for one boss fight?

[@ARCHIVED9610]

layers. lotss of layers

[@1insane614]

“You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas’ attack!” Ness:🤕 Paula:🗿 Jeff:😭 Poo:💀

[@MasterStar_aa]

True

[@altereggo8081]

EarthBound: kids destroying a background that can destroy 3 galaxies Halloween Hack: Litterly uboa helping a scientist

[@KittyKatty999]

Uboa? I only remember the protagonist trying to help that scientist not go insane.

[@alexbaribeault]

3 galaxies would be downplay, actually

[@ComeforthchildofmanandDIE]

"I WILL SHOVE YOUR *A S S* SO FAR DOWN YOUR THROAT, EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A SHIT, YOU’LL SING FUCKING BEETHOVEN."

[@gayahhbihh]

@@HazardousEnviroments Cool. *did not ask* (JOKE ALERT) (I AM PUTTING A JOKE ALERT HERE CUS SOME PEOPLE CANT UNDERSTAND JOKES)

[@spiko7]

An uh **megalovonia intensifies**

[@fernan12444]

0:27 change da world, my final message goodbye

[@boxmanco.6199]

I like how most horror games, which are meant to be scary, have no right to be compared to this

[@mlee5366]

is it just me or is giygas’s sprite just the background and the true sprite is invisible

[@JNSStudios]

Yes. At least I assume that’s how the battle was programmed.

[@Jupedd]

Not too sure, but in the first phase with the devil's machine the sprite of giygas was just the ness face

[@fatswissandtee]

I've done some rom hacking on this game in the past and am pretty familiar with how it works behind the scenes, can confirm that there is no Giygas battle sprite. Giygas is portrayed by a battle background.

[@ortherner]

Your Correct!

[@Headless_Toil2418]

@@ortherner you're*

[@skimask.doughboy]

Just now getting to play this game was amazing and I wish I was born around the time it came out so I could play it as a kid. I loved this type of stuff when I was younger.

[@andromeda_va39]

1:58 was just perfection. The way Giygas busts out the PSI Rockin' right when the music changes…*chef's kiss* beautiful.

[@robocatssj3theofficial]

Okay but can we talk about how amazing this battle is? The usual point of bosses is to make you feel outclassed, and this? You're hopeless without praying. And the lore, an alien who loses someone they love turns into a nigh omnipotent being capable of destroying the galaxy by hypothetically sneezing too hard. This also isn't just "you're screwed" in terms of music like megalovania, as someone said. This doesn't even need it's music to be fast paced, but is absolutely horrifying. Just looking at Giygas tells you you're doomed. 10/10

[@albertwesker8883]

Yeah other games of the era always made you feel like you had a chance to beat the final boss (Kefka, Zeromus, Lavos, etc.) But against Giygas the battle was so bizarre I really felt like I had no chance

[@haru.2336]

Ive felt everything with this game. Happiness Sadness *Horror* Being angry And at last, being joyful for my adventure. Thanks, earthbound.

[@vampylass3848]

Isn’t it wonderful? The strength of faith is the one that destroyed Giygas. I think the meaning behind this whole game is, A child of innocence that overcame all odds, especially not letting PTSD affect him in his life. The more challenges he faced, even in times of despair, the stronger he became. You cannot imagine how powerful this story really is!

[@margiemorrison9190]

Yeah but seriously this game is pretty freaky in many parts and defiantly wouldn't be considered a kids game more for teens which is why it was re rated t

[@honkmii459]

@@margiemorrison9190 tf you mean? This game was given K-A rating, when was it ever rated T?

[@maeborowski1315]

@@honkmii459 the ESRB rating changed from E to T when the game got rereleased on the Wii U

[@honkmii459]

@@maeborowski1315 oh, my fault I didn’t know that. Makes sense, age restrictions for games were not as strict back then

[@itskhalid_edits]

4:24 "you cannot grasp the true form of giygas' attack!" it didn't work on ness! it didn't work on paula! it didn't work on jeff! it didn't work on poo! *then it won't be a true attack, won't it?*

[@pigaboyAKAthecoolestguyonearth]

so, isn't this terrifying? i'm terrified, too

[@GentleGiantAudio]

I say this without any irony, Earthbound snes has changed my life. Playing this game as a 12 year old was so surreal. This game .. what is it? I still don't know! I'm 42 now. I never grew out of this game. You don't play a game like this game and simply forget about it. It's funny, it's sad, it's tender, it's terrifying, it's fun and it's a true original. There was nothing like this game before and never will be again. It's almost as surreal playing the game as a 42 year old now as it was a young fell'r. I was NESS. I played baseball. The SNES era is when I started playing RPG's. I went fromm FF4 and Chrono Trigger to Earthbound. Talk about sensory whiplash. As soon as I picked up the 'cracked baseball bat' and equipped it, I knew I was going to be in for it. There is a comical irreverence, a sweetness in tone to the game's story, character and dialogue and then all of a sudden... BOOM! Cosmic horror. WHAT IS HAPPENING??? The events leading up to end game literally still knock the crap out of my conscious mind. Am I really playing this game right now or is this game playing me? The visual presentation with the cutesy Charlie Brown esque characters turning into robots to fight an enemy that is shapeless and formless.... and the music... this final battle with this unconscious entity, GIYGAS, is incomprehensible and is still one of the most unsettling things I have ever seen. It's also incredibly moving. This battle with an unknown enemy, shapeless and formless is even more terrifying to me now as an adult than it was when I was a kid. It isn't a boss... is a battle against the fear that lurks in the unknown of every human heart. The way Giygas is presented in-game is incredibly Lovecraftian. Giygas is not something that humans can comprehend. The music represents this feeling to the letter. I still head bang to the intro at 1:03... I still headbang to this opening. OMG It's fucking operatic! I love how it starts with NES soundfonts with this almost gothic baroque style of classical music... It's like Beethoven. Then it goes into PURE METAL... THEN CHAOS. HOLY SHIT.

[@coleharding9439]

You can hear how much trouble he's having based on the beep-boop noises in the background. In his initial encounter (first game), he had a frequency sound that was high and buzzy, you know, kind of like a brainwave "frequency". Then when you see him this time, 3:30 hear the same thing, but its waayyy more sad and distorted and drawn out. When he gets wounded, his frequency destablizes even more (5:05). I've also always imagined the static in the background as him actually speaking, and he has that high pitched, almost computerized voice that sounds like static. I mean, he's just a longcat, so, the demon voice that some people try to give him in "voice overs" never tracked for me lol.

[@MrKrashmoney]

1:57 music changes Level of stress: very high Every phase of the fight after this: Level of stress: the scale doesn’t go that high

[@arbiter1er]

I like how the game went from a cute fun adventure to a HP Lovecraft story.

[@fournine.]

How can a battle with a damn background causes people to go entirely nuts?

[@CatsNCapes]

The more well-known Giygas fight starts at 3:17