My EBFGP Challenges Thus Far

For those of you unfamiliar with it, EarthBound is a video game released in 1995 by Nintendo for their Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It defied the set route that all other RPG's took by setting it in a real life world like our own. It is basically about a young boy who along with 3 friends he meets along his journey, must save the world from an alien invasion.

The EarthBound Funktastic Gameplay Summer is an event hosted by Starmen.Net where many players from around the world gather to play the game together to keep the spirit of the game alive.

Each day a new gameplay point is given where you must reach and go no further until the next day's point. Challenges are included in this to make the gaming experience more enjoyable, which is basically what this particular blog will show. I will show a list of all the challenges given thus far, and will show which ones I have completed, giving proof if and where possible. The first post will be rather large as I am late starting this blog, but the posts after should be much smaller.

The List (By GPP):
June 17 - Touchdown!

• Bring home as many cookies as you can. - Incomplete

• Avoid all the fights until Starman Junior.(Or get to level 8 so you can own him with Rockin') - Complete (reached level 8 and rocked him).

• Don't ask your dog for help, he'd be rather lazy anyways - Complete

• Don't equip the cracked bat outside. Show it sympathy - Complete

• Don't go back home to mooch off Mom - Complete

June 18 - Onett

• Beat Frank before you reach Level 5. - Incomplete ( couldnt finish due to difficulty of 1/128 challenge)
  
• Or reach Level 12 before you fight him so you can Shield his attacks.- Complete
  
• Buy the house at Beak's Point before you fight Frank. - Complete
  
• Only use Cookies and Fruit Juice to recover your health. - Complete
• (1/128) - Skate Punks sometimes drop Pizzas! Win one!

June 20 - Giant Step

• Don't use the magic butterflies. - Complete (due to no PSI Challenge)
  
• Run away from Attack Slugs. Only level up on the hard enemies. - Incomplete (due to 1/128 Challenge)
  
• Defeat Titanic Ant at Level 7 or less. - Incomplete (for same reasons as last point)
  
• No PSI Life Up. All those free cookies will be sad. - Complete
• (1/128) - Attack Slugs sometimes drop Bombs. Get one! - Complete
  

June 21 - Mambo Combo

• Use only one recovery item. It's how real men do it.- Complete (Never used any because of high level)
  
• Don't use your PSI Special attack at all. - Complete (No PSI challenge)
  
• Buy the house now if you haven't yet. - Completed before
  
• Get a Fresh Egg from Captain Strong. - Complete

June 22 - Twoson

• Spend ALL the money on hand and in your account. - Complete
  
• Invest in Orange Kid. The full $200. Keep his Suporma! - Complete
  
• Stay "Mashroomized" through the entire GPP. - Complete
  
• Collect 10 toothbrushes. Gotta keep those teeth clean! - Incomplete
  
• Fight 5 policemen. You're a bad enough dude to do that. - Complete
  
• Make $1000 in 5 minutes. NO SELLING ANY POULTRY! - Complete
• (1/128) - Territorial Oaks sometimes drop PSI Caramels. Win one! - Complete
  

June 23 - Happy Happy Village

• Don't steal eggs. It's wrong. Pay at least $110 per egg. - Complete
  
• Unequip all armor, then fight Insane Cultists until the letters start to repeat. - Complete
• Don't use any PSI at all while fighting Carpainter. Let him blow himself away with reflected lightning - Complete
  
• Donate all your money to that annoying lady. Do it one dollar at a time until your inventory is full of Picture Postcards. - Complete
• Fill Paula's inventory entirely with cookies from crows. - Complete
• (1/128) - Insane Cultists sometimes drop PSI Caramels. Win one! - Complete

June 24 - Lilliput Steps

• Win a Teddy Bear from a Mighty Bear. - Complete
  
• Keep Paula alive for the entire game play point. - Complete
  
• Or, let Paula die, then talk to people in Twoson. - Incomplete (she never died)
  
• Keep Paula's Teddy Bear "alive". - Complete
  
• Don't use Paralysis on the Mondo Mole. - Complete (No PSI Challenge)
  
• Beat Mondo Mole with Paula at Level 1 and have her alive at the end of the battle. - Incomplete (she was higher than level 1)

June 25 - Threed To Winters

• Get Ness and Paula possessed. Keep them that way. - Incomplete
  
• Fight five Coil Snakes in Threed. - Complete
  
• Purchase the T-Rex Bat from the drugstore in Winters. - Incomplete
  
• Avoid fights so Jeff will reach Threed at Level 1. - Incomplete
  
• Patrol the streets of Threed and fight all enemies that are sitting in the road. Yell, "Die, freako Belch minion!" each time you get into a fight. Do this until Ness's dad calls, and then yell "WHO YA GONNA CALL?!" before answering the phone. - Complete

June 27 - Threed Resurrected

• Fight 5 Cave Boys in a row, using only items to heal. (As if Jeff has any other options.) - Complete
  
• Get Jeff at least 5 levels ahead of Ness. - Incomplete
  
• When in Threed, have only Paula and Jeff attack. - Incomplete
  
• Kill off Ness and Jeff, then get Paula to defeat Boogey Tent on her own. She needs the experience! - Incomplete

June 28 - Saturn Valley

• Use no PSI at all for the whole game play point.- Complete (No PSI)
  
• Fight 10 Armored Frogs. See the above challenge. - Complete
  
• Talk to all of the Mr. Saturns in under 1 minute. - Complete
  
• Buy everything in the shop, including three Bionic Slingshots. - Complete
  
• Fight a Mad Duck in Saturn Valley... yes, it's possible. - Complete
  
• Fight a Mad Duck behind the Mr. Saturn shop. (This one is a little harder and you should probably save first.) - Complete
  
• Fight a Violent Roach in Saturn Valley. Not in the cave. Outside. - Incomplete
• (1/128) - Plain Crocodiles sometimes drop Meteorniums! Get one! - Complete
• (1/128) - Violent Roaches sometimes drop Secret Herbs. Win one! - Complete x 2

June 29 - Milky Belch Coffee

• Fight one hundred Foppies. Count them off in a theatrical Boris Karloff accent and use PSI Thunder to finish the last one. Don't forget to go, "ah ha ha ha ha!" - Complete
  
• No PSI in the factory. Only items can be used. - Complete (No PSI as usual)
  
• No coins, please! Don't equip the Mr. Saturn Coin or the Coin of Slumber. - Complete
  
• Fight Trillionage Sprout with 2 or more people "Mashroomized". - Complete
  
• Hit an enemy with the Bionic Slingshot while crying. - Complete
  
• Learn and recite the whole coffee scene from memory. - Incomplete
  

June 30 - DDD and Fourside

• Fight 5 Criminal Caterpillars. - Complete
  
• Fight each type of desert creature twice. - Complete
  
• Collect every item that can be found in the desert. - Complete
  
• Talk to the sesame seeds, the sunbathers, and all the old bones. - Complete
• Get all four of the prize items from the slot machine game. - Complete
  
• Don't heal any sunstrokes at all. Don't be a wimp! - Incomplete (I used wet towels)
  
• Fight a Criminal Caterpillar and win WITHOUT sneaking up from behind and getting an instant win. - Complete
• (1/128) - Smilin' Spheres sometimes drop Meteorniums. Get one! - Complete

July 1 - The Mole Mines

• No Freeze or Bottle Rockets on the Guardian Diggers. - Complete
  
• Collect every item you can before you fight the moles. - Incomplete
  
• Have the enemies surprise attack you every time. - Incomplete
  
• Don't use any Lifenoodles. - Complete
  
• Apologize to each Guardian Digger every time you attack and ultimately defeat them. Explain that you don't mean to remove them from their natural habitat, but it's a necessary evil in order to save the world. Maybe if you can make them realize that Giygas is going to crush them if you don't succeed, you can get them to cooperate. - Complete
  

Thats all so far, but I will hopefully update daily to keep this up to date with all the challenges that I have completed.

Oh and by the way, if you haven't played EarthBound....GET TO IT!!! It will rock your socks :P