Can You Beat Earthbound's Low Level Challenge?

[@ssj2_snake]

As someone who struggled with Frank and the robot as a kid, I honestly thought you would have to pull some serious shenanigans to beat them at low level. To my surprise, I'm actually just a huge bitch

[@realswordy210]

no the whole game is a bitch. Everything that happens in that game isn't your fault

[@mrmusickhimself]

Same here, I was unwittingly doing the Low Level Challenge when I was 11 because it was my first RPG and I didn't understand the concept of grinding -- I ran all the time. I only managed to beat Frank after loading myself up with burgers, hell, I'd argue I had an easier time with Titanic Ant than Frank.

[@realswordy210]

@@mrmusickhimself Yeah what's stupid is that you have to grind in Earthbound to literally get anywhere.

[@qwopiretyu]

​@@realswordy210 it's how JRPGs were made at the time. Not forgiving bad design it's just a failing of the era. Still some of the slappinest stories come out of the era

[@realswordy210]

@@qwopiretyu Bruh Earthbound literally has zero fucking story. Hell, Mother1 had more story than it honestly.

[@mothchan3411]

It's not everyday you get to watch a video entirely about children getting assaulted. 10/10

[@gstvntt]

What u mean? That's the entire roblox business model

[@StarwayBunny]

​@@gstvntt Damn. 💀

[@jackso10iscool]

depends on the website 💀

[@jaxonrobertson2274]

​@@jackso10iscoolnah what💀

[@nicholashazel7049]

Classy lol

[@andrewhanna6613]

I love the HUD with the bosses to the side. Great vid dude!

[@ZorotheGallade]

"We're going to defeat you with the power of friendship and this gun Jeff found"

[@Tony78432]

😂😂😂

[@Cheeyze]

This gun jeff **made

[@arch_caff]

Some fun trivia: Although Poo doesn't join the party until after he is level 18, he actually starts out at level 15, likely because the devs didn't want to make players wait an eternity for the numerous level up screens that would've appeared.

[@velvetbutterfly]

I always thought it was because he was already training and we only witnessed the final trial

[@arch_caff]

@@velvetbutterfly It's both, since my point only refers to a gameplay perspective and your point would make the most sense in a story context. It also makes sense to make Poo start at level 15 because when Jeff is introduced, you can level him up before he joins the main party, which you can't do with Poo since there are no enemies.

[@irradiatedpacific]

i can't lie seeing the crow steal your one and only psi caramel right after the downright grueling monotoli building section is like. the single most hilariously catastrophic thing i could imagine happening to you. imagine bumping into a crow and it steals your liver by accident

[@shwqa]

The funny thing is he didn't even fully exploit Jeff. Bottle rocket damage is based on speed. There is an accuracy called rabbit foots that increase speed by +40.

[@TeemoQuinton]

An accuracy?

[@comiconnor6561]

I think they mean accessory​@@TeemoQuinton

[@Ravnesss]

I wish other games stole the rolling hp mechanic. I like the rush to menu quickly when someone's health is ticking down.

[@TeemoQuinton]

Rolling health and the FFX sphere grid. Gimmicks that need to be stolen

[@naki051]

Me violently SWEATING while switching over to healing as someone immediately got hit by a crit hit

[@17dragonmaster17]

Try out block tales, it uses rolling hp

[@InsomniacLmao]

@@17dragonmaster17 I mean yeah block tales is a pretty fun alternative to earthbound

[@TheRiddler6129]

Even in a low level challenge, Poo is STILL underleveled.

[@naki051]

I mean, what changed amirite

[@SirMalorak]

I know many people are here for the ARPG content, but your Challenge Videos are really fun! I love JRPGs. Thanks Seer, this brightened my evenin!

[@seer6251]

Thank you, that really does mean a lot to me! I love jrpgs a lot as well, they really help keep my mind off things, and I like going back and trying weird things out a lot, so I hope I can do another one of these soon!

[@Soadaa5656]

​@@seer6251I also really enjoy your commentary and jokes. I would watch you olay through anything. Of course the issue is if you're worried about the analytics and if non ARPG videos do well or not. If youtube is your main revenue stream, or would be cool if it became your main, its rather difficult to know whats correct (I certainly don't know). I just see many many youtubers fulfill a niche but eventually try to go outside of that niche and its rather difficult.

[@herbertisballin]

i was really surprised when i saw how little views this video was, it clearly took a LOT of effort and your commentary was really entertaining. great video

[@numbug1234]

The alien guy in the shopping dungeon won't kidnap Paula if she's dead or if she's the only party member that isn't dead. In other words, a tactical death and healing afterwards would allow you to hold onto her for the next few battles, thereby spreading the exp out further.

[@J.DanielsThe3rd]

Man you clearly never played the game the story can't progress unless Paula is kidnapped

[@ScootsLounge]

You can somewhat mitigate the cash problem in HappyHappy village before getting rid of Carpainter. You can buy eggs for free, wait for them to hatch into chickens, and sell the chickens for a decent amount of cash. I understand why you wouldn't want to do that anyway, it is a challenge run and that would probably take days of grinding to have enough cash to keep yourself kitted out for the whole game, but it is an option if you wanna grind that out.

[@Trollololololful]

You can do this anytime in the game. You can buy eggs in burglin park for $12, and sell them for $110 once they hatch. Yes the profit won't be as much, but you can just fill as much of your inventory as desired and play the game normally and sell when they hatch.

[@pianoman7753]

​@@Trollololololfulso Ive got the wii u virtual console version, and only the first 12 eggs I bought, EVER hatched. Ever. I held another dozen on a character until summers, and not one turned into a chick ever again, after I sold the first batch.

[@J.DanielsThe3rd]

​@@pianoman7753 I think it's something weird where the timer resets when you get into battles or certain kinds of text prompts like the delivery man etc

[@pikafan100]

Ngl but, I wish there more earthbound challenge videos out there. This video is a great example of how good these challenges could be.

[@fluffy9071]

Was obsessed with Megami Tensei Mandatory Battle Only runs as a kid. Also love Mother 2 to bits. Fantastic video!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

I'm surprised that the characters are such high levels from only doing mandatory battles. I would have guessed they would be in the 20s.

[@kkeithf]

Hilarious as always, thanks man, appreciate the longer video

[@seer6251]

Thank you for watching! I'm glad I'm tolerable in longer doses 😎

[@GDCytosine]

I'm not sure if this would break your rule of playing the game how the developers intended (I'm pretty sure it is intended), but couldn't you skip Mondo Mole, go straight to Threed, and have Jeff fight the Mondo Mole with Ness and Paula before fighting the Boogey Tent, making the fight ever so slightly easier with a bottle rocket, getting Jeff a little stronger earlier, and being able to spread the exp thinner, lowering your final levels overall?

[@anthonystrycharz9158]

You cant fight Mondo Mole with Jeff before the Boogey Tent. Once you're in Threed you cannot leave until you defeat Belch. You could save Mondo Mole for later; even waiting until Poo joins the party. The problem is I don't know if it would be possible to beat the Boogey Tent with no level gains from Mondo Mole.

[@MateDrinker33]

I’ve personally beat Boogie tent without beating Mondo Mole first. In some of my earlier runs of this game, I had so many skill issues beating Mondo Mole that I postponed beating him until after Jeff entered my party, lmfao! :D

[@elios7623]

loving the variety content

[@seer6251]

I'm glad! I hope to be able to continue doing a bit from column A and B, I have a lot more fun doing that sort of thing.

[@Acey785]

Other than forgetting about Everdred in Twoson, i think you nailed it! Good stuff!

[@PhantomOfficial07]

everdred is actually optional and he has to skip all optional enemies

[@alantremonti1381]

How did youtube never alert me to this?! This is great! Earthbound is such an underrated classic, even to this day. For once, I greatly dislike your tight editing, because I wanted this run to go on longer. Kudos!

[@synthetic_creature]

for the thing at 12:26, i think the "dazzling light" is a low level flash psi, and a "terrible heaven rending sound" is a high level flash psi, which can and absolutely will instantly murder party members if you get unlucky

[@GuyDudeman97]

Hot damn good job dude! Surprised ya made it through the gauntlet that was titanic ant. That dude can ko some folks even with exp under that belt and you did it with none

[@jaredgray4987]

I love the combination/contrast of the commentary + the super high quality editing/UI, absolutely beautiful

[@Flamsterette]

I love this video! Thanks for the gifted membership! You've gained a new subscriber - ME! haha.

[@Ivantill렌즈콩]

"They're made for little bitches" Earthbound Begginings:

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

True

[@velvetbutterfly]

He was talking about new games, not old ones

[@HOURHAK]

earthbound begginings is the ultimate antibitch tool

[@thunderousavenger2382]

17:27 a true CaseOh moment

[@alxcus2962]

fun fact: frank's actually underage. yeah. He just _looks_ like a chain smoking mobster in his forties.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Truly the teddy of earthbound then. source?

[@alxcus2962]

@@AnAverageGoblin IIRC, after you beat the final boss, you can talk to Frank again, and he mentions going out for drinks... Before specifying that said drinks would be mineral water, as he (meaning Frank) is underage.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@alxcus2962sounds more like localization censoring dialogue with a joke or Frank just likes mineral water. but thats getting into "is the original or localized version canon" territory so i'll just agree that he's a teenager that smokes too much.

[@alxcus2962]

@@AnAverageGoblin hm. I wonder if it says that in the Japanese version...

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@alxcus2962Yea. maybe that one tomato guy that made a book about Earthbound's localization knows.

[@Slimeypattyburgur]

Im gonna be deadass here you are by far one of the most entertaining youtubers i have ever watched your voice is good your humor is really funny and the editing is AWESOME truly inspiring

[@Virginity64]

The editing in this video is brilliant, the hud kinda reminds of certain RPG TAS explanations

[@jackatk]

0:18 That’s not arrogance; it’s pride. It’s annoying because some people think that they’re _enlightened_ because they know the Japanese name lol

[@cassianosntg]

Wow dude, great video! Great challenge and really fun to watch you raging your way through it.

[@seer6251]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed. I wanted this to be a proof of concept for more videos like this, and I hope the next time I do a challenge run I can iron things out further!

[@Roanin50]

Great video loved the layout hope to see more like this in the future

[@seer6251]

Really glad you liked it! I want to do more with individual games like this, so definitely more to come!

[@Roanin50]

@@seer6251 Nice! seems like a good format for it youve always been on point with your editing

[@timmyp6297]

Mondo Mole cast Paralysis and you can beat him at level 1. He runs out of magic and "cant do anything."

[@PlanetJohnny]

Ness has to be level 14 to learn Paralysis Alpha. Mondo Mole also has over 160 PP, so even if you could, you're gonna be there a while.

[@timmyp6297]

@@PlanetJohnny Sorry I meant 1st level he gets the spell. Paula could be level 1... prolly not by, but if you dodged everything... she would survive the fight because usually 1 cast of paralysis and he is out. He might be able to heal but cant hit you.

[@T-Dawg75]

Now this is impressive. Very well edited video too

[@eggrollwilly1935]

Super well made deserves way more views

[@jrizzelli]

Here's a little thanks for all the feet pics....and I guess for the d2 streams as well.

[@seer6251]

WOW, I'll express deliver some more feet pics for that, thank you so much!

[@tyler_liwan5]

“He’s bs, he’s bs he’s f**king bs.” That line had me laughing! Love your content. Keep it up.

[@captntunabeerd]

Top content as always !

[@kokobieldraws7842]

Overlevelled the hell out of my game last playthrough and nearly lost at Giygas just because Paula's pray ability made Ness target the party with PK Rockin omega.

[@opnuul]

bruh the STRETCH to wide is KILLING ME this game plays natively in 4:3 😭 ese this is some HAMBURGER STYLE shit right here bro you have the SPRITES AT THE CORRECT ASPECT RATIO ON THE SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

[@isuckatgaming1873]

You could make infinite money in twoson with eggs, if you want to buy rockets more easily

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

Where you hatch them and sell the chickens for 110 dollars?

[@isuckatgaming1873]

@@Chud_Bud_Supreme yeah I watched a guy do that for 3 hours straight lol Wasn't even a challenge run the guy was just insane I was very confused

[@RyanReta97]

I've been on an earthbound challenge kick and so far no one has resisted making a 'PP' joke

[@BrockyB91]

Sir, you may be the most underrated Reviewer on KZbin. You're videos are quality and hilarious. The fact you only have 33.9k Subs is a travesty.

[@jaykelley103]

Just leave the last bit out, it comes across as a backhanded compliment

[@RachelRichards]

You clearly put so much work into this playthrough and video. Thank you. Your sense of humor reminds me of the earlier days of the internet, when people were funnier.

[@robbylava]

I subbed for Diablo 2, but this was a very pleasant surprise. Would be very interested in more like it at some point!

[@DijaVlogsGames]

Never heard of this channel before, but I‘m really enjoying the editing and commentary.

[@rottingbasket3379]

This writing goes hard, 'hanks Seer!

[@D4Skewer]

My very first playthrough of this game, I had no idea how to play RPG's: I didn't know that leveling up was a necessity and thus struggled very VERY hard on my first playthrough. I lost to Titanic Ant more than 30 times and only managed to beat him by sheer luck. My first playthrough was effectively a low level, near pacifist run as I avoided most battles by abusing the enemy spawn system to get them to disappear by entering doors and leaving until there were no enemies on screen. It was safe to say that every victory was just sheer luck and item abuse because I was just simply too afraid to fight enemies. Fast forward to recent, I can speed run this game and finish it in one sitting because I now have knowledge on how to properly abuse its leveling system. Get to high enough a level in Onett by painstakingly grinding the Sharks until Franky is just easy mode. Every enemy you fight afterwards is not a challenge as the XP you get is enough to keep feeding you levels; and then you just grind Foppy's when possible until you over-level again, which the game provides you with two different instances. Level80 is just a breeze, all because you grinded sharks at Onett, and then Foppys when possible, and then the biggest offender of why over-leveling happens: searching for the Sword of Kings. :(

[@sweetypuss]

lmfao you played earthbound like it was a modern paper mario game

[@heckincat1406]

Just found the channel! Great job covering one of my favourite games ever👍

[@grandmasta0079]

Here is a challenge, beat paper mario without the lucky star (the item that enables action commands) You can skip it by using an OoB trick to get bast the disguised koopa bros in Toad town. I know you can at least beat the first chapter, I have not tested further yet. Using Kooper at all in battle softlocks the game.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

You could’ve avoided money troubles by having 12 dollars of disposable income. The strat goes like this: Step 1: Buy a fresh egg in Burglin Market for twelve big ones Step 2: Walk around with the egg until it hatches into a chick and the grows into a chicken Step 3: Sell the chicken for 110 bucks Step 4: Buy more eggs with the 110 bucks Step 5: Rinse and repeat until money is no longer an issue

[@0siris-Abraxas]

Lmfao. "On the way out, Ness said 'Fuck the Police'" had me dying.

[@FatalKitsune]

This is the video I never knew I wanted.

[@chelvy2880]

earthbound was such a good game

[@velvetbutterfly]

Honestly I wanted to just skip to the nightmare section to see what that level up looks like but your writing made me laugh enough in the intro I decided to watch the full thing

[@tophmidnaYT]

26:43 This video has one of my favorite endings of any piece of media I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing

[@Someguyonline24]

“And Jeff’s bomb spell” ah yes, psi EXPLOSION

[@RyneMcKinney]

"But you can go and get a free burger from a fucking trash can" killed me

[@TwoEyesOpen]

in case you ever felt like putting yourself through this torture again, i wonder if the run would be easier if you held off from fighting trillionage sprout. you can go back to him later (i had to go back to him when i played because i was a stupid kid who had the attention span of a gnat)

[@nibyafternight1983]

I remember watching yhis video and forgetting about it then I played Super Mario RPG and saw your video on it and now I love your channel

[@Luna2942GM]

The mondo mole fight is opptional, i skipped it when i played earthbound normally but came back to beat it much later ingame

[@Skyesbeautifuldream]

He did mention that you can fight The Boogey Tent could be fought before the Mondo Mole, but he chose not to.

[@NatalieExists]

it isn't optional, you can skip the point where you're supposed to do it but you will still have to fight him eventually

[@kirbyfreakyt4695]

I'd love to do this challenge. _*Save state 1_ Time to get infinite melee crits! Also, I have to mention it for the record: I see you have good taste in video game music. I'd say that about a lot of video games lol, but I had to mention this one specifically for obvious reasons. 13:07 First off, this is technically Rockin Beta. Same damage, I believe it's the same damage type, etc Second off, oh man, I loved Pray with Savestates Pray with Savestates was OP 13:25 I can't wait for you to equip him with Speed increasing items 18:45 I still absolutely respect Paula But all four of them are nukes. Ness becomes an unstoppable killing machine who can use Rockin Beta AS his regular attack, quite literally living any hit except Flash Paula wrecks with her damage output and Savestate Pray is the path to infinity Jeff is Batman Starstorm No seriously tho Jeff is just Batman. He's on a team of people with superpowers but mans is just out here with bombs and machinery and he's surpassing them Also let us not forget his normal attack is a Super Bomb, you just have to go to Item 25:00 Ironic how you could have lowered the average level by letting Ness die a few times. Yes, the other party members would get the EXP... But you could average out your levels a bit more.

[@coryfusting9294]

Stumbled on this video because I love EB, stayed for the Diablo 2 nostalgia and Blizzard dunking. Good shit.

[@seer6251]

Haha, thank you!

[@Studycase3000]

Great vid as always I loved🤗the wrap up - Everyone dies which ya know? is just Fun! A large Fuck this, lots of smiles and tears 🤩😂

[@redshell9205]

Why did you have to make the footage wider instead of keeping it normal? It really doesn’t need it…

[@redshell9205]

Great video anyway

[@Levitrips]

Finding a cool underground channel is the most satisfying feeling

[@Stupaipai]

3:23 No idea why that made me laugh... Subbed.

[@betsyrocketram]

the edditing here made me so happy

[@TyckinTymeBom]

Now do it while the game is pirated

[@SANS_THE_SKELETON666]

Imma try that

[@SANS_THE_SKELETON666]

Update: Please, it is possible but, it required heavy RNG manipulation that a human could most likely not do.

[@buhbo3250]

​@@SANS_THE_SKELETON666 dude genuinely tried. kinda impressive

[@mattcat83]

Try the insane difficulty mode with the rom hack Mother 2 Deluxe. Good luck with that.

[@guyug6940]

Why’d you stretch the screen 😭

[@guyug6940]

Good vid tho

[@aries999]

This is one of gaming's greatest moments.

[@givememyleg]

That was incredible. Straight gangsta.

[@TM-xc4yn]

A few tips for anyone who wants to try this themselves for some reason: Initially skipping Mondo Mole is a good idea, though you should take the Great Charm from the cave. I learned when messing around with an unrelated challenge (long story) that you can easily beat Boogey Tent with an all level 1 party. Just use bottle rockets (they're cheap) with Jeff and have Ness and Paula spam toothbrushes ($3 consumable from Threed drugstore that's effectively a single-use Slime Generator that anyone can use). Mini Barf might be harder with the missing exp though, but probably not by much. Just use Jeff's starting Big Bottle Rocket. There's absolutely no reason to fight Trillionage Sprout ASAP, I can't imagine that the Guardian Diggers would be a problem with less exp. Clumsy Robot is 50% vulnerable to paralysis, which renders it completely defenseless. Still probably not a good idea to attempt this because I can't imagine there's any way to make Onett bearable.

[@JulianJoel-b6v]

No one:You after beating majicanr Ness:YAY 200K HP! You:G E T O U T

[@jacob_swaggerz]

Love your content bro!! Best Ape on KZbin.

[@seer6251]

Thank you!

[@fnoigy]

I remember once I did a ton of grinding, got pretty over leveled. Then I got to the big late-game powerup and Ness' max HP hit 999 and rolled back around to 1....

[@adrisaborUVA]

This is basically how I play Earthbound. I don't have time to be farming experience

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

More than twenty years after beating this game for the first time and Giygas still freaks me out. The thought of unaliving to him is nightmarish

[@KnownAsKenji]

Speaking of RNG manipulation, you can also use that to manipulate level-up stats to an extent. I haven't tried this run, but it could make some difference, would recommend it to anyone trying.

[@qwopiretyu]

13:06 and to think that was only the third strongest mole

[@angeryroshea2254]

Imagine being an otherwordly abomination and being unable to do anything because this dork with a bunch of homemade explosives is immortal and staring you down in a infinite never ending cycle

[@christopherjohnson4934]

Commentary is gold.

[@younesakdah1803]

This video is great and funny. Thank you.

[@ackoladeTV]

fire vid 🔥 great writing

[@CoinFlipAvery]

it must fell awful that a pile of dirt is more powerful then Satan's younger cousin.

[@Xenav14]

I actually tried this many a year back. I would entirely agree that Titanic Ant and Trillionage Sprout would be the hardest fights in the game (the walk to Trillionage Sprout is a close second). I also had trouble with the Kracken fight as he decided to actually be difficult to fight. Granted, I'd say my run's fault was forgetting CONSTANTLY TO PREPARE for fights.

[@Buzzbuzzisdeadxd]

Ness got hurt and collapsed!

[@Mateus-pd6hl]

Your edition is amazing

[@xxProjectJxx]

Just buy yourself some teddy bears and you're golden

[@coreywhitaker883]

I always did this to an extent cause Vit is linked to HP in some regard. So since your stats increase in Magicant it was always a low level race to Magicant before really grinding. Which I usually throw out the door for grinding the sword of kings.

[@afurhat4726]

The new age Angry Video Game Nerd

[@Rukir]

No but for real what an amazingly fast pace for a video. Thats cool as hell

[@RiskierGoose340]

I think I’ll try this run myself, but ban multi-bottle rockets. That would allow for actually interesting battles later on.

[@gallofilm]

are you melo/runningshines brother

[@semajniomet981]

`18:20 Fun fact: You can avoid losing Paula if you leave the store by going around the plants at the bottom of the first floor. Regrettably, this only delays that part where she gets kidnapped until you next enter the store.

[@tyler_liwan5]

Enemy used “Anything” Everyone died. That’s how this feels

[@SpaceKlaus]

love the humor

[@BSNull]

Jeff is my arms man, he gave me a weapon that can kill on safety