~Fun with Mother 3 - Shenanigans! SHENANIGANS!

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We're so close to the eeeennddd

In other news I've been watching the new Arrested Development episodes and enjoying them a lot! I'm only up to like episode seven though so do not spoil it for meeee

Anyway, our trip up the tower continues! Will we ever reach the top?

Previous Editions




Surely THIS will be the final floor!
Under Construction... plays here, another take on the Chimera Lab theme, which is in itself a take on the Osohe Castle theme. Ominous!



Thank you thank you tip your waiter



embroiders all the walls



Awww little capsule dogs



aww





AGH



AAAAAAAAAAGGH



WHY DO I EXIST





Right with the pointy part of the shoe, ouch



AWW YEAH
MY LUCKY STREAK CONTINUES UNABATED
ANOTHER 3% CHANCE ITEM DROPPED
SUCKAAASSSS



If you REALLY want to get completionist you can farm Love Walkers to get a ribbon for Boney too but eh I just got the one



SO CUTE





me and all my twin brothers work here









oh really









JUST KEEPIN YOU ON YOUR TOES



Let's see how you do buddy





Feel a little guilty about this





Business pushing people off the edges, sure









Lucas staring at him uncomprehendingly



the cheesecake building's next door







woops slipped











IS THIS HOW YOU DO IT







guy just siiiiiigh













I BET SOMEONE WILL COME HELP YOU BEFORE YOU FALL TO YOUR DEATH
probably



even angrier than before
I think the Rhinocerocket Mk II gets Even More Intense Guys, which is a variant off a theme I already like a ton, haha. Just with some blippy parts in the middle of it.





haha with a little heart
MY RAINBOW GLOVES ARE TOO AWESOME THOUGH









Everyone just >:(



wait what

I've mentioned before the few lines in this that kind of blew me away and made me doubletake, and this was definitely one of them. MOTHER 3 CONTINUES TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER YOU JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON it does these great surprises so well, I love it.

just one casual line and all of sudden you don't know WHAT to think about Pokey





What, don't want to swim with the hippos?





Okay THIS time this is the right floor for sure
Automated... is mostly a random sequence of beeps that will drive you crazy if you're looking for rare drops. Unfortunately this floor has a bunch of em.



Man can you imagine how overwhelming and bizarre this must look to all of them? They've never seen any kind of advanced technology before, I bet they could barely wrap their minds around the idea of a computer. AND THEN SUDDENLY



Hey, they finished the Almost Mecha-Lion!



don't look at my butt





awww DARN IT
The white pigmasks drop two items, one's a 15% chance for a King Burger, and the other's a 3% chance for an Awesome Cape. GUESS WHAT I ENDED UP GETTING LIKE TEN OF



hey how's it goin

You may remember Octobots from EarthBound!





ARRRRRRGH



oh man tripout city here i come





man i would eat the heck out of that



wuh



Haha I WILL BEAT YOU TO DEATH WITH THIS CHEWTOY





Yesss PK Ground is one of the last things Kumatora learns and will come in handy in the future.



Because BAM YOUR SHIELDS ARE USELESS, HA HA
it doesn't work great on everything though but for a few things coming up it'll definitely be useful



ARGH YOU STUPID ROBOTS
I HATE YOU





UGH NO MY MEMENTO WHYYYY





we'll never know duster's astrological sign





sounds good



oh dang that's my phone, gotta go







Drown yourself for the greater good!



Looks fun

This can go a ways to explaining the weird gibberish some of the people in town were saying before. Hey, don't these tubes look kinda familiar? I wonder if Andonuts was involved in the development of these too.







These other chickens tho, what posers







We saw before tho with people like Isaac that some people WANT to be pigmasks, so that means the army is made up of both volunteers and people brainwashed into service.





put out the ultimate chimera first





A Piglion!







I'm not buying it







No, not his catchphrase!





This guy just wants to see one really







haha CMON LUCAS HELP A DUDE OUT
PULL HIM OUTTA THERE









By this point in the game you've gotta have it memorized



No Lime Koolaid for me thanks









Whatever Pokey I'm just gonna stay down here with the tubies and play solitaire



Pig Pigmask
Pigception





Hey wait, are you the gum chewing guy??





DON'T DO IT
YOU'LL JUST BECOME NUGGETS



i'd recommend against it







Even the Save Frog!





DD:





I wonder if these are Flint's sheep.







Carpainter?!



Man don't eat in the tube what are you doing



DD:



DREAM OF MANY







Joking aside can you imagine how utterly disturbing this would be to all of them, just to be walking around all these glowing tubes filled with people and animals that can all talk and move and watch you, chanting about Pokey
Nightmares for life



ARGH YOU HORRIBLE ROBOTS





Ionia gave me her last memory AND I WASTE IT ON A DUMB ROBOT





FINALLY now I never have to deal with these pains in the butt again





A fancy yellow bandana just for you Duster honey
(just like the one Wes used to call him at the very beginning??)

I wonder why Horus of all things? Come to think of it, most of the other bandanas were bird themed (Kite, Sparrow, Swallow, Chick) and Horus usually has a falcon head, maybe that's where it comes from.









I cut all of this out so you can't really appreciate it but I seriously spent like an hour fighting these white pigmasks to try and get the awesome cape and THEY KEPT MOCKING ME BY REFUSING TO DROP IT
None of the items gave me as much trouble as this one.



Hey, Jeff had that! I used it all the time, haha



ARRRRRRRRRRGH
At this point I got frustrated and quit for a bit. Then of course, in the very first white pigmask battle I get into when I reload...



WHAT well I'll take it, haha



oooo bunch of protections







Lucas lookin pretty kingly here





Nothing like a Syreen bustier but who cares









Always so hard to decide between these







RARE ITEM DROPS CHECK

Man I just noticed that Duster's defense is like 40 points ahead of everyone else's, dang.



After a break and now that that's done, let's pick up where we left off.



I realized I never did get a shot of this from the front before SO HERE YOU GO
that smile











Some people wonder if the failed space program is related to the white ship, but who knows?



aaaaagh









Dumb robots



And still nothing in the memo! I guess by this point in the game they'd dropped the mechanic and didn't bother writing any more.



Lookin classy





CAN THIS BE IT? CAN THIS BE IT??



darn it





Oh hey, that's right!













My mental A button hammer is the best.





I DON'T GET IT





The audience is just painted on the wall







DARN IT POKEY WHERE ARE YOU
Mini-Pokey's Entrance!



after slowly walking around
Try Kind of Hard! for the minigames, just cheery and silly.





My turn! TIME TO HAMMER EVERYONE



Or talk to my teammates instead

Duster confused by this whole idea



WIN, WIN FOR YOUR LIFE



psshhh

Incidentally none of these cue cards were translated originally.



DOIN GOOD



And... stop! for the game end fanfare





I worked really hard







a fresh outlook eh





HOW'S THAT













CAN'T HANDLE MY INTENSITY, EH
better do as it says



woops





Okay this time for sure



DARN IT



man









As Lucas rolls his eyes

It took me a while to figure this out when I was first playing, haha. I did it straight and won and failed, then screwed up on purpose and failed, and I was like WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
Then read up on it and i was like oh





I'll get you



MORE STAIRS





Suddenly want to play Prof. Layton for some reason.















NOT FOLLOWING







Oops!



I VOTE WE PUNCH EVERYONE TO DEATH



Duster getting reeeeealll





As Lucas falls on his face







How's it goin over there



Shall I join you









I was admiring the cardboard crocodiles





ZOOOOM













BUT WE'D HAVE SUCH GREAT PARTIES



take your sweet time buddy









ANOTHER ONE??





Too late







Up we gooo









Oh man rapidtapping
I am pro at rapidtapping



thank god
I like how there's a tiny scale model of New Pork City in here for no reason.





ICE BURNNNN

This might be the meanest thing Duster's ever said so far, haha



indulge my fist in a second







Lucas rolls his eyes









eeehhhh





Hahaha



Want me to take it seriously eh











CAN'T I DO BOTH









Lucas with giant muscley biceps
"Mom" tattoo on one





Alright alright













And we even rolled out the red carpet!





And the nice couch!





I guess they all just slept on top of each other



SURELY POKEY WILL FINALLY BE BEHIND THIS DOORWAY

LET'S FIND OUT

I also posted this at dreamwidth with reluctant ambivalence. Comment here or there, don't matter to me!