The Grizzly Bear (Abbreviated GrizzlyBear) is one of the most dangerous enemies in EarthBound Beginnings. It can be encountered in the Mt. Itoi plateau. It attacks physically and sometimes attacks twice or unleashes a last blow to a member, having one of the highest damage outputs in the entire game. This enemy's battle theme is Battle with a Dangerous Foe.
Defensively, the Grizzly Bear has 340 HP and 92 DEFENSE. Offensively, it has 152 OFFENSE, 100 FIGHT, and 100 SPEED. Its resilience to Status Ailments is 100 WISDOM, 60 STRENGTH, and 25 FORCE. It drops 250 EXP and $65 when defeated.
The inferior versions of this enemy are the Bear and Polar Bear.
Trivia[]
- The In-battle Check is a reference to the popular fairy-tale The Story of the Three Bears.
- Interestingly, this creature and its family are similar to the Ursa Major's (which is also called グリズリー in japanese) from its kin series, Dragon Quest, with Dragon Quest III having introduced the monster just a year before.
- In the companion guide, he is called "Grizzly" in Mother, "GrizzlyBear" in EarthBound Beginnings, and "Grizzly" in Mother 1 + 2.
- His description reads, "His ferocity shot to fame overnight with the movie Grizzly. The strongest of all the animals in the game, his Offense is a terror that can't be expressed in words. You can only consider it bad luck if you run into him. Appears on Holy Loly Mountain.".