Mother 3 is set in the Nowhere Islands, some unknown amount of years after EarthBound. Chaos ensues after an invasion by the Pigmask Army, named after the uniforms, which resemble pigs, and its leader, Porky Minch, the "Pig King". They slowly construct a police state, while experimenting on the land's flora and fauna, and introducing new technology and infrastructure to the islands. The various chapters record the life of a boy named Lucas and his family and friends, banding together to rid the Nowhere Islands of the Pigmask Army.
Japanese study overview
Mother 3 is a Japanese video game of 66,885 characters, with 3,853 unique words and 265 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is beginner, 0.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,853 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 場合case×83
- 家house×19
- 村village×19
- 押すto push×15
- 城castle (in place names)×13
- 章chapter×10
- 森forest×9
- 向かうto face×8
- 温泉hot spring×8
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×8
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×7
- 山mountain×7
- 台地plateau×4
- ＰＫpenalty kick×3
- 島island×7
- 東east×6
- 前in front (of)×5
- 目eye×5
- 出るto leave×5
- 進むto advance (spatially)×5