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                                B O S S  F A Q

BY: Boomerang78

Decided to make this. To help people with Mother 3's bosses. People seem to have
trouble with them... I find them easy, but that's because I've played it a lot.
Ah well.

I might make this guide look nicer... if I have the time.

This guide also contains spoilers. You have been warned.

Table of Contents:

Reconstructed Caribou
Mecha-Drago
Mr. Passion
Clayman
Oh-So-Snake
Cactus Wolf
Pork Tank
Jealous Bass
Fierce Pork Trooper
Forlorn Junk Heap
Fierce Pork Trooper (2)
Li'l Miss Marshmallow
Mr. Genetor
Lord Passion
Almost Mecha-Lion
Steel Mechorilla
New Fassad
Master Eddy
Eerie Smile
Zombieshroom
Barrier Trio
Masked Man
Miracle Fassad
King Statue
Natural Killer Cyborg
Porky Bots
Porky
Masked Man (2)

Legal Information
Conclusion and Thanks

Let's get this started!

----------------------------
| BOSS: Reconstructed Caribou \  PARTY: Flint, Duster, Boney
+-------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 515 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 57 \ DEF: 21 \ IQ: 15 \ SPD: 16 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This is it! Your first boss? Scared? Well, this guy can be a toughie if you  |
| don't know what you're doing.                                                |
| First off, you'll want Duster to use his Wall Staples on the beast. This will|
| immobilize him for a few turns. You'll want Flint to raise his OFF and DEF   |
| for the battle. Have Boney attack. Once Flint has raised his stats, have him |
| on the offense and attack or use his Power Smash attack. If your HP drops    |
| below 40, have Duster or Boney (assuming if you gave them healing items) use |
| healing items on someone. Not too hard, if I do say so myself.               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 112 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Mecha-Drago \  PARTY: Flint - Alec Supports
+-----------------------------------------------------
| HP: 724 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 60 \ DEF: 34 \ IQ: 8 \ SPD: 8 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Scary! Not. People seem to have a tough time with this boss. I'll help you   |
| get through this, don't worry. On your first turn, use the Drago Fang on this|
| guy so he drops his defense. Once that's over with, raise your defense and   |
| offense so you can have an easier time with this guy. Alec will heal you time|
| to time. Heal yourself when your HP drops below 60. And make sure that once  |
| you lay the finishing blow on Mecha-Drago, your HP is above 32 and press the |
| A Button as fast as you can--Mecha-Drago explodes once he is destroyed. If   |
| you're still having a tough time, kill Bald Eagles for Beef Jerky, they heal |
| for 60 HP.                                                                   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 486 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Mr. Passion \  PARTY: Duster
+-------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 630 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 60 \ DEF: 25 \ IQ: 18 \ SPD: 20 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| I found this guy harder than Mecha-Drago, the first time through. But, with  |
| my help, we can reduce those robes to ribbons. (Cookie for reference, even   |
| though he isn't wearing robes...) You'll want to make Mr. Passion cry, and   |
| lower his OFF, a lot. Since he will deal deal massive damage to you with his |
| combo attack. Once you're done with status ailments, start attacking with    |
| bombs and all that. Re-apply the status ailments if they wear off. If you die|
| at this guy, DO NOT RELOAD A SAVE. You will lose all your bombs you have used|
| on this guy. Good luck otherwise.                                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 340 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

--------------
| BOSS: Clayman \  PARTY: Duster - Wess Supports
+------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 879 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 72 \ DEF: 23 \ IQ: 5 \ SPD: 10 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Put this guy to sleep and do the usual status ailments. Wess will help with  |
| throwing bombs, very useful member Wess is. But he won't finish this guy off,|
| so if Wess isn't attacking, go on the offense. Not much else to say, really. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 200 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Oh-So-Snake \  PARTY: Duster, Kumatora - Wess Supports
+--------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 1237 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 82 \ DEF: 28 \ IQ: 16 \ SPD: 23 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Make this guy cry. He's pretty powerful. Have Duster use his usual status    |
| ailments, and have Kumatora attack with PK Thunder. Wess will also be a help |
| in ths battle too. If you have any, Bombs are great here too. Also, if you   |
| want to, this guy is mostly weak to Freezing, which will immobilize him for a|
| turn. PK Freeze won't do as much damage, though.                             |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 568 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Cactus Wolf \  PARTY: Salsa - Fassad Supports
+-------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 468 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 43 \ DEF: 20 \ IQ: 10 \ SPD: 11 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Just defend all the time, and let Fassad kill this guy. You can use Monkey   |
| Mimic to deal some real damage, though. Nothing to worry about.              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 143 | DP: 0 | DROP: Beef Jerky |
+-------------------------------------+

----------------
| BOSS: Pork Tank \  PARTY: Salsa, Kumatora
+--------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 1782 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 74 \ DEF: 21 \ IQ: 12 \ SPD: 10 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Give Salsa lots of healing items. Use PK Thunder and Monkey Mimic to deal    |
| the most damage, Ice and Fire won't work. During the fight, the guy driving  |
| the tank will appear. Phyisical attacks will deal damage. Not too hard, just |
| heal when your HP gets low. Solid Snake, eat your heart out. :)              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 624 | DP: 0 |
+------------------+

-------------------
| BOSS: Jealous Bass \  PARTY: Lucas, Boney
+--------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 978 \ PP: 32 \ OFF: 58 \ DEF: 25 \ IQ: 20 \ SPD: 26 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Give Boney some bombs, and have Boney use them. Give none to Lucas, all to   |
| Boney. Have Lucas cast PK Love only once to take out the supports. Once that |
| is over with, have Lucas heal with PK Lifeup once your HP gets low. No real  |
| strategy beyond that. You can buy Pencil Rockets from the mouse in the attic.|
| Take advantage of that!                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 1176 | DP: 624 |
+---------------------+

--------------------------
| BOSS: Fierce Pork Trooper \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 1758 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 125 \ DEF: 46 \ IQ: 15 \ SPD: 25 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Look at those stats. This guy WOULD give you a beating... if not for his huge|
| fanboy-ism for DCMC. Use a Magazine as an item on this guy to give him some  |
| kind of fan-climax and immoblize him for a few turns. Apply PK Fire on him.  |
| If by a small chance he gets the chance to hit you, heal. Easy!              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 1548 | DP: 620 | DROP: Pickled Veggie Plate |
+---------------------+----------------------------+

------------------------
| BOSS: Forlorn Junk Heap \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 1818 \ PP: 48 \ OFF: 122 \ DEF: 45 \ IQ: 15 \ SPD: 17 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Set up some shields, lower his stats, and DESTROY HIM. This is as I say it,  |
| a "No-BS" battle. Pk Fire hurts this guy quite nicely. Not much else to say. |
| Other than... DESTROY HIM!!!                                                 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 2534 | DP: 728 |
+---------------------+

------------------------------
| BOSS: Fierce Pork Trooper (2) \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2064 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 159 \ DEF: 59 \ IQ: 18 \ SPD: 29 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Bigger, Tougher, Badder. Still the same weakness to his fanboyism. Oh well.  |
| Use the same strategy from the last battle with this guy.                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 3286 | DP: 650 |
+---------------------+

----------------------------
| BOSS: Li'l Miss Marshmallow \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2300 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 110 \ DEF: 46 \ IQ: 23 \ SPD: 35 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This little monster doesn't follow the Three Rules of Robotics. She gets more|
| powerful, too. Raise your stats, lower hers. Set up shields, too. Zap her    |
| with PK Thunder, too. Give Duster and Boney lots of healing items, and have  |
| Lucas and Kumatora cast their most powerful PSI (Love, Thunder). This is a   |
| hard battle, AND IT IS OPTIONAL. You get a nice weapon for it, though, and   |
| a nice little reference to EarthBound.                                       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 2864 | DP: 824 |
+---------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Mr. Genetor \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 3333 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 120 \ DEF: 55 \ IQ: 35 \ SPD: 38 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| I hate and you hate this bastard with burning passion. First off, raise and  |
| lower his stats. Now, the thing you should know is this--you can't hurt this |
| guy with physical attacks when he is out of the generator. It'll hurt you.   |
| Instead, use Salt Water guns, and hit him with PK Freeze, since PK Thunder   |
| doesn't work against this boss. Once he is out of electricity, lay physical  |
| attacks on him like there's no tomorrow, and make sure to buy Rubber equips  |
| down the Tower for added protection. I hate this guy. I HATE HIM. Just like  |
| little Mama's Boy... Sephiro-- *mobbed by FFVII fans*                        |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 4359 | DP: 840 |
+---------------------+

-------------------
| BOSS: Lord Passion \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+--------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2897 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 82 \ DEF: 43 \ IQ: 45 \ SPD: 34 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This guy is optional. This guy is easy. Just make him cry, lower his stats,  |
| and you'll be quite fine. PK Fire works nice too, so does PK Thunder. Make   |
| sure you have high health for the whole battle, and make sure you're ready to|
| heal, though.                                                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 1086 | DP: 280 |
+---------------------+

NOTE: You can get Kumatora and Duster now. For Kuma, go to Doria's seashell and
     fetch Kumatora. For Duster, go right from the entrance to the Lightning
     Tower and free Duster from the Pig Masks, BUT DON'T ENTER THE VOLCANO. You
     can leave immediately after rescuing Duster!

------------------------
| BOSS: Almost Mecha-Lion \  PARTY: Lucas, Boney (Kumatora, Boney)
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 1684 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 126 \ DEF: 60 \ IQ: 36 \ SPD: 42 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Lower his stats, raise yours, have Boney heal when HP gets low. Have Lucas go|
| on the main offense with PK Love, too. Make this guy cry, if possible. I've  |
| heard that you don't have to beat this guy either... but the EXP with guy    |
| gives is good. If you have her, Kumatora works good here too. PK Thunder!!!  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 4560 | DP: 848 |
+---------------------+

-----------------------
| BOSS: Steel Mechorilla \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Boney (Duster)
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2860 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 164 \ DEF: 68 \ IQ: 32 \ SPD: 30 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Duster's a help in this battle, but he's not needed. Buy supplies from the   |
| Mole Cricket, and have Boney and Duster heal when necessary. Lower his stats,|
| raise yours, you get the idea. PK Thunder does a lot of damage, too. But here|
| is the catch-- use it twice. And only twice. Three times will send this guy  |
| on a rampage. I've heard people having trouble at this boss, so Buffs and    |
| Debuffs are crucial.                                                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 9432 | DP: 710 |
+---------------------+

-----------------
| BOSS: New Fassad \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+-----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 3182 \ PP: 364 \ OFF: 164 \ DEF: 78 \ IQ: 58 \ SPD: 45 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Okay, now, this is MY MOST HATED BOSS EVER ARRRGHHHH. Now that my raging is  |
| over, I'll tell you the most painless way of dealing with this horny guy.    |
| First, set up shields and raise your stats, and lower his. Have EVERYONE set |
| up with LOTS of healing items. Make sure of this! Have Kumatora spam PK      |
| Thunder, and have Lucas use PK Love. Have Duster and Boney combo when not    |
| healing. New Fassad also has a super attack that hits all party members. Be  |
| weary of that. Have everyone possible equip Magypsy Razor and Lipsticks, but |
| mostly Lucas. Set up Psycho Shields to help guard against his onslaught. Once|
| New Fassad is almost dead, he'll start to heal himself, make sure you kill   |
| him quickly once this happens. Good luck, this guy is SUCH A ******.         |
| Also: There seems to be a pattern. After Fassad eats a banana, he'll send off|
| his most powerful attack.                                                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 11121 | DP: 1200 | DROP: Luxury Banana |
+---------------------------------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Master Eddy \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+-----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2568 \ PP: 500 \ OFF: 127 \ DEF: 81 \ IQ: 58 \ SPD: 52 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Do the usual stat raisers and lowers. Make sure you heal against his attacks,|
| such as Storm. A breath of fresh air after New Fassad. PK Thunder works great|
| here, use it. Not much else to say here, either. I like that.                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 0 | DP: 721 |
+------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: Eerie Smile \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2489 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 131 \ DEF: 65 \ IQ: 32 \ SPD: 150 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This guy is actually a killer mushroom. Shroom! This guy is VERY fast, he'll |
| be getting the first hit no matter what (I think). Use PK Fire or Thunder,   |
| and raise your stats, lower his. This is a pretty plain battle.              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 6336 | DP: 780 |
+---------------------+

-------------------
| BOSS: Zombieshroom \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 2489 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 151 \ DEF: 65 \ IQ: 32 \ SPD: 150 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Don't face this guy. He'll kill you with your 1 HP party.                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 6336 | DP: 780 |
+---------------------+

-------------------
| BOSS: Barrier Trio \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 4000 \ PP: 999 \ OFF: 145 \ DEF: 121 \ IQ: 70 \ SPD: 41 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Apply Psycho Shields, and use only Power buffs and Debuffs. Defense won't do |
| much against their PSI attacks. Have Boney sniff these guys every time they  |
| change their weakness. Have Kumatora take advantage of this weakness. Have   |
| Lucas use PK Love, too. Have Duster and Boney combo these guys, and have them|
| heal when necessary. One thing to note, these guys can use PK Starstorm, the |
| most powerful thing they can use, and hits everyone for massive damage. The  |
| good news is that once they use it, they're almost dead. Using Defense Down  |
| will make this boss waste turns raising it back up. Have Duster spam his     |
| Tickle Feather to keep them wasting turns. But, once they start spamming PK  |
| Starstorm, have Duster join the rush to destroy the Barrier Trio before they |
| do too much damage. Once they die, the strike one final pose. It is...       |
| Spectacular.                                                                 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 12346 | DP: 1538 |
+-----------------------+

NOTE: After the next boss, is a point of no return to Nowhere Islands. Make sure
     to save on another file if you want to continue!

-----------------
| BOSS: Masked Man \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 5000 \ PP: 999 \ OFF: 165 \ DEF: 120 \ IQ: 64 \ SPD: 43 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This is it! The battle with the Commander of the Pig Mask Army. He's strong, |
| has a lot of HP, and can destroy you quite easily. I recommend you level up  |
| Lucas up to at least 50 for this fight, Lucas learns PK Lifeup Omega once you|
| do. PK Lifeup Omega will make this guy MUCH easier, since the Masked Man can |
| use the most powerful type of PSI--Love. That's right, this guy can unleash  |
| PK Love on you. He uses it often, and Lifeup Omega works wonders against it. |
| Raise your stats and lower his, set up Psycho Shields as well. Don't have    |
| Lucas use PK Love either, save Lucas' PSI for Lifeup. Have PP-Healing items  |
| for Lucas, too. Have Kumatora use PK Thunder, but if you leveled until 60,   |
| have Kumatora use PK Ground, it DESTROYS the Masked Man. Have Duster and     |
| Boney use combos when not healing against his attacks. Good luck!            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 15474 | DP: 1321 |
+-----------------------+

---------------------
| BOSS: Miracle Fassad \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 5489 \ PP: 382 \ OFF: 164 \ DEF: 140 \ IQ: 58 \ SPD: 54 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Well, he's back! And he's not as annoying! Well, for the first half, anyways.|
| Raise your stats and all that for the first part, and conserve for the second|
| part. Have Kumatora use PK Thunder, PK Ground won't work. Buy Super Bombs    |
| from the guy under the King Statue in New Pork City, and use them against    |
| Fassad. Once you enter his second form, which is the New Fassad form, this   |
| guy gets much tougher. Have Psycho Shields up for this, and have Lucas use   |
| PK Lifeup Omega when he starts spamming his super attack. This fight is a lot|
| easier than the first Fassad fight. Thank god this is the last time you fight|
| Fassad. Gah!                                                                 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 28636 | DP: 1540 |
+-----------------------+

------------------
| BOSS: King Statue \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+----------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 100000000 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 228 \ DEF: 255 \ IQ: 200 \ SPD: 78 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| You're reading that HP stat right. One hundred MILLION HP. Eat your heart    |
| out, Yiazmat! Well, this is the easiest boss in the game, though, if you know|
| what to do. Otherwise, he's impossible. Buy a New Year's Eve Bomb and use it.|
| It'll reduce this guy's HP to 1, have someone attack him after that. You can |
| also use PK Flash, but that isn't very reliable.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 17586 | DP: 2400 |
+-----------------------+

----------------------------
| BOSS: Natural Killer Cyborg \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 7548 \ PP: 500 \ OFF: 232 \ DEF: 189 \ IQ: 52 \ SPD: 43 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This, is my favourite normal fight in the game. Lots of HP, kickass music,   |
| good stuff. Lower his status immediatly and follow that up with raising your |
| own stats. Have Lucas heal when the Cyborg does damage, Kumatora use PSI, PK |
| Thunder is good, but PK Ground is better. Duster and Boney should just attack|
| with boosted stats. The Cyborg has a super attack, but it is easily healed by|
| Lifeup Omega. When Lucas isn't healing, have him join the fun and have him   |
| attack. Have fun with this cyborg.                                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 34381 | DP: 1600 |
+-----------------------+

NOTE: After the next boss, is a point of no return to New Pork City. Be sure to
     not save or something like that if you still want to explore.

-----------------------
| BOSS: Porky Bots (x10) \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+---------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 865 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 135 \ DEF: 148 \ IQ: 45 \ SPD: 49 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| There are ten of these bots, but only 3 appear at a time. Once you defeat a  |
| Porky Bot, another takes its place. This happens until all of them are gone, |
| then another appears and summons 2 random chimeras, this happens again, then |
| the battle is over. Raise your stats, but don't lower theirs, it doesn't do  |
| much of a difference. Once you're done raising stats, have Kumatora use PK   |
| Thunder, since the Porky Bots reflect all other PSI attacks (except for one, |
| Ground, but that isn't good here) and have Lucas, Duster and Boney attack the|
| Porky Bots physically. Once one dies though, it explodes, so make sure Lucas |
| has enough PP for PK Lifeup Omega. Each explosion deals about 60-100 damage, |
| so heal every 2 explosions. Apply this to everything else. At the end of the |
| battle, where 3 more bots drop in, DCMC will destroy the rest, and you've    |
| won! Hurray!                                                                 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 1580 (x10) | DP: 21 (x10) |
+--------------------------------+

------------
| BOSS: Porky \  PARTY: Lucas, Kumatora, Duster, Boney
+----------------------------------------------------------
| HP: 6569 \ PP: 0 \ OFF: 170 \ DEF: 182 \ IQ: 64 \ SPD: 63 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The final battle against the villain of Mother 3, Porky Minch! Here to fight |
| you once again in this game, you fought him in EarthBound, too. It's time    |
| to kick this bastard's ass one last time. First thing you want to do is to   |
| raise your stats and lower his. If Porky lowers yours, raise them all again. |
| Apply Physical Shields for his super attacks. Have Lucas attack normally,    |
| Kumatora cast PK Thunder or, if you have it, PK Ground, since PK Ground, like|
| the Masked Man, is very weak to it. Restore status if Porky decides to make  |
| you cry. Have Duster and Boney attack normally, and heal when necessary. This|
| won't take long. At the end, Porky will retreat into the Absolute Safety     |
| Capsule. Heal if you're near dying, and wait two turns. Then the battle will |
| be over. You can use the Shield Stealer if you want to use PK Love and PK    |
| Starstorm, but PK Thunder and PK Ground go through shields so there's no     |
| point, in my opinion. Have fun.                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 0 | DP: 0 |
+----------------+

-----------------------
| FINAL BOSS: Masked Man \  PARTY: Lucas
+------------------------------------------------------------
| HP: ???? \ PP: ??? \ OFF: 200 \ DEF: 150 \ IQ: 79 \ SPD: 40 \
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The final battle against the Masked Man. Defend the entire battle--you can't |
| attack the Masked Man, since he's actually Claus, your brother. Defending    |
| will stop your HP counter from scrolling so quickly. Once you're below 100   |
| HP, heal with PK Lifeup Gamma to restore yourself to full HP. Wait for your  |
| HP counter to get full, then start defending again. Do this the entire battle|
| and enjoy the cutscenes that happen during it. Once the screen fades white,  |
| you have beaten Mother 3! Enjoy the ending!                                  |
|                                                                              |
| PS: Don't bother reviving your party members in the first part, the Masked   |
| Man will just kill them off once they're back up.                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EXP: 0 | DP: 0 |
+----------------+



LEGAL INFORMATION

This guide belongs to me, don't be a jerk and steal it. The characters, music,
scenario and game are reserved by Nintendo. I don't own them, nor do I claim to
own them.


CONCLUSION AND THANKS

Thanks goes to Starmen.net for the enemy stats.
Thanks goes to me for typing this.
Thanks goes to GameFAQs for keeping this up.
Thanks goes to you, for reading this guide.
Thanks goes to you, drybones, for helping me with boss strategies and patterns.

I hope this has helped people on Mother 3. I put this together in a couple of
days because of people complaining about "so and so is hard". So I made this.

So yeah.

(b^_^)b

Good luck to ye!