# Mother 3

> MOTHER 3 is the 2006 Game Boy Advance role-playing game by Shigesato Itoi, the Japan-only final entry in the series known abroad for EarthBound.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gba/games/mother3/
Page updated: 2026-10-28

- Console: Game Boy Advance
- Released: 2006
- Developer: Brownie Brown

MOTHER 3 was developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in Japan in 2006, after years of development on the Nintendo 64 and 64DD. It follows Lucas, his family and the people of Tazmily Village as the Pigmask Army changes their island.

The game was never released outside Japan; a fan translation into English, released in 2008, is how most players outside Japan know it. Its turn-based battles add a rhythm system, in which pressing the button in time with the music chains extra hits.

## Mother 3 PC Ports

- [MOTHER 3 Recomp](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gba/games/mother3/ports/mother3recomp/index.md): MOTHER 3 Recomp is a native port of MOTHER 3 for Windows, Linux, the Steam Deck and Android, built with gbarecomp, with widescreen, smooth high refresh rate motion and its own launcher.