Battle Against The Masked Man - MOTHER 3

[@yoshkabosh7979]

family bonding time

[@jakemastandrea6872]

Top comment on the original video...

[@MAILBOX_12]

Bruh I remember u from the old video :0

[@yoshkabosh7979]

@@MAILBOX_12 I'm committed

[@StephenLynx8492]

BOND WITH ME, LUCAS.

[@livispuzzled]

TOO SOON

[@a-ramenartist9734]

The fact that this fight is so drawn out emphasizes how far gone and tragic claus is. It would've been so easy to have a short sequence where claus goes back to normal and all is good, but the ending is long, and depressing, to emphasize that even though good technically defeated bad, good did not win

[@StarmenRock]

Thats the best kind of conclusion since with all choices we also choose what to give up.

[@Cornfiglep]

Most of the actual 'fight' as far as the player is concerned is mostly just 'don't die' which.. yeah I guess if you're relying on Psi for that the Real Bat actually does come in handy over the mystical stick.

[@pedrotorres6347]

Concuerdo con el desconocido

[@angrycinnabon2956]

I can imagine Porky just peeking out the window of the Absolutely Safe Capsule and laughing like the madman he is over this entire scenario, he's got a front seat to a fight that ultimately, will cause irreparable damage to Lucas and what remains of his family once again...even if he "wins".

[@trshpizza]

Porky would be crying in fear if he met Ness again. Even after who knows how long.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Sometimes I have to wonder if Porky's father beat him too much, or did he not beat him enough...

[@willbrgamer5137]

​@@NotAGoodUsername360 evil blood runs on porky's family (except Picky, Picky is a nice kid).

[@Icecaptain24]

Form where the only window, Porky probably won't be able to see it And Porky at first was just a jerk, but then slowly through out Earthbound, became evil

[@TroleosJuan]

​@@willbrgamer5137Picky has a character designment than kumatora

[@globbyyoshi]

the fact you can hear a distorted part of the love theme at some point hits the feels way harder

[@xamora]

where?

[@paolatoribio624]

@@xamora I think it's at the minute 1:40 more or less.

[@gaspastrike]

You can also hear Boney whining at 0:35 and Leder’s bell at 0:47

[@whirl3690]

@@gaspastrike Those are actually Baby Drago noises at 35

[@AmberTheSeal]

The weird sines at 0:35 also kinda sounds like it

[@PKMetalGames]

Yeah the song is disturbing. Probably the most unnerving track in the series. But whenever I re-listen to it. I can't help but get misty-eyed. It perfectly depicts how far gone Claus is, mentally. There's the beginning which sounds like a heartbeat. Then it starts sounding very disturbing. Then you hear the Love theme here and there, which I feel represents the shattered memories he still has of his family. And then you hear this series of notes in a sequence speed up faster and faster then drop back down, which can represent how fast his mind is racing. And then of course throughout the actual fight, or lack there of, Lucas does not want to fight him. And even starts crying as his own twin brother, who he loves and has spent the entire game searching for, is sitting here beating on him senselessly. And all he can do is defend himself. It's truly heartbreaking. I remember softly weeping during this entire fight. Whenever I first experienced the game. And then crying out loud after what happens at the very end..

[@demy1393]

Worse still on the fight... Lucas CAN attack after his dad tanks Claus' PK Love. Like, yes, brother or not, he hurt your dad badly!... then mom's ghost starts crying and asking to not hurt brother anymore

[@joo3414]

When Flint takes the PK Love, Lucas will not hesitate to attack.

[@Isaac_646]

0:23 This is almost like we went from Lucas's perspective of his growing shock to Claus's perspective of only knowing to fight Lucas.

[@Greatblade141]

I just realized that Claus’s sitar (His battle instrument) that plays the first time you fight the masked man doesn’t play when he hits you in the final battle. It just shows that he’s completely lost himself.

[@toosnowy]

listening to this and looking at the comments with not a clue about mother 3 is kinda scary

[@kristopherdreemurr]

you got spoiled now, I guess

[@archusrtm6325]

PLAY IT

[@FunkyFurret]

Ikr?

[@Gandalfsoda]

my favourite part is you can hear porky's instrument slightly during the love theme if you listen carefully enough.

[@MarceloKatayama]

A great battle theme. The bassline is relentless, the glissando synths provide an unnerving quality to the music, whilst the other samples and sound effects add a lot of power. The drums come in sporadically, and ocasionally mix with the bassline in such a way that it makes it seem like a coherent piece of music is about to make itself clear, only to be interrupted by the very harsh and dense stabs. My favourite part about this song, however, is the piano, which does all sorts of interesting and unsettling things, including the part where it starts swirling and moving in stereo. Very cool, indeed.

[@aurelchuzeville1888]

Twisted and chaotic, just like Claus mind

[@Squib-kb2tn]

Gosh, even the very beginning is just CRAMMED with meaning! The beat at the start sounds like a heartbeat... Like the masked man's heart is constantly forced to keep beating, no matter what...

[@lunastifaliamusic]

This is, by far, the most "normal" final boss theme out of the 3. Earthbound Beginning's is just a really eerie note that's constantly playing with some automation that never changes. Earthbound's is just disturbing as fuck, sounds like you're in Hell, but something still feels really off because you don't understand it. This has like... Actual instruments playing.

[@catnbubbles]

I mean maybe its because its the only game where its not an eldritch abomination but a literal kid instead(? Idk about begginings though, havent seen much of it

[@sellerspiano9811]

@@catnbubblesmewtwo

[@DeltaBlazin]

1:26 I SWEAR I can hear a whisper saying "Claus..Claus.." here.

[@fravonzonbonn]

all you can hear is the s edit: the rest of the letters are actually just the drumkit sounds (more specifically the same cymbals you hear at the end of pork bean pork bean before it loops)

[@Mr_HammerExe]

Holy fuck that’s disturbing. Now I can’t unhear it.

[@qwerty4012]

why gee thanks

[@whirl3690]

I can hear it. I don't think it's intended, but I can hear it.

[@sunnysideduck]

This is unironically my favorite song in Mother 3. It captures the overwhelming dread of the situation perfectly

[@ChaosX923]

As a twin, this song terrifies me.

[@mr.awesome6011]

Just make sure the both of you stay away from challenges that are too great for you and don't get kidnapped by some fat kid and you'll be fine.

[@thepurplebirdwunderwaffen]

Aren't you edgy

[@ChaosX923]

@@thepurplebirdwunderwaffen I'm very edge.

[@thepurplebirdwunderwaffen]

I could tell cause you have dark pit as your profile pic

[@ChaosX923]

@@thepurplebirdwunderwaffen lol, I actually chose Dark Pit because people for some reason see me as the evil twin. Idk why, I AM more of the "don't mess with me and I won't mess with you" guy, whereas my twin brother is the "just let it go and ignore em" guy.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

I get such conflicted feelings from this fight... is the Masked Man actually Claus, or is he just a machine crudely reanimating his corpse to use his PSI powers? Did Claus die from the fall from the mountain, or was he still alive when Porky turned him into this mechanical monstrosity? I shudder to think. And did he kill himself with the Franklin Badge because he couldn't stop himself, or was he just unable to cope with his desicrated body once he regained control? Who knows...

[@tigertoxins584]

please oh please work on phrasing, very confusing to read

[@controlcore1]

@@tigertoxins584 this was a perfectly comprehensible read hombre iunno what you're wafflin about

[@tigertoxins584]

@@controlcore1 While there is no hard set way to use a comma, there is not only at first an excess of comma but later on, a deficit of them. It might seem like nitpicking, but commas are very powerful and shouldn't be underestimated. The part " I shudder to think." is technically a sentence but much like a bad chess move, it not only could have translated more adequately but makes no structural sense in retrospect. This is written very personally and from the heart which isn't inherently bad but it's not really pre-digested for others reading pleasure.

[@controlcore1]

@@tigertoxins584 the commas were fine, dude, quit being pretentious on the internet when it was perfectly readable and understandable

[@tigertoxins584]

@@controlcore1 No, it wasn't. Are you trying to fight for the little guy or something? You may call it being pretentious but I call it having standards. And proper english.

[@xZippy]

Flint could hardly stand.

[@robertlupa8273]

*sniff* Why can't I have a normal final boss for once!? Q_Q

[@balanceherosmt7170]

Porky is essentially the actual final boss who can challenge you

[@robertlupa8273]

@@balanceherosmt7170 And yet you still don't _technically_ beat him.

[@balanceherosmt7170]

@@robertlupa8273 Actually still applies, you just get his Spider Mecha HP down to 0 and he is unable to fight any longer.

[@kirbyfreakyt4695]

Play CogDis (Mother: Cognative Dissonance) and go for the Severance ending. You get a real final boss with that one.

[@Merasus]

Man i hate it when this plays during family reunion.

[@smallguy73]

Listening to this music won't bring Claus back.

[@beyblader5099]

This song really does fit when it comes to a final bosses theme. That, and I noticed the music travels from one ear to the other with headphones on (Although, it's more specifically that certain portions of it do, such as the heart beat like sounds at the beginning and all of the distorted sounds that appear)

[@tigertoxins584]

The heartbeat is just amazing, it's like lucas' heart is pounding because can't accept that he's fighting claus, and the terrifying wrenching noises after is his realized horror and revulsion, transforming eventually into some semblance of a fight, although the music makes it clear no one is in control, mentally or physically, including you the player. The sounds of harsh wind being whipped even portray claus to a scarily accurate degree, just a robot, talking without speaking, as though he's yelling at lucas during the fight.

[@Clepto_and_Co]

I've been listening to so many siivagunner rips I clicked on this and waited for a joke that wasn't even there

[@veryloudcat8839]

Far more disturbing (especially with context) than Giygas' battle themes can ever be

[@balanceherosmt7170]

Seeing that Claus, a cheerful and brave boy, was killed then revived as an emotionalless killing machine of a slave to Porky who is mentally the same age as him, using him to awaken the Dark Dragon to erase all of reality. Yea far more disturbing as this kind of screw up does happen in real life.

[@kirbyfreakyt4695]

True, considering his themes suck. I did like Giygas Dissolves tho, or whatever it was called.

[@CareJelly]

I think both are horrifying in their own rights because they represent different things, really.

[@seank.cunningham3841]

Giygas is Wounded is kind of a bop tho, in a bizarre way. You can hear a beat in it. This fight and its themes were clearly written with a different, more theatric approach, however, that's meant to sound familiar and hit home...As long as you're not saying Pokey Means Business sucks. :P

[@tigertoxins584]

Love the heartbeat beat in the beginning, wish more game osts had something similar

[@lpschaf8943]

Mother 3 is all about heartbeat.

[@LilaTheYoshi]

I think the part that really fucks me up with this song is mainly knowing that claus might've been awake while they preformed on him. Barely clinging onto life and then seeing doctors and people you dont recognize pulling out your vital organs, playing with your body like toy and all you want to do is just die. Just hearing the heartbeat alone is so horrific to me. Knowing that heart isnt made of blood but instead forced to pump is one of the scariest things ive heard in a video game for a long time.

[@LoiValdes]

I know that Giygas theme is always brought out as one of the creepiest songs in gaming But this one is in my opinion more terrifying I can only imagine how the original scrapped final boss would have been

[@Crypticyokai]

I feel like there would be like more parts showing Lucas's facial expressions maybe or maybe Claus was supposed to stab himself or something both would make the fight a lot more sad and the later would make sense why it would be removed

[@Khione3]

0:56 my favorite part 😍

[@mrweaselboy5315]

A beat drop that doesn't happen.

[@Brokie-rin]

I keep telling myself that if Claus had a normal fight his theme would be mambo de battle

[@mystikgleam9541]

nah it’d be the battle for the alligator under tha rug

[@Brokie-rin]

@@mystikgleam9541OHHH YOU'RE RIGHT IT COULD BE "fate" it would totally be it

[@neutralamity]

imagining that playing over this sequence is so funny

[@lpschaf8943]

It actually would.

[@PlumbG_uhh]

@@Brokie-rin foreshadowing name

[@Coalemus1999]

Psychology torture, the final boss.

[@Coalemus1999]

For those that have siblings

[@wiishopchannel8928]

I have read of people who believe that the heartbeats that sound at the beginning are those of Claus, believing that his heart continues beating and that Claus's consciousness continues deep in his subconscious, I actually believe that the heartbeats are those of Lucas himself. , beating so loudly and resonating in his own head with the feeling of seeing his totally dehumanized brother turned into a machine completely and without reasoning.

[@rojaloca13]

"He is inside, now you are outside"

[@crazycowcraft350]

The villainous masked gentleman

[@MrsDizazter]

"Help. Me. Lu- cas..."

[@astralboythearoace]

The theme that may play when you're fighting with your sibling

[@Crypticyokai]

theme that might play when you fight your missing twin!

[@astralboythearoace]

@@Crypticyokai average Tuesday

[@Crypticyokai]

@@astralboythearoace so true😔

[@braioch8682]

AAAA que tétrico e impresionante, la canción impone miedo y el sentimiento del final absoluto

[@goats4life323]

Make the final boss difficult 👎 Make it borderline traumatic 👍

[@SuperPewnageEevee]

The moans in the backround still scare me

[@niblet8308]

whenever Matpat used this background music you know shit was getting real

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

Truly scary intimidating and psychotic sounds like psychosis developing.

[@augie1272]

1:39 The Love Theme plays in the background

[@FzeroVaporeon]

dat bass

[@strix3688]

"Through the second battle however.... Lucas was speechless... still in shock that right infront of him... was his lost brother this whole time..." "Lucas were unable to battle right now...."

[@BalanceHeroSMT]

Giygas, the aliens' leader in Mother 1 was deeply in conflict with his loyalty to his people to destroy humanity and his love for his adoptive mother, hearing the song that Maria taught him which was the final straw for him to retreat, unable to bear the pain of losing her any longer. Giygas, the Cosmic Destroyer in Mother 2 no longer could even think due to his mind collapse from all the power he gained and his emotional turmoil, he himself became nothing but pure evil and Porky's mindless attack dog to fulfill his wish to destroy the universe. The Masked Man aka Claus, the Pigmask Army Commander and Porky's slave in Mother 3, his soul extinguished to fulfill Porky's order without question as his mindless slave without feeling. His soul returned to him when the spirit of Hinawa called out to him and his first and last choice is to end his own life.

[@TWMFanclub]

God I remember first beating Mother 3. I was sat on the floor of a friend's house, up way too late. It was 2019, an incredibly rough year for me, what happened that year was actually why I had to be at that friend's house. Mother 3 got me through that time. I hear this theme and it reminds me of then. 10/10, I love it.

[@ashtonwilaby]

0:56 to 1:04 favorite part

[@justaguy2182]

If you really think about it, this is probably one of the most subtly horrific boss fights in gaming history. You’re fighting what is, at least to your understanding, the robotic husk of your own twin brother. He’s nothing but an empty shell, devoid of his humanity, any heart and soul he had ripped away only to serve as a disposable general.

[@DanaTheNintendoLoverGirl2011]

Lucas: CLAUS!!! CLAUS!!! CLAUS!!! Please! Stop This! I Want To Be Your Twin Brother Again! Masked Man: Sorry! Too Late! Ness: LUCAS NO!!!

[@KrisDreemurr0]

Ness wasn't in this situation 💀

[@Merasus]

@@KrisDreemurr0 he accidentally traveled into this timeline instead of the past

[@wocko13]

one thing i'd like the point out is after the distorted "love" theme comes in, the song loops back to the beginning. I like to think of the abrupt cutoff of the love theme as claus/his memories getting shut off, then the slow powering-on sound accompanied by the heartbeat as if his heart/memories are being reset before he feels enough to stop being the cold, unfeeling machine porky wants him to be

[@markpiper6382]

This. Game. Broke. Me.

[@kirbyfreakyt4695]

"You can meet us [for the first time] as many times as you like!"

[@EmeraldBlade98]

This ost kinda puts me in a weird mood but I like it. It just sounds like pure despair. It really symbolizes the evil and gravity of the situation forced upon lucas

[@kapelski104]

finally found this.... so creepy I swear. never played the game

[@carl-wheezer]

Once you've played it it's even worse

[@coolname_shrimp]

oh with context it's so much worse, this part is infamously messed up... And really you should totally give the game a shot, it's a cult classic and either playing it or even watching a let's play is more than worth your time

[@naydrasstar]

Welp, now I need therapy.

[@thegamerator10]

I feel like this song is a peer inside of Lucas's thoughts during this battle. He's confused, scared, disturbed, and just wants his brother back. But he also understands he has a duty to pull that final Needle so the world won't be destroyed. But he can't bring himself to harm his brother. His mind is a hurricane in this moment, and he hasn't really had time to think things over, since the revelation of the Masked Man's true identity happened just moments before the fight with Porky. The only time Lucas can attack here is when Flint takes that major blow for him, but the angered shock from that quickly wears off as Lucas remembers Claus isn't himself here.

[@kayleeclassic]

im gonna frow up

[@chriswho2569]

Did this video get taken down cuz I remember way more comments

[@chriswho2569]

@@Jukestar damn no wonder for a while I was looking for it and I couldn’t find it

[@antonyc.7173]

I don't remember who said this, but this song always feels like it's trying its best to build up to a beat drop, but it never succeeds. There's always a gong, or a distorted sample, or a spine-chilling noise to interrupt itself. Lucas can't do it. His friends are unconscious by his side, but he can't fight his own brother. And yet, hexagons rain through the air...

[@christmasdespacito2505]

YALL I JUST OFFICIALLY BEAT THE GAME

[@brodydurcholz7482]

Same here I just did bouta week ago

[@christmasdespacito2505]

@@brodydurcholz7482 WOOOO

[@temdetudo_ofc]

the music remember me giygas?

[@timothymenard1750]

fucking haunting

[@jonathonhayes4042]

0:23

[@EKTE64]

I'm listening to this while plunging a toilet!

[@arloklenczon6811]

Is it on the "100th floor" by any chance?

[@themrsauce]

Look out for the Ultimate Chimera

[@Kaice_]

0:56 - 1:04 The piano twirls around headphone listeners

[@UNDERWORLDHOUSE]

lowkey a banger

[@asturialv5019]

Death Grips be like

[@DevotedOgrim05]

Is there a note list how to play this?

[@kirbyfreakyt4695]

Well first you

[@ln8496]

There unironically was FOREVER AGO on tumblr but i think its lost forever now

[@RADAR_365]

So hype.

[@gaelramirez6773]

...

[@PsychoMadHatter2]

Fun fact: matpat used this song in one of his videos

[@jopeperoni]

Really? When?

[@KD-sk6rr]

@@jopeperoni In his first Fnaf theory video, around the 4:17 mark.

[@jopeperoni]

@@KD-sk6rr Thanks, I never noticed it before!

[@Isaac_646]

many actually, of his old videos at least.

[@carl-wheezer]

Not fun, that's a disgrace, especially in a FNAF vid

[@Termina2018]

:(

[@KevinAdhaikal]

I am 200th comment!

[@DiamondzFinder_]

So bizarre and off putting: Also, I see you Toby Fox ;P

[@Lar_me]

Screw Toby Fox

[@CG09_TMP]

​@@Lar_meEarthbound fans when Toby Fox exists

[@Dacstunes]

What does Toby Fox have to do with this what

[@degenerateinthecloset]

@@Lar_me What 18 years of no MOTHER 3 release does to a mfer:

[@nathanlyonproductions917]

Just Like This Song, My Future Song: Battle Against the Cybernetic Clone/Battle Against N-1, It Tells A Story. The First Part Represents, The Final Showdown Between, Shadow. And N-1. The Second Part Represents, Nathan Having Hope That. N-1 Wins. Third Part Represents Despiration For Both Sides. Final Part/Unconditional Love Theme Represents, Saddness, Love, And Hope, Because, Nathan Still Believes, There's Still Good In Shadow. And It Is Even More Sadder, When You Realize, Shadow, And Nathan Were Brothers. The Lyon Squad Franchise Is Fun, And All, But It Can Get Really, Sad And Really Dark, And Make You Very Emotional.

[@TeamGalactic-Cyrus]

bro what

[@nathanlyonproductions917]

@@TeamGalactic-Cyrus N-1: Is A Cybernetically Enhanced Clone Of Nathan. Shadow: Was An Ancient Lyon Robot, Built By Nethon (Nathan's First Incarnation) And His Farther As A Brother For Nathan, One Day Something Evil Corrupted Him, And Be Come The Shadow Of The Lyon Squad Franchise... A Corrupted Remnant Of His Former Self. Nathan: Is Known As The Great Lyon (Of Darkness And Light). His First Incarnation Is A Chiweenian With The Name Nethon. Nethon Is Powerful And Protective Of The Multi-Verse. He Has 2 Lullabies. First Is From His Spiritual Parents (1st Incarnation's Parents). The Second Is From His Girlfriend Nathalie Wolfman (Current Incarnation's Girlfriend (She's A Chiweenian). In Lyon Squad RPG: StarBound Zero You Fight Him As, "Mutating Nathan". He's Only Defeated By Using "Nethon's Lullaby". He Leaves Becuase He Doesn't Want To Hurt His Brother, And Upset His Spiritual Parents He Calls "Space Parents". In The Sequel: StarBound: He Is His In His Spiritual Form, "Nethon". In This Story Nathan Dies As Dr. Nathan (His Second Personality). So, Brandon Lyon (Nathan's Brother), And Carson House (Nathan's Cousin) Basically Came Up With A Plan To Fix Nathan's Body And Revive Him. Meanwhile: Nethon Telepathically Summoned His Army To Destroy, Shadow. Nethon Is In The "Great Lyon's Machine" (A Device That Holds A Pocket Dimension That Holds, Nethon/Nathan) Located In "Nethon's Lair" Located Under "Nathan's Childhood Home". He Basically Misses, Nathalie... You First Fight, Brandon, And Carson In Bio-Mechanical Spider Mechs. After That, Carson Opens The Great Lyon's Machine, Where It's Black Hole Sucks You Into Nethon's Pocket Dimension. He Is Only Defeated By Playing "Nathan's Lullaby". But Then He Returns... Nethon (Or Part Of Him) Also Appeared In Lyon Squad RPG 3: StarBound 2, As "Nethon 2". He Was The Part Of Nethon That Was In, "Meta Nathan" In StarBound. He Can Only Be Fought If You Collect All 16 Melodies, And Defeat, N-1. The Background Will Go Dark. N-1 Is Just Standing, With The Captions That Reads: "Something Dark-Light Is Coming... From The Inside..." And Then, Nethon 2 Appears. He Has Absorbed So Much Dark And Light Energies, That He Is Unkillable. He Is Only Defeated After Playing: "The Great Lyon's Lullaby" Which Is A Combination Of: Nethon's Lullaby, And Nathan's Lullaby. And Then He Goes Back To Become 1 With Nathan Again.

[@TeamGalactic-Cyrus]

@@nathanlyonproductions917 okay... does this have anything to do with the video? like, well... I don't think anyone here really knows that much about what you're talking about.

[@nathanlyonproductions917]

@@TeamGalactic-Cyrus Well It's A Franchise I'm Trying To Create.

[@TeamGalactic-Cyrus]

@@nathanlyonproductions917 ok.

[@jonathonhayes4042]

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[@jonathonhayes4042]

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