History VideoGame / Mother2Deluxe

''Mother 2 Deluxe'' is a ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' [[GameMod ROM Hack]] made by Messianic from Starmen.net. It was originally released in 2015, then it was given a 2.0 update in 2021 with a major overhaul.

* CompositeCharacter: The Old Robot enemy is the Wobbly Robot from Mother 3, but takes the name of the Old Robo from Earthbound Beginnings.

* HardModePerks: As seen in a trailer released for the hack, options will exist to tone the game's difficult down to either vanilla ''Earthbound's'' or an easier version of ''Mother 2 Deluxe's'', though playing the hack on its standard difficult, or the newly added [[HarderThanHard Insane]] difficulty will unlock new dungeons for the player to explore.

* CallForward: Various nods are made to Mother 3:
** Jeff has the ability to steal items from enemies carrying them after using his Check command, similar to Boney.
** [[spoiler:Porky mocks Ness throughout the Paradox Dungeon, revealing that he has kidnapped Jeff's father and created a pig army, alluding to the events of Mother 3.]]

The overall game experience remains largely the same as the original, but with several major revamps. The translation is selectively more accurate to the Japanese original (Pokey is Porky, Giygas is Gyiyg, the Runaway Five are the Runaway Brothers), but still maintains many elements from the English localization (the Pencil and Eraser statues are unchanged, for instance). The main change is a complete difficulty and balance overhaul, tweaking the game to be considerably harder than the original. Additionally, several issues from the original have been fixed or adjusted, improving the overall player experience(such as Jeff's various battle items being sorted into their own separate menu).

Version 2.0, released in 2021, includes entirely new content such as new enemy types, most drawn from both the previous and future installments, [[spoiler: including an entirely new, added dungeon and boss battle after defeating Gyiyg, which ties in with the events of Mother 3.]]

** [[spoiler: The post-credits ending scene has now been expanded to a full gameplay sequence in which Ness is abducted by Porky and taken to [[BonusDungeon the Paradox]], an entirely new dungeon.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler: The Paradox dungeon is named only in the secret debug room.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The game's expanded ending ties into the story of Mother 3, revealing Porky's abduction of Dr. Andonuts and hinting toward Porky's sadness over becoming an enemy to Ness.]]
* BrainInAJar: The Mr. Mind enemy in [[spoiler: the Paradox dungeon.]]

** [[spoiler: Porky mocks Ness throughout the Paradox Dungeon, revealing that he has kidnapped Jeff's father and created a pig army, alluding to the events of Mother 3.]]

** All enemies that shared overworld sprites in the original now have entirely new, unique sprites of their own. [[spoiler: The floating diamond sprite previously used for many alien and machine enemies is now repurposed as a new enemy type in the form of a Octahedron encountered in the Paradox dungeon.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: Much like the original game, the end has Ness and and his family being awoken by Picky knocking on the door, wondering where his brother is. [[spoiler: Unlike the original, you can travel out to find Porky waiting at the meteorite landing site, whereupon he will drag Ness into the Paradox dungeon, eventually leading to [[PostFinalBoss another battle with Porky]] before the game ends on its "To Be Continued" screen.]]

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Even though Gyiyg is the main cause of the game, he is not the final boss. Porky ends up taking this spot]].
* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: Porky's continuous time-traveling causes him to appear much older as he repeatedly appears to mock Ness throughout the Paradox dungeon, while Ness himself spends only a matter of hours in the dungeon.]]

* Railroading: Unlike the original game, certain optional events are now required to progress through the story.

** The Mini Barf is given a new spite, making it look like a smaller version of Master Belch. That new sprite is also used for the Huge Barfy Slime enemy in the Deep Darkness.

* AdaptationalBadass: The mole bosses in Dusty Dune Caves and Lilliput Steps no longer have their vulnerability to PK Flash from the original.

* [[spoiler: The post-credits ending scene has now been expanded to a full gameplay sequence in which Ness is abducted by Porky and taken to [[BonusDungeon the Paradox]], an entirely new dungeon.]]

At first glance, the game itself is mostly the same as the original, but with a major revamps. The first major thing is that the translation is more direct of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Porky, Giygas is Gyiyg, the Runaway Five are the Runaway Brothers), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser and the Runaway Brother maintain their Western outfit colors). But one of the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

Version 2.0 released in 2021 was updated in given new enemies, most of which are from both the previous and future installments, [[spoiler: including an extra battle after defeating Gyiyg, where Porky shows up and takes Ness to the Paradox dungeon as he mocks him that he is going to take over the world, leading to the events of Mother 3.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: The mole bosses in Dusty Dune Caves and Lilliput Steps are not prone to PK Flash compare to the original.
* AdaptationExpansion: The game has some expanded parts that were not part of the original game:
** The caves at Winters are expanded compare to the original. The original room where you enter Rainy Circle has an extra room.
* [[spoiler: The Paradox dungeon Porky takes you after you beat Gyigy.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler: The Paradox Dungeon was named if you go through the debug room.]]

** While the inventory space is still an issue like in the original game, Jeff however got an upgrade in this version. He has a separate inventory space called "Tools" where the gadgets that he can only use are placed (eg Bazooka). Meaning you have more space. Also like Boney from Mother 3, Jeff can actually take items from enemies.
** The alien enemies are depicted as a floating diamond, making it hard to know which one you're gonna deal with. This is fixed in this hack as all of them have new sprites, making it more easy to understand in case you want to deal with them or run away. Same goes with the enemies are inside presents.
** If you give the first attack on an enemy if you are in a higher level (ie the green swirl), the "runaway" option gives you a 100 chance on getting away if you don't want to deal with them.
* BittersweetEnding: Even those Ness and his friends were able to stop Gyiyg, [[spoiler: Ness was distraught when he had to battle a much older Porky with his last words saying "My friend.." before returning back to where he was before Porky swooped him at a span of one night. Worse of all is that Ness is pandering on where Porky went all that time he was stuck.]]
* BrainInAJar: Mr. Mind in [[spoiler: Porky's dungeon]].
* CallForward: Quite a few nods to Mother 3 are referenced in this game:
** Jeff has the ability to take items from enemies after spying on them if they contain one, similar to Boney.
** [[spoiler: Porky mocks to Ness in the Paradox Dungeon that he kidnapped Jeff's dad and created a pig army, leading to the events of Mother 3.]]
* CompositeCharacter: The Old Robot is the Wobbly Robot from Mother 3, but takes the namesake of Old Robo from Earthbound Beginnings.

** The Eraser Eraser Statue was place 1/3 of a way inside the dungeon leading to Stongehedge Base in the original. The rom moves the statue mores towards the entrance of the dungeon as to not spoiler what it would like later on.
** In the original game, you can go to almost any of the "Your Places" in whatever order you like, but in the rom, you have to beat the first seven before you can enter to Fire Spring.
** Speaking of which, the difficulty on the bosses and enemies in those dungeons are ramped to the same level as your party, meaning you can't defeat them easily (eg if you do Mondo Mole after gaining more party members, he and his minions will be much harder to deal with).
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Much like the original, if you die in a battle, only Ness is alive with no PP and the other characters remain as ghosts. However here, you don't lose half of your money, making it easier to deal. Meaning you can carry as much money in your wallet.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: The 2.0 update of the game gave out new enemy and NPC sprites for some existing ones.
** The Mini Barf is given a new spite, making it look like a small version of Master Belch. That new sprite is also repurposed for the Huge Barfy Slime in Deep Darkness.
** The Kraken during the trip to Scaraba is given a new battle sprite.
** Most of the alien enemies in the overworld are depicted as diamonds, but they are given new sprites to help players to know what enemy is it. [[spoiler: The Diamond sprites were later repurposed as a new enemy in the form of a Octahedron]].

* TheEndOrIsIt: Much like the original game, the end has Ness and and his family being awaken by the knocks of Picky asking where his brother is. [[spoiler: Unlike the original, you have to go out in the night to find out where Porky is. He's in the same spot where the meteorite was at the start.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to Porky of being the main villain in ''Mother 3'', [[spoiler: his mentioning of kidnapping Dr. Andonuts and him getting old from time travel makes it apparent that things won't be better.]]
* MidairBobbing: Flying enemies would bob up and down during battle.
* {{Railroading}}: Unlike the original game, the hack is more in some parts that you can't progress unless you do certain objectives.
** Talking to Lier X. Agerate about the Mani Mani Devil at the start of the game is optional. But it's mandatory to meet him before leaving Onett due to the statue being an important part of the game. If you don't, you can't battle Frank yet until you meet up with Lier.
* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler: When Ness was in Porky's dungeon, Porky is distraught that he remained the same age while he grew older. When in reality, Porky was time traveling in different ages, whilst Ness only spend about a few hours in the dungeon.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Porky takes Ness with him at a dungeon from another dimension that he found after Gyiyg's defeat. The reason being that he wants to take over the future]].
* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Even though Gyiyg is the main cause of the game, he is not the final boss. Porky ends up taking this spot]].

At first glance, the game itself is mostly the same as the original, but with a major revamps. The first major thing is that the translation is more direct of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Porky, Giygas is Gyiyg), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser). But one of the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

Version 2.0 released in 2021 was updated in given new enemies, [[spoiler: including an extra battle after defeating Gyiyg, where Porky shows up and takes Ness to the Paradox dungeon as he mocks him that he is going to take over the world, leading to the events of Mother 3.]]

** While the inventory space is still an issue like in the original game, Jeff however got an upgrade in this version. He has a separate inventory space called "Tools" where the gadgets that he can only use are placed (eg Bazooka). Meaning you have more space.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: The 2.0 update of the game gave out new enemy sprites for some existing ones.

At first glance, the game itself is mostly the same as the original, but with a major revamps. The first major thing is that the translation is more direct of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Pokry, Giygas is Gyiyg), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser). But one of the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

At first glance, the game itself is mostly the same as the original, but with a major revamps. The first major thing is that the translation is more of a direct translation of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Pokry, Giygas is Gyiyg), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser). But one of the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

Version 2.0 released in 2021 was updated in given new enemies, [[spoiler: including an extra battle after defeating Gyiyg, where Porky shows up and takes Ness to a endless dungeon as he mocks him that he is going to take over the world, leading to the events of Mother 3.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The caves at Winters are expanded compare to the original. The original room where you enter Rainy Circle has an extra room.

* ForegoneConclusion: Even those Ness and his friends were able to stop Gyiyg, [[spoiler: Ness was distraught when he had to battle a much older Porky with his last words saying "My friend.." before returning back to where he was before Porky swooped him at a span of one night. Worse of all is that Ness is pandering on where Porky went all that time he was stuck.]]

** The Eraser Eraser Statue was place 1/3 of a way inside the dungeon leading to Stongehedge Base in the original. The rom moves the statue mores towards the entrance of the dungeon.

* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler: When Ness was in Porky's dungeon, Porky is distraught that he remained the same age while he grew older. When in reality, Porky was time traveling in different ages, whilst Ness only spend about a few hours in the dungeon.

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler Even though Gyiyg is the main cause of the game, he is not the final boss. Porky ends up taking this spot]].

At first glance, he game itself is mostly the same as the original, but with a major revamps. The first major thing is that the translation is more of a direct translation of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Pokry, Giygas is Gyiyg), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser). But the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Porky takes Ness with him at a dungeon from another dimension that he found after Gyiyg's defeat. The reason being that he wants to take over the future.]]

''Mother 2 Deluxe'' is a ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' [[GameMod ROM Hack]] made by Messianic from Starmen.net.

The game itself is mostly the same as the original, with a few minor tweaks. The first major thing is that the translation is more of a direct translation of the Japanese version (eg, Pokey is Pokry, Giygas is Gyiyg), but still maintain some elements from the English version (eg the Pencil and Eraser Eraser). But the main change is that the difficulty has been tweaked to be slightly harder compare to the original, making it a NewGamePlus version for those who played the original version. Though it fixed a few issues with the original to make it a bit easier (eg Jeff's inventory space being more organized). So it's mostly trading off some stuff compare to the original game.

** Talking to Lier X. Agerate about the Mani Mani Devil at the start of the game is optional. But it's mandatory to meet him before leaving Onett due to the statue being an important part of the game. If you don't, you can't battle Frank yet until you meet up with Lier.

** The alien enemies are depicted as a floating diamond, making it hard to know which one you're gonna deal with. This is fixed in this hack as all of them have new sprites, making it more easy to understand in case you want to deal with them or run away.

* MidairBobbing: Flying enemies would bob up and down during battle.

* AdaptationalBadass: The moles in

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Much like the original, if you die in a battle, only Ness is alive with no PP and the other characters remain as ghosts. However here, you don't lose half of your money, making it easier to deal. Meaning you can carry as much money in your wallet.

''Hallow's End'' is a ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' [[GameMod ROM Hack]] made by Messianic from Starmen.net.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Much like the original, if you die in a battle, only Ness is alive with no PP and the other characers remain as ghosts. However here, you don't lose half of your money, making it easier to deal. Meaning you can carry as much money in your wallet.