r/earthbound

How long does chapter 7 take?This is my first time playing mother 3 and I just got to chapter 7

Pop Goes EarthBound? What should Venus or the Runaway Five cover next?

The game aged pretty well but there's some design choices that i don't really like

Being able to buy in bulks, sprint and store items immediately would be the main things i'd like to be present in the game. Also, some sections can be pretty hard to figure out what to do so it'd be nice to have a bit more of directions about where to go and what to do (looking at you, Threed)

Right now I'm at the point of beating Gyigas. I tried thrice and couldnt manage it for different reasons. I grinded a bit and I'm now with Ness 81, Paula 70, Jeff 69 and Poo 67... But I'm kind of thinking of loading the save file I made before going to Gyigas because I think I may have not prepared correctly? I only bought a handful of horn of life and luxury jerkey, didnt bring anything to recover PP except for some items I already had (and like two of them have been already stolen by octopuses), but I'm not really sure if I should go back there since the levels are a bit lower at 74, 65, 64 and 60... The good side is that I can always grind again with more and better items I guess

What would you do?

I've been a mother fan since 6th grade, and its definitely in my rotation for hyperfixations every now and again. However, I noticed that a concerning amount of mother fangames stay in development hell for a while (save for EB remastered). Take Oddity for instance, It has been a work in progress for a little over a decade now. Does anyone have any idea?