>>11923282
The difference is Earthbound really DOES look like an NES game. The difference is that the only graphical flair Earthbound has is colorful mode 7 backgrounds during battle. It's an ugly, minimalist game otherwise.

Here's a review from the same issue. Still images, menus, 2D, Super Nintendo... w-w-what?! Why aren't they rating it as bad as Earthbound?! Where's the anti-2D bias!?!?