EarthBound's DEBUG MENU in ENGLISH (Guide)

This video is the ultimate translation guide for EarthBound's debug menu, going from debug menu nonsense to English.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments! I'll reply to as many as I can.
Leave any corrections down there as well! This video has a lot of information in it and some of it is probably wrong. If anyone knows what number 109 is on the song list, let me know.
Sound Effects: starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/
Item List:
1. Franklin Badge
2. Teddy Bear
3. Super Plush Bear
4. Broken Machine
5. Broken Gadget
6. Broken Air Gun
7. Broken Spray Gun
8. Broken Laser
9. Broken Iron
10. Broken Pipe
11. Broken Cannon
12. Broken Tube
13. Broken Bazooka
14. Broken Trumpet
15. Broken Harmonica
16. Broken Antenna
17. Cracked Bat
18. Tee Ball Bat
19. Sand Lot Bat
20. Minor League Bat
21. Mr. Baseball Bat
22. Big League Bat
23. Hall of Fame Bat
24. Magicant Bat
25. Legendary Bat
26. Gutsy Bat
27. Casey Bat
28. Fry Pan
29. Thick Fry Pan
30. Deluxe Frypan
31. Chef’s Fry Pan
32. French Fry Pan
33. Magic Fry Pan
34. Holy Fry Pan
35. Sword of Kings
36. Pop Gun
37. Stun Gun
38. Toy Air Gun
39. Magnum Air Gun
40. Zip Gun
41. Laser Gun
42. Hyper Beam
43. Crusher Beam
44. Spectrum Beam
45. Death Ray
46. Baddest Beam
47. Moon Beam Gun
48. Gaia Beam
49. Yo-yo
50. Slingshot
51. Bionic Slingshot
52. Trick Yo-yo
53. Combat Yo-yo
54. Travel Charm
55. Great Charm
56. Crystal Charm
57. Rabbit’s Foot
58. Flame Pendant
59. Rain Pendant
60. Night Pendant
61. Sea Pendant
62. Star Pendant
63. Cloak of Kings
64. Cheap Bracelet
65. Copper Bracelet
66. Silver Bracelet
67. Gold Bracelet
68. Platinum Band
69. Diamond Band
70. Pixie’s Bracelet
71. Cherub’s Band
72. Goddess Band
73. Bracer of Kings
74. Baseball Cap
75. Holmes Hat
76. Mr. Baseball Cap
77. Holmes Hat
78. Ribbon
79. Red Ribbon
80. Goddess Ribbon
81. Coin of Slumber
82. Coin of Defense
83. Lucky Coin
84. Talisman Coin
85. Shiny Coin
86. Souvenir Coin
87. Diadem of Kings
88. Cookie
89. Bag of Fries
90. Hamburger
91. Boiled Egg
92. Fresh Egg
93. Picnic Lunch
94. Pasta di Summers
95. Pizza
96. Chef’s Special
97. Large Pizza
98. PSI Caramel
99. Magic Truffle
100. Brain Food Lunch
101. Rock Candy
102. Croissant
103. Bread Roll
104. Pak of Bubble Gum
105. Jar of Fly Honey
106. Can of Fruit Juice
107. Royal Iced Tea
108. Protein Drink
109. Kraken Soup
110. Bottle of Water
111. Cold Remedy
112. Vial of Serum
113. IQ Capsule
114. Guts Capsule
115. Speed Capsule
116. Vital Capsule
117. Luck Capsule
118. Ketchup Packet
119. Sugar Packet
120. Tin of Cocoa
121. Carton of Cream
123. Jar of Hot Sauce
124. Salt Packet
125. Backstage Pass
126. Jar of Delisauce
127. Wet Towel
128. Refreshing Herb
129. Secret Herb
130. Horn of Life
131. Counter-PSI Unit
132. Shield Killer
133. Bazooka
134. Heavy Bazooka
135. HP-Sucker
136. Hungry HP-Sucker
137. Xterminator Spray
138. Slime Generator
139. Yogurt Dispenser
140. Ruler
141. Snake Bag
142. Mummy Wrap
143. Protractor
144. Bottle Rocket
145. Big Bottle Rocket
146. Multi-Bottle Rocket
147. Bomb
148. Super Bomb
149. Insecticide Spray
150. Rust Promoter
151. Rust Promoter DX
152. Pair of Dirty Socks
153. Stag Beetle
154. Toothbrush
155. Handbag Strap
156. Pharaoh’s Curse
157. Defense Shower
158. Letter From Mom
159. Sudden Guts Pill
160. Bag of Dragonite
161. Defense Spray
162. Piggy Nose
163. For Sale Sign
164. Shyness Book
165. Picture Postcard
166. King Banana
167. Letter from Tony
168. Chick
169. Chicken
170. Key to the Shack
171. Key to the Cabin
172. Bad Key Machine
173. Temporary Goods
174. Zombie Paper
175. Hawk Eye
176. Bicycle
177. ATM Card
178. Show Ticket
179. Letter from Kids
180. Wad of Bills
181. Receiver Phone
182. Diamond
183. Signed Banana
184. Pencil Eraser
185. Hieroglyphic Copy
186. Meteotite
187. Contact Lens
188. Hand-Aid
189. Trout Yogurt
190. Banana
191. Calorie Stick
192. Key to the Tower
193. Meteorite Piece
194. Earth Pendant
195. Neutralizer
196. Sound Stone
197. Exit Mouse
198. Gelato de Resort
199. Snake
200. Viper
201. Brain Stone
202. Town Map
203. Video Relaxant
204. Suporma
205. Key to the Locker
206. Insignificant Item
207. Magic Tart
208. Tiny Ruby
209. Monkey’s Love
210. Eraser Eraser
211. Tendakraut
212. T-rex’s Bat
213. Big League Bat
214. Ultimate Bat
215. Double Beam
216. Platinum Beam
217. Diamond Band
218. Defense Ribbon
219. Talisman Ribbon
220. Saturn Ribbon
221. Coin of Silence
222. Charm Coin
223. Cup of Noodles
224. Skip Sandwich
225. Skip Sandwich DX
226. Lucky Sandwich
227. Lucky Sandwich
228. Lucky Sandwich
229. Lucky Sandwich
230. Lucky Sandwich
231. Lucky Sandwich
232. Cup of Coffee
233. Double Burger
234. Peanut Cheese Bar
235. Piggy Jelly
236. Bowl of Rice Gruel
237. Bean Croquette
238. Molokheiya Soup
239. Plain Roll
240. Kabob
241. Plain Yogurt
242. Beef Jerky
243. Mammoth Burger
244. Spicy Jerky
245. Luxury Jerky
246. Bottle of DX Water
247. Magic Pudding
248. Non-stick Frypan
249. Mr. Saturn Coin
250. Meteornium
251. Popsicle
252. Cup of Lifenoodles
253. Carrot Key
Thanks!!!

[@Sableyemaster8008]

timestamps part edit 0:22 status edit 0:46 money edit 1:23 deliver 1:32 hint list 1:57 item list 2:12 mark hints 2:29 goods edit 2:41 go to area 3:56 level edit 4:01 go to event 4:17 sound 4:32 teleport 6:42

[@Nillerz]

I totally should have done this! Thank you so much!!

[@Sableyemaster8008]

your welcome it makes it easier to find what part of the video you want to go to

[@SonicPlayer2004]

Teleport 4 is actually the teleport that’s used in the Fire Spring cutscene when Ness comes back from Magicant.

[@stagelights_]

the reason I think the debug menu is incomprehensible gibberish text is because it was originally written in japanese characters, and there was no text written in it for English because there was no need to, as it was assumed no one would ever actually see it. but some of it is actually comprehensible, and gives us insight into how this was done. specifically, at the party edit screen, we can see that "NS" corrosponds to "Ness". When we consider that Ness' Japanese name is "ネス" (Nesu), we can assume that ネ became N and ス became S. There are some other examples, like "FRINGMN", which is "Flying Man". Flying Man's Japanese name is "フライングマン " (Furainguman), and if you take the first letter of the romanization of each individual character (Fu, Ra, I, N, Gu, Ma, N), we get "FRINGMN" How I believe this works is that the text takes the first letter of the romanization of each character, since the "P" can corrolate to either "ポ" (Po) as in "ポーラ" (Pora, or Paula), but it can also be プ (Pu) as in "プー" (Puu, or Poo) A more interesting example is Picky, who is "PtK-". Why a lowercase T, you might ask? Well, it's surprisingly simple. Picky's Japanese Name is "ピッキー" (Pikkii). ピ (Pi) corresponds to "P" and キ (Ki) corresponds to "K", and the dash (which signifies the lengthening of a vowel sound, usually). Interestingly though, the "ッ" is the small form of the character "ツ" (Tsu). The small "tsu" is typically used to signify the extension of a consonant sound (which is why the romanization has 2 k's, that's how it's usually represented. I presume this small "tsu" turns into a lowercase "t" in the menu. Or, something along the lines of this, anyway. My knowledge of Japanese is very rudimentary, and my romanization is a bit rough, but I think I was able to use the knowledge I have to help inform some people who were wondering why it was like that.

[@Nillerz]

Holy cow, that’s a lot of info! I’ve heard the basics of this (basically just your first paragraph) but everything after that is new to me. It makes a lot of sense though! Fantastic job!

[@7cttinium]

I'm a Japanese and this reason is correct. (and native speakers can read this gibberish text if given clues for context)

[@livvy94]

This is really comprehensive! Most of this is well known in the PK Hack community, a couple of years ago I made a ROM patch that attempts to translate the debug menu. I feel like a lot of the options are about testing the game, like the option that fills your inventory with sandwiches was probably to test "Oh, your inventory is full" parts of dialogue trees

[@Nillerz]

Thank you for your kind words! I never thought about the reasoning behind a lot of these, but your theory makes a lot of sense.

[@piplupfan5106]

I know this was a year ago, but these two videos are the best guides to the debug menu yet. Great work!

[@daikonbou]

This guide is a godsend for my attempt at routing a Ness Only run, thank you so much

[@Nillerz]

Glad I could help! Good luck!

[@ataman25k34]

That music is indeed a banger...

[@Myne33]

Debug menu is so much more unstable if accessed through the Threed tent glitch…

[@Nillerz]

Heya! Leave any questions or corrections down here. I'll respond to as many as I can! I hope this helps you have fun with the menu! Mess around with it, there's some wacky stuff you can do. Thanks for watching!

[@qondonyon]

REAL‼

[@SonicPlayer2004]

What is the song that plays in the background?

[@Nillerz]

First song is Burst In Rock ‘n Roll from MOTHER 3 and the second song is the Club Titiboo Theme from MOTHER 3. The song right before the end screen is Heavenly Flight from Dragon Quest 11, and the end screen is the “objectively better” version of the Onett theme that the debug menu makes.

[@SonicPlayer2004]

@@Nillerz Thank you. 🙂

[@SonicPlayer2004]

@@Nillerz Can you please upload a full version of “objectively better” Onett theme?

[@OL_WUZ_HEER]

4:40 isn’t the unused track in the end credits?

[@wickedpapa2407]

can you leave the debug area with another skip sandwich?

[@philltastic294]

I cannot seem to leave no matter what i do

[@ChessWhoDoesLess]

How do I leave debug mode

[@Nillerz]

The most consistent way is to kill the party using “TKSyZyUTI” and then selecting KZT or DIY to kill/diamondize the party. This will cause a glitchy game over screen, but once it puts you at your last save the game should run as normal with all of your items and party members.

[@ChessWhoDoesLess]

@@Nillerz Thks I was so worried that I had to leave my level 90 ness and grind levels again