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Role Playing Games are mostly seen as a Dungeons and Dragons type of affair with wizards, warriors and what-not. EarthBound is nothing like this, making it a first in the genre. Gone are "Ye Olde Item Shoppes." They and other buildings are replaced with the more modern city-like structure of Markets, Hospitals, and Bakeries. It's an interesting twist that gives EarthBound its own feel. It is refreshing and different; two things that many RPGs lack.
The characters only add to this feel. Instead of playing as a sword wielding Elf Prince destined to some obscure rescuing of a princess, the player is cast as a normal thirteen year old kid who fights with a baseball cap and bat and just happens to have psychokinetic powers. Other characters include a frying pan wielding blonde, an air gun shooting geek, and an young ninja-boy from the sky. It could be best described as eccentric, though silly does the job.
