Huge!...
I wanna see a live dinosaur sometime in my life. Don't ask for any details. Our research is continuing.)...I'm Mr. Spoon, the academic researcher.
I wonder if there are any famous stars here today?
Dinosaurs...
Huge, aren't they? Well, that's all I've gotten out of my research! You wanna hear more? (Whispering) To tell you the truth... I heard that dinosaurs were found near the lower side of Scaraba, and there were lots of them. There are unconfirmed reports that the dinosaurs ate some of the natives there. If you go, please try to find the dinosaurs and bring back photographs.
Please come back again to study, 'cause I don't like being alone...I heard the Topolla Theater is always full. Seems worth a look.
You have to buy a ticket from the guy on the right, then open your inventory menu and select it to show to the guy on the left to get in. It's needlessly tedious!
What? Excuse me? No, no! This band owes me a million bucks. If they break their contract, they'll be in deep doodoo with the police. The police would probably say "Hey, you guys!" or something like that... Unless you're able to pay a million dollars on their behalf? You'd have to find buried gold, or you would never be able to pay such a huge sum of money. Ho ho ho... Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!Guys I think I know what I have to do next.
Guys it kind of creeps me out that your keyboard player is never around.
We're stuck here on a phony contract. Oh yeah!Yeah, it's another Runaway Five concert. Boring enough in-game, useless to screencap for this LP.
Good hole.
I can check out the dig while relaxing on the floor.The food cart sells food. And wet towels.
I'm so curious about the dig. I can't help it.So we head inside.
Mother 2/EarthBound Music - Save the Miners!Just like the Dusty Dunes Desert theme playing outside is a remix of the Doki-Doki Desert from Mother 1, the tune in here evokes the Mt. Itoi base from the first game.
Lots of monsters appeared, so I couldn't proceed. There's 5 big moles...! If I beat the monsters, I can continue on. I think I have a bleeding ulcer from worrying too much. I'm helpless to really do anything. Sure enough, this place is a labyrinth. It's two levels connected by rope ladders, and is full of paths that branch, merge, and switch back on one another. Getting lost is easy, finding all five targets is hard.
Gigantic Ants can, and often do, sting with a poison stinger to cause the status you'd expect from that kind of attack.
Noose Men are the weakest enemies here, capable of using some middling physical attacks and wrapping themselves around for a one-turn stun to one target. They can gang up on you and like to attack with Mad Ducks.
Thirsty Coil Snakes can poison you, too.
There are five masters in all. We are all moles, of course. I believe I'm the third strongest among us. Take your best shot!This Guardian Digger starts the battle with Shield beta, reflecting some physical attacks back to the user. He has some strong physical attacks, bashing and slashing with his sharp claws, and can use Lifeup alpha to restore his HP or Shield beta to refresh his counter-shield.
He goes down in one blast of PSI Freeze, though. He's only the third strongest, though.
Flash Beta still causes Crying more often than not, but if it doesn't make an enemy cry, it might make them Feel Strange, Paralyze them, or defeat them outright.
If you get too lost, there are Exit Mice near the middle of the top level who, when used as an item, will return you to the entrance.
This magic butterfly spawned rather uselessly inside a wall.
This Guardian Digger has some powerful physical attacks, and can use some PSI to protect himself or restore HP.
But being the third strongest, he still goes down pretty easily to PSI Freeze.
The next Guardian Digger likes to slash with sharp claws or just bash your allies, and if you deplete their counter-Shield, they have PSI to restore it. But he falls easily to PSI Freeze, being third in line.
The next level of Lifeup fully restores one ally's HP.
Gufin picks up the next level of PSI Fire, too. Still an attack hitting one row.
This Guardian Digger plays defensively with a counter-Shield and the ability to restore his HP with Lifeup, but has no hesitation for slashing with sharp claws or just smashing you in the face.
He's susceptible to PSI Freeze, though.
We retreat to the nearby shed to rest. A few times, until 007 figures out what's what about this Broken Gadget.
the second-strongest master of this hole, the fourth strongest master of this hole, and the weakest master of this hole! I'm truly the third strongest master of this hole. Now you see the true advantage of being third! Being third-strongest, this Guardian Digger will often slash with his sharp claws and bash while using a counter-Shield to protect himself. He's vulnerable to PSI Freeze, so it's only the third-most-difficult battle.
We head out, mission accomplished.