| Released By | Messianic |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | SNES |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | Requires Custom Patcher |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP,Other |
| Patch Version | 2.0 |
| Hack Release Date | 04 February 2021 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 12286 |
| Last Modified | 21 November 2021 |
Description:
The new 2.0 version of Mother 2 Deluxe is a VAST improvement over the old 1.31 version that was here in romhacking.net.
A very small selection of major new features:
- Massively rebalanced to make the game more fair and less arbitrarily difficult.
- Jeff has his own Tools menu of his special items to free up his inventory.
- Many new battle animations for PSI and Jeff’s Tools.
- New final dungeon to tie Mother 2 and 3 together.
- Your Places (formerly known as Your Sanctuaries) that can be skipped until later (Lilliput Steps, Milky Well, Magnet Hill, and Pink Cloud) now auto upgrade their enemies and bosses over time to stay at your power level all game.
- Enemies completely reprogrammed to be very intelligent. Bosses and stronger enemies can detect status ailments on them and heal themselves.
- New PSI and PSI arrangements and costs.
- New battle sprites and enemy overworld sprites.
SO MUCH MORE!
Hack requires EBP (Earthbound Patcher) in order to patch.
Does not play nice with Snes9x and Zsnes (why are you using Zsnes!?) Recommended emulators are BSNES and Mesen-S.
ROM / ISO Information:
- Database match: EarthBound (USA)
- Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
- File/ROM SHA-1: D67A8EF36EF616BC39306AA1B486E1BD3047815A
- File/ROM CRC32: DC9BB451
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Messianic | Design | Everything other than ASM hacking, and a small amount of ASM |
| The Kirby | Hacking | ASM hacking all previous versions |
The Good and the Bad
Reviewed By: magictrufflez on 20 Oct 2015I’ve played Earthbound so many times that I could give you a very detailed walkthrough from memory. As such, you can imagine my joy when I saw this rebalancing hack pop up in the RHDN queue.
That part of this hack is amazingly well done–it is difficult, but it’s nothing you can’t overcome with a bit ingenuity (or leveling). There were parts that were much more difficult than the original, but in a good way.
However, I won’t lie, I thought a lot of the restored Japanese version material wasn’t nearly as good as the US version. I know the hack creator wanted to give us a definitive experience, but I think after playing this hack, I really liked almost all of the US changes more than the original Japanese versions. Not the fault of the hacker certainly, but just something to keep in mind while you’re playing the game.
My final verdict is that you should play the hack anyways. The rebalancing is easily worth the price of admission, and if you like some of the original stuff from the Japanese version more than me, you might not even have any complaints! An absolute must for Earthbound vets replaying for their 100th time or so.