Mandelin points to one commented part of the non-final code in Japanese, with it roughly translating to: "A word from Mr. The newly discovered files also include developer notes that offer an explanation about the game's occasional "coffee break" and "tea break" dumps of text. One of the game's billboards, which players could read by walking up and pressing the "A" button, originally had a joke about "someone who makes games even after the age of 45," which Mandelin assumes refers to series creator and lead writer Shigesato Itoi, who turned 45 during Earthbound's development. It contained multiple references to the NES-only, Japan-only game Mother (eventually released in the West as Earthbound Beginnings), including a direct reference to the first game's ending during the sequel's final battle. While Earthbound's final version had more fourth-wall-breaking content than was common for Nintendo at the time, the pre-final version hinted at even more. yeah, I think I know why that one didn't make the cut. REALLY nice dreams, you know? Doesn’t that sound great? Apparently, they even make you have nice dreams. On the Carillion Beach is a lady named Jill who gives really interesting massages. As one non-player character (NPC) would have told players: Players would have originally faced off against a character who called himself "The Weakest Man in All of Twoson," then bragged that he would win because "you're just a kid, so this should be no sweat!" (Of course, players would win handily.)Įven weirder, the non-final script suggested that one of the game's hallucination sequences would have been inspired by something different: instead of a "Magic Cake" item, players would have to find and receive an oil massage on the beach. In great news, some of the deleted stuff includes delightfully silly content in line with the series' off-kilter sense of humor. (The disk doesn't contain art, sprites, or textures, but the script contents are dense enough for VGHF's ROM hackers to work with.) Still, the findings include breadcrumbs to help fans understand how this text-heavy game was made and released, along with enough code-related discoveries to allow ROM hackers to recreate some of the unfinished scenes mentioned in the disk's code and notes. Further Reading Mama’s boys: the epic story of the Mother 3 fan translation
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