Skipping Huge Parts of EarthBound

Beartiger? What an odd typo.

OR IS IT???

That’s some pretty crazy stuff!

Why don’t the ghosts get them in the tunnel back to Twoson? That part wasn’t at all clear to me.

I was wondering the exact same thing. Could it have something to do with the party’s vertical position?

So they’re probably waiting for teleporting to do the sanctuaries then…? Unless there’s another glitch to just get to Giygas!

It’s possible that the game doesn’t actually check to make sure you have all the melodies; If I recall, it’s impossible under ordinary circumstances to get to the eigth sanctuary without having done the previous seven, so if you do so, it may just assume that you have all eight melodies and send you straight to Magicant whether you have or not.

Much like how Ness wakes up in the graveyard with Paula in the party in the above video.

I smiled at Paula’s magical appearance

Darien, you can in fact get to the eighth sanctuary without doing, for example, Pink Cloud. (I always leave Pink Cloud for last actually.) When you get a sanctuary after skipping one, it’ll just blank out that part of the melody…so I do believe it does check for them all after you complete each one.

Yeah I did the sanctuaries out of order the first time I played, so nothing happened when I was in Fire Spring and I had to go all around the world searching for 3 more sanctuaries that I had missed somehow.

An easy way to skip past large portions of the game is by going through a wall in a certain part of the Stonehenge Base. I’ve only tried this once so I don’t remember exactly, but near the end of the maze there’s a wall that if you keep pushing down into, you’ll eventually walk through, and you can go right on to Giygas and stuff if you want.

rofl, the incredible disappearing Paula 😀

I thought this was going to showcase the stairway trick in the underground path — I was all set to say, “called it!” Ah well, maybe next time.

Floogal’s thread is over here if anyone would like to read it. Still doesn’t explain the exact mechanics of the glitch, tho.

The best part of the video is that it reminded me I haven’t play any Mother games since Mother 3 patch was completed.

Wait… when Ness goes in the left tunnel, he ends up in Threed. If he goes right, he ends up in Dusty Dunes Desert.

…but this is the Twoson map…

….OMG! THREED IS UNDERGROUND! :O

I have a feeling that more glitches will be found soon,hell I remember some that found back in the day.

Izumi/Poe: Ah, my mistake, then. Sorry!

I remember when we first started really exploring the walk through walls glitch a while back. I believe Curry said somethingabout getting to the upper part of Saturn Valley by spinning the controller, which I tried and recorded a video of (which is the other video Tomato links to above). If you don’t want to skip as much, there’s also a place in Peaceful Rest Valley that lets you talk with Paula before going into Happy Happy.

I don’t really understand the drive to seek out glitches in a game. Can’t we all just enjoy Earthbound as it was meant to be enjoyed?

Not anymore. Not when you’ve done 40+ playthroughs you look for spice.

You know, this poses a question. With the way they skipped in this they managed to get Paula into their party, but what if you went back and did the Happy Happy part of the game after this? I wonder how the game reacts.

my sister found this trick months ago, Ifeel so noob

Eye of the Kumatora? Well, almost.

NESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESSNESS Stop c….h…e..a….t..i…n..g! Ness Suffered 678 damage for cheating. Ness Collapsed and lost the battle! That’s What YOU Get for cheating!

I still think about ee of the Kumatora.

As a reply:

I imagine the ghosts take you back to Threed because you walk in the right side of the tunnel, and the teleport is likely set to return Ness to where he entered, thus resolving in him landing in Threed.

Alternately, It could be because if you attempt to go to the fourside tunnel (which he entered) the ghosts return you to Threed instead of Twoson.

just….just… how

So, going to Threed is only necessary to get Paula and Jeff? Couldn’t you, the first time, go straight to Dusty Dunes, skipping getting Paula and Jeff? Or would not having Paula glitch up the Fourside mall?