
The text string below is found in both versions. Japanese Mother equivalents of the doll and trapped person lines. Their AI in battle consists solely of regular attacks. She also has an absurd amount of PP points, when at that point in the game none of the enemies use PSI techniques. It is functionally complete in comparison, just not named.Īll of Pippi's stats are exceedingly low aside from her PP stat, placing her at a point in the game directly after Ninten would leave his home (perhaps she was intended to be encountered when Ninten would open the coffin she was trapped in). Stat-wise, the Pillow's stats are identical to the Lamp enemy fought at the beginning of the game, except for its HP, which is two points lower. The two enemies share name pointers with the used enemies Gang Zombie and Doll, due to appearing next to them in the game's code. Due to the way the game reads enemies when a battle starts, they do not have intact palettes (the palette settings are stored in the encounter group, not the enemy itself).

Two unused enemies remain in the final game: Pippi, and a possessed pillow, both with intact stats. which became EarthBound Beginnings for the Wii U Virtual Console overseas in 2015, based on an unpublished English localization that had been done in 1990, to critical acclaim. Because he wanted to make other people cry too.

John Lennon's cries of his painful mommy issues made Shigesato Itoi cry, and that compelled him to throw Americana, Pollyanna, and grinding into an equally-painful game. This game has hidden development-related text. Released in EU: June 15, 2015 (Virtual Console) Released in US: June 14, 2015 (Virtual Console) Also known as: Mother (JP), Earth Bound (US/EU in-game title), EarthBound Zero (unofficial title commonly used prior to Beginnings release)
