MOTHER 3: Decade’s 3rd Best Game

I’ve only played half of the games on that top 10 list, but of those that I have played, I agree that their positions are well deserved. The reasons they give for each game are solid, so it’s obvious that this wasn’t something they threw together in a day. This is a top 50 list that I can respect.

The list is great because of the “only one game per franchise” rule:

-MGS3 instead of 4
-Windwaker instead of Twilight Princess
-San Andreas instead of GTA4
-FFIX instead of X
-Melee instead of Brawl
-MOTHER 3 instead of the many other games most publications would have ignored it for

They really put some thought into the list rather than submitting to hype. 🙂

Well done, MOTHER 3!
I think it deserved to get that spot.

“Mother 3 may be the last game of its kind to ever be released. It truly is something special.”
You know, this is true. It makes me feel a little sad, but happy as well. Like the feeling you have when crying with happiness – does that have a name?

It’s weird knowing these things are a part of history in their own small way. For decades and maybe hundreds of years, there’ll be new EarthBound and Mother 3 players.

It is absolutely deserved.

Not since I was a a young adolescent, has a video game ever… EVER come along with the heart, beauty, charm, and emotionality in my later adult years, the way Mother 3 had.

In an age where video games are becoming ever more soulless, ever more mainstream assembly line, and ever more generic and lifeless, Mother 3 was like a return to the days when a video game MEANT something, if but briefly.

Mother 3 belongs so high on this list for two reasons. Half of it is that the volume of games produced today are incredibly shallow, that Mother 3 can’t help but be looked at favorably by comparison. And the other half of it is that Mother 3 would have been considered a masterpiece in the mid 90’s, as well.

Yay my news got posted! Thanks! =D
In all seriousness, I think this game deserves that place. But it is debatable, there are tons of game out there. Just as I was really amazed when I saw SOTC as the 1st, I also thought “Many won’t agree with this… “.
It’s a great list nontheless.

It appears they mistakenly credited HAL Labs as the developer of the game.

I enjoyed Mother 3 ALOT. Ive played it through so much I know it frount and back, but number 3 for the best games of the decade, thats kinda a stretch. Im not saying mother 3 shouldn’t be on that list, but their are alot of games in my opinion that should be ranked higher

Very unique list, that’s for sure.

When I looked at the top 50 from the moment it started, I had the impression that IF the game showed up on their list it would be between 50-40. It’s not what I personally think of the game, but I had that disgusting suspicion that Halo might actually show up higher…

Thankfully, that isn’t the case. I’m so proud to be a fan of Earthbound/Mother now, knowing Mother 3 got #3 on the list! It TRULY has earned the right to be up there.

And well said comments, you guys! I couldn’t agree with you all more. Debatable, yet I still have that hunch this game just HAD to be in the number THREE spot. =D

These Top X posts always make me realize that there are more games I haven’t bought which I clearly need go out and buy, and consequently play.

Yes. It is deserved.

You all should also take a look at ActionButton.net’s manifesto of good games (http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=385). Mother 3 comes at number four there, with the tagline saying, “For better, worse, and everything in between, the closest games have yet come to literature.”

cave story 😀

1. It’s deserved

but

2. MOTHER 3 is only vastly superior to EarthBound if the major criteria for this list is “fits into a Game Boy Advance.”

I love mother 3 alot but I feel this is just a opinion not anything to be taken too serious period just like most of these all time greatest games lists on different websites/magazine .

Come on! 14 comments and nobody’s made a “now I will show you the true power of being third” joke yet?!

😀

Woot. I was somewhat credited. XD

I was happy about Mother 3 getting the #3 spot, but I was VERY happy at SoTC getting the #1 spot.

3 is a magic number 8D
The mole guardians must be proud

@Mr. Accident

Hahaha, third IS good!

I think this list is completely incorrect.
Mother 3 should be #1 🙂

After all, third’s the worst, second’s the best, third’s the one with Flint.

Flint rhymes with every word, if you didn’t already know.

Mother 3 got 3rd haha irony!

Oh please. Mother 3 is a great game and all, but it’s not fantastic.

Plus Wind Waker made the list? And not the later, better ones? But yeah, every publication needs at least a few of these list cranked out once and awhile.

At the risk of repeating what many others have said, Mother 3 fully deserves that kind of recognition.

I’m not kidding when I say that experiencing the game led me to reevaluate my entire way of life.

I have you to thank for that, Mato 😉

Haha, I didn’t even expect Mother 3 to be on the list!

…But If it was a video game list, I’d have to put it around the three best, not many game achieved what Mother did, putting all kind of emotions packed into a single game, not to say, a gameboy game, into play!

…Hell, looking at the list, I have to say they actually took a handful of games that aren’t hyped up, hell, they even took Cave story in! It’s was even less expected than Mother 3!

“Mother 3 may be the last game of its kind to ever be released. It truly is something special.”

Sad, but true =/

Funnily enough, 3rd place is probably where it would rank on my top 50.
[Under Persona 3 and Wind Waker]

Melee is on this list.
Brawl isn’t.

I officially love this list.

I would would rank it higher!

Really good job Mother 3. Holy shit, it’s a GBA Game and it’s #3 !

Mother 3 should be the #1 best game of the decade