Undertale has Mother 3's ending

[SaxMasterX]

It's weird how similar these two games are when you really look at the story. I just want to point out how the endings share practically the same synopsis

Ending similarities:

-find out npc brother was screwed up by science
-You are the only one who can resist npc brother's attack
-you become incapacitated in the middle of the fight
-you convince brother not to be evil anymore
-brother kills himself (ok, Asriel still sticks around but it's implied he's going to die)
-you get the 7 needles/souls needed to save the world/monsters
-world is doomed in Mother 3 while monsters are saved in Undertale

Post-Ending similarities:

-world is saved in Mother 3 while monsters are doomed in Undertale
-player character addresses the player himself to thank him
-you have to wait for the black screen
-the outcome is never actually shown

Pretty much the only things that are different are the minor details and the outcomes being switch for the ending and post-ending.

[Lunarluck]

Spoopy ain't it?

[Megabyte]

I don't think the similarities are big enough. And we know what the outcome is in Undertale: Frisk lives happily ever after with everyone.

[Marble]

The Mother 3 ending didn't do anything for me. The brother wasn't developed well enough at the start or mentioned at all for the majority of the game, for me to care.

[Megabyte]

Originally posted by Canti:

The Mother 3 ending didn't do anything for me. The brother wasn't developed well enough at the start or mentioned at all for the majority of the game, for me to care.

You're kidding, right? It's true we don't know much about Claus, but he's supposed to be the power-hungry/revenge path Lucas refused to take. Second, the game was never completely about Claus. There are many things it talks about: parental abuse, neglect of the elderly, genetic engineering, the nasty changes capitalism brings to the world, and many other things. If anything, what's most underveloped is how was the world before the first destruction and what was the "White Ship".

[SaxMasterX]

Originally posted by Canti:

The Mother 3 ending didn't do anything for me. The brother wasn't developed well enough at the start or mentioned at all for the majority of the game, for me to care.

I guess that's another similarity between Asriel and Claus.

[Marble]

Originally posted by Megabyte:

You're kidding, right? It's true we don't know much about Claus, but he's supposed to be the power-hungry/revenge path Lucas refused to take. Second, the game was never completely about Claus. There are many things it talks about: parental abuse, neglect of the elderly, genetic engineering, the nasty changes capitalism brings to the world, and many other things. If anything, what's most underveloped is how was the world before the first destruction and what was the "White Ship".

I'm only talking about the ending. It's been a long time since I played but I distinctly remember the tone changing and the game trying so hard to give you the feels. And for me, I was just like "Ooooh... That guy."