Topic: Looking at chicks makes you happy. Let's Play Earthbound! (Read 25056 times)

McDohl · « **Reply #140 on:** September 11, 2012, 04:02:55 PM »

Interesting interpretation of Fujin and Raijin.

R^2 · « **Reply #141 on:** September 11, 2012, 04:39:31 PM »

SHOCK.

R^2 · « **Reply #142 on:** September 12, 2012, 06:11:47 PM »

Teleport beta takes a lot less space. Which is good! Dalaam has very few open straightaways.

Tangoo tend to drop snakes, which we sell off in bulk.

...

She quit talking about all that serious crap... Yeah! Let's work hard! If you're courageous, get on this boat. You'll probably see the Kraken and experience getting seasick!

My favorite line in the whole game.

Luck will determine the outcome of this voyage. So, do you want to sail the seas to Scaraba?

R^2 · « **Reply #143 on:** September 12, 2012, 06:26:31 PM »

EarthBound - Sailing to Scaraba [HQ]

It's been a long time since I was out on the open sea, so I feel seasick... Oh, man, what am I going to do? A sailor who gets seasick? So how come you guys are all right?
So... that bald guy over there... your buddy, right?... He came from Dalaam? You guys must be quite the adventurers!
Hahaha! I'm feeling much better now! Anchors aweigh!

Hum de dum dee dah

ruh roh

omghai2u

Mother 2/Earthbound Music - Kraken of the Sea

GUYS WE HAVE TO FIGHT THE KRAKEN WHAT AN UNEXPECTED TWIST IF ONLY SOMETHING IN THE GAME HAD PREVIOUSLY IMPLIED THAT THIS MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE THE CASE

Anyway, Kraken has some powerful attacks. He can breathe fire, which deals damage to everyone. He can use a Crashing Boom Bang attack, which as always strikes two people for electric damage. He can use Peekay Flash beta, causing myriad status ailments. He can also generate a tornado, which does straight-up crazy damage to the whole party. And if you try to protect yourself from all his partywide attacks, he can emit a pale green light to neutralize the effects.

He takes half damage from Freeze and Fire attacks, and since there's only one of him, Thunder is likely to miss.

But since we can rest before and after the fight with no other enemies around, there's no reason to hold back. Snes uses FUKYOU, Gufin uses Freeze omega, 007 fires off bottle rockets, and Shit... uh, mostly heals. I don't think the Kraken can be mirrored.

but you defeated the Kraken!

We sure did, little buddy.

I also helped in the battle... I threw my slippers at the beast... Maybe you didn't notice.

R^2 · « **Reply #144 on:** September 13, 2012, 06:03:52 PM »

Epic VGM's - Earthbound - Scaraba

Sure did, little buddy.

There's a scary monster in the sea... ...Did you beat him? Or did you escape? Either way, you are fantastic!

I recently made a friend. He used to be a Dungeon Maker. And now he's a "Dungeon Man". Would you like to meet him? All righty then, I'll give you the key so that you can enter him. Oh no... I don't have it! I must have lost it somewhere. I'm sorry, I don't worry about small things.

That's what she said.

A chubby kid did his business out here somewhere...

Well, considering the bathrooms in this game are always occupied, you can't blame the kid for this one.

Hassan Chop!

Hassan accepts Eagleland dollars but doesn't have anything worth buying.

They went to the back of the Deep Darkness as they were too innocent. I wonder if they are still alive.

have anything you would want.

Oh, I don't know what I may be saying.

Perhaps I should "asp" an expert.

I don't, actually.

Snakes immobilize an opponent, vipers poison them (you can tell they are poisonous because they cost more). And serum cures poison status, useful for a snake-handler to have I guess.

The shopkeeper here has an annoying hissing verbal tic.

If you want to know, I'll humbly tell you. "You shall come back here... After you have encountered a dangerous situation." However, I may be wrong, and if so... a thousand pardons.

while I am humbly searching for the Magic truffle in the Deep Darkness.

Please keep your pants on, sir.

Actually the Snake Bag acts like a Viper, but can be used repeatedly.

How about some of our famous Scaraba delicacies?

No Brain Food Lunch or Kraken Soup so meh

Like most shopkeepers here, he talks too much.

But he does offer a minor equipment upgrade, a broken cannon for 007 to fix, and the aforementioned Piggy Nose, which I will return for later.

Why not

Yep.

R^2 · « **Reply #145 on:** September 13, 2012, 06:17:25 PM »

EarthBound - The Unforgiving Desert [HQ]

South of Scaraba is the unforgiving desert, full of...

Well, mostly upgrades of the same enemies as the Dusty Dunes desert before. There are Great Crested Bookas, Dread Skelpions, High-Class and Beautiful UFOs, and...

Master Criminal Worms, which like the Criminal Caterpillars before them are worth loads of EXP. The most for any single enemy in the game, if I'm not mistaken.

So we chase, corner, and bludgeon a few.

As Healing beta, but also removes Diamondize, Paralyze, and Unconscious.

Back in town for a quick rest, 007 repairs the broken bazooka into the heavy bazooka, AKA the "007 shouldn't need to use the basic fight command in battle anymore" item. It's the same as using a super bomb, only it can be used as many times as you like.

You must decide what you really are. Therefore, what will you do?

We follow the heiroglyphs we saw earlier, of course.

R^2 · « **Reply #146 on:** September 17, 2012, 07:46:20 AM »

EarthBound - Pyramid [HQ]

Right. Pyramid. That heiroglyph on the wall is walking in place.

Predictable! Guardian Heiroglyphs aren't terribly dangerous and always attack solo, but there sure are a lot of them painted on the walls here. They have a hacking cough that can inflict Cold status.

There are other equally-visible heiroglyphs, too. These can poison you, making them somewhat more dangerous.

This dungeon is almost entirely stairs.

Like the guys from the history museum, only... fiercer.

Not really.

We open a casket and find a poisonous snake inside. Instead of shutting the casket and running away, Snes picks up the slithery thing and stuffs it into his backpack.

We open a casket and find a Pokemon stuffed into a sack inside. Instead of letting the poor thing go, Snes picks it up and stuffs it into his backpack.

Full HP restore to one target.

A counter-shield for PSI attacks.

These go to 007, since bottle rocket damage is affected by speed.

That's not at all suspicious.

We're only halfway through the dungeon, but here's the boss. He hits hard and doesn't do much else. The only tough part of this battle is that you might be a little low on PP from using Paralysis to shut down all the stun-prone Fierce Shattered Men and Petrified Royal Guards.

And doing both at once is just inefficient.

HP boost, resists Freeze attacks.

That's not at all suspicious.

Not that I got a screencap of the sarcophagus that was blocking the path earlier, or that it moved after hitting this pressure plate.

ZOMBIE SNES

alternately THIS IS NOT THE FUCKING TIME >:|

Anyway, once you hit the switch behind the Guardian General, you can drop through a hole into this room.

VICTOLY

We hand it to Shit to hang on to.

Which would be a lot more useful if we weren't already decked out in better gear.

We're low on PP and all beat up. There's no single tough spot here, but the Pyramid taken as a whole can be a real drain. Snes scarfs a Brain Food Lunch and uses the PP restore to use Healing on Gufin to revive her.

R^2 · « **Reply #147 on:** September 17, 2012, 09:28:11 AM »

Oh hey, there's that thing.

Er, that guy. Who fully heals us.

Didn't we... uh, meet before?

So, now it's the time to show you the way of the Starstorm... For a while, you must live far away from your friends and live with me. Do you understand? ...There's only one answer. I must stop you here even if you don't want to. Stay with me for a while, do you understand?!

...Once I learn it, I'll meet up with you, Snes. Trust me... I will see you again.

Be faithful, and wait until the time comes!

He's starting to get enough HP to make a decent decoy, but

there is a strange tower to the northwest. ...This key I picked up a little while ago shall maybe open the tower. You may have it, I do not need it.

And moments later, a phonecall!

I had a phone call from a friend of yours recently. He asked me to hold onto the Hawk eye for you. Do you know anything about this? Well, since you know about the item, I'll hold onto it for you. If you need it, I'll deliver it to you anytime you want. Oh yeah, big bro... I'm glad that I could help out you and your friends. *click*

So we lost out on Shit's inventory space, but at least we don't have to worry about carrying around the Hawk Eye in the inventory space we have.

I wondered where that guy got off to.

That... is a strange tower, yes.

R^2 · « **Reply #148 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:20:30 PM »

enjoy the dungeon (brickroad)

Well, in we go.

Brilliant manipulation, really. Just to be contrarian we go left, and...

Find a working telephone, ATM, and a bench where we can rest.

...and a hospital.

I can't run my business in town.

We ran into this guy on the way in -- he's just offscreen when you get the Key to the Tower -- but since there's no ATM nearby we didn't have the cash onhand to buy anything. Now we do. We upgrade Gufin's weapon, but I don't think 007 needed the Crusher Beam. But we did replace all of 007's Big Bottle Rockets with Multibottle Rockets, which have a low attack power but hit up to 20 (!!!) times.

Right. Back to the dungeon. Man. Dungeon Man.

All of the signs here are signed " ...Brick Road", but it's often after a page break, so I don't always screencap it.

I wouldn't but any but they're okay healing so I'll take one for free.

The enemies on this level are all the sorts we've seen before. Yes, that is a Worthless Protoplasm, the stuff 007 could fight off by himself at experience level 2.

After the Pyramid, Dungeon Man is a bit of a breather dungeon.

Another bench where we can rest to restore all HP/PP.

A dungeon with a bathroom? Brilliant!

Of course it's occupied.

Just who am I? What is life all about?... Oh, I'm sorry. Did I make you nervous? I'm not dangerous. Don't worry.

Yeah, the dangerous bathrooms are saved for the sequel.

Now I am safe from werewolf attack!

All four signs say the same thing.

R^2 · « **Reply #149 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:25:11 PM »

How would you know, SIGN?

As you may have gathered, three of the four ropes are dead ends.

Follow this, and you're bound to be successful in Earthbound. ...Brick Road

So let's take the correct rope.

On this level are much more dangerous enemies. You may remember the Lesser Mooks from our return to Winters, when I got hopelessly trounced by overpowered monsters.

Next floor!

R^2 · « **Reply #150 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:37:19 PM »

Like cats!

Man, it's a zoo in here.

Heh.

Well, up the rope we go.

I'm Brick Road. Dr. Andonuts finally made me a dungeon man. If you want, I'll come with you guys for a while. The "Return Hole" is over there. Jump in that hole and then walk out.

aww yiss

R^2 · « **Reply #151 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:43:24 PM »

EarthBound - Megaton Walk [HQ]

Yes, you have a five-story stone giant in your party now.

It works as well as you'd expect.

Until you walk south about two screens!

I cannot move. Well, if I cannot move, it is okay. Snes, it makes me sad, but i must say goodbye here, at my eternal resting place.

...

Deep Darkness? We have to go past there! I'm pretty sure.

The monsters there are very strong and you can lose your health just by wandering in the swamp. Do you want to cross the river, even though you know it's a stupid idea? The swamp is bottomless. Even if you're swimming, you'll be dragged in. It is a different story if you have a submarine.

Dungeon Man retreat! It's exactly the same as before.

R^2 · « **Reply #152 on:** September 20, 2012, 03:54:44 PM »

Sign I missed the first time. You might thing Photographer Guy spirals down out of the sky here, but nope! Prohibited means prohibited.

Defense debuff to all foes. And yeah, this was a Lesser Mook battle, so Snes got diamondized. Since Gufin has no healing PSI and 007 none at all, it takes a Cup of Lifenoodles to get Snes back in the game.

Backtracking to the entrance hospital would also have worked.

It can be used to cross the river. There's a "Goodbye Exit"... over there. It will take you to the submarine. Don't make a mistake on which exit you take. You need to take the "Goodbye Exit"! Hope to see you again!

It's later. This is, of course, a Gufin upgrade.

It works, of course.

R^2 · « **Reply #153 on:** September 20, 2012, 04:06:36 PM »

Earthbound - Deep Darkness

The parrot with a phone on his head actually acts like a telephone, so we ring Escargo Express and have them deliver the Hawk Eye, since we need it now.

...you're not going to read me the local newspaper? ONE STAR REVIEW ON YELP FOR YOU

Light blue water is wading-deep, which slows you down.

Darker blue water is too deep to safely walk through, so you slowly lose HP in it.

Oh, you learned how to teleport from the monkeys?

The first try ends predictably.

Here's a small gift to thank you.

We get the Monkey's Love, which summons tiny primates to pin down an enemy.

There's a doctor behind the tree, and a wealthy businessman who will pay your hospital bill if you can't afford it. You can always choose to defer paying him back, getting unlimited medical care for free. Take that, Republicans!

It's pretty creepy, don't you think? If you don't have the Hawk Eye here, you're helpless.

You can't help it. That's why it's called Deep Darkness.

That... sort of vaguely alludes to making sense.

If I become a pig, I an find the mushrooms called Magic Truffles. They're located in the swamp and can be found by scent. You know, a pig's nose would be enough to find those great truffles by scent alone.

As you may have gathered from this monkey and the guy selling such an item back in Scaraba, you can use the Piggy Nose to play a game of hot-or-cold to find Magic Truffles.

There's a back-alley dealer here, too, in case you need to restock your Multibottle rockets.

It's dark. It's scary.

It's less dark, but still scary.

R^2 · « **Reply #154 on:** September 20, 2012, 04:29:36 PM »

The snorkel guy gives you money like an ATM, but charges a "service fee" -- you lose twice the money you withdraw. Why you would talk to him instead of teleporting somewhere with a real ATM, grabbing your cash, and teleporting back, I don't know.

Far it's because. Kweek.

Even Slimier Little Piles are upgrades to the plain ol' regular Slimy Little Piles in Belch's Base; they can make your party cry and call for help to duplicate themselves. Zap Eels use Peekay Thunda beta every round.

Hard Crocodiles are like crocodiles, but harder. They're vulnerable to fire, or you can just blast through their defenses with Freeze omega.

Pit Bull Slugs are souped-up Attack Slugs with a name that, as a pit bull owner, I personally find annoying. They can occasionally use Hypnosis alpha, but don't have much in the way of hit points or attack power and are vulnerable to paralysis and brainshock. Actual pit bulls are tougher.

Endgame equipment for either Snes or 007.

They can cause partywide crying, or single-target immobilize and nausea. WHAT COULD ALL THIS BE LEADING UP TO?

They jab with spears and sometimes attack alongside their own brothers.

They're like Territorial Oaks, including the part where they explode.

Hey, that Big Pile of Puke is red instead of brown.

...oh.

I've heard better.

Fly Honey won't help this time (you can pull it out of Escargo Express storage and try if you like). Master Barf -- they translated his name two different ways in and out of battle -- is basically a giant Even Slimier Little Pile. He can make everyone cry, make single targets nauseous, smack you around for HP damage, or call for help to summon... an Even Slimier Little Pile.

Assuming you let him move at all. Your party -- at least 007 -- should be much faster than he is.

Oh yeah, that's the stuff.

Suddenly, Shit swoops down from the sky in a way that automatically scrolls the text out of the box before I can take a screenshot!

And then more shit swoops down out of the sky!

Master Barf pretty much explodes from the impact, possibly raining literal shit down from the sky!

Your reward is pretty much the worst bat in the game. It has the highest attack power, but a 75% miss chance. It's enough to take you out of the ball game.

Japan doesn't have general cultural awareness of "Casey At the Bat", though -- the name is purely an invention of the translation team. In Japanese it was more like "Swing With All Your Might Bat", or for you D&D players, the Power Attack Bat.

Welp, Shit's back on the team. And he knows Starstorm alpha now. It's basically PK

, only (as you may have guessed) not as good.

Rico · « **Reply #155 on:** September 20, 2012, 05:01:50 PM »

Casey Bat is ever so slightly useful for farming rare drop items from enemies which are easy to sneak attack. The code that runs to check for your instant win uses its huge attack power but doesn't run miss chance at all. I used it to help farm the Sword of Kings last time I hated myself enough to do so.

McDohl · « **Reply #156 on:** September 20, 2012, 05:04:19 PM »

First time I ground Starmen Super for the Sword of Kings, I ended up at level 75 for Ness.

Second time, the fifth Super dropped it.

Friday · « **Reply #157 on:** September 20, 2012, 06:14:28 PM »

Sword of Kings is so hilariously underwhelming. You spend hours farming it, only to discover it has a measly 30 attack power, and that's it.

Rico · « **Reply #158 on:** September 20, 2012, 09:58:51 PM »

Yeah, I originally had high hopes it would make Poo suck fewer than one million dicks. 999,970 is fewer, true, but...

Classic · « **Reply #159 on:** September 21, 2012, 12:05:33 AM »

I thought that the big boost from Sword of Kings is that characters fighting unarmed had some other offensive penalty (a high miss rate maybe?).

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