Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190820122909/@comment-32182236-20191229183014

To move boulders in Earthbound, we use Encouraging Words.

Perhaps there's a way to gain that?

Might as well make a savestate before we actually advance the plot, because once we do, there's not a way back unless it turns out the portal can be used. (Unless you know a warp cheat.)