Mother 1 Analysis-Part 5

Now that we're done with all the corrections, we can continue with Part 5.

Let's respond to some of Ferret's notes first, though.

--Video 2--

Ferret:"Breadcrumb trails are actually a mechanic in this game?"

Yes. They are. Start by using it, and it'll form a trail. Then use it again, and you'll end up right back where the trail begins from.

Ferret:". ok, he was an actual zombie then. Also, gore."

Wait, actual zombies turn to dust when killed? I thought this meant they were magical constructs. I'm still going by that hypothesis, since they're PSUEDO-zombies.

--Video 3--

Ninten playing games isn't necessarily meta. It's not meta until someone mentions the Mother series itself.

Ferret:"SECOND MELODY FRAGMENT! Actually the third one, missed one earlier?"

Yes. Glad we both noticed this. Though I looked further into this and found out what happened, which can be seen in this interlude project.

--Video 4--

"Kid acts as Your Dad by doing impressions. And it works!"

You noticed it before me! Good job!

Wait, what makes you think that it's a kid?

"You can put things into the fountain to make them better?"

Yes, that's exactly how it works.

"If they die, they’re dead? In Earthbound crosses appear in front of the house?"

Yes, if they die, they're dead. If we do see crosses in Earthbound, that means that canonically, they did die in Mother. (Or between Mother 1 and Mother 2)

"Flashdark is a infinitely reusable item that blinds enemies."

That's good.

"Talking to Queen Mary’s Jester. (Sans-like?)"

It's a generic skeleton. We can talk about Sans once he starts messing with physics and making bad puns.

Well, turns out that this was enough for a part of it's own. I guess this is Part 4.9..

..NOPE! I said Part 5 is next, so Part 5 is next! (Plus, this would be the shortest part ever, and I've had parts twice as long as this.)

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Our story continues where it left off, with Ninten leaving the cave, and ending up elsewhere. The surronding area is filled with enemies, confirming that we're not done freeing everyone.

Stephen gets Ninten to learn Healing Beta! (This is almost certainly wrong. Ninten leveled up a bit too fast because of the Easy Ring. Though I suppose if you grinded enough, you could get that high of a level.)

Ferret:"Healing Beta cures Paralysis. Quick Up raises speed."

Thanks for that. And that is indeed accurate.

Known enemies in area:Lil' Saucer, Lynx, Skunk, Wolf

Possible unknown enemies (because they appear in Earthbound Zero):Barbot, Bear

Ferret:"Somehow, Ninten’s Dad is able to call him automatically after the battle, as if by magic? Or by PSI? There weren’t any cell phones back then"

He can actually do this from ANYWHERE. It always happens after two hours. Not sure how he can do this, though.

We then go to Thanksgiving (hey look, I'm making the script today on Thanksgiving!)

So, let's take a look at the Encyclopedia Mother and see what it tells us.

This town has two factories, and thus is the most commerce-prosperous. The factories came from Mr. Goldrick Duncan (he moved there in the mid 1950s)

..And he wants to build a "strip theater". ...Seriously? They put THAT in the Mother Encyclopedia? No wonder we never got an English version! (Yes, the townspeople oppose this.)

Big Ben's Casey's Hospital has a very strange way of charging you. You always have to pay half of what you're carrying-So if you have a lot, it's expensive, but if you have nothing, it's free. And there happens to be a cold going around.

Now, back to the playthrough:The next thing to do is enter the school. (Though you could fill out a questionarre for a phone call for 50 free calls..)

Based on the Encyclopedia, it used to have great quality, but bullying and deliquency have started to become a problem. And Mr. Duncan happens to be an honorary member of the commitee. This will be tricky. (The Bell was actually sent from Mother's Day, and the name "Tinkle" came from the sound of the bell.)

So, what do we do? Well, watch out, one of the kids has a virus, and will give you a cold if talked to. (I'm not sure if it's possible for you to then spread that cold elsewhere. I'd say it's not..) The school has a nurse that heals HP for free. (ONLY HP!)

There's also a piano.. That we can't play. No, we aren't horrible at it like we are in Deltarune, the game literally will not let us play it.

But as for what we're supposed to do? Talk to people, and find out about Lloyd, who is quite the geek, and rumoured to have stolen explosives (WHAT?)

So we need to look for him. Stephen got sick, and went to the hospital.

--Video 6--

Ferret:"Cold cured from hospital in town. Doctor talked about The Best Deal?"

That costs half of your cash-on hand. So if you don't have much, then it is the best deal.

So checking through all the doors except for the roof won't get us to find him. So he must be ON the roof. The janitor's office finally opens, so we talk to the janitor.

The janitor complains about his wife, though doesn't like it if you call her terrible. If we do good, he'll take us to the roof.

His wife was the first Miss Middle of Nowhere. Does this have anything to do with the Nowhere Islands?

We find Lloyd in a trash can. Apparently there's a fan theory that Llyod becomes Dr. Andonuts. Llyod Andonuts? We'll analyze that hypothesis on its own merit once we meet Andonuts in Earthbound. And the rumors about the explosives.. were TRUE.

And our new goal? Get Bottle Rockets.. For Lloyd to LAUNCH. Oh goodness..

Well, we'll end Part 5 here. Part 6 is hopefully coming soon.