Difference between revisions of "EarthBound Beginnings"

In the year 1988, Ninten, a young boy north of the city of [[Podunk]], has his house wracked by a poltergeist causing his lamp and sister's doll to come to life. Once the poltergeist left he examines the doll, which holds a tune that he memorizes. His father calls and instructs him to go on an adventure to realize his PSI skills. He advises Ninten to find his Great Grandfather's diary left in the basement. In the town, Ninten searches for a young girl named [[Pippi]], who had gone missing in the graveyard. After rescuing her, Ninten is tasked by the [[A. Goodman|mayor]] to calm the Zoo, where animals had gone crazy. Along the way he returns a lost canary chick to its mother, who sings a song which Ninten memorizes. At the zoo the animals became hostile due to the influence of a cosmic [[Starman]]. After defeating it and calming the animals, he learns another melody from a singing monkey. Heading east, Ninten comes across a cave with a strange pink rock where he hears a voice speak to him telepathically. He reads the Great Grandfather's diary, which opens an entryway to {{ebb| Magicant}}—a mystical world ruled by Queen Mary. She explains the importance of finding [[Eight Melodies]] to complete a song.

Returning to the normal world, Ninten finds a frequently-bullied boy genius named [[Lloyd]], who joins Ninten's party after receiving a bottle rocket from the nearby [[Sweet's Little Factory|factory]]. After this they head north to find a way to clear a landslide which is blocking the train station past the town's northern exit. After traveling through the large [[Duncan's Factory]], Lloyd fires a bottle rocket to blow up the rocks to clear the way. They head to the wintry town of [[Snowman]], where a psychic girl named [[Ana]] joins the party after Ninten returns her hat. Ana informs Ninten that they must check on the town of [[Youngtown]]. Along the way the children investigate a haunted house in [[Reindeer]], where a piano plays a melody for Ninten all on its own. They then head through a [[Yucca Desert|vast desert]] where a talking cactus sings another melody. At Youngtown they find that all of the childrens' parents have been abducted by a large spaceship and taken to [[Mt. Itoi]], beyond a swamp and to the town of [[Ellay]].

Ninten, Lloyd, and Ana arrive in [[Ellay]]. The fearsome leader of the [[Bla-Bla Gang]], [[Teddy]], attacks the group in the [[Live House]], but soon becomes amiable after losing to Ninten and joins the party leaving Lloyd behind to rest. They continue to find the rest of the melodies, where one is guarded by a dragon beneath Magicant. Their next destination is Mt. Itoi, where inside a house at the plateau, Ninten and Ana profess their love, and share a dance. A large robot attacks their cabin, and the party is saved by Lloyd. Teddy, however, is severely injured, forcing Lloyd to rejoin the team. The party continues to climb Mt. Itoi, and meet George's benevolent robot, [[EVE]]. Their quick ascent ends after EVE sacrifices herself to defeat a large robot, however the wrecked EVE is revealed to contain a melody for Ninten to learn. At the peak of the mountain they find George's gravestone. Suddenly crystal fragments appear to teach Ninten the final melody. The party returns to Magicant to sing the full song to Queen Mary. She recalls the Melodies along with her adopted young alien child named [[Giygas]], and reveals herself as Maria. Magicant, a result of her own conscience, disappears, along with Maria herself, leaving the children to face the alien threat at the summit.

At the top, Giygas reveals himself, telling how George stole the ability of PSI, unknowingly "betraying his people". Giygas attempts to unleash an attack on the party, but the children sing the Eight Melodies to him. Giygas, recalling Maria and her motherly love, is overwhelmed in emotion, and departs from the Earth, vengefully promising to Ninten that he will return. The children free the captive adults from Mt. Itoi's summit; Ana is finally reunited with her missing mother; Teddy recovers and begins performing daily at the Live House in Ellay; the captive parents from Youngtown happily return to their children; Ana and her mother return to Snowman, with Ana promising that she, Ninten, and Lloyd will meet again; Lloyd returns to Merrysville and is treated as a hero by Twinkle Elementary School's students, effectively abolishing his bullied status; and Ninten returns home. Later on, Ana receives a letter from Ninten, expressing her wish to see him again upon reading it; Ninten then falls asleep in his bed "now that the earth's crisis is over." After the credits, his father calls, and while waiting for Ninten to answer, states that "something has come up".