Ive finally put time away to play and finish Mother 3 and holy god damn its a gem. There are some things id like to bring up super briefly tho
-Spoiler free
Good stuff:
The story is super good, albeit depressing
The dialogue is also superb and pure EarthBound - props to the starmen.net alumni
The battles are generally improved from its predecessor with the combo system which I really enjoyed
The bicycle problem is fixed with the pork bean and saturn table (amen)
The music has some serious bangers, specifically Mind of a Thief, El Mariachi and Murasaki Forest just to name a few
Bad and ok stuff:
Some parts of the game havent exactly aged the best, but the games almost 20 yrs old so makes sense I suppose
Graphics are ok overall, some cutscenes look alright tho
The challenge is weird. Compared to EarthBound where a lot of the challenge came from old-school game quirky hahas, in M3 you absolutely need to defend yourself with shields unless you wanna die
The fact this game isnt officially localized yet
But yes Mother 3 is very good and if youve played EarthBound you'll very much enjoy this one too 9/10