Signature elements of the series include a lighthearted approach to plot, battle sequences with psychedelic backgrounds, and the 'rolling HP meter': player health ticks down like an odometer rather than instantly being subtracted, allowing the player to take preventative action, such as healing or finishing the battle, before the damage is fully dealt. The player uses weapons and psychic powers to fight hostile enemies, which include animated everyday objects, aliens and brainwashed people. Written by Shigesato Itoi, published by Nintendo, and featuring game mechanics modeled on the Dragon Quest series, Mother is known for its sense of humor, originality, and parody.

Mother (known as EarthBound outside Japan) is a video game series that consists of three role-playing video games: Mother (1989), known as EarthBound Beginnings outside Japan, for the Family Computer Mother 2 (1994), known as EarthBound outside Japan, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Mother 3 (2006) for the Game Boy Advance.

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