Encyclopedia Mother

The Encyclopedia Mother companion guide (エンサイクロペディア・マザー) is a physical handbook on the game EarthBound Beginnings. It was only released in Japan and thus cannot be read in English without translation. Two versions of the book, with the original being released in 1989 for Mother 1 and the other being released in 2003 for Mother 1 + 2 respectively, exist to help the player understand how to beat the game. Given the convoluted nature of EarthBound Beginnings as regarded by many players, a guide pertaining to the intricacies was issued by the developers so that people would not get stuck in a certain sequence. In later sequels, such as in EarthBound, they added a Hint Man as a countermeasure to ensure that players would not get stuck at any point and be forced to use outside help, such as with the EarthBound Player's Guide which serves a similar purpose. Both versions are over 100 pages long, with version one taking 168 pages and version two taking 172.
== Chapters ==
# My Home
# Mother's Day
# Canary Village
# South Cemetery
# Choux Cream Zoo
# Magicant
# Thanksgiving
# Sweet Little Factory
# Duncan's Factory
# Santa Claus Station
# Reindeer
# Halloween
# Snowman
# Advent Desert
# Desert Ruins
# Easter
# The Swamplands
# Valentine
# Holy Loly Caves
# Holy Loly Mountain
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== Personnel ==
Asato Izumi: The Characters and Lines of Dialogue in MOTHER
Gen'ichirou Takahashi: '80s American Literature Seen in MOTHER
Akira Kagami: American Film Found in MOTHER
Kouji Imura: MOTHER's PSI Power as Seen by Psychic Ability R & D
Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka: The Making of MOTHER's Music
Fumihiro Nonomura: Another Little Story that Crosses Over with MOTHER
Hiroshi Ichikura: Making the MOTHER TV Commercial
== External Links ==
The Companion Guide translation by Kenisu3000
Category:EarthBound Beginnings
Category:Players Guides