EarthBound

by Shigesato Itoi / Nintendo

EarthBound follows Ness, a thirteen-year-old boy from the small town of Onett, who discovers that an alien force called Giygas is corrupting the world. Armed with a baseball bat, psychic powers, and the help of three other kids, Ness journeys through a surreal version of Americana — from zombie-infested towns to psychedelic alternate dimensions — in a quest to save the planet. Equal parts heartfelt coming-of-age story and cosmic horror, wrapped in one of gaming's most distinctive aesthetics.

53 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Apple Kid — An unkempt boy genius in Twoson whose inventions are all conveniently vital to the adventure — the anti-Orange Kid, proving that brilliance does not r
• Buzz Buzz — A tiny rhinoceros beetle from ten years in the future who delivers the prophecy that launches the entire adventure — then gets swatted to death by Pok
• Dr. Andonuts — Jeff's brilliant but emotionally absent father — a scientist so absorbed in his inventions that he barely recognizes his own son, yet whose creations
• Dungeon Man — A man who became a dungeon — literally fused himself with a building to fulfill his lifelong dream, then got stuck between two palm trees.
• Everdred — Twoson's resident hustler and thief who attacks Ness on sight, loses, hands over ten thousand dollars, and dies writing haiku in a Fourside alleyway —
• Flying Man — Birdlike warriors in Magicant who represent Ness's courage — five of them, and each one who falls gets a grave that stays.
• Frank Fly — The self-proclaimed 'fail-proof' leader of Onett's Sharks gang who gets beaten by a kid with a bat, renames himself 'Failure Frank,' and gets a job at
• Geldegarde Monotoli — The mayor of Fourside who seized power through the Evil Mani Mani's influence — a puppet dictator whose building parodies the Empire State Building an
• Giygas — The Universal Cosmic Destroyer — an alien entity whose mind has been consumed by its own power, reduced to an incomprehensible force of pure malice th
• Jeff Andonuts — A bespectacled boy genius from Winters who cannot use PSI but compensates with bottle rockets, repaired gadgets, and the quiet heroism of crossing a f
• King — Ness's cowardly pet dog who joins the party for about thirty seconds before fleeing home — a mutt whose fear is completely reasonable given the circum
• Lardna Minch — Pokey's abusive mother who killed the most important prophet in the universe because she thought he was a dung beetle.
• Lier X. Agerate — Ness's eccentric Onett acquaintance whose name is literally 'liar-exaggerate' and who dug up the Evil Mani Mani statue in his basement — setting the e
• Master Belch — A giant sentient pile of vomit addicted to Fly Honey who enslaved the Mr. Saturns, created the zombies, and is exactly as disgusting as he sounds — on
• Mr. Carpainter — The leader of the Happy Happyist cult who believes the key to happiness is painting everything blue — a puppet of the Evil Mani Mani statue who snaps
• Mr. Saturn — A species of round, bow-wearing, incomprehensible creatures who live in Saturn Valley, speak in their own font, and are both EarthBound's most iconic
• Ness — A thirteen-year-old boy from Onett who enjoys baseball and is prophesied to save the universe — carrying the weight of cosmic destiny with the quiet d
• Ness's Mother — The unnamed matriarch who cures homesickness with steak and phone calls — grounding EarthBound's cosmic stakes in domestic warmth.
• Orange Kid — Twoson's popular, well-groomed inventor whose single contribution to Ness's quest is a machine that plays a song and immediately breaks — proof that c
• Paula Jones — A psychic girl from Twoson whose prayers literally save the world — the most powerful party member hiding behind the lowest HP total.
• Picky Minch — Pokey's younger, far more mature brother who gets left behind while his father and brother pursue power — the decent Minch, for what that's worth.
• Pokey Minch — Ness's obnoxious next-door neighbor who desperately wanted to be his friend and instead became the secondary antagonist of the universe — a lonely, ab
• Poo — Crown Prince of Dalaam who gave up his body through Mu Training and arrives with PSI Starstorm — the party's serene warrior-monk counterpart to three
• Runaway Five — A perpetually indebted jazz band with six members (despite the name) who repay Ness's charity by driving through ghost tunnels and body-checking invin
• Star Master — A mysterious old master who appears in tornadoes to teach Poo the most devastating attack in the game — arriving exactly when needed, saying exactly w
• Tessie — A friendly lake monster in Winters who ferries Jeff across Lake Tess while an entire club of dedicated watchers somehow fails to notice.
• Tony — Jeff's loyal best friend and roommate at Snow Wood Boarding School — confirmed to be in love with Jeff, making him one of the earliest openly gay char
• Tracy — Ness's younger sister who takes a part-time job at Escargo Express the moment her brother leaves to save the world — providing item storage services w
• Venus — Fourside's famous singer whose autograph on a banana peel opens the path to a Your Sanctuary location — the glamorous counterpoint to EarthBound's sub

Locations

• Cave of the Past — The final dungeon — a primordial cavern at the end of time where the party fights as robots, reality dissolves into static, and the only weapon left i
• Dalaam — The floating kingdom — a mountaintop palace in Chommo where Prince Poo trains, meditates, and has his body spiritually destroyed before joining three
• Deep Darkness — A treacherous swamp in southern Scaraba where Master Barf lurks, the Tenda hide, and wading into the deeper water slowly kills you.
• Devil's Machine — The massive device containing Giygas at the end of the Cave of the Past — a pulsing, fleshy nightmare that stabilizes an insane god and reflects all a
• Dusty Dunes Desert — The vast desert between Threed and Fourside — home to sunstroke, a gold mine, slot machines, a touching love story between two sesame seeds, and a bil
• Fourside — The big city — EarthBound's New York parody where skyscrapers hide corrupt politicians, a neon nightmare dimension lurks behind a cafe, and a dinosaur
• Happy Happy Village — A village painted entirely blue by a cult that worships the color blue — which is exactly as absurd and unsettling as it sounds.
• Lost Underworld — A prehistoric cavern at the center of the Earth where dinosaurs roam and the party shrinks to the size of ants — the penultimate region before the end
• Magicant — A world made entirely from Ness's mind — memories, fears, and courage given physical form, accessible only after collecting all eight melodies, and co
• Moonside — A psychedelic neon nightmare hidden behind Jackie's Cafe — a psychic illusion of Fourside where 'yes' means 'no,' citizens speak in riddles, and the E
• Onett — The first town — a sleepy American suburb where the adventure begins with a meteorite crash and ends with alien invasion, all under the watch of an in
• Saturn Valley — The hidden village of the Mr. Saturns — cylindrical houses, free hospitals, unnecessary ladders, and the gentle absurdity that is EarthBound's heart.
• Scaraba — An ancient desert island inspired by Egypt — bazaars, pyramids, brutal heat, and the entrance to both Dungeon Man and the Deep Darkness.
• Snow Wood Boarding School — The boarding school in Winters where Jeff and Tony live — a proper English-style academy that Jeff escapes from in the middle of the night to answer a
• Summers — A glamorous seaside resort town with outrageously expensive shops, a cultural museum, and the Stoic Club — EarthBound's French Riviera parody where Po
• Threed — The zombie town — a place that was normal until Master Belch's army of undead took over, trapping residents in their homes and turning the graveyard i
• Twoson — The second town — 'we got this name because we weren't first' — home of Paula, two rival kid inventors, a thief with a heart of gold, and the Chaos Th
• Winters — A frozen island country based on England and Scotland — home of Snow Wood Boarding School, Lake Tess and its monster, and Dr. Andonuts's laboratory ne

Items

• Evil Mani Mani — A golden humanoid statue that corrupts everyone who possesses it — the physical conduit for Giygas's influence across Eagleland, passing from hand to
• Franklin Badge — A badge named after Benjamin Franklin that reflects all lightning-based attacks — essential for surviving Mr. Carpainter and useful throughout the ent
• Phase Distorter — A series of time-and-space-traveling devices built by Dr. Andonuts, Apple Kid, and the Mr. Saturns — each version more desperate than the last, culmin
• Sky Runner — Dr. Andonuts's prototype flying machine that Jeff pilots across a continent, crashes into a graveyard, gets repaired by grateful citizens, and finally
• Sound Stone — A mystical recording device that captures the melodies of eight Sanctuary locations — the key to Ness's journey into Magicant and the awakening of his
• Sword of Kings — An absurdly rare weapon with a 1-in-128 drop chance from Starman Supers — the only equipment that meaningfully improves Poo's offense, and the source

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