Baseball bat
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The Hank's bat as it appears in Encyclopedia Mother | |
Type | Weapon |
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Appears in | EarthBound Beginnings EarthBound Mother 3 |
Baseball bats are used as weapons in all of the EarthBound games, primarily in the first and second games. They are mainly used by Ninten and Ness, and occasionally Lucas. Their main purpose is to increase a character's Offense, although some bats have additional effects.
In EarthBound Beginnings
The baseball bats in EarthBound Beginnings are equippable items that only are usable by Ninten. There is a total of four different bats that can be obtained throughout the game, with varying Offense increasing values.
List of baseball bats in EarthBound Beginnings | |||||||||||
Name | Japanese | Offense | Price | Notes | Where to find |
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Plastic bat | ボロのバット Worn-out bat |
+3 | $80 | Its Japanese name matches that of the Cracked bat from EarthBound. | The basement in Ninten's house Podunk Department store Northwestern portion of Sweet's Little Factory Second classroom from the right on the second floor of Twinkle Elementary School | ||||||
This weapon is OK for (player). USE it!.
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Wooden bat | ふつうのバット Ordinary bat |
+12 | $500 | Its Japanese name matches that of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound. | Podunk and Merrysville Department stores | ||||||
(player), USE this weapon to fight with weak enemies.
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Aluminum bat | いいバット Good bat |
+30 | $1000 | Its Japanese name matches that of the Sand lot bat from EarthBound. | Merrysville and Reindeer Department stores | ||||||
With this weapon (player) can easily fight tougher enemies.
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Hank's bat | いいバット Supreme bat |
+48 | N/A | If Hank's Bat would get confiscated by the police in Ellay, it can be rebought for $1400 from a policeman in the city's police station.
Its Japanese name matches that of the Hall of fame bat from EarthBound. |
Mt. Itoi caves | ||||||
This awesome bat was personally autographed. |
In EarthBound
Similar to EarthBound Beginnings, the baseball bats are Ness's primary offensive weapon, and can only be used by Ness. There are a total of 13 different bats with varying offense increasing values, with a select few also having additional effects.
List of baseball bats in EarthBound | |||||||||||
Name | Japanese | Offense | Price | Additional effects | Where to obtain |
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Cracked bat | ボロのバット Worn-out bat |
+4 | $18 | Ness's house (present) Onett Twoson | |||||||
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File:Tee-ball bat.jpg | Tee ball bat | ふつうのバット Ordinary bat |
+8 | $48 | Onett Twoson | ||||||
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File:Sand-lot bat.jpg | Sand lot bat | いいバット Good bat |
+15 | $98 | Happy Happy Village Fourside | ||||||
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Minor league bat | とてもいいバット Excellent bat |
+26 | $399 | Threed Fourside | |||||||
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Mr. Baseball bat | ミスターのバット Mister's bat |
+38 | $498 | Dusty Dunes Desert Fourside | |||||||
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T-rex's bat | ゴヂラのバット Godzilla bat |
+48 | $698 | Winters | |||||||
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Big league bat | ゴージャスなバット Gorgeous bat |
+54 | $3080 (in Summers) $1380 (in Scaraba) |
Summers Scaraba | |||||||
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Casey bat | かたにちからバット All-your-Might bat |
+125 | N/A | Misses 3/4 of the time | Always dropped by Master Barf | ||||||
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Hall of fame bat | さいこうのバット Supreme bat |
+62 | $1880 | Tenda Village* | |||||||
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Ultimate bat | きゅうきょくバット Ultimate bat |
+68 | $2298 | Lost Underworld | |||||||
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Magicant bat | マジカントバット Magicant bat |
+80 | N/A | Magicant (present) | |||||||
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Legendary bat | でんせつのバット Legendary bat |
+110 | N/A | Cave of the Past (present) | |||||||
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Gutsy bat | ガッツのバット Guts bat |
+100 | N/A | +127 Guts | Dropped by Bionic Kraken (1/128 chance) | ||||||
In Mother 3
Unlike the previous two games, Lucas's primary weapon are instead Sticks and there are only two baseball bats that can be found in Mother 3: the fake bat and the real bat, both of which are only usable by Lucas.
List of baseball bats in Mother 3 | |||||||||||
Name | Japanese | Offense | Price | Additional effects | Where to find |
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Fake Bat | ニセバット Fake Bat |
+30 | 20000 DP | Changes Lucas's combo instrument. | New Pork City (theater) | ||||||
A bat that is obviously fake. Offense +30.
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Real Bat | ホンモノのバット Real Bat |
+100 | N/A | PP+50 | Empire Porky Building (cave) | ||||||
A bat that brims with mystery and courage. Offense +100. |
Trivia
- The Fake Bat has a separate attack sound effect from Lucas's usual combo sound effects.
- Hank's Bat is a reference to then home run king Hank Aaron.
- The Casey Bat's name and it's high miss probability is a reference to the famous American poem Casey at the Bat
- The Home-Run Bat item from the Super Smash Bros. series may be inspired by the baseball bats in the EarthBound series.
- An infamous mistake in the EarthBound Player's Guide states the Gutsy Bat is obtained from the Krakens in the Sea of Eden.
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Weapons in the Mother series |
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Mother / EarthBound Baseball bats • Frying pans • Guns • Blades Mother 3 Sticks • Gloves • Shoes • Collars Miscellaneous Boomerang • Canine Weapon • Yo-yos • Slingshots • Spiky Weapon |