Hypnosis (さいみんじゅつ saiminjutsu) is a PSI ability in all three titles of the Mother series. It works on a single enemy, or all enemies, depending on the power level, and causes the affected target to fall asleep. Attacking an enemy while they are in the Hypnosis state, has a probability of them waking up from this status. This also applies to party members, as well as this status being removed after a battle is won. Hypnosis is learned in EarthBound Beginnings by Ninten and Ana, in EarthBound by Ness, and in Mother 3 by Kumatora.
This PSI is very helpful in Mother 3, because when an enemy falls asleep, its heartbeat can be heard, which helps Lucas and the party hit combos successfully. A counterpart to the PSI ability is Duster's Thief Tool, the "Hypno-Pendulum". This device causes the same "sleepiness" status ailment, except it costs no PP, has a low success rate (35%), and targets only one enemy at a time.
EarthBound Beginnings
| Users | PP | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ninten LVL 4 Ana LVL 7 |
5 | Makes one enemy sleepy; may fail. |
EarthBound
| Level | Users | PP Cost | Target | Effect | Comments | Description | Level learned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α | Ness | 6 | To one enemy | N/A | Puts enemies to sleep, though smart ones can avoid it. | Puts one enemy to sleep. | 4 |
| Ω | Ness | 18 | To all enemies | N/A | Puts enemies to sleep, though smart ones can avoid it. | Puts all of the enemies to sleep. | 27 |
Mother 3
| Level | Users | PP Cost | Target | Effect | Description | Level learned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α | Kumatora | 6 | To one enemy | Status Effect: Sleep | Puts one enemy to sleep. | 21 |
| Ω | Kumatora | 18 | To all enemies | Status Effect: Sleep | Puts all enemies to sleep. | 35 |
