An Earthbounded Paradox:
A look at Earthbound through the eyes of a someone who has seen the entire game but never played it

"This is going to be fun" - Myself

 

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Day 3: Am I really that Good??

Current Ness Level: 50
Current Position: Summers
Current Team: Paula + Jeff

So after FOREVER, I finally get back to the game and I remember that I am at Sunny Summers. So what do I do? I check every person at every home. Talked to the guy at front of the museum, referred to me by someone else, to check out the hieroglyphs but can't because I need to give the guy something valuable. Then checked the houses at the ports and finally got the clue to get into Club Stoic, and later on, the phone number. I mean, I know that I have to get high off the special pastry to get Poo but, seriously, Summers is this long track and two layers: the street and the beach. Half the time I forgot there was the port section of the place!

So I get the call from Tony to enter my name. I have two names so I decided to put my real name and, yes, I know what this will do. I will not get that surprise later on. Blah.

Now here comes the part that continues to bother me about this game: The photographer. If you play this game for long stretches of time, getting things done, this guy will continue to pester you! You will see why, particularly on this entry.

Then I talk to the guy in charge of the boat and I didn't know that the person who gives you the pastry is actually the wife of the guy. This guy needs to take care of the wife. So I make the call, head over to Club Stoic. Now these guys.. they are definitely intelligent; I actually wanted to be part of their conversations (because the scientific discussions caught my eye and I 85% understood what they said) but everyone else was just.. Lost. Even more so than the show (get it? LOST ? Har dee har har) So I find the woman, she leaves the place and I spend the next 15 minutes tracking her down. I looked at the street then checked the beach, then checked the street again to find that she was on the line between the beach and the street. That better be some good cakes.

Trippy... Vision of a guy they don't know yet and yet, when it comes to time, it seems like they ate the cake and Poo PSI Teleports beside them. Anyway..

I have finally gotten Poo in my team!  Well, I am in control of Poo until he joins the team.

I take control of Poo, talk to everybody then head up to the Mu Training. The girl appears and tells me that Master needs me! And I think, "Oh no, something must have happened!". I run off and check on Master and! ... he says the exact same thing he did before....

What. A. Ho.

I go back and she tells me again. Wateva, Ho. I need to works. So I ignore her and then HE HEAD OF MY ANCESTORS APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE (as a boss). Now, this is stuff that I was waiting for in this game. "Do you accept that I will break your legs?" [Yes, strangely] "Now, you can no longer walk". "Break your arms?" [Sure!] "Cut off your ears?" [Off with them!] "Remove your eyes?" [Don't need them!].

Now, here is the part that makes me wonder. "Destroy your mind?". I said, Yes. But isn't what makes a person a person their mind? What exactly did the ancestors, the ones that is suppose to PROTECT them, do to Poo? Did they actually destroy his mind? or did they traumatize Poo to experience what his mind would have felt like had it been destroyed and gotten stronger from that?

Obviously, since Poo is lv. 25 at this point, he is pretty strong in PSI attacks but when he is told of his destiny, he quickly accepts it, PSI teleports to Ness and tells Ness that he will follow all of his commands. This seems to be evidence that his mind HAS been destroyed, no longer being an individual but rather now a mindless drone, only following commands given to him, particularly Ness. I want to think that all that occurred to Poo at Mu was a test and training to give him such strength that he has and the only evidence I can say to that would be the fact that, unless he uses some high grade items, like the Bracer of Kings, he doesn't feel like the item is worth it and lowers his stats. This seems to show that there is Poo in there, particularly his pride and desire to have things only fit for a prince.

So he PSI teleports to Ness, pledges his allegience to him and joins his team. Woohoo, another character to level from low levels to current level. While I didn't enjoy the fact that we barely explored Dalaam and that I wasn't in control of Poo as long as I did with Jeff, I understand why they did it this way; they didn't want the player to do the same thing with Jeff and it also demonstrates how strong Poo is.

Anyway, so I go to the museum, gave the guy the Gem, and entered the room where we saw the Hieroglyphics. Hearing from basically EVERYBODY how they talk about Scaraba, I knew that I have to go there. So I went over to the thankful Sailor who gave me a ride on his Boat with warnings about the SCARRRRYYYY KRAAKENNNN! Psh, I don't think we will see him soon. Photographer!!! >[

We take the boat and enjoyed the nice little pitstop talking about a sailor who gets seasick and OH NO A KRAKEN! WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS!

Now, this is weird. I expected this epic battle and really, I just used PSI Freeze, Rockin, and Slime Generator and I took down the Kraken rather fast. Onwards to Scaraba.

Didn't expect the lag from a SNES but there it was. Talked to everybody but here was the problem: I forgot to take a rest at the hotel before going to the Sphinx ;_; You will understand my dilemma. And... PHOTOGRAPHER!!!!

Now I quickly cracked that code to enter the Sphinx and we entered! :D PHOTOGRAPHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

... MAN, THESE GUYS ARE HARD! ;___; Ok, they are not hard but they do take much out of you. I continued on, using just the normal Hit commands, sparcely using the PSI abilities. Then I get to the Sarcophogus. And it did nothing, Continued to the next room where I fought the General! Hurray, Mini-boss! After I took him down rather quickly, I noticed that everybody is starting to run on empty so I thought, "Let us just get to the next room and then, I will come out and get get health." Wow, was I wrong. I opened the lock to the Sarcophogus but as I tried to leave, EVERYBODY WANTED TO KILL US. They took me down, teammate by teammate. With the last guy, I used Poo's special food that recovers 500HP and 50PP. I was almost out but this one arachnid and intimidating mummy (i forget his name) was blocking my way, with my friends DEAD and no recovery items and 35 PP (No Healing Gamma yet), I decided to just PSI ROCKIN their face. WHAT?! I'M HOMESICK!?!? WHY NOW!!!

I die.

I reappear at Summers, get my friends and out of shear coincidence, I found the Earthbound Players guide! So I just check over to see what I have already done and.... Wow! I did many things out of order!

Apparently, I was suppose to beat the Mouse Boss for Magnet Hill WITH POO, and I was suppose to go to Dalaam to beat the Thunder Brothers to get the next melody Before going to Scaraba and getting the things from the Sphinx. So... I was strong enough to down everybody in the sewers and beat the Kraken without much help from Poo? .. What am I doing wrong! I feel like I am doing something wrong by doing things out of order (aka without Poo) but I guess I am just that good? I guess I blame WoW for teaching me the hell of Level Grinding.

So i decide to just finish up the whole Dalaam thing real quick. I go over, dungeon was easy, Poo leveled up fast. I head up to the brothers and.... I DON'T LIKE YOU, HOTELS AND SHOPS! Why can't you be near one RIGHT BEFORE you head up to a boss. Poo dies within the first couple of hits and I don't have anything to resurrect him so I can give him the experience. So I let them kill me so I can get the stuff, everybody maxed out and got back to the Brothers. I PSI Flashed them and took them down rather easily. Wooo, I got  the Pink Cloud Melody!

I decided to leave it there for the night. Tomorrow, I will take down the Mystery of the Sphinx with everybody maxed out. Won't have that happen again.

An Earthbounded Paradox:
A look at Earthbound through the eyes of a someone who has seen the entire game but never played it

"This is going to be fun" - Myself

 

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Day 2: I feel like I am going to crash in the end.

( Coming soon )

Oh, For Your Information,
I WILL NOT BE USING A PLAYERS GUIDE TO PLAY THIS GAME!
I will let the characters tell me what to do!

This may change just in case I am just pure "losted" or I need help with things
like getting the ultimate weapons or things like that
 

Then comes the file select screen. Three Files

1. Ness   Level: 87   Text Speed: Fast
2. Luke   Level: 23   Text Speed: Med
3. Ness   Level: 70   Text Speed: Fast

Now, this what kinda funny because after fixing up everything in order to have my life in order to actually PLAY THIS GAME, I actually had to wait for a call back from my brother. He has played this game multiple times so I didn't want to erase any of his files; called him several times but never picked up, but finally, a couple of hours later, he calls back and says, "Sure, you can delete that lv. 23 file; don't remember who played that one but they are not going to play again, now will they?"
 

An Earthbounded Paradox:
A look at Earthbound through the eyes of a someone who has seen the entire game but never played it

"This is going to be fun" - Myself 
 

When people consider the audience that even knows about Earthbound, it is generally divided between two camps: