Changes: R7038

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"It there any way to defeat him?"

— In-game description

R7038 (R•7038 in Mother) is a boss in EarthBound Beginnings, usually encountered between R7037 and R7038XX. The massive robot will be encountered if Ninten and co. stay at a healer's house on Mt. Itoi. After a cutscene in which Ninten and Ana confess their feelings and dance, Teddy walks in and tells them that there are loud noises coming from outside, which initiates a battle with R7038.

R7038 cannot be defeated, and battling it will certainly guarantee death for all party members. However, after the party is defeated, Lloyd will show up and destroy the robot with a tank and rescues his friends. After the cutscene is over, Teddy is shown to be unable to help Ninten and his friends due to his injuries received during the battle, at which point Lloyd rejoins the party.

Trivia

Immediately after the fight with R7038, Lloyd comes to the rescue in the tank and says "Oh shoot, I missed!" in the official release of the game, implying that he missed his target; some fans even interpret this line as that Lloyd had accidentally shot Teddy, which would explain why Teddy was much more severely injured than Ninten and Ana were by the incident. This is actually a false translation of what Lloyd says, as Tomato's more literal translation in Mother 1+2 has him say, "Oh no, I'm too late!"
It is theoretically possible to defeat R7038 if the player is leveled up enough and has the patience to whittle down its 1000 HP by 1-3 HP per character, a maximum of 3-9 damage a turn. Keeping the fact that R7038 always targets Ninten until he's dead in mind, Defense Up and Shield on Ninten means he can survive two hits from R7038, giving a chance for Ana to use Lifeup gamma on him. With enough patience and smart usage of PSI Stones (Ana can use one whenever Ninten happens to dodge R7038's attack), R7038 can be defeated.
This boss can be avoided entirely, simply by bringing Lloyd up the mountain before recruiting Teddy and obtaining Eve.

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 |name         = R7038
-|image        = [[Image:R7038.PNG]]
+|image        = [[File:R7038.PNG]]
 |m1_status    = Boss
 |m1_hp        = 1000
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 |m1_defense   = 1000
 |m1_speed     = 50
-|m1_location  = [[Holy Loly Mountain]]
+|m1_location  = [[Mt. Itoi]]
 }}
 {{Q|It there any way to defeat him?|In-game description}}
-'''R7038''' is a boss in ''[[Mother (video game)|Mother]]'', usually encountered between [[R7037]] and [[R7038XX]]. The massive robot will be encountered if Ninten and co. stay at a healer's house on [[Holy Loly Mountain]]. After a cutscene in which [[Ninten]] and [[Ana]] confess their feelings and dance, [[Teddy]] walks in and tells them that there are loud noises coming from outside, which initiates a battle with R7038.
+'''R7038''' ('''R•7038''' in ''Mother'') is a boss in ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]'', usually encountered between [[R7037]] and [[R7038XX]]. The massive robot will be encountered if Ninten and co. stay at a healer's house on [[Mt. Itoi]]. After a cutscene in which [[Ninten]] and [[Ana]] confess their feelings and dance, [[Teddy]] walks in and tells them that there are loud noises coming from outside, which initiates a battle with R7038.
-R7038 cannot be defeated, and battling it will certainly guarantee death for all party members. However, after the party is defeated, [[Lloyd]] will show up and destroy the robot with a tank (though he states that he missed) and rescues his friends. After the cutscene is over, Teddy is shown to be unable to help Ninten and his friends due to his injuries received during the battle, at which point Lloyd rejoins the party.
+R7038 cannot be defeated, and battling it will certainly guarantee death for all party members. However, after the party is defeated, [[Lloyd]] will show up and destroy the robot with a tank and rescues his friends. After the cutscene is over, Teddy is shown to be unable to help Ninten and his friends due to his injuries received during the battle, at which point Lloyd rejoins the party.
+== Trivia ==
-Though it seems necessary, this boss can be avoided entirely, simply by bringing Lloyd up the mountain before recruiting Teddy and obtaining [[EVE]].
+* Immediately after the fight with R7038, Lloyd comes to the rescue in the tank and says "Oh shoot, I missed!" in the official release of the game, implying that he missed his target; some fans even interpret this line as that Lloyd had accidentally shot Teddy, which would explain why Teddy was much more severely injured than Ninten and Ana were by the incident. This is actually a false translation of what Lloyd says, as Tomato's more literal translation in [[Mother 1+2]] has him say, "Oh no, I'm too late!"
+* It is theoretically possible to defeat R7038 if the player is leveled up enough and has the patience to whittle down its 1000 HP by 1-3 HP per character, a maximum of 3-9 damage a turn. Keeping the fact that R7038 always targets Ninten until he's dead in mind, Defense Up and Shield on Ninten means he can survive two hits from R7038, giving a chance for Ana to use Lifeup gamma on him. With enough patience and smart usage of PSI Stones (Ana can use one whenever Ninten happens to dodge R7038's attack), R7038 can be defeated.
-==Trivia==
+* This boss can be avoided entirely, simply by bringing Lloyd up the mountain before recruiting Teddy and obtaining [[Eve]].
-*There is a typo in the English prototype that can appear during the battle against R7038. If the check command is used during the battle, the statement about R7038 will say "It there any way to defeat him?" rather than "Is there any way to defeat him?".
+[[it:R7038]]
+[[Category:EarthBound Beginnings Bosses]]
-*In ''[[Mother 1 + 2]]'', the Flea Bag has no effect on R7038, meaning that this was most likely a bug in the original version.
-[[Category:Mother Bosses]]
 [[Category:Bosses]]
 [[Category:Enemies]]
-[[Category:Mother Enemies]]
+[[Category:EarthBound Beginnings Enemies]]
+[[Category:EarthBound Beginnings]]