User blog comment:YoungOtakuNerd/The Difference Between EarthBound and Other Games/@comment-26718635-20130809043056/@comment-26718635-20130809175707

Well, yeah, Mario and Megaman do, but what I was saying was that that isn't really a fair comparsion.

You're comparing an RPG to a couple of platformers. RPGs have more of a focus on characters and story, wheras Mario and Megaman don't usually. I mean, I'm not sure if I've played a single RPG that doesn't blur the line. Take something like Radiata Stories for example: if you think about it too long, you might start seeing yourself a villain instead of a hero.

Now of course, I'm not saying that Earthbound didn't pull this off well, I just have to disagree with the whole "not a whole lot of other games do this" thing.