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		coldpie on July 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died [pdf] I can't speak to the quality of that hack, but it does sound like a godsend. In the original, you have to open the menu to talk to someone (Menu -> Talk To) or to open something (Menu -> Check). Yes, they're separate commands. You can't talk to a chest, and you can't check a person. If you're too far away, it pop up a dialog saying "No problem here" that you have to dismiss and navigate the menu to try again. It's crazy annoying.

JoshTriplett on July 13, 2015 [–]

You can hit L to either check or talk; you don't need to open the menu at all.

coldpie on July 13, 2015 | [–]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you tell me.

JoshTriplett on July 13, 2015 | | [–]

Here's a fun one: by design, you can play Earthbound entirely with your left hand, using just the direction pad, L, and select.

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