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[[File:Mother 2 Crash Site.jpg|right|thumb|256px|Buzz Buzz appears moments after a bright light engulfs the meteor]]

The story begins when Ness is awakened by a meteor that has plummeted to the earth near his home, whereupon he proceeds to investigate the crash site. When Ness gets to the crash site he discovers a police road block and Porky Minch (Rendered Pokey Minch), his friend and neighbor, who tells him to go home. Later, Ness is woken up again by Porky knocking at his door, demanding help to find his brother Picky. They find him near the meteor behind a tree and wake him up. Then the three encounter an insect from the meteor named [[Buzz Buzz]] who informs Ness that he is from the future where the "universal cosmic destroyer", [[Giygas]], dominates the planet. Buzz Buzz senses great potential in Ness and instructs him to embark on a journey to seek out and record the melodies of eight "[[Your Sanctuary|sanctuaries]]," unite his own powers with the Earth's and gain the strength required to confront Giygas.

After battling and defeating Everdread, he reveals that Paula has traveled to [[Happy Happy Village]], but has not returned, suspecting that the cult of Happy Happyism has captured her. Ness attempts to reach the village, but finds the bridge leading there broken. What's worse, an iron pencil statue is blocking the other route. Returning to Twoson, he encounters and befriends [[Apple Kid]], a sloppy yet inteligent inventor who finds himself hungry and unable to sell an invention. After being helped, Apple Kid gives Ness the Pencil Eraser, which allows Ness to bypass the Iron Pencil statue and enter Happy Happy Village. There, Ness finds Paula imprisoned in a cabin by the Happy Hapyist Cult, but is unable to open the cell she is in. Paula tells Ness that the leader of the cult, [[Mr. Carpainter]], possesses the key, and gives Ness the Franklin Badge necessary to confront him. Just outside, however, Ness discovers that [[Pokey Minch|Porky]] (who has been promoted to a "high position" of the cult) is working against him, and sends two cult members and a crow to attack Ness. Ness defeats the cultists, then confronts and defeats Carpainter, who agrees to free Paula. Together, Ness and Paula then enter a nearby cave and battle the [[Mondo Mole]], who guards the second sanctuary known as [[Lilliput Steps]]. Returning to Twoson, Everdread gives Ness a wad of bills, and Ness uses the money to help the [[Runaway Five]], a band performing at a theater and stuck there through a massive debt, become free from this debt, and the band out of gratitude helps the two arrive in [[Threed]].

Upon reaching Fourside, the group enters the Monotoli Building and find Porky again, now in cohorts with the city mayor, [[Geldegarde Monotoli]], who has been corrupted by the strange [[Mani-Mani Statue]]. Not wanting Ness to interfere, Porky forces the group out of the Monotoli Building and into the desert. Back there, they find Montague again in a much deeper hole, who explains in a distress that [[Guardian Digger|five large moles]] are infesting the mine. By defeating the moles, Montague gives Ness a diamond, which he uses to again help the Runaway Five out of debt. The Runaway Five then gives a final show alongside the singer [[Venus]]. Wishing to celebrate, the three of them visit a department store, only to have Paula kidnapped by the [[Department Store Spook]], who also creates a blackout in the store and causes monsters to appear. Ness and Jeff proceed to the spook and defeat it, but find that Paula is no longer with it and is now with Monotoli himself. After hearing various rumors that Monotoli visits the Fourside cafe often, Ness and Jeff arrive at the cafe, only to find a wounded Everdread, who had stolen the Mani-Mani Statue from Carpainter in Happy Happy Village, but found the statue stolen from him by Monotoli. Everdread tells Ness to check behind the cafe's counter, which warps them to a weird, hallucinogenic counterpart of Fourside known as [[Moonside]]. Navigating through the city, Ness and Jeff discover and destroy the Mani-Mani Statue, which causes Moonside to disappear.

[[File:Mother 2 Summers.png|left|thumb|256px|Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo travel through Summers]]

After returning to Summers, the four enter Toto, where they procure a boat and travel to [[Scaraba]], but encounter a mighty [[Kraken]] along the way. After defeating the Kraken, they arrive in Scaraba, where they explore a pyramid in the desert and gain the Hawk Eye. Outside the Pyramid, Ness and his party encounter the [[Star Master]], who requests that Poo leave the party with him in order to learn PK Starstorm. Poo leaves, and the rest of the party discover [[Dungeon Man]], previously Brick Road. Dungeon Man briefly travels with them before becoming entangled in various trees. Despite this, however, Ness and his friends acquire a submarine within Dungeon Man and travel into the [[Deep Darkness]], a path leading them under the earth. Using the Hawk Eye, Ness is able to navigate through the Deep Darkness, where they once again encounter Master Belch, now known as [[Master Barf]]. After battling Barf, Poo suddenly reappears and finishes off Barf by unleashing PK Starstorm. With Barf defeated, they find [[Tenda Village]], a small community populated by extremely shy creatures known as [[Tenda]]. Apple Kid then calls Ness again, telling him that he is now working with Dr. Andonuts to create a machine known as the [[Phase Distorter]]. Suddenly, Apple Kid finds himself and Andonuts kidnapped by Porky, who also steals the prototype phase distorter. Returning to Winters, the group infiltrate the [[Stonehenge Base]] and battle the [[Starman Deluxe]], the overseer of the base. After defeating the Starman Deluxe, Andonuts and Apple Kid are rescued, and Apple Kid gives Ness the [[List of key items in EarthBound#Shyness book|book of overcoming shyness]].

After awakening, Ness and the group return to Saturn Valley where Dr. Andonuts, Apple Kid, and various Mr. Saturns have created a new Phase Distorter, a time traveling device. Unfortunately, however, they find that the machine does not work, as it is lacking a critical component: Zyoxinite, a rare material only found in asteroid deposits. Recalling the asteroid in Onett, Ness returns to his home, only to find the area invaded by hordes of Giygas's soldiers and its inhabitants locked in their homes. Ness makes his way through the invaded town and reclaims the meteorite, then returns to Saturn Valley to give the material to Dr. Andonuts. After upgrading the machine, Andonuts explains to the kids that the machine cannot warp them to the past in their current form, as living things cannot withstand time travel and it would likely destroy their human bodies. To remedy this problem, Andonuts proposes to them to have their souls transplanted into robotic bodies, though not without warning them that he doesn't know whether or not the process is reversible. Despite this critical warning, Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo are willing to take the risk.

After the ending credits, Picky Minch comes to Ness's house in the middle of the night and gives him a letter from Porky that says "''Come and get me loser. Spankety, spankety, spankety!''", and the game ends with him and Ness pondering what has become of him.

== Battle ==

*'''Vitality''' - Determines how much HP is gained when leveling up.

*'''Luck''' - Determines the accuracy of an attack.

==Enemies and Bosses==

===Normal Enemies===

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| [[Onett]]<br>[[Threed]]

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| [[Onett]]<br>[[Happy Happy Village]]<br>[[Winters]]

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| [[Onett]]<br>[[Twoson]]<br>[[Winters]]

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| [[Onett]]

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| [[Onett]]

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| [[Onett]]

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| [[Giant Step]]<br>[[Rainy Circle]]

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| [[Giant Step]]<br>[[Twoson]]<br>[[Grapefruit Falls]]

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| [[Giant Step]]<br>[[Brick Road]]<br>[[Rainy Circle]]

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| [[Onett]]<br>[[Twoson]]

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| [[Twoson]]

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| [[Twoson]]

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| [[Twoson]]

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| [[Twoson]]<br>[[Peaceful Rest Valley]]

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| [[Twoson]]

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| [[Twoson]]<br>[[Happy Happy Village]]

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| [[Twoson]]<br>[[Happy Happy Village]]

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| [[Peaceful Rest Valley]]

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| [[Peaceful Rest Valley]]

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| [[Happy Happy Village]]

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| [[Lilliput Steps]]

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| [[Lilliput Steps]]<br>[[Dusty Dunes Desert]]<br>[[Summers]]

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| [[Lilliput Steps]]

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| [[Threed]]

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| [[Threed]]

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| [[Threed]]

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| [[Threed]]

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| [[Winters]]

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| [[Winters]]

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| [[Grapefruit Falls]]

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| [[Grapefruit Falls]]

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| [[Grapefruit Falls]]

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| [[Grapefruit Falls]]

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| [[Belch's Base]]

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| [[Belch's Base]]

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| [[Belch's Base]]

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| [[Milky Well]]

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| [[Rainy Circle]]<br>[[Milky Well]]<br>[[Monkey Cave]]

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| [[Milky Well]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Dusty Dunes Desert]]

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| [[Fourside]]

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| [[Fourside]]

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| [[Fourside]]

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| [[Fourside]]

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| [[Gold Mine]]

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| [[Gold Mine]]

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| [[Gold Mine]]

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| [[Gold Mine]]

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| [[Grand Department Store]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Grand Department Store]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Grand Department Store]]

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| [[Moonside]]

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| [[Moonside]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Moonside]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Moonside]]<br>[[Dungeon Man]]

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| [[Monotoli Building]]

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| [[Winters]]

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| [[Rainy Circle]]

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| [[Rainy Circle]]

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| [[Rainy Circle]]

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| [[Summers]]

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| [[Summers]]

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| [[Magnet Hill]]

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| [[Magnet Hill]]

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| [[Magnet Hill]]

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| [[Pink Cloud]]

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| [[Pink Cloud]]

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| [[Pink Cloud]]

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| [[Pink Cloud]]

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| [[Scaraba]]

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| [[Scaraba]]

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