Onett

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Map of Onett

Onett (Japanese: オネット Onett) is a town in EarthBound.It is home to a number of key characters in the game, among them being Ness and Pokey Minch. Onett is where the game's protagonist, Ness, begins his adventure.

Story

The beginning of EarthBound is set in the town of Onett. One night, a meteorite crashes in the hills to the north. The local police cause a great ruckus, while Pokey Minch leaves his little brother, Picky at home to pursue a patrol car to the site. Minutes later, the protagonist Ness arrives at the roadblock to investigate what has happened, but Pokey tells Ness to head home and that he will explain everything the next day. Ness returns home, the police retreat to deal with a local gang, the Sharks,and Pokey takes Picky to the mountain to see the meteorite. Shortly after Ness returns home, Pokey arrives at his doorstep asking him to help find Picky before his parents arrive home. After a short conversation with his mother, Ness changes out of his pajamas and leaves with Pokey to find Picky. Ness fends off strange-behavioured animals as the two head up to the meteorite site to find Picky. When they arrive, they awaken the sleeping Picky, who explains that Pokey got scared and fled, leaving Picky behind. Before they leave, the three are stopped by a buzzing noise. A bright light emits from the meteorite and a bee emerges. The bee introduces himself as Buzz Buzz, and claims he came from ten years in the future. Buzz Buzz explains that the world is in danger and of a prophecy that three boys and a girl must vanquish an impending alien force, one of the boys being Ness. After Buzz Buzz finishes his story, the group descends from the hills and heads to the Minch residence, only to be confronted by Starman Jr., an alien from the future, who traveled back in time to track down Buzz Buzz. A battle engages, resulting in Buzz Buzz protecting the children and defeating the Starman with PSI. Afterward, the group arrives at the Minch's home, only for Pokey and Picky to be punished by their parents for going missing. Aloysius Minch, their father, then rambles to Ness about the problems the Minches have had because of Ness's father. Before Ness and Buzz Buzz leave, Lardna Minch, Pokey and Picky's mother, mistakes the bee for a dung beetle and kills him. Before he dies, Buzz Buzz tells Ness he needs to visit eight sanctuaries to defeat Giygas and gives him a Sound Stone, ending the prologue of the game.

Ness leaves the Minch's at sunrise and begins his journey, heading into town to research the Giant Step. He learns that the Taveling Entertainer's Shack, the only formal access to the Giant Step, has been locked by order of the town's mayor, B.H. Pirkle as the Sharks' leader, Frank, has trashed the shack. Ness also learns that the Sharks have been causing trouble in Onett, and so he heads to the town's arcade to confront the Sharks and their stubborn leader. Ness fights his way through the arcade and soon comes upon an exit leading to its closed off backyard, where he encounters and defeats Frank, along with his faulty robot, the Frankystein Mark II. He disbands the Sharks, and he tells Ness that Giant Step contains a mysterious power. After changing his ways, Frank starts working at the local Burger Shop. Ness heads to the City Hall where he is given a hero's welcome by the mayor. The mayor also gives Ness the key to the Traveling Entertainer's Shack, making Ness promise that the Mayor will not be responsible for any incidents that ensue. Ness passes through the shack, and into a large cave containing more strange-behavioured animals. At the end of the cave, he encounters the first Your Sanctuary guardian, Titanic Ant. He defeats Titanic Ant and steps out of the cave into Giant Step. There, a mysterious power in the form of a simple melody is recorded by Ness' Sound stone. When Ness heads back through the Traveling Entertainer's Shack, a police officer reprimands him for ignoring the shack's no trespassing sign, and he is asked to meet him at the local police station later on. If the player decides to have Ness stay at a hotel, he will receive his first telepathic message from Paula Polestar, a girl from Twoson asking for help. When Ness arrives at the police station, Captain Strong sends his five best officers to attack him for misreading the sign. Strong promises that if Ness defeats them, he will let him go trouble-free and will even call off the roadblock between Onett and Twoson. Ness defeats the first four officers, and the fifth flees, prompting Captain Strong to fill in for that officer instead. Ness defeats him as well, and as promised, Strong opens the roadblock, allowing Ness to continue to Twoson.

Onett continues to play a role in the story. Much later in EarthBound, Ness, Paula, Jeff Andonuts, and Poo need to go to the Onett Library to check out the book Overcoming Shyness, which is needed to cure the shyness of the Tenda tribesmen and get to the seventh sanctuary.

Near the end of the game, Ness and friends must return once again to retrieve a piece of the meteorite, a material known as Zexonyte, which is needed to complete the development of the Phase Distorter 3. When they arrive, the town is shrouded in a dark cloud and the north part is under siege by Giygas' elite forces. Oddly enough, if the player decides to go to Onett without talking to Dr. Andonuts about it, Onett is still in normal condition.

In other games

Onett appears as a stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It reappears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as one of the Melee stages. The setting of the stage is in front of the drug store.

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