User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-4121682-20131225213928

Well, guys, I just finished tackling Mother this afternoon. While a considerably shorter and more primitive game than its sequel, EarthBound, the gameplay was engaging, the ending was satisfying, and the final battle against Giygas was pretty easy. I've gotta say, though, that a portion near the middle-end of the game was insanely off-balance with the player. Enemies got brutal and numerous, especially while travelling through the swamps towards the city of Valentine's Day ("Ellay" in EarthBound Zero), so leveling up took up a considerable amount of time. Mr. Shigesato Itoi himself agreed that his first game had balance issues, which he had fewer of in EarthBound.

Once I figure out how to put together a relatively smooth "Let's Play", I'll be posting one for Mother 3 on my YouTube channel (Romulan64). DON'T ANYONE DARE GIVE ME ANY SPOILERS, but Fossy tells me that there are many emotional or otherise sad moments in this last official installment to the Mother series, so I want to go into them COMPLETELY UNAWARES for a more complete emotional effect. You can expect to starting seeing them in a couple of weeks on my channel, should you be interested.

Enough of my babbling, 'HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, YOU GUYS! GOD BLESS!'