Thread:Mabian/@comment-4383275-20160827050912/@comment-4383275-20160831045719

GetYourFix wrote:

Undertale and Earthbound, Many Parallels
I'll get right to it. If it seems too much like a stretch, let me know. :D

{{dropdown In all three encounters, the solution is not to brute force down the boss.
 * 1 =
 * Giygas requires prayers, Flowey requires help, Asriel requires friends.
 * In this way, Giygas relates to Photoshop Flowey and Asriel relates to GieGue.

Asriel and GieGue
GieGue is defeated when the lullaby his human mother sang him plays; the protagonist plays to his love and compassion in order to defeat him.

GieGue then runs away and feels guilty about what he did. He returns later as Giygas and has lost this compassion.

Gigyas and Flowey
Before the second phase of Giygas (I believe), Pokey says: }}
 * "Do you want to scream for help here in the dark?! Say 'Mommy! Daddy! I'm so frightened!' ... I know you have telepathy or something, so just try and call for help... No one will help you now!"
 * Flowey's dialogue: "Call for help. I dare you. Cry into the darkness! 'Mommy! Daddy! Somebody help!' See what good it does you! ... But nobody came. Boy! What a shame! Nobody else... is gonna get to see you DIE!"
 * Photoshop Flowey relates to Giygas the closest, as he wants to destroy everything (we believe). In this way, Flowey's "You Idiot" theme matches him well, as Pokey calls Giygas "an all-mighty idiot."
 * 2 = Giygas/GieGue Encounters and Photoshop Flowey/Asriel Encounters

Definitely editing this tomorrow; if it seems incoherent, wait until then to read it! Thank you for your consideration. :D I found another small, yet potentially significant, parallel: the Instant Noodles resemble the Cup of Lifenoodles in EarthBound.