Favorite food: Difference between revisions

The main character's '''favorite food''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|すきなたべもの|Sukina Tabemono}}''' ''Favorite Food'') is a reoccurring theme in the {{se|Mother}} series, appearing on all of the initial naming screens. In all of the games, it is cooked by the respective main character's mother. It is not an actual inventory item, however, and is merely mentioned in text.

The favorite food is referenced very little in {{vg|Mother}}, being served by [[Ninten]]'s mother and in [[Magicant]], with a couple of NPCs mentioning it. When eaten, it restores the party's HP and PP completely.

Ninten's favorite food is '''Prime rib''' ({{tt|プライムリブ|Puraimu Ribu}}),<ref>[http://kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm MOTHER Encyclopedia - The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant]</ref><ref>[[:File:PrimeRibRef.jpg|Part of Ninten's Encyclopedia Mother Entry]]</ref> but unlike the other two games, there is no in-game default for it, and so the favorite food is completely up to [[the player]] to choose.

In one of the "Earth Bound" prototype cartridges, the existing save file used Pizza as Ninten's favorite food.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8NWSrNTJ4&feature=player_detailpage#t=441s Hands On: EarthBound (NES) Prototype <nowiki>[Part 2/2]</nowiki>]</ref> However, it is unknown whether this was a save file from Nintendo or from a previous owner.

Similar to the first game, in [[EarthBound]] it is served by [[Ness]]'s mother. [[Paula]]'s [[Paula's family|mother]] also learns to prepare it as well, although she mentions that she's only just learning and still needs to practice. When eaten, it restores the party's HP and PP completely. In the [[letter]] from Ness's mother at the end of the game, she mentions that they haven't been eating his favorite food as much lately.

[[File:FavoriteFood.png]] In Mother 3, the favorite food is somewhat different. [[Hinawa]] makes it for the [[Lucas]] and [[Claus]] during the [[Prologue]]. Many villagers of [[Tazmily Village|Tazmily]] say that it was their favorite  food and that Hinawa always made it for the people of Tazmily. It is also possible for a [[Mystery Metal Monkey]] to drop Lucas's favorite food, although like the "good experience" it gives, it isn't actually obtained. When hacked into the inventory, the [[List of recovery items in Mother 3#Favorite food|favorite food]] functions as a restorative item, restoring 300 HP, as well as displaying a proper sprite, implying that earlier in development this item was planned to be usable, or was used for testing.