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FrankerZ
No, I'm not even going to explain it. This needed its own thread, otherwise, it would get little attention. I warned you about spoilers, so if its true, this is the first SSE thing spoiled that we don't know about and spoils how to unlock someone.
What do you guys think? Wanna believe? Or would rather shout "OMG FAKEEEEEEEE!"
Edit: Close the thread if the information becomes proven to be false.
EBF has confirmed Ness as a playable character!
He knew about the Franklin Badge, New Pork City stage, and playable Lucas weeks before they were confirmed.
"Get to Chapter 3 in Adventure mode, and progress all the way through to the end (save the game during the last checkpoint just in case you lose the upcoming boss battle). There's a cutscene in which Lucas is approached by Porky (in his spider mech), who backs Lucas up the edge of a cliff, with nowhere to turn. One of Porky's machine's mechanized legs lifts up about to attack Lucas, when the mechanized leg is hit with a sudden PK blast from behind. Porky turns around and Ness is standing there. The cutscene transitions into a Lucas (P1) & Ness vs. Porky boss battle. Damage the mech until the HP bar at the top of the screen drains out, but watch out for the spider legs, as they cause quite a bit of damage. When you defeat Porky, Ness will be unlocked. -EBF"
Looks like ChaosZero is correct (so far)...
SourceEBF (EarthBound Fan) is a friend of mine (we met years ago at Starmen.net) who has close ties to sources within HAL Laboratory, one of the co-developers of MOTHER 3. I believe there's an "EarthBound Fan" member here at GameFAQs, but it's a totally different person.
Around the time Starmen.net speculated about the Franklin Badge, EBF sent me the following e-mail which I made a topic here about, but it was overlooked and labeled as "generic"/"anybody could guess that"/etc. It didn't get any more than 10 replies.
"There's going to be a Franklin Badge item that protects from projectile weapons. I've also heard that Lucas will be a playable character and MOTHER 3's New Pork City will be a stage. Word on Ness returning is still unknown at this point. -EBF"
A few days later, r.e.i.d.m.a.n. of Starmen.net posted similar information, likely from the same source. I'm sure they'll confirm Ness in a few days time.
What do you guys think? Wanna believe? Or would rather shout "OMG FAKEEEEEEEE!"
Edit: Close the thread if the information becomes proven to be false.