55 Comments to Unused / Missing MOTHER 3 Music Fobby said on Jan. 12, 2009 I like “Hi,” “A neat little thing,” “Another love theme,” “Don’t listen to this during a nightmare,” and– aw forget it. At the end of Chapter 8, it is revealed the Masked Man is actually Claus, the son of Flint … However, the Absolutely Safe Capsule sprite variant used in the game is the empty variant. He then asks the player if they want to befriend him, but once they answer, he explodes, revealing himself to only be a robot version of Porky. Mother 3, or Earthbound 2, is the third game of the beloved Mother series. Throughout most of Mother 3, Porky's presence is never explicitly mentioned, though it is implied. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Lucas has blonde hair, yellow eyebrows and teal eyes. In this appearance he is referred to "Porky", a more proper translation of his name, even on the label for his sticker, which uses his EarthBound clay model for the image. Some chapters put completely different characters in the protagonist role. Relationships Like the other RPGs, the world of Mother 3 features villages, forests and dungeons the main characters travel through. Here, Porky's presence is emphasized, with many statues and dolls of him appearing, as well as a theater that shows pictures from EarthBound. So while Pokey is indeed "absolutely safe," he is trapped in the machine forever, doomed to spend eternity in isolation. In Fourside, Pokey, alongside his father, have achieved power and affluence. Battles allow character's stats to grow and eventual… Porky's Pokies (Unused Mix) - MOTHER 3 by Rishimazza published on 2020-04-19T15:29:15Z. Porky Minch also appears in the adventure mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The Subspace Emissary, as a boss. Once Porky is defeated, Ness and Lucas celebrate, but not for very long, as Wario soon arrives to turn Ness back into a trophy. (Based on some unused stuff from Mother 3) Language: English Words: 1,111 Chapters: 1/1 Kudos: 25 Bookmarks: 2 ... Major Character Death (84) Graphic Depictions Of Violence (83) Underage (39) ... (Mother 3) (95) Porky Minch (82) Flint (Mother 3) (81) Boney (Mother 3) (71) Unused sprites In Mother 3, however, Porky is the main antagonist, and he is Lucas's arch-nemesis. Also, Porky is very obsessive about "his best buddy" Ness and the world he left; as clearly learned by the Theater and EarthBound Tour. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works After the cult is disbanded, he tries to befriend Ness again, only to run off, revealing that he was lying (in the Japanese version, Ness's "silent protagonist" status mistakenly gives the impression of harsh shunning, thus causing an insulted Porky to sever all ties with Ness and abandon him)[citation needed]. Tazmily is a small peaceful village … It is the only game in the franchise not to be released internationally, being Japan-exclusive. Throughout the game, there are also references to "Pork" in different scenarios, such as "Pork Troopers" or "Bag of Pork Chips". The top of these is the highest point on the stage, being about 3/4 of the way up to the upper blast line. Throughout the Empire Porky Building, Porky taunts Lucas and co. through his intercom. He betrays Ness and co on multiple occasions, most notably during the final battle with Giygas, where he fights along… However, his appearance has changed significantly; he has become extremely old and frail, coughing in nearly every sentence, as a result of his misuse of time travel. His themes in Mother 3 are "Master Porky's Theme" and "Absolutely Safe Capsule", and are played during the initial confrontations with him and following his retreat into the Absolutely Safe Capsule, respectively. In the Thunder Tower in Chapter 5, Porky's playroom is visited, with numerous references to EarthBound in it, though it is merely talked about as "the King's playroom". Finally, at the end of Chapter 7, it is clearly stated that the King is indeed Porky, and Lucas and his friends are brought to his city of New Pork City. Porky clutched the locket…. Unlike EarthBound Beginnings or EarthBound, the game is more focused on story progression than traveling. When they reach the room, Porky is seen as a blue-ish gray man. As early as Chapter 4, there are references to "King P", such as a mention in the DCMC song title. Porky's actions were more than likely due to wanting friendship, according to Shigesato Itoi, and that Porky himself is like a poem.[1]. There is also a sold out sign in the Chimera Laboratory for a creature called PORKY 08. . However, Porky finds that he cannot harm the heroes, either. Porky and his father later on found work in Fourside as consultants for the city's mayor. His final lines of dialogue in the game come through Picky in a suspicious hate letter that says, "Come and get me, loser! October 24th, 2010 | Images, MOTHER 3, Uncommon Knowledge The MOTHER 3 ROM is absolutely huge – it’s the maximum size a GBA game can be, in fact. When he sees he is to be defeated, he calls upon the Absolutely Safe Capsule and climbs inside. Porky Minch appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a trophy, as well as a Smash Tour item. Porky first resurfaces as a high priest of the Happy Happyist cult, led by Carpainter. Mother 3/Unused Graphics. Porky finally reappears as Giygas's right-hand subordinate within the Cave of the Past, his skin pale and discolored, piloting an organic, spider-like machine. Mother 3 small unused cutscene If you use a Walk Through Walls code to bypass the Pigmask guarding the Chimera Lab entrance in Chapter 4, you can talk to the receptionist of the lab to trigger a cutscene involving the mini theater, which is never used during the final game. From here, Pokey is not seen again in the present. From the exploding Statue emerges Porky in a gigantic version of his Mother 3 spider mech, but he is quickly defeated by Ness and Lucas in a boss battle. Shigesato Itoi has confirmed this by stating that because of this, Porky will still be alive 5.5 billion years from now.[1]. Throughout the battle, he reveals that he has learned PSI,[citation needed] being able to perform inexplicable attacks much like Giygas could. http://mother3.fobby.net/interview/m3int_09.html, https://earthbound.fandom.com/wiki/Pokey_Minch?oldid=62856, As with Giygas before him, Porky's attacks in, Porky's guise as Monotoli's assistant appears to parody real estate tycoon and future United States president, Porky's "skills" as a temporary party member in. Porky and his father are later seen working as business consultants for Fourside's mayor Geldegarde Monotoli. Andonuts even feels sympathy for the tyrant, as in his own words, ". King P After Ness rescues Paula, Porky appears and orders two of the cult's followers and a Spiteful Crow to attack them. He likes to play practical jokes, and Shigesato Itoi has stated that he does not have any friends and therefore likely played only with Ness most of the time. Porky kidnaps Paula with the intention of performing a human sacrifice. The aforementioned playroom and Leder's speech, as well as the appearance of the Porky idols, imply that Porky is somehow still a child in the time. Since he uses PK Love, he is the only one who can pull the seven needles, besides the game's protagonist, Lucas. When a Meteorite lands north of their houses in Onett, Porky and Picky sneak out of their house to investi… Ever wanted to know what it would look like if he died? Also known as In the game files, there lies two strange graphics of Duster and Kumatora in unused clothing. Directly below this is a large, sloped platfo… Once Giygas is destroyed, Porky uses time travel to escape into another era, but not before taunting Ness one last time. D&D Beyond Sprites This took a lot of time to make as I made this whole thing by myself! Following this, Porky is not seen again onscreen until the end of the game, although his tracks can still be followed throughout the journey; his helicopter is shown to have crashed in the Deep Darkness, for instance. Though he is naturally mischievous, after Porky is corrupted by Giygas, his childish sense of humor becomes increasingly malicious[1]. The game's description at the time of naming him is that he is "a strong, friendly and dependable dad". He is certainly behind the whole catastrophe that fell in the Nowhere Islands. Well it has been now revealed that there were unused sprites ripped from the games data. MOTHER 3 is a role-playing game and the final entry in the EarthBound trilogy, released on Game Boy Advance in 2006. Relatives When Picky turns up missing, Porky turns to Ness, pleading him to help him find his younger brother, afraid to go alone. Origin In most places, battles will occur when the party encounters enemies visible in the screen. It is possible that he actually felt better after the events that took place, or simply doesn't understand what has transpired. He can often be obnoxious, and is also shown to be very selfish and egotistical, which Shigesato Itoi says is likely due to how terrible and abusive his parents were[1]. So, I created a story based off the boss. After conf… Happy Happyist cult (Formerly)Geldegarde Monotoli (Formerly)Giygas (Formerly)Pigmask Army. According to Ness's mother, Porky hates Ness's favorite food. Porky (right) with Giygas in the final boss battle of Earthbound. And smashed it on the ground! Porky learns of the impending destruction of the universe at the hands of Giygas, but convinces himself that he is not one of the heroes that the alien speaks of. . It shows as porky escapes in a pod. he dont die lol. The game follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, and a party of characters as they attempt to prevent a mysterious invading army from … The only child character the player gets to control is Lucas, who is about nine to ten years old in the first three chapters a… The pod collapses onto the ground causing it to smash the glass into peices. The backgrounds were meant for how Lucas see's Claus through out the battle and when Hinawa begins to contact him like in the original battle. SoundCloud. This is incredibly interesting. Porky's battle music in EarthBound is known to fans as "Cease to Exist" in Japan, and "Pokey Means Business" elsewhere, but no official name for the track exists. At the beginning of EarthBound, Porky lives with his parents, Aloysius and Lardna, and his younger brother Picky in the house next door to Ness's. After that, he leaves in a shortcut to the location. He explains how his servant is about to pull the final needle, and that there is nothing Lucas company can do about it. When the battle ends, Dr. Andonuts reveals that he built the Absolutely Safe Capsule with the specifications that once someone is inside, the machine cannot be opened by anyone, including the person inside of it. When this is over, the actual Porky arrives in a new, fully-inorganic machine. What's the purpose of the unused sprite? The story is set in the Nowhere Islands, where Lucas's hometown Tazmily Village is located. Mostly because it provides us with insight into what the original story may have been. When collected in Smash Tour, he grants the player who picked him the ability to steal an effect of an item used by another player. After a meteor strikes on a hilltop in the small town of Onett in the middle of the night, Porky investigates the site, only coming up short as the police will not let him. He wears a highly stereotypical "cowboy" outfit (complete with a cowboy hat that is so large that the shadow that it casts over his face completely covers his eyes) and has brown hair with a very thick faci… For my very first Mother 3 hack, I wondered how the Final Battle would be with the Unused Backgrounds and my it turned out perfectly. Porky cowers in fear while Ness and Picky assist Buzz Buzz in defeating the alien. He likes to play practical jokes, and Shigesato Itoi has stated that he does not have any friends and therefore likely played only with Ness most of the time. Happy Birthday, MOTHER 3! At the end of the game, when the player is traveling in the darkness, they come into contact with an object that rolls with glee. Porky Minch in his bed mecha, as seen in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Overview []. Affiliations Near the end of Mother 3, Lucas, Kumatora, Duster and Boney go on a wild chase through Porky's Empire in New Pork City. After sweet-talking Ness's mother and convincing Ness to help him, they head off to look for Picky. Porky Minch is shown to be very immature and childish, even when his body ages beyond his own measure. On the very right side of the stage, there are a series of thin platforms vertically arranged on top of each other. Well it has been now revealed that there were unused sprites ripped from the games data. After Ness escorts Porky and Picky safely home, Porky isn't seen again for some time.