Difference between revisions of "Mother 3"

|system=[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[Wii U]] ([[Virtual Console]])

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>

They once again run into the Fierce Pork Trooper, defeat him again, and run into Fassad. Fassad recognizes Lucas as the blonde-haired kid who sent the Drago to attack the Pigmasks three years agoand chases him further up the tower. While escaping, they find their way into a strange playroom belonging to King P. Among the items are a casket from a foreign land, some [[teddy bear]]s that don't look like they were used since the 1990s, and a jukebox that would be "better suited for a café somewhere in a [[Fourside|big city]]" that only plays a song "suited for a [[department store]]".

When Wess and Alec bring Lucas and Boney home, they explain that they had a dream where Hinawa told them to put a haystack right where they landed. Alec asks about Sister's whereabouts and suggests for Lucas to visit the Magypsys. As Lucas and Boney are leaving, they find the [[Magypsy]] [[Ionia]] tied up on the bridge. They rescue Ionia and then it takes the duo upriver to Aeolia's house. Suddenly, a loud tremor is heard outside and the sky begins to flash different colors for a short time, then Aeolia begins to disappear. It explains that its needle has been pulled and is now time for it to disappear from existance. As Aeolia disappears it gives Lucas a [[memento|razor and lipstick]], and uses the last of its power to open a secret passageway to the location of its needle in Osohe Castle.

Upon leaving the area, Lucas and co. encounter [[Mole Cricket|Okera]], the mole cricket from the prologue of the game. He challenges Lucas to another match, and leads the party down into the lair where the mole crickets live. After an easy battle, the party is allowed to travel through the maze-like caves that lead up into a [[Snowcap Mountain|tall mountain]]. After traveling up the mountain, the group meets the next Magypsy, Lydia, who has allowed a captured Pork Colonel-turned-good to rest in the house. Lydia reveals the location of its Needle, being behind the house. As Lucas the party is about to go outside, they hear the sounds of Pigmask aircrafts and rush outside, just as the Masked Man arrives and pulls the Needle, revealing he is the heartless person pulling the Needles. After Lucas forms a telepathic message with the Masked Man, they enter a battle with the [[Steel Mechorilla]]. After defeating it, Lydia arrives while disappearing, urging Lucas to be the one to pull the Needles. Then the party finds the Pigmask Captain is seen tending for Lydia's pet rabbits after disappearing. He is also unmasked, revealing that the Pigmasks are just regular people who've sworn their ultimate allegiance to the Pig King. Finally to leave the mountain, the party ramps off the mountains in a refrigerator and crashes in Tazmily Village's cemetery.

The party then finds a series of notes with strange handwriting that ask for help, and they are led through a new route on the Pork Highway atop a strange vehicle. They arrive at their destination, which is an occupied [[Saturn Valley]] where the [[Mr. Saturn]]s, Duster, and Rope Snake are being interrogated by the Pigmask Army on the whereabouts of the nearby Needle. After freeing the village, Duster rejoins the party. The Mr. Saturns help the group enter the volcano, where another Needle is guarded by a rebuilt Fassad, now sporting trumpets as weaponry. After defeating him, Lucas pulls the needle and the reunited party returns to Saturn Valley. With the help of the Mr. Saturns, the party uses a flock of birds to return to Tazmily Village.

They learn the location of the next needle on [[Tane Tane Island]], they must travel on the ocean floor to reach there. Inside they encounter [[Master Eddy]] who attacks them, leaving them unconscious on the beach with all their goods lost. After waking up, Lucas, Boney, Duster, and Kumatora are low on energy and decide to eat some strange-looking mushrooms. Boney opts out, leaving the human party members to experience a drug-induced hallucination in the jungle.

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]].

In New Pork City, Lucas and friends go to the movie theater, which shows some of the Porky's past adversaries (including [[Ness]], [[Paula]], [[Jeff]], and [[Poo]] from ''EarthBound''). A stinkbug gets the attention of Boney, and the party chases him into the sewers. Once there, they follow Boney's barks to find [[Leder]], the bell ringer from Tazmily Village. He tells them the long history of their world and Porky, including the fact that their islands are a post-apocalyptic utopia and that it exists on the back of a giant sleeping dragon, which is kept asleep by the Needles. The Magypsy were put in place to guard them. On the way out of the sewers, Fassad attacks again, now known as [https://www.wikibound.info/wiki/Miracle_Fassad Miracle Fassad] and is defeated by the party.

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.

When the party makes its way up the final floor, they discover a robot that resembles Porky. They compete with the robot in a few mini-games before moving on to Porky himself.

On top of the tower, they find the [[Hall of Memories]], showcasing many items from ''EarthBound'', which include the [[Runaway Five]]'s tour bus, [[Tessie (EarthBound)|Tessie]], the helicopter that Porky flew away from the Monotoli building in, the submarine which [[Ness]] and co. used to enter Deep Darkness swamp, the black and white sesames from the desert between [[Threed]] and [[Fourside]], and Porky's original spider-mech from the battle with [[Giygas]], before ending up in a long hallway leading to Porky. In Porky's room they are attacked by more complete Porky robots, which are soon destroyed by Duster's ex-bandmates of DCMC. After the townspeople of Tazmily Village enter the room with Dr. Andonuts and Flint, Porky descends from the vines on the roof to speak to the party. He reveals that the last Needle has been found and challenges Lucas and friend to beat him to it via the express elevator. Lucas, Boney, Kumatora, Duster, and Flint rapidly descend the elevator shaft to a mine-like environment.

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.

Porky soon confronts them in his spider-mech. When Porky seems to be defeated, he calls upon the [[Absolutely Safe Capsule]] and climbs inside. It seals Porky inside and being true to its name, it protects Porky from all harm. However, Porky finds that he cannot harm the heroes, either. When the battle ends, Dr. Andonuts reveals that he built the Absolutely Safe Capsule with the specifications that once someone is inside, the machine cannot be opened by anyone, including the person inside of it, and while Porky is "absolutely safe", he is trapped in the machine forever.

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]].

===Playable characters===

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Flint.png|40px]]|[[Flint]]| The main character in [[Chapter 1]]. He is [[Lucas]] and [[Claus]]'s father, and [[Hinawa]]'s husband.}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Duster sprite.png|40px]]|[[Duster]]|The main character in [[Chapter 2]], and later joins Lucas on his journey. He is an amateur thief and has a variety of special tools to work with.}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Kumatora sprite.png|40px]]|[[Kumatora]]|secondary character in Chapter 2. She is the tomboyish princess of [[Osohe Castle]] who has [[PSI|psychic powers]], and accompanies Duster and later Lucas on their adventures.}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Salsa.png|30px]]|[[Salsa]]|A monkey featured in [[Chapter 3]]. He is forced to do [[Fassad]]'s bidding because his girlfriend is held hostage by the [[Pigmask Army]].}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Lucas sprite.png|34px]]|[[Lucas]]|The main character in [[Chapter 4]] and onward. He is a timid boy who recently realized his abilities to use PSI.}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Boney sprite.png|32px]]|[[Boney]]|A loyal dog owned by Flint and his family, he travels with Flint and Lucas on their respective adventures.}}

{{Character list/cell|[[File:Claus child sprite.png|34px]]|[[Claus]]|Lucas's brother who disappears after Chapter 1. He is only playable in the [[prologue]].}}