Mother 3
2006 video game
Mother 3 is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the third and final entry in the Mother series. The game follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, and a party of characters as they attempt to prevent a mysterious invading army from corrupting and destroying the world.
Like previous entries, Mother 3 focuses on exploring the game world from a top-down perspective and engaging in turn-based combat with enemies. Its development spanned twelve years and four consoles, beginning in 1994 for the Super Famicom and then transitioning to the Nintendo 64 and its 64DD add-on, when it was known as EarthBound 64. It was initially canceled in 2000, but development was restarted in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. The game is noted for its significantly more mature and dramatic tone than its predecessors, exploring themes such as environmentalism, capitalism, consumerism, loss and grief, and rebellion against tyranny. However, it still retains much of the series' characteristic witty, idiosyncratic aesthetics and humor.
Mother 3 was never localized or released outside Japan, due to its release near the end of the Game Boy Advance's lifespan and the company focusing on the Nintendo DS. However, it was a critical and commercial success in the years that followed and has generated a cult following, in which it received praise for its character development, stylized graphics, music, and story.
An unofficial English fan translation was released by the Starmen.net internet community in 2008, and received over 100,000 downloads within a week.
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