Mother 1 Analysis-Part 4.8

Okay, we're going to be starting with things we missed in previous parts. Turns out I missed so much, this will be a part of its own, Part 4.8.

Having not read the Encyclopedia for a long while, I decided I'd catch up to where we were at, reading it. (As a reminder, it can be found here:https://kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm)

First off, it's apparently known that Mother's Day has low prices. But a horrible (or perhaps non-existent?) government has been at work for two years, as plans for an amusement park and enticement of the railroad have been left "pigeonholed" for two years. (This is likely because of the current mayor doing basically nothing.)

And the management of the cemetery south is sloppy. Why this is important enough to be put into the Encyclopedia Mother is beyond me. (Is it supposed to explain why there's zombies? We find it in the section for "Mother's Day"

And it's clear that the events of Pippi going missing and the zoo animals going loose happened in rapid succession. Likely because they share a root cause. We're not sure what got Pippi trapped, though.. (Did psuedo-zombies lock her up?)

We're also told there's a telephone that's $1 per call. ..Or you can just use a telephone card. Why that was mentioned, I'm once again, not sure. And saving occurs in-universe as "record".

And according to the manual, healers do in fact cure. Stoneification, in fact, by the power of Ki. This was likely changed later on, for some unknown reason.

The zoo was built three years ago. Yes, that was actually stated in the Encyclopedia Mother. Could we build a timeline of Mother 1? Maybe it'll help a bit more when we analyze Mother 2 (aka Earthbound).

And we're supposed to know that Magicant is someone's dream right off the bat-It's stated right there in the Encyclopedia Mother. We're not supposed to know who the dreamer is. "This place is in someone’s dream, so where is the dreamer?"-Encyclopedia Mother, English Translation by Kenisu

The narrator of the Encyclopedia Mother speculates that the God's Tail might be the pink rock within Magicant. Though how it relates to "the ship that soars the heavens" and what the ship actually is would be left a mystery.

It also tells us that a specific line is important:"Come see me when you get strong". Seems like the person who said that is someone we'll need to return to later. And we're supposed to find the Friendship Ring here. ...Which is useless. (It's replaced by the Repel Ring in Earthbound Beginnings, the English port)

And in one of the wells in Magicant, the sound of the city can be heard. This means Magicant is above the city. Nobody knows why the wells are there, since water is drunk from Queen Mary's fountain.

And nobody crossed the gate to the castle before. Yet, the townspeople have used Telepathy to call upon the Helpful Old Man, and the Handbook mentions that we can read people's mind, so the riddles won't be a problem.

Why didn't the townspeople try this trick, if they can use Telepathy? I think I found a plot hole in Mother 1. Can you fill it in, Ferret?

"Upon seeing your face, the queen bears a smile that reminds you of something out of the past, and tells you a tale which will likely let you in on a secret of your journey."-Mother Encyclopedia

Queen Mary's story was supposed to tell us a secret of our journey? Is it that we're supposed to be collecting the melodies? The eight melodies are the song Queen Mary couldn't remember? And the naughty child, being our enemy? Who is Giygas? Was that the intention of this teaser?

Anyways, now we've finally caught up to where we were at the end of Part 4.5. Next time, we'll move on to strictly new things.