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August 8th, 2009 | Hacking, MOTHER 3
There’s a bug in MOTHER 3 (in the Japanese version and translated version) where Dr. Andonuts’ trash can displays completely wrong text. I chalked it up to a bug that I had seen before while working on the translation, but after working on this I realized that assumption was wrong.
Anyway, since Jeffman has more experience with that aspect of the hacking, he gave it a look-see and managed to find the bug and fix it. Here’s a before and after:
It’s not a major line or anything, but it’s nice to see a bug like that fixed. Strange that the Japanese testers never noticed it, it was a one-byte fix. Sadly, this fix isn’t in the 1.1 version of the translation patch, but if a new version of the patch should ever come out, this fix will be included.
Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, I posted the MOTHER 3 script online, and it includes many unused lines and such. People are especially interested by this block of text lately it seems. Keep looking around and see what you can find.
Who knows, maybe some year when the ROM’s layout is better understood, we’ll find unused event data and actually see all this unused text in action 
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15 Comments to MOTHER 3 Missing Line Fixed
 | Hey said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Holy crap! That’s one important piece of unused text!
Goddammit, man. That’s not cool. I was expecting you to make a post if you saw such a huge important bit of unused text. Am I supposed to search all around the script to discover it myself?
 | Mato said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Uh, if you read the post that I linked to, you’ll see that I posted the script BECAUSE I need people to go through it. You can see people’s findings in the comments there. I’m not your butler 
 | Spitball Sparky said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Mother 3 English Patch v.1.1 ~ Doughnut Crumbs Edition
The first time I saw that line (the incorrectly placed one) I wasn’t even sure if it was wrong at all…I mean, it is providing factual information. Murasaki Hot Spring IS to the left of that location.
 | santiagoff said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
@Hey: Why are you being so harsh?!
And he did make a post about it before! >:0
BTW Mato, do you know which block contains the script for the final battle? I mean, part of it must be in block 0, but the text that was actually in the dungeon must be in another. Thing is, I can’t find that one block. Do you know by chance which is it?
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| Mato said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Battle text is in its own separate thing, it’s not part of the main script. I’ll post all the non-script text at some point, it was hard enough finding time to work on getting the main text up.
 | Poe said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Mato! The doorbell is ringing! Go answer it, for your father’s sake!! And no more snarky remarks when you leave the room or you’re fired.
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| Ice Sage said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
That block you indicated certainly throws a lot more emphasis on the title of MOTHER, doesn’t it? Very interesting.
As I’ve said before, I love stuff like this, so I’m definitely going to trawl through as much of the script as I can.
 | Someone Else said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
That text seems appropriate for right after Leder’s speech…I wonder what the reason for leaving it out was?
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| Jungyin said on Aug. 8, 2009 |
Maybe you can put the script in the Cool Stuff section to make it easier for new people to find. Or did you decide to wait because it’s still a beta?
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| Gummidge said on Oct. 25, 2009 |
That is a VERY major line! My life is now complete with the knowledge that Dr. Andonuts got his donut.
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| pkstarstorm1up said on Nov. 11, 2009 |
So that’s what it was about. I was wondering why his name was Andonuts it’s because he likes donuts! cool find.
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| darkzzii said on Nov. 29, 2009 |
•……………
•Family, huh…
•I wonder what ol’ Ionia’s up to…
this one i found most interasting
 | mr.yoshiboy64 said on Jan. 30, 2010 |
Lol some times bugs are funny… some times they are horibly bad
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| Staarf said on Feb. 13, 2010 |
I always thought that was a joke, like how he said, “No problem here.” over and over again.
I guess I was wrong. 
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Somehow, I find the bugged text to be more funny, probably just because it isn’t right at all…