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The American version replaced this with the sprite below. Alternately, Ness may have been intended to be asleep when he first arrived in Magicant, as he is completely naked except for his cap during the Magicant portion of Mother 2.įound in the files of the Japanese version is this X in a rectangle outline. Since there are no "sleeping" sprites for the other characters, these were probably meant to be used in special sequences early in the game, possibly waking up from Paula's psychic calls. However, it could be that these were created just in case they needed to be used.although even if you use the various debug menus to put King in your party and travel to places he shouldn't be, these graphics still won't show. This would suggest two things: either King was supposed to stay with you longer in the game, or Ness' original travels through Onett were supposed to include something to climb. Alternatively, Everdred might have been scheduled to join your party at some point, as every other ghost sprite is based on a party member.įour sprites of King climbing a rope or a ladder. The variations of the Chosen Four's ghost sprites are exactly like the regular jumping sprites except for the transparency, ghostly trail, and halo they could just be jumping.Īs for Everdred, the game leaves it unclear as to whether he died following your encounter in Fourside, but this sprite would indicate that he did. Variations of the Chosen Four's normal ghost sprites, plus one for Everdred.
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The developers probably created the jumping sprites for all four, just in case. Ness and Paula jump during their name entry screen animations, and Jeff jumps over the fence when he's escaping from his boarding school. All of the other Chosen Four characters have this animation, but Poo is the only one who doesn't actually use it.
