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Re: Mother
« Reply #200 on: May 18, 2009, 06:27:55 PM »
no

he was protecting him

because of the buttsex love

this isn't hard
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Re: Mother
« Reply #201 on: May 18, 2009, 06:28:03 PM »
but i am
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Re: Mother
« Reply #202 on: August 07, 2010, 09:58:03 AM »
Hey so I am finally playing this game that I have loved in theory for years. :perfect:

Turns out Earthbound really is pretty much the best game ever and I can't wait to get into Mother 3. After playing for a bit today, I realized that, probably due to how vague and quirky a lot of the game is, it's getting me to do a lot of things that I wouldn't normally do in RPGs. ie: I've been using Teddy Bears and the occasional Skip Sandwich because I really didn't understand exactly what they were supposed to do. Turns out they're actually sort of useful!


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Re: Mother
« Reply #203 on: August 07, 2010, 06:23:20 PM »
Where are you at in Earthbound?
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Re: Mother
« Reply #204 on: August 07, 2010, 07:48:07 PM »
Twoson! I've already beaten whathisface in the park. Next I guess I head to Grateful Dead Peaceful Rest Valley.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #205 on: August 07, 2010, 07:58:31 PM »
Green, Green.  Wait, that's not how it goes...
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Re: Mother
« Reply #206 on: August 07, 2010, 10:20:22 PM »
Holy shit, you've never played Earthbound? I'm really curious to hear how this game and the sequel stack up from somebody who's playing both for the first time in close succession.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #207 on: August 07, 2010, 10:24:53 PM »
Strangely, I also have a friend who is going through EB for the first time. So far she "hates the inventory system."
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Re: Mother
« Reply #208 on: August 08, 2010, 04:24:20 AM »
That COULD be a valid complaint, but you're just a kid with a cute yellow backpack.  It wasn't made to be carrying around 99 Elixirs of the Mongoose.  It was made for carrying around your implement of destruction and a few hamburgers for the road.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #209 on: August 08, 2010, 04:53:27 AM »
Admittedly I don't like it much either, on the grounds that it's a pretty small space that's about half-filled with key items even this early on. I can see that each character has their own inventory a la Golden Sun, so maybe I'll like it a bit more when I have more space to work with.


Quote from: jsnlxndrlv on August 07, 2010, 10:20:22 PM
Holy shit, you've never played Earthbound? I'm really curious to hear how this game and the sequel stack up from somebody who's playing both for the first time in close succession.

Quote from: teg on July 21, 2010, 07:39:13 PM
I'm only nineteen.
...And I was a bit late to the party. My first console was an N64 and my first handheld was a GBA, and I didn't get them until I was about ten.
You would be amazed what games I haven't played!


I've played each Mother game at least once before now, but never for more than an hour or so. Not enough to really get into them.
Once I got over the grinding hump before beating Frankie, I really started loving this game. Plus the art is gorgeous.

Not sure whether to bother with Mother 1 or not.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #210 on: August 08, 2010, 05:06:38 AM »
You get a page of inventory per person, plus a storage/delivery service, so you can dump old key items to make space for more garbage can burgers.

It's also worthwhile to keep the For Sale sign on hand, so you can convert excess junk into cash.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #211 on: August 08, 2010, 06:15:23 AM »
I totally forgot to buy that sign before leaving Twoson. Thanks for the reminder!

Currently in Happy Happy Town. I forgot to buy food before making the second trip to Peaceful Rest Valley, so I had to avoid some battles and spam the predictably respawning Magic Butterflies. I hope I'm not too underpowered for whatever's next.
The difficulty curve is basically perfect, though, so I'm not that worried.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #212 on: August 08, 2010, 06:35:44 AM »
Yeah, you should be good.  You can get money and experience easily by pounding Happy Happy cultists.  Just make sure whatever money you have on hand is deposited in the bank.  Like Dragon Quest, if you die, you lose half your money, and all of your Psi Points are drained, necessitating a stay at a hotel.  Happy Happy Village's hotel costs $50.

Another swank thing you can do is abuse the food stand.  You can buy bananas and fresh eggs from the food stand just south of the drug store, and you only have to pay what you think you should pay.

Load up on fresh eggs, and continue as normal.  Eventually, those eggs will hatch in to Chicks, and then will eventually grow in to Chickens, which you can sell for 100% profit.  Just make sure you don't talk to the guy in green who's standing near the stand, he'll fight you.


I think you're pretty limited as far as healing items go at that part.  Aside from the eggs and bananas, if you got the phone number for Mach Pizza, I guess you could call them and order a small pizza.  The rub of that is that it takes a while for it to be delivered, and I don't know if the deliveryman can get out to Happy Happy Village.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #213 on: August 08, 2010, 07:41:06 AM »
The inventory gave me problems, but then again I was abusing the magic truffle bug.   :8D:
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Re: Mother
« Reply #214 on: August 08, 2010, 07:45:55 AM »
The inventory system does suck.  Limited space is fine, but equipment and key items should be counted separately.

It's still a great game, but that doesn't excuse the inventory.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #215 on: August 08, 2010, 07:50:10 AM »
And no, you shouldn't play Mother 1/EB0. Itoi has reported he was sick of working on the game by the time development was wrapping up, so he skimped on little things like "playtesting" and "fixing gamebreaking bugs" and "game balance".
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Re: Mother
« Reply #216 on: August 08, 2010, 07:50:48 AM »
Objectively, the inventory system is really not so good, for the reasons stated.  Subjectively, though, for someone who cut their teeth on the NES Dragon Warriors, it comes off as forgiving.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #217 on: August 08, 2010, 09:10:05 AM »
I think my first RPG was Paper Mario, which had a pretty strict inventory.
So I'm fine.

Also, quit helping. I'm trying to enjoy myself here.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #218 on: August 08, 2010, 09:40:22 AM »
My usual response re: Mother 1 is: yes, play it if you like the series.  But only with the EXP balancing patch and the emulator cranked up to double or triple speed so you can get through it in a day or two.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #219 on: August 08, 2010, 10:08:12 AM »
Even with the EXP balancing patch, I had to hex edit my save to give myself a hundred times my current experience to get through Mt. Itoi.
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