March 17th, 2012 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise, Uncommon Knowledge | 47 Comments

A few weeks ago, segaboy/Corey posted on the forums about an EarthBound cart he bought that seemed odd: Hi all, I’ve recently got a Earthbound cart for my birthday back in November. I went to open the cartridge to clean it, like i do all my snes games but this cart just wont open, the screws seem to be extremely striped. Now i do use a security bit to open my games and this is the only one I...Read More »

March 3rd, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 73 Comments

Apparently sometime last year some enterprising Japanese MOTHER fans discovered a way to check out various scenes in MOTHER 3 with a cheat code. Using this code, it’s possible to see scenes that were unfinished or never used! I recorded video of a couple different ones, you can see it here: You can see this for yourself! Load up the ROM in VirtualBoyAdvance and use this cheat code: 0200B578...Read More »

February 28th, 2012 | Audio Stuff, EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 8 Comments

A few days ago Kotaku posted a video showcasing many of the musical samples and homages used in EarthBound. If you’re a regular visitor to EarthBound Central there isn’t anything really new in the video, but it’s definitely a lot more convenient than having to read a mountain of text. Stuff we’ve discovered since then isn’t mentioned, but I got the feeling it wasn...Read More »

February 20th, 2012 | Images, MOTHER 1, Uncommon Knowledge | 17 Comments

After my update yesterday about the EarthBound Zero Map Viewer, H.S quickly discovered that the path leading up to Mt. Itoi is different in MOTHER 1 and EarthBound Zero. The EarthBound Zero version was greatly simplified so the player couldn’t get lost. The MOTHER 1 version was made TO get lost – so essentially an entire challenging part of the game was taken out: MOTHER 1 Path: Earth...Read More »

February 16th, 2012 | Itoi, Uncommon Knowledge, Videos | 20 Comments

I just realized I never really made a post about Shigesato Itoi’s non-MOTHER games. As many fans know, he also did some bass fishing game stuff, but for some reason people think he only made one bass fishing game. He actually made two, one for the Super Famicom and one for the Nintendo 64. I won’t go into the super specific details or differences between them, for now let’s just ...Read More »

February 15th, 2012 | EarthBound, Uncommon Knowledge | 15 Comments

Up until a few years ago, and even after creating PK Hack and other stuff, I never knew or realized that the UFO enemies in EarthBound are unusual in the way they drop items. Unlike regular enemies, they don’t have just one item they sometimes drop – they drop a whole assortment of stuff! Here’s the deal: If a Cute Li’l UFO or Beautiful UFO is present in battle and no item ...Read More »

February 13th, 2012 | EarthBound, Interviews, Uncommon Knowledge | 6 Comments

Chewy’s translated an interesting interview with two of the main programmers for MOTHER 2/Earthbound, Satoru Iwata and Kouji Malta. It was printed in Famitsu back in 1994, and you can check it out here! Here’s a tidbit: — What specific parts gave you a hard time? Malta I’d say the delivery man. Iwata There’s a special system for a delivery man in the game. One comes to bring you...Read More »

January 28th, 2012 | EarthBound, Hacking, Uncommon Knowledge | 17 Comments

Whenever I play EarthBound, I always avoid getting Lucky Sandwiches since they’re pretty meh and I don’t like gambling with limited inventory space. But I’ve never really known how these Lucky Sandwiches actually work – all I knew was that they have random effects. A few years ago some skilled hackers dug into the ROM and found out a bunch of technical stuff, including how ...Read More »

January 22nd, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 1 Comment

When working on the MOTHER 3 fan translation, Jeffman and I realized that a number of unused menu systems exist in the game. We managed to make one accessible (hold L and R when entering the Status screen). But there are two others we know about that we never managed to get access to. Outside Debug Menu This text data for this menu is in a peculiar isolated block of text. Given what the text says,...Read More »

January 20th, 2012 | MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge | 11 Comments

A little while back I was browsing Reddit when I came across a site that delves into some connections, references, and similarities found in MOTHER 3. The site is called Flint’s Doorknob. Some of it might just be coincidence, but some of it definitely seems to be on the mark. Check it out if you’re a Twin Peaks fan, Evangelion fan, or just a fan of MOTHER series trivia! ...Read More »

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