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==Story==

<span style="font-style: normal; ">Unlike the first two games, the focus is no longer on a group of children. Some chapters put completely different characters in the protagonist role. In one chapter the player controls a limping thief named Duster, in another chapter the main character is Salsa, a monkey who is constantly suffering abuse by a rich traveling merchant named Fassad. The only child character the player gets to control is Lucas, who is about nine to ten years old in the first three chapters and twelve to thirteen years for the remainder of the game. Further controllable characters include Kumatora, a tomboyish princess, Flint, a strange middle-aged cowboy and Lucas's father, and Lucas's dog, Boney.</span>

''Mother 3'' is set in the [[Nowhere Islands]], some unknown amount of years after ''[[EarthBound]]''. Chaos ensues after an invasion by the [[Pigmask Army]], named after the uniforms, which resemble pigs, and its leader, [[Porky Minch]], the "Pig King". They slowly construct a police state, while experimenting on the land's flora and fauna, and introducing new technology and infrastructure to the islands. The various chapters record the life of a boy named [[Lucas]] and his family and friends, banding together to rid the Nowhere Islands of the Pigmask Army.

From here, Duster is drafted to go to the haunted [[Osohe Castle]] by his father [[Wess]] to find the [[Egg of Light]]. Duster purchases the [[Rope Snake]] to help him cross gaps in the castle. Along the way, Duster and Wess meet [[Kumatora]]. After they stop several Pigmasks, the trio is flushed out of the castle and Duster loses his memory. He joins the musical group [[DCMC]] as their bassist.

Eventually the party makes its way to the next Magypsy, [[Mixolydia]] ("Missy" for short), and the 5th Needle, which was pulled by the Masked Man, and are ferried back to Tazmily Village on the back of an Ochu, Missy's octopus friend. Using the [[Jar of Yummy Pickles]] Missy left them, Lucas and friends get to Ionia's house where they acquire the [[Waters of Time]] so they can get into the temple nearby. At the temple, they meet the Masked Man. He is defeated and flies away, leaving Lucas to pull the next Needle as Ionia disappears. As they exit the temple, a limousine pulls up, inviting them to [[New Pork City]].

As the group climbs the Empire Porky Building, which is the tallest building in New Pork City, they discover a [[Magypsy]] house. Upon entering, they find items that prove that Fassad is the final Magypsy, which include a turban like Fassad's, a pair of trumpets like the ones Fassad has after being rebuilt, many crates filled with luxury bananas, which Fassad ate throughout the game, and banana peels lazily tossed on the floor like Fassad did.

Flint goes ahead and soon tells Lucas that the Masked Man is actually his brother Claus, who has been changed by the Pigmask Army. They have been using him because he is the only other one besides Lucas who is capable of pulling the Needles and awakening the dragon.

Before reaching the final Needle, the Masked Man attacks again in a one-on-one battle with Lucas, who stays safe from his lightning attack thanks to the [[Franklin Badge]]. Hinawa pleads with Claus from beyond the grave, trying to get him to stop attacking Lucas, while Flint blocks the effects of the [[PK Love]] attack. Eventually, the Masked Man removes his helmet revealing himself as Claus, and regaining his own will, he sends a final bolt of lightning at Lucas so that it would reflect back at him and end the fight. After Claus collapses, he regains his sense of self and utters a few parting words. Lucas pulls the final needle, and the player is shown a grim outlook of what appears to be the end of the Nowhere Islands. A secret on the final screen of the game, in which the word 'End?' appears, will actually reveal that everybody survives the attack and thank the player for all their help. As the residents of the Nowhere Islands give their thanks, the player finds a [[Doorknob]], likely the doorknob that was pulled off Flint's door in [[Chapter 1]].

===Antagonists===

*[[Masked Man]] - The commander of the Pigmask Army, a cyborg controlled by Porky as a fighting machine and to also pull the [[Seven Needles]].

*Mother 3 was originally going to be released on the Nintendo 64DD add-on under the name [[EarthBound 64]]. However, the add-on flopped, and although some games originally planned for the N64DD were continued on the original N64, EarthBound 64 was scrapped and moved to the GBA.

*Near the end of the game, there is a room that shows off various objects from [[EarthBound]]. It also plays the song [[Pollyanna]], from {{vg|Mother}}.

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