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".
The characters
Ninten
Anna
Lloyd
Teddy
Walkthrough
Rescue Pippi
Save the zoo
Magicant
Merrysville
Lloyd is hiding in a garbage can on the roof of Merrysville Elementary.
Duncan Factory
Find Anna
A ghost house?
Yucca Desert
Here you may have your first encounter with a nearly invincible enemy, R7037.
Enter the dragon
If you are level 25, you can CHECK the dragon in Magicant to fight it. The dragon is very tough. If you want to do it the "right" way, then Anna needs to know SuprHealing (in case Ninten or Lloyd/Teddy falls). Use Defense Up β and PSI Shield β, and also OffenseUp on Ninten (and Teddy if you have him).
The easy way to defeat it is to buy the Super Bomb at Merrysville Elementary and have Lloyd use it. It will do a great deal of damage to Lloyd, but the dragon will be defeated immediately.
After you defeat the dragon, you will gain a musical note.