Underplayed Gems

Mother 3: Claus's Journey (2019)

Mother 3: Claus's Journey cover
Developer
spiderfreak1011
Platforms
Game Boy Advance
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
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How it feels

A role-swap hack that reframes a beloved RPG's story through a darker, more emotionally complex protagonist.

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About

Mother 3: Claus’s Journey, is a hack that switches the roles of main characters Lucas and Claus, making Claus into the main protagonist, which greatly changes the story due to Claus’s drastically different personality compared to Lucas. Much of the text and story is altered to better showcase Claus’s personality and thoughts, as well as how others react to him.

Screenshots

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