Run: Difference between revisions

'''Run''' is a command in the [[Mother (series)|Mother series]].

==In {{vg|Mother}}==

In battle, the run command can be used to escape from the battle. [[Ninten]]'s party will not gain [[status|experience points]], however, and it has a high rate of failure. The [[PSI]] technique, [[4th-D Slip]], has a similar effect, but has a 100% success rate and costs 16 [[status#PP|PP]].

In the English prototype and [[Mother 1+2]], the run command will double Ninten's walking speed. The prototype also speeds up non-playable characters and other miscellaneous processes when the run command is used. In the prototype, it is accessed by using the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|B button]] by default, but can be changed to [[Nintendo Entertainment System|start]] or [[Nintendo Entertainment System|select]] as well. In the Mother 1+2 version of the game, it is accessed by holding the [[Game Boy Advance|R button]]. According to the script writer of the prototype, Phil Sandhop, the run command's out of battle usage was originally added for debugging the game, but he convinced the higher ups to have it kept in the game.<ref>[http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/earth-01.shtml Lost Levels: Mother: Added Features, Enhancements, and Modifications]</ref>

In EarthBound, the run command can only be used in battle, with its out of battle usage replaced by the [[List of recovery items in EarthBound|Skip sandwich]], [[List of recovery items in EarthBound|Skip sandwich DX]], and the [[List of key items in EarthBound|Bicycle]]. In battle, it largely remains unchanged from Mother.

===In battle===

The run command remains mostly unchanged from Mother and EarthBound.

The run command's usage outside of battle returns in Mother 3, assigned to the [[Game Boy Advance|B button]]. To use it, the B button must be held for about a second, and [[the player]]'s current lead character will then run on their own, only changing direction when a button on the [[Game Boy Advance|D-pad]] is pressed, and only stopping when they bump into something or the B button is pressed again. Certain objects or characters need to be rammed into to break them or knock them over as well.