Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190425222457/@comment-32182236-20190529213227

It took until now to notice that there's a Draft 5 of your theory now. What's changed since Draft 4 and Draft 5? Perhaps during the huge gap between Chapter 9 and Chapter 10, I can refine my responses to fit Draft 5.

You might also find some of my own notes on the Mother series:I'm going to need all four games for this one. So it'll be a long while, so you might be looking for updates on the progress of this research. After I finish each game, I'll present you my interpretation of the story so far, alongside information about the game's world, and, importantly, the characters themselves. If I find evidence that Ness is right-handed within Earthbound, and this isn't just something Sakurai added for Smash... I'm crushing the Sans is Ness theory.

I'll place the Halloween Hack on an alternate timeline, branching off from the main timeline at Gigyas' defeat. But since it was made after Mother 3, and may contain references to Mother 3, I'm analyzing that one last. Each one builds off of the game(s) before it. (The Halloween Hack is a possible exception to this-I'm not sure yet.)

...This is going to be my first time seriously analyzing the Mother series. ...Speaking of which, if someone DOES have the Halloween Hack.. Maybe they can use Game Genie codes to survive the trip to the Super Hard NW area? I predict they'll find nothing.

"The main theme of this game is the lack of choice. There is really no choice in this game. From the moment you start to the moment you finish, you're destined to kill Dr. Andonuts. There are two endings, but they both eventually end up the same way. It's all a big joke on the player."-Toby Fox

"Also, best time that it happens is totally when you're in Twoson and the people are like "use the portal, use the portal, you don't have to kill this guy" and then the portal doesn't do anything, because it's just in your head and even if you wish that you don't have to kill this guy, tough cookies. Hahahahaha!"-Toby Fox

So there was no intended way to use the portal, at least according to the developer. But perhaps someone will discover a way to do this? Maybe hacking in a Teleport PSI to the list, and allowing Varik to go to Twoson will "simulate" this, and we'll find out if there IS a third, secret ending?

...You guys have a while. I have three games to analyze before I even get STARTED on the Halloween Hack.