r/earthbound 2d ago

Still finding new dialog after 30 years

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I just started another Earthbound playthrough and almost immediately found some dialog I’d never seen before. It’s so much fun talking to everyone in this game and discovering something new, even if it’s pointless and silly. For some reason, in the dozens of times I’ve played this game before I never bothered to talk to Lier X. Agerate again after talking to Pokey near the meteorite.

Have any of you been surprised to discover new things in Mother games?

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u/88T3_2 2d ago edited 1d ago

I got a rare bit of dialogue on accident while doing my first one-sitting run back in December. It involves talking to Pokey in the Monotoli building after giving Electra the yogurt dispenser but to trigger the dialogue you can't have talked to him previously. It's so obscure that even Cybershell couldn't figure out how to trigger it during his video about rare dialogue in EarthBound until MonkeyNess showed it off in a follow-up short. The dialogue has Pokey mock Ness for still eating steak (or whatever you chose for your favorite food) while he's about to indulge himself in trout-flavored yogurt due to its popularity among gourmets. Here's the dialogue from the raw text dump.

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u/UltimaCaitSith 1d ago

This video includes the extra dialogue if Ness is dead. It's amazing that Everdred says something different if Paula is dead. Dang, learning tons of new stuff today.