I was at the end of Earthbound and Ness was level 99, and the other three characters were level 80+ and I found myself in a 30 minute battle with the final boss and, when I died, I was like, "Wtf is this?! I fought that battle perfectly and dealt him like 30,000 in damage. Is he some kind of super boss with 50k HP or some sh--?"
So I googled "Giygas Earthbound Boss Battle Hard" and I unintentionally saw through the search results what needed to be done. I was just looking for affirmation that it's a hard was battle, not how to beat him. Wow, I would have never beaten him if I had played this game in my childhood, not even now, maybe by trial and error after spending a week getting all of my characters to level 99 and realizing something wasn't right. Smh, that was pretty stupid, and all you get is a cryptic hint during the battle.