--- title: "EarthBound — Belly Score 8.8 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/earthbound description: "EarthBound gets a Belly Score of 8.8/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: EarthBound (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/c85ee942f_EARTHBOUND.jpeg) # EarthBound Belly Score 8.8 Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/super-nintendo-entertainment-system, Wii U: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/wii-u, New Nintendo 3DS: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/new-nintendo-3ds, Nintendo Switch: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/nintendo-switch Genre RPG: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/rpg, Adventure: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/adventure, Strategy: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/strategy Released Aug 27, 1994: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/1994 Developer APE, Inc., HAL Laboratory Publisher Nintendo About Forget high-fantasy kingdoms and brooding warriors. EarthBound drops you into a surreal, 90s-inspired suburban landscape where a kid named Ness trades a sword for a baseball bat to stop a cosmic nightmare. It is a classic JRPG that swaps dragons for possessed street signs and corrupt officials. Beneath its bright, quirky, and often hilarious exterior lies a surprisingly deep, melancholic journey about friendship and growing up. It is weird, deeply atmospheric, and refuses to play by the rules of its genre, making it an unforgettable trip through a world that feels both comfortingly familiar and unsettlingly alien. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 9.2 2.300 Game Play 20% 8.5 1.700 Controls + Feel 15% 7.8 1.170 Creativity + Originality 10% 10.0 1.000 Presentation 10% 9.0 0.900 Content + Staying Power 10% 8.5 0.850 The Belly Factor 10% 8.8 0.880 Total 100% 8.8 Raw weighted sum 8.800 → rounded to 8.8 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Adventurous: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/adventurous Quirky: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/quirky Weird: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/weird Charming: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/charming Whimsical: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/whimsical Atmospheric: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/atmospheric Themes Modern: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/modern Supernatural: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/supernatural Comedy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/comedy Surreal: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/surreal Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### Half-Life FPS · Action · Adventure Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux Sci-Fi Alien Workplace +1 Atmospheric Eerie Intense +2 https://bellyscore.com/game/half-life 9.9 ### Xenogears RPG PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable Sci-Fi Robots / Mechs Psychological +1 Epic Mysterious Thought-Provoking +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/xenogears 9.9 ### BALDUR'S GATE 3 RPG · Adventure · Strategy PC · PlayStation · Xbox Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +18 https://bellyscore.com/game/baldur-s-gate-3 9.9 ### The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Action-Adventure · RPG · Sandbox Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo Switch 2 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Nature / Wilderness Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/zelda-breath-of-the-wild ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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