Mother 3
Mother 3 is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Brownie Brown and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is the third and final entry in the Mother series. The game follows Lucas, a young boy with psychic abilities, and a party of characters as they attempt to prevent a mysterious invading army from corrupting and destroying the world.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2006
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 20 April 2006 |
|---|---|
| Developer | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Wii U |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2383167, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Mother 3? How long to beat it
Total play time for Mother 3 is about 31.8 hours to do everything, and around 25.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 25.1h | 304 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 29.5h | 187 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 31.8h | 41 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Mother 3 sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Mother 3 lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 69ahead of 21% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 40ahead of 81% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Mother 3
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Mother 3
What platforms is Mother 3 on?
Mother 3 is available on Nintendo Wii U. It first released in 2006.
Who made Mother 3?
Mother 3 was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Mother 3?
about 25.1 hours for the main story, 29.5 hours with the main extras, 31.8 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.