Can You Beat Mother 3 at Level 1?

[@uberheroboi1233]

21:38 "Stealing Claus' thunder a bit there aren't you?" DAMNN 💀

[@Flowey_the_Flower.]

His final attack is to spoiler the ending to the player

[@johnpett1955]

That was a dark joke. 💀

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

AHEM. WOW😭

[@ThaneGaming]

21:38 That was Lucas's reaction on-screen too, "💀" (bottom left) 😂

[@SpamDustt411]

​@@ThaneGamingHOLY FUCK I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT LMAO **IM CRYING**

[@torquemada2]

"Pray to God" underrated mother 2 strat

[@konstralit2105]

Ness couldn't stop crying! Paula couldn't stop crying! Jeff couldn't stop crying! Poo couldn't stop crying!

[@GarryDumblowski]

I remember one time I used Pray in Earthbound, I was of course in a losing battle with almost no resources left, so I had Ness use a Bag of Dragonite on the same turn. Lo and behold, the Pray brainshocked Ness, who then proceeded to use the Dragonite and attack his own party with it.

[@Roiadas]

Next challenge: "I beat nintendo to make mother 3 localized"

[@miguelcrafter2997]

"Low level challange"

[@MaskedManFanboy]

Next challenge: "I beat up an elementary school kid that looked like lucas"

[@NookStudios]

Bro that is way too easy

[@ellieizcool979]

That's more impossible than this challenge

[@MaskedManFanboy]

@@miguelcrafter2997 "WITH only salsa"

[@HiddenForbidden2]

Wess: Calls Duster an Idiot. Also Wess: Wakes up the sleeping Clayman.

[@Yurikon3]

Apples and trees and all that jazz...

[@Slenderquil]

Bombs are your solution to everything in this game

[@MonkeyNess]

And Pencil Rockets!

[@MasterKnightDH]

Bombs? You want 'em? They're yours, my friend!

[@Mewcrozma]

​@@MasterKnightDH But only if you have enough DPs!

[@Kyumifun]

​@@Mewcrozma Sorry, Lucas, I can't give credit. Come back when you're a little mmmmmmmmmmm.... richer!

[@marjash1]

21:38 "Stealing Claus' thunder a bit there aren't you?" There is no way you just said that. Referencing Claus' fate on a cheeky pun is comedic genius. Insta-sub.

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

"I beat up Shigeru Miyamoto until they localize mother 3" when.

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

dude i agree we need that.

[@MonkeyNess]

I'm giving him one more Direct as a final warning

[@10001kr]

Maybe they will localize it for the 30th anniversary of earthbound

[@DevilishMew]

Or just play Tomato's perfect translation, which renders a localization irrelevant and redundant.

[@MonkeyNess]

@@DevilishMew As great as it is, it’s not perfect. Reduces some characterization in spots.

[@velnadirsejs228]

"I beat Mother 3 with Nintendo 64 controller" when

[@cookylukeythe3rd49]

EB 64 REFERENCE?!

[@Chloian]

That’s impossible

[@MonkeyNess]

Winter 2014

[@vKit_]

​@@MonkeyNesscan't wait!

[@Stop.Arguing]

​@@MonkeyNess you realize that if Mother 4 / Oddity ever does release, you must fulfill OP's request :O

[@22gunslinger21]

There should be a hack where you just play as flint for the whole game. I genuinely think if he levelled up to the same level you would be at the end of the game, he would be leagues stronger even without a ton of OP equips.

[@MonkeyNess]

Could just use the debug room to do so.

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

The true Mole Cricket challenge.

[@powerfullpummel6417]

Guess you could say you didn’t gain LOVE but you did gain love.

[@MonkeyNess]

Beat the game, yet I missed out on the experience!

[@fravonzonbonn]

i do not know how to react to this pun

[@localidiot450]

honestly this video made me realize i probably shouldnt have horded all my bombs during my playthrough

[@Virginity64]

A+ Video, I honestly didnt expect it to be possible, but then I remembered Items existed and then I became engrossed, Great Challenge Run👏

[@Wattson-ston]

A mother 3 challenge!!! Haven't seen one of these in a WHILE

[@mjdxp5688]

It would be fun to see a Claus only run of Mother 3, as far as I know it's never been attempted. Normally Claus only is in your party for the first battle in the game, so he is programmed in as a party member, but he has no PSI. Not sure how hard it'd be to set up though.

[@IHaveTheRamen64]

I always wanted to see a Flint only. Apparently Flint can equip Lucas’ weapons as well, so it’d be interesting. But a Claus one would prob be crazy hard.

[@MonkeyNess]

GGFan has done both a Flint and Claus solo run!

[@IHaveTheRamen64]

@@MonkeyNess oh shoot bet!

[@Stoopid420]

​@@MonkeyNesslink?

[@AnAverageGoblin]

my nuts tremble and shiver at the thought of Barrier Trio and Miracle Fassad in this challenge.

[@Streetcleanergaming]

Mine do that on my regular playthroughs granted I play in hard mode but still.

[@teewhy2747]

If you can defeat the bass the others are light work

[@CaptainStage]

​@Streetcleanergaming Mine do that whether I'm playing Mother 3 or not. Think I need to see a doctor.

[@DualThings]

i remember watching someone fight master porky with base level characters (so like lucas at level 10 i think and some other characters at the levels they start instead of at level 1) and they barely made it out alive using all of their magyspie artifacts, a party that consisted of i think lucas, kuma, duster, and flint and i think also even using pk ground a bunch. props for doing this ALL at level 1, not even base level.

[@MonkeyNess]

That's why I banned level up PSI. Spamming PK Ground, Thunder, and Ice was just too exploitable in the late game. Thank you for watching!

[@c1overr_143]

I thought Kumatora gets PK Ground at level 60?

[@MonkeyNess]

@@c1overr_143She does.

[@Flamsterette]

Very interesting conundrum. Thanks for the upload!

[@TheEcoolarg]

This is wild, thanks for making the imposible posible

[@MonkeyNess]

Thank you for watching! :D

[@Babymariovideos]

LETS GOOOOO NEW MONKEY NESS VIDEO 🌎🌍🌏

[@FailureGamin]

I never knew the initial pokey bot dealt damage to the party!!!! theres always more to learn about this game

[@MonkeyNess]

I think it depends on what your party has equipped.

[@agusu-]

Its a 30th anniversary live concert of MOTHER and MOTHER 2 music

[@boomstickYT]

Wow, great challenge run. I wouldn’t have thought most of the bosses in the last third of the game were possible. NK Cyborg killing himself with lightning was amazing

[@ScootsLounge]

Small note, the Real Bat grants a bigger PP bonus than the Mystical Stick, so you'd have more PP for the final fight with that equipped.

[@EchidnaSharp]

hehe you said bigger pp thats funny

[@policeperson7589]

honestly i always forget that you can do the needles in (mostly) any order. i always went osohe, chimera lab, snow peak, volcano, tanetane, mountain

[@MonkeyNess]

That’s definitely the order the game leads most players into doing.

[@aech7150]

I haven't found a KZbinr I enjoy that still uploads in years, please god keep creating

[@MonkeyNess]

No plans on stopping! :D

[@thisispkmadness]

It's been 4 weeks since the mother series iceberg

[@boomkittyFX]

i remember grinding to level 20 for the jealous bass and having an optimal strategy using bombs and just leaving the guitar dead to the jealous bass wouldnt transition to the phase where he gets absurdly difficult, while also making the jam session attack less miserable as one member would only suffer around 10 damage, and the other around 20. then i'd just attack the bass constantly without any real issue and then focus on the drum in the end

[@blackman7437]

The Masked Man being very susceptible to crying would be so funny if it wasn't so sad.

[@NeeldTheMaster]

Awesome run! I’ve always loved the gameplay of these games as well and this pushed it to the limit. I wonder how the game calculates rng and which moves the enemies use because maybe in the future we can do some rng manipulation to make it slightly faster/ consistent

[@MonkeyNess]

If we can, it'd make it a lot more doable for sure. GGFan knows the most about enemy AI in the game compared to everyone else I know in the community, and even he is still piecing a lot of it together almost 20 years later!

[@NeeldTheMaster]

@@MonkeyNessdang that’s both inspiring and a little crazy

[@bakerfransen9128]

A new Ness has been discovered!!!!! If you watch the credits to the MR. Frog show in the second episode of smiling friends, a person with the last name of Ness will apear! However, it is probably a joke and not an easter egg, since his full name is Harry P. Ness...

[@Bobb11881]

I'm pretty sure one pencil rocket and one PK Love will take out the Bass's minions. It might be two pencil rockets though.

[@MonkeyNess]

Likely would, but you'd need all four opening attacks to miss to survive to do so. 2/4 was much more achievable.

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

I'm kinda late but OMG was this amazing and MonkeyNess in my favorite youtuber!!! Keep up the AMAZING content dude!!

[@MonkeyNess]

Thank you so much :)

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

omg tysm for replying im gonna cry :')@@MonkeyNess

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

ok im crying-

[@MonkeyNess]

@@EarthBoundFanlol So glad you enjoy my content! Hope you’ll check out more and stick around :)

[@EarthBoundFanlol]

omg im losing it this is the best day of my whole entire life :)@@MonkeyNess

[@TakingAnElle]

This video has made me realize how insanely good bombs are in this game

[@MonkeyNess]

Super Bombs for Duster and Boney in the vanilla game border on OP, 200-300 damage a pop is crazy. Pencil Rockets are a bit better balanced. However, SB's are balanced by being made quite expensive to buy.

[@mihaleben6051]

20:22 this counts as a callback to mother 2

[@NAFProjects]

Should've gone back and beaten every enemy at level 99 for a victory lap

[@qwerty3793]

This reminded me of a challenge video where someone beat Let's Go Pikachu with only a Caterpie, relying on luck and friendship mechanics to just barely beat the Elite Four and Champion without items. If random good luck (enemies missing, not attacking, or using bad attacks) can give you a 4% chance to win, that's much better than the 0% it would be without those luck-based elements. Though it can be frustrating to wait for the RNG to line up 😅 And hey - there's definitely some strategy needed beyond "spam items and pray for good luck." Balancing out healing and attacking as well as determining what equipment to use is very important for a run like this, especially so in the case of the Porkybots, apparently. I'm a little surprised you didn't try to use the Mementos sooner given how broken a free revive is, but that does seem like a true last resort option given the limited quantity. Plus (I assume) item space is limited - you obviously needed to make sure to carry attacking and healing items. I'm wondering what the price tag for this run is, if you tally up the cost of all the items you bought and used in the game. Congrats on beating the challenge!

[@MonkeyNess]

I did my best to save the Mementos for as late as possible, as I anticipated the Porkybots and possibly the Masked Man might require them to be possible. Had to save them also as I was limited to only seven, as I'd consider adding more beyond that as cheating. Thank you for watching!

[@MrPlayerOneP1]

wow, and i though i was brave enough for beating the game with no PSI/Skill moves in hard mode. but beating the game at level 1?! you earned my eternal respect, dude, hats off 🎩 (sorry for my poor english)

[@roastedsock]

Earthbound

[@EchidnaSharp]

well said

[@tailsprower8118]

Earthbound

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Dnuobhtrae

[@cocobruh]

That was insane, mother 3 is the best game of all time

[@lovkarts]

And so, rationality, willpower and knowledge win once again.

[@napkin8920]

18:40 there's also an enemy modifier for this game....... you can just use that for the one on one fights.

[@westdproductions7]

I’ve always beaten the caribou by hand, thought it was just 100-200hp. Then I saw this video and went: WHAT THE-

[@cryptidcloud]

no but i can beat it with tears in my eyes

[@MonkeyNess]

No crying until the end!

[@neonthunder3261]

8:21 where's a source on Flint being in the party? I'd like to know more about that, actually.

[@Endarire]

I was most curious about your ability to beat the Tanetane Isle first fight with Lucas.

[@rainbowmacaroon9189]

aka how to subject yourself to torture

[@poggers1942]

In the speedrun of mother 3 we also spam thunder bombs and running bombs to beat mecha dragons

[@MonkeyNess]

Wish there were more Mother 3 speedrunners out there.

[@HeyItIsMichal]

Welp, that was insane.

[@sleepyshinx174]

I dont remember the porky bot fight starting you with 1 hp

[@MonkeyNess]

Think it depends on the equipment you have.

[@thelazypanda12]

Idea: Mother 3 but you can *ONLY* do 16 hit combos- miss, and you have to redo the fight.

[@LunaAlex64]

Don’t forget to add the card in the video linking to the level 1 Salsa run :)

[@MonkeyNess]

It should be? Checked before releasing it. If it’s not there, it’s linked in the description :)

[@psychopianist630]

You could've used Mother 3 Funland to set all the enemies' experience to 0

[@Bongosss]

when i fought the mecha drago i only had one bomb and i was very low level so i had to rely on landing one of flints special attacks which took me so long

[@Itsnartlex]

I wonder how much harder or even downright impossible challenges would be if the bombs/superbombs didn't exist.

[@MonkeyNess]

Probably impossible.

[@aetherds3481]

NEW VIDEO LETS FRKN GOOOOOOOOO

[@nathanielbennett2950]

Great video I gotta take note 📝

[@frouvoxes]

Maybe

[@guyug6940]

never knew you were supposed to have flint at the jealous bass fight, where can i read more about this?

[@SmugKittehGurl]

Small tip for those wanting to try this on their own, take advantage of the slower hp rolling system when guarding Edit: Nevermind

[@potatocrack]

Its like how can rizz up five night at fivebear freddy😂😂

[@Exeggutorking]

You didn’t fight the optional strawberry slime and armor fights

[@MonkeyNess]

Yeah, as they’re optional. Say it at the top of the video: “I have to fight all *required* bosses at Level 1.”

[@Exeggutorking]

Oh okay

[@fruitloops2058]

Playing Mother 3 for the 1st time so i'm watching this to feel bad when i screw up in the normal game.

[@MonkeyNess]

Hope you're enjoying it!

[@fruitloops2058]

​@@MonkeyNess Very much

[@augie1272]

Great job. Now do it on Hard Mode

[@cookylukeythe3rd49]

Epic sauce

[@onettpedia]

the real challenge

[@MonkeyNess]

Think this is what Itoi would want

[@Wrench55154]

19:23 Why and how do you have Super Bombs equipped

[@MonkeyNess]

Used an inventory editor to prep, and when an item replaces an equipped item, it appears as though it’s equipped, but functions regularly.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

Wait is that thumbnail the picture that the muscular dugtrio meme is based on?

[@PK_SNESS]

"Can You Beat Mother 3 in Japanese Only" when?

[@MonkeyNess]

"Attempting that challenge" on Switch rn :P

[@Super_ATI]

I ironicly found the pork Tank pretty easy, Its Mr Genetor that i hate

[@bolodecake]

PEAK 🙏

[@Lynk56]

When the overlay blocks the section of text that was underlined 😭 What was the line Kumatora said about having feelings for duster at the end? I don’t remember that tbh

[@MonkeyNess]

"Dunno why, but I can't stop my tears from comin' out. What is this feeling? What could it be?" "This is the first time I've ever seen you cry, Kumatora. You're really cute, now that I look."

[@Lynk56]

@@MonkeyNess Oh wack idk why this posted on this video and not the short 🤣 that was the comment section I was in. I thought she was crying because the world was ending and they thought they were going to die lol

[@MonkeyNess]

Yeah, strangely there seems to be some glitch with KZbin Shorts that posts them to the incorrect short or video for some reason. Seen it happen with like every 1/75 comments probably.

[@XxdoctoerbugatackxX]

@@MonkeyNess1/128 chance

[@Endarire]

Is the Zombie Shroom fight doable at level 1 considering what you have at that point?

[@JulianJoel-b6v]

Dude... HOW YOU GOT DUSTER AND N O T KUMSTORA ON HERE? 13:55

[@MonkeyNess]

@@JulianJoel-b6v In Chapter 7 you can go straight to Saturn Valley from the start :)

[@JulianJoel-b6v]

@MonkeyNess Then WI not having both kumatora and duster..

[@MonkeyNess]

@ for simplicity

[@davidleon7918]

I have a question, is it ok to skip some moments in Earthbound? Because I accidentally skip the Venus singing moments and instead just straight releasing The Runawayfive who are trapped in the theater.

[@CaptainStage]

Can You Beat Mother 1 at Level 3?

[@VxVidoy]

3:35 The... english version?

[@MonkeyNess]

The Fan Translation :P

[@VxVidoy]

Ah :P@@MonkeyNess

[@arachnidath]

Mr. Geneter.

[@MonkeyNess]

Dude. I’m telling you. Read his name. That’s what it is. I didn’t know this until editing this video. I’ve been saying “Mr. Generator” for almost 16 years.

[@arachnidath]

@@MonkeyNess I know, it's hilarious. I can't hear it as anything but mr. Guan-eater.

[@ThaneGaming]

​@@MonkeyNessyup, I said his name wrong in a video several years back and didn't think twice until a commenter pointed it out. Funny that it's two letters off of "generator" and we spend a good deal of time fighting him to potentially catch it, but the brain assumes that's his name anyway

[@SoshuTheGnome]

i feel like it would be at least 0.1% cooler if you didn't put masked man in the thumbnail.

[@MonkeyNess]

Updated the thumbnail specifically for you, hope you like it! >:P

[@SoshuTheGnome]

@@MonkeyNess oh my god. amazing.

[@OL_WUZ_HEER]

where’s lil miss marshmallow lmao

[@MonkeyNess]

She's not required, hence why the Almost-Mecha Lion also isn't here.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Why did the fight with the Porky Bots start you with 1 HP? They never do that.

[@MonkeyNess]

Has to do with the armor your characters have equipped, I believe.

[@augie1272]

It’s probably impossible to beat EarthBound Beginnings at Level 1

[@ItsZombiefied]

If you mean at Level 1, most likely. Pretty sure you can't reset levels in Mother 1, plus Mt. Itoi quite obviously wipes your team.

[@MonkeyNess]

I would think so!

[@whirl3690]

Isn't the first fake Claus on Tanetane a required battle?

[@MonkeyNess]

@@whirl3690 actually no! Just don’t talk to him!

[@whirl3690]

@@MonkeyNess I've tried, but walking past will have him start the conversation.

[@MonkeyNess]

@@whirl3690 yeah you’ve sorta gotta slip past him.

[@whirl3690]

@@MonkeyNess I've just tried again using savestates and I still could not get past the cutscene trigger.

[@Nouvellabyte]

Not sure if you'll ever see or respond to this, but what was the cheat code used to turn Battle Memory fights into real fights, and does it only work on certain versions of the translation?

[@MonkeyNess]

Pretty sure this is the one! 08055DB0 02 As far as I know it works in every version.

[@Nouvellabyte]

@@MonkeyNess Alright, thanks a bunch!

[@Mahdi12]

I hate that 3 instrument boss with a burning passion.

[@MonkeyNess]

One of my least favorites too.

[@danielle5160]

I think you might have linked the wrong GGFan in the description...

[@MonkeyNess]

Oop! You’re right! Will fix when I can. The link below it to his Level 1 run is correct though. Thanks for pointing it out to me! Edit: it’s been fixed :)

[@bassackwards7542]

Why did the porky robots start you at 1 hp?

[@MonkeyNess]

They explode before the battle begins.

[@bassackwards7542]

@@MonkeyNess that cutscene explosion hurts you?

[@MonkeyNess]

@@bassackwards7542 Yup.

[@solarflare9078]

The cutscene explosion does 50 damage to everyone, though anyone with less than 51 HP still survives with 1 HP

[@BeeBee-iz4mi]

Lets gooooo

[@piplupfan5106]

Why does your party start at one hp during the Mecha Porky fight?

[@MonkeyNess]

They explode right before it starts.

[@piplupfan5106]

@@MonkeyNess I don't remember that? Weird.

[@parappa922]

I'll never look at eggs ever the same Oh don't mind me, just traumadumping in a KZbin comment section

[@kagodev]

Nice video and all, but I beat the game at level 0 when I was a kid.

[@MonkeyNess]

You win!

[@shhhhhg]

@@MonkeyNessGod bless for still responding to comments a month after posting will thousands of subscribers

[@EchidnaSharp]

I can't beat Mother 3 at any level (i'm American) edit: nevermind i'm not american anymore, i beat it

[@nathanalbertevans5000]

old thumbnail was better

[@MonkeyNess]

Think it was too cluttered. Too many elements. This one reads much clearer imo

[@snoc_cy]

hi heres a comment so this gets recommend to more people i think

[@MonkeyNess]

Hi! Appreciated! Any engagement helps! Best thing that can be done is watching another video :) hope you stick around!

[@snoc_cy]

@@MonkeyNessok mr earthbound guy will do

[@Flowey_the_Flower.]

Seems like the comment i made was deleted

[@MonkeyNess]

Not sure what happened, but assuring you I have not deleted any comments! Probably a glitch with KZbin. Been happening recently.

[@Flowey_the_Flower.]

@@MonkeyNess well,I just wanted to ask if you used the Knit Sweater in your run,it heals you every turn

[@MonkeyNess]

@@Flowey_the_Flower. Used it a lot towards the end! Used it (I believe) in the NK Cyborg, Porkybots, and Porky fights!

[@EchidnaSharp]

@@Flowey_the_Flower. youtube automatically removes comments if you call someone a slur, so next time make sure you don't accidentally do that.

[@Flowey_the_Flower.]

@@EchidnaSharp yeah ik,but I didn't say any slur anyways

[@Dat_Scrub]

Like I don’t get the desire for an official localization of mother 3 Like why would you want to pay probably 60 dollars to a shell of a company that is Nintendo When you can get it for free on LITERALLY ANYTHING completely fan translated by dedicated people who love it. Remember kids. Legally? Piracy isn’t theft.

[@MonkeyNess]

People want both. They want the option to support the series officially to demonstrate their love for it. It’s been shown time and time again people who pirate media are more likely to pay for it when/if it’s released officially. It’s out of care and dedication to the that art they love. It’s not about paying or not.

[@rompevuevitos222]

Mostly to see the official localization of stuff instead of what the fans interpreted from it. Localization is not a science, it is an art, and everyone does it differently

[@AnAverageGoblin]

honestly the only bad part about the Fan Translation is the continued use of the name containing what some consider a slur.

[@solarflare9078]

@@AnAverageGoblin "Everything is offensive!"

[@windowsos4029]

No

[@MonkeyNess]

boy do i have news for you

[@windowsos4029]

@@MonkeyNess I retract my statement after fully watching the video (Good stuff by the way, keep it up!)

[@MonkeyNess]

@@windowsos4029 thank you! 🐵🫡

[@guyug6940]

ez

[@Nessisinyourwalls]

Reply to my comment please: CHALLENGE kill every enemy on lvl 1

[@HYRULE10]

So the answer is no. Because characters level up when they kill things. Debug room to reset levels lets you do challenge stuff, but for any normal human being, no. Good job on your item and rng usage.