EarthBound 3 (working title) is a Mother fangame mostly taking place an unspecified point between EarthBound and Mother 3.
This game provides examples of:
- Anthropomorphic Food: The Tipsy Coffee
◊ enemy.
- Call-Back:
- The Very Final Starman◊ and Very Very Final Starman◊.
- The Inexplicable Geometry◊ is a reference to an overworld sprite from EarthBound.
- The Very Final Starman
- Easter Egg: The hidden developer room.
- Faceless Eye: The Peeping Tom◊.
- Losing Your Head: The Smokestack enemy is a person with a cloud of smoke for a head.
- Monster Compendium: The Battle Memory from Mother 3 returns.
- Non-Lethal K.O.: As is typical of the Mother series.
- Poison Mushroom: The Suspicious Cheese◊ item, which poisons you if eaten.
- Police Are Useless: The police are depicted similarly to in EarthBound, and Crooked Cops appear as enemies.
- Psychic Powers: As is typical of the Mother series.
- Quirky Town: Every single town in the game.
- Save Point: Phones as usual, though a Save Frog appears at one point.
- Sentient Vehicle: Mad Taxis◊.
- Shout-Out:
- The Man With a Gun is based on a scene in Adventures in Babysitting.
- The Lucky Penny◊ item is a reference to Kid Radd.
- The Shade◊ boss is based on Icarus by Henri Matisse.
