fandomsandfeminism

Never played it.

There’s not a lot of writing on it either.

I did find this forum discussion, so take it with a grain os salt:

I remember Itoi describing Mother 3 as kind of a macho game, because “the bad guys fight, and the good guys do too.” The game seems to portray masculinity as going out and fighting, and femininity as not fighting...

What do yall think?

fate-hates-faraday

Sorry, but a couple of things in this bug me...

perfchroma

Yes, it does, and it’s a perfect post.

usedempyrealthunder

I would also add that Lucas himself is a good example of role reversal for a RPG hero...

perfchroma

This post is now even more perfect

ohseagull

Reblogging because YES GOOD please go check out the full post and replies especially because REALLY GOOD READ, WOW, SERIOUSLY.