Mother 3 | Battle Against The Masked Man | Extended

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Song | Battle Against The Masked Man
Composer | Shogo Sakai

[@balanceherosmt7170]

You fight Giygas because of what he had planned to do to humanity, you fight Claus because of what humanity did to him.

[@Ms.Toriel]

This is cruel

[@stinkfist1300]

"humanity" we know damn well porky isn't human

[@balanceherosmt7170]

@Stinkfist He is indeed human. His evil even surpassed Giygas', Itoi even mentioned that he represents the worst of humanity, and this is what we see.

[@stinkfist1300]

@@balanceherosmt7170 damn humanity is evil then

[@balanceherosmt7170]

@Stinkfist Humanity is capable of such evil but there is also great good, that is what gave them free will

[@Sokobansolver]

The same chapter that features literal toilet humor (including a bathroom sign that attacks you) and a construction site with cartoony slapstick also has one of the most intense tear-jerker scenes in any video game.

[@BillZypher]

That's Mother for ya.

[@notlucas6859]

Men's bathroom sign used *PK Starstorm!* Lucas took mortal damage! Kumatora took mortal damage! Duster took mortal damage! Boney took mortal damage! The battle was lost...

[@tiramisuellie]

also from the same game where you climb through a bunch of mountains using a fridge

[@fortrachug]

@@tiramisuellie getting over it

[@archusrtm6325]

Why tf does a bathroom sign have one of the most powerful attacks in the game??

[@Bluedino152]

Giygas in both his games was so scary in part because you understood and knew so little of him This is the horror of knowing EXACTLY who you're fighting

[@IZRthe1st]

lucas lost bro 😞

[@astralboy8]

And just sad.

[@WhyHandlesIMeanFroggchamp]

The song wants desperately to be a normal battle theme so bad but Lucas’s trauma is turning it into this

[@Switchblade1013-]

goddamn it lucas

[@fravonzonbonn]

its to the point where it turns into a different song like at 0:57 thats a sped up version of mambo de battle

[@anueutsuho7425]

I love how it keeps trying to segue into a badass rock theme like Porky Means Business but it keeps stopping itself.

[@claus4670]

I always found that the three main antagonists of Mother 3 parallel different things. Fassad parallels the villagers of Tazmily. Claus parallels Lucas, the protagonist. Porky parallels us, the player. This is also shown through how we interact with them in battle. We never fight Fassad throughout the first five chapters where he reigns as the biggest bad (as far as we know.) His demise isn't brought upon by the player, but a twisted turn of events. Fassad wasnt just an enemy to the player or Lucas, but Nowhere Islands itself; his betrayal put everyone in danger and so when we finally fight him, he is nothing more than a mechanical extension of the real big bad, Porky's plans. Then there is Porky himself, the one who set everything in place and one of the only people the player may be familiar with already. Every obstacle the player faces traces back to him, he endangers the world the player has come to know fully by the time we meet him, treating it more like a game than even the player and so he is the only antagonist we truly get a personal battle with, as he monologues to the player up until he literally seals his own fate. And then comes Claus, the player no longer has any power over the battle because Claus isn't the player's issue to confront, it's Lucas's, and so Lucas takes the wheel for this final battle.

[@InikaCordella]

Beautiful explaining. ❤

[@Switchblade1013-]

wow

[@PaulaJonez]

A poet. Hah! It's really a poet

[@PaulaJonez]

Nah bro, i'll give you my claps 👏👏👏👏👏

[@beefyblom]

Anxiety and trauma perfectly mixed together in musical form

[@heliotype9591]

Fucking indeed my dude and I have both

[@itskhalid_edits]

Not for me

[@PlumbG64]

Yoooo my family's theme slapping hard 😎😎😎

[@gastel329]

This theme plays in my head when I have to confront my dad

[@probium2832]

@@gastel329 This theme does that but it's the first battle.

[@finestgamer7888]

What's sad is. The masked man lost the battle anyways. And Lucas had to watch his brother die right in front of him. And Flint watched the son he had been looking for, forever die. At least he is with his mother now. Pk love you Claus.

[@psychopianist630]

And Flint doesn't even flip out upon Claus dying, like he did when Hinawa died. He just says, "Claus was just hasty. You'll forgive your hasty brother, won't you?" It's kind of heartbreaking.

[@gan0nz0ra]

Finest Gamer i'm here now

[@salsadamonkey]

*cough* yeah there is a theory that I have personally made that everyone was undead'd at the end of MOTHER 3 but that's another day *cough*

[@igseba1605]

@@salsadamonkey lmao you talk????

[@notlucas6859]

@@igseba1605 Of course I can talk. It's lucas fault. Lucas did it. Lucas did it. Lucas did it.

[@tails230]

Mother 1: Save Everyone Mother 2: Save the Planet Mother 3: Save Claus

[@CrashyBash]

Nice chanel uwu

[@LampreyKisses]

Mother 4: Save the franchise!

[@miguelcrafter2997]

​@@LampreyKissesmother 5, save the real world

[@astralboy8]

Mother 6: save yourself.

[@nblade]

Mother 7: save nobody, not even yourself.

[@slimsagey64]

What makes this boss fight so awesome is that it’s completely unlike a traditional RPG finall boss fight. Rather than going at it with everything you got, the stakes become dire immediately; you can’t revive your team members, you’re constantly hoping that you can have enough HP to survive, but this is the very last Needle-you have to pull it. The idea of it being a survival match really adds to how serious this battle truly is, and really sets the ominous tone for this moment.

[@sythem]

ness's nightmare is about survival too

[@HaydenGaming__]

@@sythem it's not the final battle tho, so its less pressuring also considering you have a shit ton of pp meaning you can spam lifeup gamma until he uses shield beta where you can start actually attackin him. THIS BOSS however is THE FINAL BOSS, like what OP said; "You can't revive your team members, you're constantly hoping you can have enough HP to survive, but this is the very last Needle--you have to pull it." Also, Lucas's max PP: 380 (via items, in actuality 349), and how much is Lifeup Gamma in this game? 16, that's more then the actual Earthbound amount. Let's do some basic dividing: 380 / 16 = 23.75, 24 times, by the way, 552 as your Max HP while your constantly dealing with PSI Love Omega is not fun. That proves why your constantly hoping to have enough HP for the battle. But you have the franklin badge, correctly? "Sure I'd survive this battle cuz of my Franklin Badge!" WRONG ANSWER. When it reflects back to the Masked Man, it only does 178 damage. The Masked Man's HP in this case is 5000, the few highest amount for any boss and also that attack ONLY happens when you revive a team member, your outta luck and just gotta waste tons and tons of PP using PSI Love Omega and Lifeup Gamma. Good thing this boss doesn't inflict status effects but oops, he can DESTORY YOUR SHIELD HALF THE TIME. Meaning using PSI Counter, Psi Shield, Shield, Counter Alpha is useless. That's why this battle is survival match intensive.

[@sythem]

@@HaydenGaming__ I see, also thank you for reminding me about earthbound after an entire year

[@HaydenGaming__]

@@sythem np

[@Azure1013]

This is proof that a final boss fight doesn't have to be super intense to be climactic. It's climactic in a more "emotional" way. Throughout his journey, Lucas was conflicted by many different goals, reuniting his family, or more specifically to find Claus, to defeat the Pig Mask Army, to pull all seven needles and restore form to the world, and to be able to return to his previous peaceful lifestyle, but not once did he expect that he would be forced to do all of them at once, and in such a way that he no longer wants it, but he knows that he doesn't have any other choice. Instead of pumping Lucas, or more specifically the player full of adrenaline, it does the exact opposite, and shocks them; it totally paralyzes them. In fear? In sorrow? Neither Lucas, nor the player can figure out which. And finally, Claus is the one to realize what must be done, in order to end all of the pain, and stop all of the suffering he's inflicted upon others and to himself, and release himself. And after that Lucas must continue on with his strength and pull the final needle as if nothing ever happened. It's almost as if when Claus ended his life, the act of relieving himself gave Lucas the strength he required to fulfill his destiny.

[@michaelbecket4901]

That or he just stopped caring ENTIRELY after the ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION his emotions went through..

[@Glisten456]

I agree. Plus, it's an example that Main Antagonist is not the same as Final Enemy. You've already "beaten" the king, Porky's still alive, but can't do anything to stop you. The Pig Mask Army really has no leader except the Masked Man. The Colonel and Fassad are presumably dead or missing ( I don't like to say Fassad died because he is still a Magypsie, after all). Porky's been "defeated", so the Masked Man has no commander, but must fulfill it's programming. But no matter who's gone, Porky was pulling the strings, he made the Masked Man, brought up the Pig Mask Army, recruited Fassad, and managed the horrible Chimera Project. But Porky is no more, you've defeated the army... There's no betrayal for the final battle, the Masked Man doesn't disobey Porky, even after the ASC. You've been brought to fight the cold, heartless machine, whose only purpose is to obey it's master. But, past the cold, metal monster, the Masked Man is your brother, Claus. He's on your side, he doesn't want to fight, no one wants it to end this way, except Porky. You're not fighting the Masked Man, You're not fighting Claus, you're fighting Porky's foolproof plan to end the world. You're fighting a main enemy, but not the final boss.

[@inqurity]

Oh, and also, if you chose NO when game asks you "will you pull the final needle", nothing happens. You will pull it anyway

[@PopADoseYo]

I love you! Seriously. More and more people are laying out their thoughts about this game, fitting with my exact feelings about it. This entire game is truly a work of art and more so with it's 2 previous games in the Trilogy. This moment right here stemmed from the Story of Mother 1. From the Alien Species Kidnapping Maria/George. George stealing PSI secrets and Maria raising an Alien child. Giegue destroying his mind from the melodies of a lullaby from his Earth Mother. Then onto EB where Giegue/Giygas is being used to influence negativity and brainwash civilians across the entire globe. Your child hood Rival/Friend becoming completely corrupt to the influence of Giygas, wielding powers beyond his imagination thanks to the genius of Giygas Influence and persuading/forcing Andonuts. Pokey escapes at the end, wandering Time and Space. Eventually finding the one place he can settle on, a place that didn't cast him out of. Which he turned into his playground. Who knows how many times the people of Nowhere Islands placed there memories into that Egg. Pokey could have been a God reigning terror multiple times. Eventually he was finally defeated, placed into an Absolute Safe Capsule. Being in there would stop his time and space travel. Halting the ability to reign terror again when the Tazmilly Villagers reawaken again on the Nowhere Islands. In peace and Solitude. So many sad things inbetween all of this. Most NPC's stood out so much with their incredible transformation in Dialogue as Tazmilly began to succumb to the Facade of Fassad, influenced by Pokey, who was influenced by Giygas. It's like a parasite. I could go on and on. Sure, maybe some of this is Headcanon. Who knows, it's left openly. But I believe Itoi has a far out imagination and even better than mine perhaps.

[@AllToastersToastToast]

@@PopADoseYo When it comes to Itoi, he says that Mother 4, or at least what happens after Mother 3, is the world we live in. Though I love that he said this, I also like to think that it's a headcanon of what he thinks happened, just as much as any fan's interpretation.

[@GBA-049]

The more that you think about it, Lucas isn't fighting Claus. Claus is fighting _himself._ And this music deeply emphasizes the immense psychological trauma and guilt *pounding* through his mind. A lost soul desperately trying to break free from the inner machine that controls him against his own will. Endless agonizing pain twisting everything out of shape. Made to make it feel unnatural as *inhumanely possible.* Forcing you to accept That Claus _is gone._ The first time I heard this music, it was a LOT to take in. It's incredibly disturbing and unstable, yet emotionally powerful at the exact same time. Can't have anything else left to describe it. Because the message is clear

[@probium2832]

Most RPGs simply want to make you feel like you've won the final battle. Mother 3 doesn't dare do this and that's what makes it so... depressing... More like a loss than a win.

[@JeanKP14]

This still stands in the top RPG last bosses of all time for me for that reason. It hits INCREDIBLY hard.

[@petathehorseishere7990]

Fun fact: his battle background is the same one used for the mani mani statue in earthbound

[@auroraborealis7025]

So we can say that Porky is the new Mani Mani statue, who corrupts anyone who is around for a long time?

[@se.224]

Lucas wins the title of "fictional character who needs therapy the most"

[@neonotterpop2528]

sunny:

[@warc9caw604]

​@@neonotterpop2528 they both desperately need therapy

[@Stringspuller88]

​@@neonotterpop2528 Who tf is sunny?

[@a.k8185]

​@@neonotterpop2528 I am not surprised to see him pop up here.

[@AnimeboyIanpower]

@@Stringspuller88 Sunny is a character from the EarthBound-inspired RPG "Omori".

[@doodlesyoru2108]

The nightmare for 16-hit-comboers. You can only combo him once (right after he attacks Flint) and it's super hard.

Yep, and Hinawa warning Lucas

[@j09k06]

I don't ever comment, but this song truly is one of the greatest final boss themes. I feel like when that low bass, guitar and drums start to kick in, it's Lucas and Claus fighting like brothers, but then the pot just tips over into what is the death of Hinawa and how much anguish Porky has caused. All of this happened because of an infant alien. In a way, Hinawa is in some shape or form symbolic of Maria, and Flint is the symbol of George.

[@benjamindiamantman7539]

Giygas sucks.

[@carlossalazar9154]

No, that’s wrong! Flint was the exact opposite of George, a caring man who fought for his town, yet lost his entire family. Flint went on to leave his hometown to search for even the slightest hope that Claus was alive, only to witness his death and still continued to be a selfless man. George was evil, stealing PSI for his own benefit.

[@j09k06]

@@carlossalazar9154 You're right.

[@nochlover]

@@carlossalazar9154I don’t think George is necessarily evil, but what he did was still bad

[@saket9083]

Everytime the song starts to get more intense it gets stopped by another noise, like something wants the music to be calm for this battle.

[@bubblemage]

curious... i thought something different, every time it gets intense, it gets "bizarre" and "unknown", like Claus not being human anymore (even tho he is).

[@inqurity]

Because this isn't supposed to be a battle. It is your brother.

[@robertlupa8273]

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

[@AMIR-xo1cq]

hinawa wont let her brothers rip and tear each other and murder themself

[@megajaredx9679]

This is literally the saddest RPG theme ever and it fits the game perfectly. The other 2 with Giygas inspired dread and fear and hope...This one gives you a journey to the tragic beginning. And ends in tradgedy as well. (Maybe, IDK if the Needle at the end fixed and revived everybody only to cause a Timeloop...)

[@karlispovisils5297]

I wouldn't say this is the saddest theme, but it is definitely the most hopeless.

[@fawfuiklh11]

@@karlispovisils5297 no.

[@renanaugusto1474]

""""""Other 2""""""

[@ralphchandler1049]

This is not an RPG theame but have you heard of Everywhere At The End Of Time?

[@demi-femme4821]

What exactly happens is vague, but we know all the main characters and the people they care about are okay. Perhaps all those Lucas judged "evil" were trapped on the island and the rest were transported away, Perhaps Lucas spared the good, razed the planet, and then made a new one for his chosen, or maybe everyone died and their spirits are talking in the end.

[@spitefulraven]

Here's some nightmare fuel for ya...00:34 - that sound is the pitched down whimpers of your dog, Boney.

[@insertcoolnamehere937]

0_0

[@Jabungothemungo]

It sounds like whinnie the pooh

[@OMGKawaiiAngelll]

could be crying because of the injuries from the lightning strike before the battle

[@itskhalid_edits]

@@Jabungothemungo LOL XD

[@PopADoseYo]

That is the sound of the Baby Drago crying to it's dead Mother, not Boney. The Mother Drago that killed Hinawa. The Mother Drago which you kill. In the beginning of the song you can hear the Roar of the Mother Drago. This song is telling the story of the entire game. And it starts with that faithful night of you coming across the altered Drago that killed your Mother, or the fire, or Flints Realiztion of Hinawa death. Whichever you prefer from the first chapter.

[@youngkappakhan]

my favorite part of this theme is definitely the relentless, unflinching bassline brings everything together amidst the discordant cacophony and hammers home the feeling of "no going back, this is it"

[@Gamernutritionfacts]

I also think it works better for a human villain who, underneath all of porky’s brainwashing, possesses an ego and humanity that can’t just be taken away. A lot of people think he’s completely emotionless, but you could argue there’s a kind of calm rage to everything the masked man does. He has a restrictive shell keeping him from emoting at all, only displaying anger in the acts of brutality he commits. Like a kid doing bad things on purpose to get the world to notice because that’s all he’s been taught to do. I think the instrumental choices reflect that well by being so relentless, scattered and bizarre. Claus is still down there somewhere, fighting hard to retain whatever remains of him.

[@monkestan9433]

(unrelated to the song) My phone somehow managed to play the entirety of this extension while on 1% battery. Crazy.

[@dasaspicymeme5869]

Anyone else notice how "Theme of Love" plays subtly in the background at 1:38?

[@Lodac77]

OHH MY GOD THATS WHAT THAT IS

[@josephb.4640]

A A A A H H H H ! ! ! ! That...really hurts.

[@fawfuiklh11]

Huh.

[@matrixorialold]

If you put it on 2x speed.

[@magdalenocortez6502]

Yep I did

[@cosmicalize]

A kid's brother commiting suicide right after he comes to his senses Everyone: Yeah, nintendo. The company for kids right?

[@ortherner]

nobody cares

[@cosmicalize]

@@ortherner and nobody asked :)

[@ortherner]

@@cosmicalize Nobody Asked for your opinion

[@cosmicalize]

@@ortherner im allowed to have a opinion, you're allowed to disagree, to be honest you 're acting like you want to start a argument, judging how you tried to start one over something really simple End of discussion please.

[@gimmekromer1151]

@@ortherner nobody loves you

[@notme437]

Anyone else find the piano riffs terrifying? They scream some message at me... like, "This is it. You're out of time."

[@itskhalid_edits]

Claus: You can't defeat me. Lucas: I know, but he can. *the franklin badge deflected the lightning!*

[@underthetreeproductionsOffical]

SPOILERS!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@LeSparkleChild]

LMFAO

[@seneryy]

Lucas: No I know, but he can *shows Claus a mirror*

[@ortherner]

correction Lucas: I can’t defeat you… Claus! I know, but he can. *The Franklin Badge deflected the lightning!*

[@juliodonofreo]

he actually defeats him earlier in the game

[@gamemassacre1251]

Random fun fact: Lucas and Claus’ names are made with the same letters if you swap the order you can turn it into the other

[@alviniusthegreat]

That's called an anagram

[@gamemassacre1251]

@@alviniusthegreat Ik I just forgot it at the time .-.

[@Super_ATI]

More than likley they didnt mean to do this on what im going to say but maybe it was to save space on the cartrige?

[@channel91uhf]

When the man is masked:

[@silverflight01]

Mother 1: Defeat Giegue with music Earthbound: Kill Giygas with prayer Mother 3: Free Claus with love

[@AlphaStormMusic]

I’ve just watched a playthrough of this whole game, and when this final battle started and this music played, I just watched in abject shock! Many people pointed this out, but this is the antithesis to what final battle music is all about. Most themes are heroic, epic, and energizing. This instead is atonal, unstable, and quite frankly sad. Every sound is like Claus screaming for help; it’s like he’s watching himself, and can’t control it. The masked man you’re fighting is an empty shell that used to be Claus, until he’s finally reawakened… but a little too late. This was perfect for this battle. Shogo Sakai knew exactly the emotional weight it had, and knew it simply didn’t need to be high energy. Composing for the Giygas battles in the first two games must have been hard (I know Sakai didn’t compose those), but this? You’re not fighting an enigma of time and space, you’re simply fighting your brother.

[@Phoenix7786]

No joke, watching me play this fight was the only time I ever saw my adult brother cry.

[@solarrrrrrrr]

I confess Claus was my favorite

[@itskhalid_edits]

Yay thanks dude

[@dimonjack208]

*was*

[@YuuyaKZMI]

While this battle is supposed to be depressing, and the music is supposed to signify the battle is emotional, I don't really hear depression from Battle Against The Masked Man. All I can think of is that bassline fueling a very badass song.

[@chacho3925]

I agree the guitar is sick

[@mammothplant]

It's more supposed to sound like vehement rage than depression I'm pretty sure. Also a lot of people seem to forget that this is only a third of the final boss theme; in actual gameplay, it alternates between this and a more tranquil melody for when Hinawa is speaking, and then the final phase eschews all that for the love theme.

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

To me, it sounds like pure overwhelming angst. Not like a cool, edgy angst, but a genuine inner struggle in both of these characters.

[@Dununerp]

The bassline is never left unaccompanied by another instrument or sound for more than a second Dunno if that has some sort of link to the battle or psychological things but it’s an interesting little detail

[@jakemastandrea6872]

Whenever somethings gonna startup like the guitar that plays, it gets shot down with another instrument.

[@mammothplant]

The other instruments actually play distorted renditions of prior themes from your adventure. The love theme plays at one point in that strange breathy noise, and at one point you can even hear Mambo de Battle

[@angelzavala2254]

The think it represents the brainwashing of Claus

[@amnotmichael]

When you see videos of that battle it doesn't seem like very difficult untill you do it for yourself, then it's the most stressful thing on the whole game

[@sythem]

for me, miracle fassad and masked man 1 and barrier trio were the most stressful

[@amnotmichael]

@@sythem if you go blind then yeah

[@sythem]

@@amnotmichael i only got help from the internet with barrier trio fassad was a pain until i found out he can run out of pp masked man was kinda fun to fight though

[@MyUsernameIsGoofy]

​@@sythem wait miracle Fassad was hard for ya all? I think i was over leveled cause i beat him without anyone dying

[@rapidkraken2638]

Mother 1 final boss: Oh man, i hope i get some empowering jams for this final boss! Wait wtf is this Mother 2 final boss: Let's see, will the music be epic or terrifying beyond all reason? Apparently the latter. Mother 3 final boss: This theme is trying to be epic and scary and it works both ways? Confusion

[@fravonzonbonn]

mother 2 is also both

[@I_mean_you_aint_wrong_but]

The beginning part of this song is so badass

[@novaexplosion3273]

Anyone ever notice how after Claus strikes Flint, you can attack him?

[@DC-yf2sw]

Yeah is like if Lucas were angry at Claus for hurting their father

[@crispyfries0]

its actually the only part where you can 16 hit combo him, and thats hard af

[@baaaldur]

Love that little bit of characterization for Lucas. He'll chafe against the possibility of using violence, but once push comes to shove, he'll do whatever it takes to defend his loved ones.

[@melikmourali2072]

@@DC-yf2sw *Flint Berserk mode engaged*

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. After Claus PK Loved Flint to the shoulder, Lucas got angry and gives his brother a hit before Hinawa responded.

[@inqurity]

Not fun fact: after Claus uses PK Love on Flint, you can attack him. Like Lucas hates him for that or something.

[@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028]

dude I wonder what the heartbeat for this song sounds like it probably doesn't exsist

[@inqurity]

@@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028 there is one actually

[@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028]

@@inqurity i know it was dark humor

[@skydiamsteam6005]

and Hinawa tells Lucas to stop fighting if you do that

[@juliodonofreo]

@@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028 if you pay attention you can hear an actual (and somewhat weird) heartbeat in the theme...

[@TheIndigoShine]

I've never played this game but like this is a very interesting piece of music. It's so dark.

[@Thekeysoflight]

I just beat Mother 3 and almost turned my game off at the "End?" Screen before I realized I could walk around and talk to NPCs.

[@SnazzySMM]

The distorted SMMAAASH! and rolling hp sounds, the wind, the disjointed nature of the whole thing This really reminds me of OMORI - ALTER

[@ababble393]

Considering that omori is mother inspired, i wouldn't doubt they got some inspiration from this

[@matrixorialold]

Claus didnt kill himself. Pokey did. Pokey just brainwashed claus

[@ortherner]

*Porky

[@bonepawn1644]

@@ortherner He's not wrong.

[@wonokairun69]

@@ortherner Pokey And Porky Is The Same Guy, It Just Mistranslation

[@ortherner]

@@wonokairun69 I know

[@wonokairun69]

@@ortherner Okay, Then

[@lordprime25]

For Some Reason Lucas couldn't attack

[@nagatobrazil2236]

LUcUs

[@C..11]

Logos

[@matrixorialold]

LUcUs

[@fawfuiklh11]

Loocuz

[@ravagerboss83]

I'MGOINTOBEMASKEDMANFORCOMICONWHENITOPENSBACKUP

[@gamekoneta]

昔の記憶がなくてロボットのように戦うラストシーンは切ない

[@GamingPlayer123]

This song emphasises the pain and despair of having to fight someone that you love.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

The way I interpret this music is from the fact it reminds me of what happens when you use Hypnosis on a target (that it makes you hear their heartbeat as clearly, if not more, as the music). In simple words... Lucas is so affected by the context of the fight that we're hearing his own heartbeat.

[@phayzonvoiices3714]

I was just thinking about how when the song starts, you hear a heartbeat, but then it's replaced by an empty sounding sting, replacing each beat. Claus doesn't have a heart anymore, it's been taken.

[@theiceman4494]

Good thing this boss provides an emotional battle for the player, because otherwise, all you do is spam lifeup beta and wait for Hinawa to do something.

[@notme437]

Gamma is more effective

[@theiceman4494]

@@notme437 it takes more PP, and if you're quick with the menus, beta holds you over until you can use it again

[@ababble393]

@@theiceman4494 do the strategy of just waiting for your Health to get full and when it does keep attacking even when you take mortal damage, and only refill once it seems like you're about to die

[@theiceman4494]

@@ababble393 I don't think attacking him does anything, does it?

[@ababble393]

@@theiceman4494 the second half you do have to attack him

[@KuezillinVirusBuster]

Look at Claus, one arm replaced by a gun and his face hidden by a large mask. Looking back, this is caused by Porky, who was encouraged by Giegue, who was betrayed by George… who’s the antagonist of this series..?

[@seneryy]

George ofc, without him studying Giygas' powers humans would not have the knowledge of PSI, would not be attacked by aliens and therefore no horrible events of mother series would take place at all

[@mrmosty5167]

C’mon it’s just a cute kid in a football helm…

[@MyUsernameIsGoofy]

Quick reminder that this is the same game where you fight furries that fanboy Eric Cartman if he was hitler

[@herogaming6183]

i want him for smash, damn

[@sythem]

i think he is one of lucas' skins

[@KitsuneGB-hc9zb]

Massive spoilers but ok then

[@denzelwright8475]

Not even as a skin or an echo fighter. Bring him in as the Masked Man and be the Metaknight to Lucas's Kirby

[@victorv8608]

This battle made the game much darker to me, the more i thought about it.

[@lunastifaliamusic]

Song is just a continuous build-up that never drops

[@sonic40001]

Call me insane, but something about that Mambo de Battle sequence is _extremely_ disturbing. The one at 0:57 - 1:11 and the like.

[@thelostmage9242]

This theme is SCREAMING from the beginning till the end "This is the worst nightmare for lucas"

[@ruminacholy3857]

This fight made me more sad than when I have to get up on a Monday morning.

[@L0STDREAMER2415]

Lucas... Stop fighting... Claus... Claus, stop this... You aren't porky's robot... You're our son!

[@cononsberg6919]

It would be really neat if somebody uploaded a version of this with the parts where you hear Hinawa, that music brings so much to this piece.

[@CTfilms23]

You fight Giegue to stop it from destroying earth. You fight Giygas on his second attempt to destroy earth. You fight Claus because of what horrible things Porky has done to him.

[@vanilla8956]

I don't think there's anything in game to suggest Giegue wanted to destroy the Earth, especially since he had "XX" branded robots that were guarding Maria's grave, and if you listen to him in the first game his motive seems reasonable from his perspective, he's worried that humans with PSI will become a Warhammer like Imperium of Man that will be a threat to his race in the future, so he wants to conquer and subjugate them. I think if he won then eventually humans would just be another part of the lower ranks of his empire like Mooks. But when he's Giygas and Porky turns off the Devil's Machine to make him go even more insane, I think much more than Earth was in danger. Porky implies that Claus pulling the needle will erase all life from Earth forever because he doesn't have a heart, but maybe it didn't matter, because he did still have a heart deep down and could have wanted the same apocalypse Lucas did after all their suffering.

[@christmasdespacito2505]

0:57 i love how this bit just SOUNDS like anxiety

[@deltarunekrisboi4025]

This is my favourite final boss from Mother series

[@mattybsdeadson]

the masked man remembered when lodac still put "| Extended" in the title of his videos. now all there is was the occasional "(no distortion)" in the title. masked man aside, how are you going to extend it's over?

[@Lodac77]

I will put all the titles and stuff after I’ve finished the game Also what do you mean It’s Over is like easy

[@1smash18]

@@Lodac77 I think he means one without distortion?

[@themaskedman8377]

I just finished the game this week

[@gan0nz0ra]

The Masked Man T H E R E C A N O N L Y B E O N E

[@themaskedman8377]

@@gan0nz0ra yes so PK Love Omega

[@skepster.]

THERE SHALL ONLY BE ONE

[@themaskedman8377]

@Solo un pigmask normal, sigue bajando xd xd hello pigmask commander

[@themaskedman8377]

@Solo un pigmask normal, sigue bajando xd xd oops

[@AnonimoausDX]

I think both of them, Lucas and Claus were fighting against their own PTSD in this battle, for one side, Lucas and Claus for seeing their mother die, almost dying in a river, and Lucas almost in the entire gameplay, and Claus for being brainwashed and excluded from freedom and being stuck in his mind seeing his body doing horrible things he had to see, Claus was aware all the time he was The Masked Man.

[@basusnny6483]

This song haunts me every night

[@fravonzonbonn]

this is probably what a mental breakdown would sound like

[@manuelsanchezcuriel6979]

No existe mejor videojuego, quién iba a saber que se podía sentir tanto con algo así

[@anotherordinaryguy4992]

I'm concerned why this guy never got into smash.

[@karlispovisils5297]

Cuz he's dead.

[@sjcx1862]

@@karlispovisils5297 And what abt Ridley? He died since super metroid and Nintendo got him there.

[@karlispovisils5297]

@@sjcx1862 Ridley also appeared in many games.

[@starawesom]

@@karlispovisils5297 super metroid is ridley's last appearance in the timeline

[@karlispovisils5297]

@@starawesom I know, but he didn't die in his first appearance did he?

[@kevinthedoggo6686]

Flint is actually crazy cause he took 2 pk love omegas and lived without taking mortal damage

[@FloridusMan]

Hearing this makes me think of "...hate" , "It's happening..." "Niiue?"

[@angrycinnabon2956]

I would have never imagined the Giygas Ambience and Battle Against The Masked Man would go well together, but CogDis proved that it can.

[@Lodac1977]

Ah Yes! Masked Man Theme!

[@justanordinarypigmask9256]

Ah yes! The commanders theme

[@wonokairun69]

@@justanordinarypigmask9256 Oink!

[@justanordinarypigmask9256]

@@wonokairun69 oink!

[@wonokairun69]

@@justanordinarypigmask9256 Oink!, Oink!

[@Psycho_Psy]

Smash bros players when they see Lucas: 😤😠 Mother 3 fans when they see Lucas: ☹️😢

[@gromp9171]

Yay, BROTHER BONDING TIME!!!!

[@lynxunemuon]

Mother games have a strange way of going by their final boss music. in Mother 1 the battle against Giegue was nothing more than a high pitched wave on repeat. I like to think this signifies the alien nature of Giegue, what the three kids might look at him as see him as, not someone who has loved and suffered, and that his actions against humanity are unforgivable. it's meant to be eerie and unnatural which I think fits that theme well imo. Mother 2's final bout has multiple stages, the first fight's song I think fits better as Porky's theme, as he's been the one causing so many problems and stands before you as the catalyst for Giygas's plans after giving up his family, friends, and humanity to gain power. then Giygas's themes all convey a feeling of extreme fear with how incomprehensible everything around you is. you face against true evil itself, it's not something you can understand, which is why his themes are a bunch of buzzing and sizzles to the ears, yet you can still feel the intensity of what you're up against and what's at stake, which progressively becomes more audible as you continue to fight. But this fight? at this point you know the Masked Man is Claus, you're on a mission to rescue him and take him back home, but he had already wiped out your father and friends. you can't fight Claus, you wouldn't want to. you know Claus, and that in itself is what makes this theme scary. it's not in the slightest coherent, there are misplaced sounds and noises everywhere, sounds you may have heard before, but they're completely nonsensical here. the little you can gather from this song is the bassline, which I like to believe represents Lucas and Claus's banters they'd have as children, as it's the only human thing you can make out, the break with the snare and metal guitar represent an urge to break free, on Lucas's side they represent the sudden buildup of anger for everything Claus has done that he cannot understand why he'd do such a thing. this song incapsulates the overwhelming guilt and frustration that Claus was faced with, as well as his inability to bring himself fully to his senses, which is why the Love Theme that plays later into the song is distorted and cut short. for Lucas it represents his sadness, the betrayal he feels and the immense pain he feels having lost his family and having to grow up seeing and realizing things that no child should go through alone. he's on the verge of breaking mentally, he's lost in the incomprehensible madness that is this psychological warfare between him and the brother he loved that seems to have resented everything he had for power. there's no heroic leitmotif, nothing is hopeful, even with the Final Needle just ahead, nothing changes the fact that nothing will ever return to normal... this is a song about a guilty Claus's lack of humanity, and Lucas's grief being forced to fight his own brother at the end of the world. maybe it really does go as deep than just random sounds put together, but if it's not, Shogo Sakai really ended up creating the most scary, yet unintentionally perfectly crafted final boss music of all time.

[@basedvalie1869]

Good analyzing pal, amen

[@osmarlopez3116]

For some reason,at the start it almost sounds like a race starting 3,2,1,GO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@karlispovisils5297]

Except Lucas doesn't go.

[@ortherner]

lmao

[@heliax9924]

i the race that happens is the one where lucas takes a million mortal hits like seriously with the ammount off times lucas gets hit in the fight i wonder how he didnt break a bone or anything

[@sliceyblade2563]

Just beat mother 3 now I'm hearing this feels good to listen to this without Claus attacking me while I guard and heal

[@Splitzblue]

I love this theme so much. It's so ominous and whatnot. It's basically a theme that someone like me would have if I had a dark side hidden behind my good side. That's how you do an antagonist and a boss theme for said antagonist (even tho this is more of a amnesiac antagonist rather than just simply an antagonist)! I also love the sirens or whatever they are that play in the boss theme.

[@worldssmallestdestron7819]

I call his sword the "Suisword" because he uses his sword for his lightning attacks, and commits suicide with lightning. hence: Suisword.

[@MarthaVsHumanity]

What does this have to do with lightning? The term *sui* means water in Japanese.

[@worldssmallestdestron7819]

@@MarthaVsHumanity Because Claus committed suicide with the sword.

[@redshifted_]

@@worldssmallestdestron7819 i dont think the name fits the weapon at all.

[@worldssmallestdestron7819]

@@redshifted_ ah well.

[@NintendoNerd64]

the intro bangs

[@uhhhCheese]

0:57 Mambo De Battle Plus

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

1:38 That's the love theme.

[@Archdef]

When I thought this song couldn't be scarier enough

[@Ms.Toriel]

1:38 The Love theme part it hits so hard

[@tealmuchwow]

0:16 wtf is that sound supposed to be Edit: I just found out what this sound is supposed to be. It's just a slowed down pickslide sample. Clock Tower on the SNES also uses the same sample.

[@k-e-v-]

I thought that's some kind of machinery.

[@Kowjja]

Peak boss battle music

[@heliax9924]

its just not the same without the constant mortal damage sound effects still a banger well as much off a banger this can get

[@wonokairun69]

When You're Playing A Fighting Game With Your Brother And You're Not In Your Brother's Team.

[@Videospiel-Man5730]

Am i the only one who finds this song and Giygas is wounded somewhat Groovy!

[@ImCrowned76]

You aren't, I like both songs.

[@aldo_heHim]

i thought he was holding a lego light saber

[@MaskedManFanboy]

He is, i can confirm

[@QuestFrey]

Me connecting dry erase markers on top of each other lol

[@channel91uhf]

fun fact: the seconds of the video syncs with the song

[@NonstickSQYD]

Them: how’d you know there was something wrong with you ? Me: I used to listen to this on loop for days

[@MaskedManFanboy]

Im literally doing what you used to do right now

[@NonstickSQYD]

@@MaskedManFanboy it never ends

[@robertlupa8273]

I only just noticed he has an arm cannon.

[@SQrealest]

Oh no, flint got hit! What should I do? *aggressively plays guitar*

[@SuperPewnageEevee]

In 3:29 you can hear the love theme

[@PopADoseYo]

Poor Giygas, if only he knew. Now he's turned Porky into a Evil God for an unfortunate village. To relive time and time again. How many time did they use that Hummingbird Egg to try and fix this timeline :/

[@vanilla8956]

He clearly desired human companionship because he wanted to adopt Ninten, and gave Porky such a high rank in his army despite Porky being an "Earth bug" but he picked the absolute worst person to trust considering how Porky doesn't even feel any loyalty to not instantly betray him in the devil's machine. What he failed to recognize is that before going insane, Giegue clearly believed what he was doing was right, but Porky doesn't, he can understand completely what he's doing is wrong and that makes him want to do worse to "see what happens" lol

[@SnowyGingerAle]

Featured in Matpat's very first of many FNAF videos.

[@KrystalzSaph]

I wish this was a song on smash ultimate

[@gogetathegreatestfusion801]

Claus for Smash?

[@OMGKawaiiAngelll]

wouldn't fit at all and it'd make players cry i'd imagine

[@nomnom2298]

@@OMGKawaiiAngelll W e d o a l i t t l e t r o l l i n g

[@LinnyUwU]

this will be Tech in The Bad Batch

[@kwispyy]

Family time

[@ClaudioMendez-mw7pn]

El metaknight de mother 3

[@traces-without]

masked man should get into smash before waluigi. *I will fight to the death for this.*