EarthBound Beginnings

Introduction

This guide is written with the English language prototype in mind.

Naming confusion

These are the names most commonly given as the names of the four main characters and the final boss, respectively:

• Ninten
• Ana
• Loid
• Teddy
• Giegue

Instead we prefer the following names:

• Ninten
• Anna
• Lloyd
• Teddy
• Giygas

The form "Ana" for a child born to English-speaking parents is rare, and the form "Loid" is even less common in English. We made these changes because the names would almost certainly have been localized this way. The Giegue/Giygas change is to make it clear that the alien menace in Mother and its sequel are the same. In Japanese, its name is Giigu, which might be rendered "Geeg". The EarthBound Zero prototype cartridge transliterates this as "Giegue" (still pronounced "Geeg"). When the sequel, EarthBound, was being prepared for its North American audience, it was tentatively named "The Geek", then when the game was released the name was finalized as the more alien-sounding "Giygas" (pronounced GUY-gas).

Giygas is the only direct connection between the plots of Mother and EarthBound, so we feel it's important to cement this link. If you're playing the EarthBound Zero prototype, everywhere we write "Giygas", think "Giegue".

Walkthrough

Merrysville

Lloyd is hiding in a garbage can on the roof of Merrysville Elementary.

Yucca Desert

Here you may have your first encounter with a nearly invincible enemy, R7037.