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Re: Mother
« Reply #140 on: October 21, 2008, 10:18:28 AM »
OH MAN, THIS COKE IS DELICIOUS

WAIT

WAIT

HE DID WHAT?

THAT'S NOT A JOKE
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Re: Mother
« Reply #141 on: October 21, 2008, 10:21:49 AM »
It's cool.

Further thoughts on Boney's place in the party:

[spoiler]In the interview with Itoi, he mentioned that when the game was still being designed for the N64, his forecast for the final battle was actually a lot darker and crueler.  Pretty sure that means he was going to have the dog die at that point.

They didn't go that way, though.  So what does Boney do?  Well, he has heightened senses: he smells Hinawa and the boys, tracks down Duster, and finds the jar of pickles, among other things.  He can fit in smaller places, like the hole in the speaker that the stink bug flees through.  He's also part of the family, being one of the only two characters in the final party that's actually named at the very beginning: Flint's memories of his happy family include Boney, and when Lucas is in the field of sunflowers in Chapter 6, Boney is with him.  This balances out the fact that he's a bit of a problem for the group since he's a dog: he's just as banned from Club Titiboo as Lucas is, and when Lucas works in the factory, Boney's stuck running a treadmill.  Altogether, he's a mixed set of assets and liabilities, combined with a unique identity in the world of the game--which is to say, he's a complete character.[/spoiler]
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Re: Mother
« Reply #142 on: October 21, 2008, 10:25:39 AM »
What, I am racist now? Fine, I'll also bring up the fact that they make entirely too many references to their own popular comedians and voice actors.

Anyway, you are free to provide counterexamples of my previous statement.

and they eat lots of fish

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Re: Mother
« Reply #143 on: October 21, 2008, 10:27:46 AM »
There is a Japanese word for metaphor, It's arcane and nobody knows it.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #144 on: October 21, 2008, 11:14:05 AM »
But they all know hewohitteshiritsubome.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #145 on: October 21, 2008, 12:14:08 PM »
What's that mean?  My Japanese vocabulary is not so good.  Especially when a word is in romanji.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #146 on: October 21, 2008, 12:39:29 PM »
Quote from: http://www.animelab.com/anime.manga/dictionary/he/1640/40
屁をひって尻窄め   へをひってしりつぼめ   (exp) there's no point squeezing your buttocks after you have farted / no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
Used to be listed in Notre Dame's old Japanese<->English dictionary, but it went down years ago.

Shit.  I'm glad you asked, because checking up on POETS made me stumble into their wordnet app which is similar to something I was considering coding.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #147 on: October 21, 2008, 11:48:55 PM »
Just finished this now.  I'm really amazed by how well balanced the boss fights were.  Just about every single one was challenging, sometimes brutal, without being unfair or impossible if you have a sound strategy.  Setting up buffs and shields are key, and even then you might only get through by the skin of your teeth.  It's extremely satisfying to beat them, something I've missed from a lot of games.

Be happy to discuss the spoilerific parts, but that's another night.

:slow: I'll give it my seal of approval.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #148 on: October 22, 2008, 06:08:48 PM »
Overarching theme of the entire game:

[spoiler]ITOI HAET CAPITALISM[/spoiler]
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Re: Mother
« Reply #149 on: October 23, 2008, 08:09:15 PM »
Quote from: Thad on September 27, 2008, 10:49:45 AM
...The original Mother is one of those that makes you select "Talk" from a menu, right?

Because I'm too old for that shit.

It is also, apparently, one of those that wastes your allies' attack if you target a dead enemy.

In fact it pretty much suffers from every old-school inconvenience you could possibly name.

Oddly enough I'm not hating it.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #150 on: October 24, 2008, 10:34:24 PM »
In Mother 3 you can start a new game plus (sorta) by starting a new game and saving over a completed save file, provided you learned all PSI moves with both Lucas and Kumatora in your completed game: Lucas and Kumatora will start with all PSI moves known already. I haven't tested it yet, and it might already have been pointed out. I read it on a random cheats website.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #151 on: October 24, 2008, 10:41:43 PM »
You can also play the game in Hard Mode if you name yourself (the player, not the characters) HARD MODE at the first opportunity.

Oh, and be sure to hold L and R when opening the Status screen in your menu (in either mode).
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Re: Mother
« Reply #152 on: October 24, 2008, 11:01:23 PM »
MOTHER 1 TIP: Name your favorite food "Minnie".
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Re: Mother
« Reply #153 on: October 24, 2008, 11:13:34 PM »
Quote from: Rosencrantz on October 24, 2008, 10:41:43 PM
Oh, and be sure to hold L and R when opening the Status screen in your menu (in either mode).

Not sure why, but my VirtualBoy emu won't let me press more than two buttons at a time. What does it do?
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Re: Mother
« Reply #154 on: October 24, 2008, 11:21:59 PM »
Quote from: Guild on October 24, 2008, 11:13:34 PM
Quote from: Rosencrantz on October 24, 2008, 10:41:43 PM
Oh, and be sure to hold L and R when opening the Status screen in your menu (in either mode).

Not sure why, but my VirtualBoy emu won't let me press more than two buttons at a time. What does it do?

It opens up a hidden "memo" menu that lists all of the terms in the game - status effects, locations, and so on and gives them a brief description. It's not accessible in the normal game, but it was hidden in the code, so Tomato snuck it back into the patch.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #155 on: October 24, 2008, 11:23:44 PM »
Tomato has once again earned my undying :wuv: .

... I think this would be his 13th?
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Re: Mother
« Reply #156 on: October 25, 2008, 12:26:24 PM »
Missed the Onyx Hook, and nearly missed Jeff Fagball Loid.  Time to start playing with a FAQ.
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Re: Mother
« Reply #157 on: October 25, 2008, 05:13:09 PM »
 :gay4: Yay!  I got through the obnoxiously huge dungeon and now I'm like two squares outside of town!  Nothing can stop me now!
 :wheeeee: BEEP BEEP I AM A TRUCK AND I CAN COMPLETELY IMMOBILIZE YOU AND KILL YOUR FRIEND IN ONE TURN
 :gay4: ::(:

Good thing death in Mother equals "a free trip to the department store".
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Re: Mother
« Reply #158 on: October 25, 2008, 05:23:18 PM »
I'm on the final boss and [spoiler]holy hellbeans is it annoying.[/spoiler]
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Re: Mother
« Reply #159 on: October 25, 2008, 05:26:40 PM »
Quote from: Guild on October 25, 2008, 05:23:18 PM
I'm on the final boss and [spoiler]holy hellbeans is it annoying.[/spoiler]

Of Mother 1 or 3?
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