

Mother 3 was a critical and commercial success upon release. Mother 3 restarted development in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance and was finally released in Japan on April 20, 2006. The game's development spanned twelve years and four consoles, beginning in 1994 for the Super Famicom console and then transitioning to the Nintendo 64 and its 64DD add-on before being cancelled in 2000. The game's themes include human physiology, renewal, moral fungibility, and dualisms such as nature and technology, and feudalism and capitalism. The story follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, as he attempts to prevent an invading army from destroying the world.


The game, intended to be the final entry in the series, was directed by Nobuyuki Inoue, written by series creator Shigesato Itoi, and scored by composer Shogo Sakai. Mother 3 is a 2006 role-playing video game in the Mother series, developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance.
