Mother 3's story is overrated.

[Ton]

It's not perfect, but it's clever and it's fun. If I you take out the RPG tropes that the series makes fun of (the seven mystical ____ in this game, for example) you're still left with transvestites who give you magic powers, a monkey who delivers tvs, the ultimate chimera, and, the most interesting and clever thing in the game imo, Porky's fate. It'd be easy to kill the bad guy and have him repent before death, but having him lock himself away forever and be so gleeful yet helpless about it is a brilliant twist.

Clever spins on an old story is what makes Mother 3 shine.