Pumpkin Plays EarthBound

Ugh I am really going to try to actually finish a Let's Play this time! The Chrono Trigger one I did was a lot of fun and I loved that game, so now I am going to try another classic RPG

EARTHBOUND!

I've heard such good things about this game but have never had the good fortune of playing it. Well, I have played a bit over the weekend and I would like to share my fun adventure times with all of you and also please help me with this game thank you

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So I like how I can change the window colour and I of course go with pink because why wouldn't I? I give everyone their default names except for Poo because I refuse to name someone Poo, so I named him Poom or something like that. My favourite foods could not fit in the text box, so I went with nachos, and my favourite thing was Teddy!

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So I am on what appears to be the outskirts of this small town, when our protagonist is woken up by screen shaking.

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This is my sister and the bat she apparently keeps in a present in her room. I promptly take it. I think it will match my stylish PJ's pretty well. I like how everything happens in the same box. Talk, check, use magic, etc. Taken some getting used to but I am fine with it.

So I go downstairs to talk to my mom

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And apparently I want to go check out what's going on. Being a mom though, she can't let me leave the house in PJ's and sends me to get changed.

Digging my stylish new clothes, I head out to see what the commotion is about.

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Meteorites, amiright? Not serious at all

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:|

So I continue on my journey and meet some odd macho dude on the hill

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I

yeah

I head to the meteorite and find the road blocked and the neighbour boy, Pokey, being a nuisance. He tells me I'm being a nuisance though and shoos me back home

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Why he needs to speak of himself in this manner, I don't know

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Geez this is a long night

The house is awoken by the sound of loud knocking at the door

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Thanks mom. You made me get out of bed to answer it when you're 3 feet away. Good parenting

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So Picky, Pokey's brother, is stranded on the mountain with the meteorite and Pokey's parents will flip when they get home if Picky is missing. Apparently I have to go find him. I'm the hero the people need

Mom is 100% fine with all of this and my dad just gives me money when I call him

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Oh how parenting has changed

So I climb up the mountain and my dog abandons me

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Thanks for nothing :stare:

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Picky was fine, just taking a nap or whatever. All's well that ends well! Except this thing:

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And then a bee comes out and tells me about an evil being called Gygas.

Typical stuff, you know

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Nice to meet you too

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So uh, this is getting pretty heavy. How old is Ness, like 10? Poor kid

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This is not sending out any red flags or anything :erm:

Well my trek back down the same mountain is not uneventful

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This leads to a BOSS FIGHT!!!!!!!

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Thankfully Buzz Buzz is on top of his game and does massive damage and protects me with a shield.

Glad he will be with me forever and never leave me

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Yes because everything that has happened so far has been relaxing

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OH MY GOSH THIS WOMAN IS TERRIFYING

So Pokey and Picky get in trouble

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Nah, that's no pro-

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:stare:

Well that escalated quickly

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OH MY GOSH ARE YOU KIDDING ME

Alien monster thing: No prob

Housewife and fly swatter: Death is imminent!

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Don't worry, he's going to explain relevant info to me before he dies

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This all makes about as much sense as everything else that's happened tonight, I guess

So the eventful and odd night passes and nothing odd will ever happen again

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Except this random dude takes my picture for some reason?

Well, I did a few other things but didn't get screens of it. I am in Onnett and went to see creeper dude who showed me a sparkly gold statue and I also touched a magical butterfly. I am around level 4.

So how scarce is the money in this? Should I be buying a lot or should I conserve my resources? Any tips on how to proceed here and where I need to go to continue on? You know, so I can avoid it in typical JRPG fashion

I actually don't remember how easy it is to get money in this game. The only thing about money I remember is your dad giving you an allowance over the phone somehow.

Also, the plot makes perfect, logical sense. Get out there and sanctify the 8 points to defeat Gygas!

This is one of my all time favorite games! It's a little grind heavy but still love it. Also who wouldn't want to be named Poo!

Small update because I have been a busy bee

So I got the map of Onett and it looks like this:

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It's quite a big town actually and there was a lot to explore. Luckily my dad kept giving me copious amounts of money so I was able to buy all new equipment from what was available!

My sister, who looks 6, apparently got a job with a moving/storage company, I think?

I also can keep the map for now, until-

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Oops.

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O...okay :erm:

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So I go talk to them and they are creepy looking and tell me a place is closed because of Frank. Actually many people are complaining about Frank

So I do, as I am wondering around, get regularly attacked by goons. It's pretty tough at first but luckily my house isn't far so I can rest up for free without having to pay for a hotel stay. It just takes an extra minute to walk. So I get up to level 6 and go find Frank who has taken up residence behind the arcade and also apparently hires some weird kids to do his dirty work

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Not the easiest fight, but I succeed!

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Apparently he can!

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But now I apparently have to fight the sketchy robot that was behind the bushes. This fight was actually considerably easier

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There there

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So it's a magical place but there's a monster. Oh good

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Looks like I have to go see the mayor for the key!

I hope you're really enjoying it. I played it for the first time last year and it's now one of my favorite games ever. I recall the beginning being pretty hard. How was it for you? I see Franky gave you some trouble.

I am enjoying it but it's still very early so it's hard to say too much about it yet. It hasn't been super difficult yet because I can rest for free like I said. So I can do a fight or two and go rest and it costs nothing but a few extra seconds. I imagine it will get harder when that's not an easy option anymore and I have to start paying for items and hotels

So I am off to see the Mayor and collecting my billions of dollars of reward money for stopping a criminal that the police couldn't stop

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:smug:

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Or billions of dollars

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I guess

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Mayor is kind of a skeez, it seems

So I head through the shed and in to a cave with this sketchy looking mouse

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It's a bit tough at first but with going home to rest and returning, I do pretty well. Get my first offensive spell

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Eventually I meet that totally not sketchy thing

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Oh :(

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The spell does good damage but he puts up a shield and drains all of my PP :ohnoes: I lose the fight and then have to traverse all the way back through the cave.

This time I beat him! It still wasn't an easy fight, but it was a successful fight. I am now level 11 and enemies run scared from me!!!

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I find this weird giant foot print and music and lights start in. I'm told it's recorded on my stone.

So uhh... is that it then?

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Random

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Back down the mountain where the enemies part like the sea at my presence

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:shifty:

Because this game is weird, it actually asks me. I say yes

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Darn :(

Before that though, I go get a good nights rest at home

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Strange voice?

...

Strange voice

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Kind of flattering yourself there, aren't you?

So next time we may find this Paula friend and maybe not end up in jail!

So I head over to jail, as I was instructed to do

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:(

I got yelled at :(

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They won't get more specific than that

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And now, for some reason, 5 grown police men are going to beat up on a little boy

Once I defeat four of his men, he takes me on himself

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It was one of the easier boss fights I've had

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So he opens the roadblocks for me because that's how life works

On my way to the next town (I have discovered they've named these towns in order. Onett/Twoson), I found this mouse house

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I bought a mouse. I am low on space in my inventory and I don't want to put too much in storage in case I need it

I arrive in the new town after getting mushroomed a bunch. Turns out hospital dude will pay me to heal me. Yay!

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Unfortunate

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THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLY CONCERNING

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Sounds like a problem this ten year old will have to deal with at some point

I find the sketchiest market ever

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Sounds like a clue!

So I find the guy

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I almost lost but I pulled it back and it was easier from there

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Well this is some intense stuff going on now

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Oh it just got worse okay

Also, chubby boy? Hmm

Let's see what happens next time!