Earthbound/Mother is so underrated

[Rökkan]

I started playing Mother 3 but JESUS CHRIST it's so hard.
And I suck at RPGs >:

The fucking rhythm system FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

I can't even land many combos to be honest

Rhythm system is pretty rad, but I have no clue how to start one. When I start a combo, I go all "FUCK YES FINALLY WAIT OH SHIT I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT FUUU" and I just land 2 or 3 hits because of that.
But the bosses.
Goddamn the bosses.
That mecha-dragon from chapter 1 was a total BITCH to kill. I only killed it at my 9th attempt. Chapter 2 I was all nice and dandy until... That symphonic poltergeist. Three hits from him and you're DEAD.
I stopped there. Specially because leveling-up in that mansion is a total pain in the ass.