Friendship Ring

The Friendship Ring in the original Mother is a miscellaneous item found in Magicant. It is given to Ninten by the Magicant girl all the way in the western forest. This item only exists in the original Famicon release version and does not exist at all in EarthBound Beginnings and its successor.
Upon reaching the very southwestern portion of Magicant and its forest, she will ask Ninten if she wants the Friendship Ring. If he says no, she will reply with "That's what I thought.", and if he says yes, she will then ask if he wants to be her friend. Once again, if Ninten says no, she will reply with "Ok. I thought so.", but when Ninten finally accepts, she will tell him to not forget about her, giving Ninten the item. Upon talking to her again after obtaining the Friendship Ring, she will say to him, "Don't ever forget about me.".
In terms of practical uses, using the ring in combat or in the overworld will do nothing. The purpose of the ring is very specific, as its only use is in the Crystal Cavern when Ninten talks to the Forgotten Man. Getting his first question wrong will usually warp Ninten back to the start of Magicant in the Famicom version of the game, but if the Friendship Ring is in the player's inventory, he will instead be warped directly in front of the Magicant girl that gave the ring to Ninten. Answering his second question wrong simply repeats his dialogue again; the ring will do nothing. Once the Forgotten Man is gone, the ring loses its purpose and simply becomes a souvenir.
In EarthBound Beginnings, the girl simply mentions about the Forgotten Man but does not provide any further dialogue.
== Trivia ==
* The Forgotten Man and the Magicant girl share a similarity with loneliness. This may be why the Friendship Ring's only use comes with incorrectly answering the Forgotten Man as he will instead warp Ninten to the girl to show that he isn't forgotten like he is.
** SPOILER: Even though the NPC is entirely imaginary as a figment of Maria's psyche, this most likely illustrates her personification of her wanting to make new friends.
* In the companion guide, it does not have any other names in other versions because it only exists in the original Mother release.
** Its description reads, "A Magicant girl gives it to you, saying, "Don't you forget me, now!" If you have this on you during your exchange with the Forgotten Man, I hear something will happen. ...".
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