"Showdown with the Ultimate Chimera - MOTHER 3" is a high quality rip of "Showdown with the Ultimate Chimera" from MOTHER 3.
Jokes[]
At 0:16, the rip becomes an arrangement of "Dancing Mad" from Final Fantasy VI with the various boss themes from MOTHER 3 arranged to the track at several points throughout. At 7:25, the arrangement quotes "Among Us Trap Remix".
| Time | Track referenced |
|---|---|
| 0:00 - 4:45 | "Movement 1" |
| 0:55 | "Giygas Theme (Unused)" |
| 2:05 | "Master Porky's Theme" |
| 2:35 | "Audacious March"/"Marching Attack" |
| 2:59 | "Serious" |
| 3:27 | "Intense Guys" |
| 3:52 | "Porky's Porkies" |
| 4:45 - 8:26 | "Movement 2" |
| 4:45 | "Tragic Reconstruction" |
| 6:07 | "Accelerando" |
| 6:45 | "Back Beat Battle" |
| 7:16 | "Mischievous Blues" |
| 7:33 | "Bothersome Guys" |
| 7:48 | "Accelerando" |
| 8:26 - 11:30 | "Movement 3" |
| 8:26 | "MROB-6720M"/"Etude for Ghosts" |
| 8:53 | "Astonishing March" |
| 9:30 | "Dry Guys" |
| 9:44 | "Piggy Guys" |
| 9:59 | "Natural Killer Cyborg" |
| 10:44 | "Rock and Roll" |
| 10:59 | "Dangerous Guys" |
| 11:14 | "Mambo de Battle" |
| 11:30 - 16:45 | "Omen" / "Movement 4" |
| 11:30 | "Battle Against the Masked Man" |
| 11:49 | "Formidable Foe"/"Zombeat" |
| 12:20 | "Mr. Batty Twist" |
| 12:43 | "Strong One" |
| 13:00 | "El Mariachi" |
| 13:11 | "Unfounded Revenge" |
| 14:02 | "Fight with Mecha Drago" |
| 14:33 | "Wasteful Anthem" |
| 14:49 | "Strong One"/"Enter the Pigmasks" |
| 15:13 | "El Mariachi" |
| 15:25 | "Memory of Mother" |
In addition, instead of the thumbnail, the rip features elaborate animated visuals. The visuals begin with EarthBound 64 screenshots of New Pork City being destroyed, which are pixelated to match the Game Boy Advance's graphical capabilities, before switching to an illustration of the Tower of the Gods from Final Fantasy VI redone with references to MOTHER 3 and Final Fantasy VI added throughout, with Lucas, Duster, Kumatora, and Boney from MOTHER 3 usually present on the right and depicted in the style of Final Fantasy VI party members.
At 3:52, 9:43, and 11:30, the MOTHER 3 party members disappear as the screen shakes and the camera moves higher up the Statue of the Gods, identical to how Kefka's battle progresses as the party defeats each tier of the Statue. The party members reappear when the next tier is reached, bobbing in place from the second tier onwards. Additionally, the camera slowly continues to ascend during tiers two and three.
| Time | Character/Prop | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tier I | ||
| 0:17 - 3:52 | Tazmily Village house | MOTHER 3 |
| Absolutely Safe Capsule | ||
| Pigmasks | ||
| Pork Tank | ||
| Barrel Man | ||
| Rhinocerocket | ||
| Negative Man (hidden in rubble below Cherry/Madam) | ||
| Cherry/Madam | Final Fantasy VI | |
| Necromancer | ||
| Peeper | ||
| Leaf Bunny | ||
| Malboro | ||
| Tier II | ||
| 3:52 - 9:43 | Flying Mouse | MOTHER 3 |
| Ghost Knight | ||
| Mecha-Porkies | ||
| Nuclear Reactor Robot | ||
| Big Spud Bug | ||
| Dogfish | ||
| Mobile Grave | ||
| Reconstructed Caribou | ||
| Sky Titany | ||
| Lardna Minch | ||
| Artsy Ghost | ||
| Mole Cricket | ||
| Pigtunia | ||
| Mr. Passion | ||
| Cactuar | Final Fantasy VI | |
| Mega Armor | ||
| Brainpan | ||
| Bloodfang | ||
| Alluring Rider (monster) | ||
| Armored Weapon | ||
| Tonberry | ||
| Corporal/Trooper | ||
| Chadarnook | ||
| Apparition | ||
| Al Jabr | ||
| Crewmate ("Among Drip") | Among Us, Artifact Studios | |
| Tier III | ||
| 9:43 - 11:30 | Natural Killer Cyborg | MOTHER 3 |
| Boa Transistor | ||
| Big Bro | ||
| Li'l Miss Marshmallow | ||
| Gently Weeping Guitar | ||
| Beaten Drum | ||
| Mr. Genetor | ||
| Stinky Ghost | ||
| Jealous Bass | ||
| Death Machine | Final Fantasy VI | |
| Lesser Lopros | ||
| Phantom Train ghost | ||
| Ahriman | ||
| Dark Force |
Once the final movement begins at 11:30, instead of Kefka, Porky Minch from EarthBound and MOTHER 3 descends, with his appearance and posture heavily modeled after Kefka's god form. His appearance also integrates the design of Porky's spider mech from EarthBound, as well as Giygas as he appears in EarthBound, making up Porky's lower half. To Porky's left and right respectively are the Masked Man/Claus from MOTHER 3 and Terra from Final Fantasy VI, who wears an outfit similar to the Masked Man's.
At 15:25, the screen darkens slightly and the following dialogue is displayed:
MADUIN: Terra, my precious daughter.
You came from a love so strong that it brought two worlds together.
That love is part of who you are, and it always will be.
MADUIN: There are people in this world who still care about you.
They need you, and you need them.
Do you feel that warmth that’s been buried inside of you, my child?
That feeling is love.
Remember how much your mother and I loved you, and remember the people you love, too.
At 16:18, the screen fades to black before switching to artwork of Terra taking off her helmet next to Claus. It then fades to a different image of Terra carrying Claus, now stripped of his helmet, wings, energy sword, and arm cannon, away from Porky as he falls, followed by a fade to black with text reading:
Showdown with the Ultimate Chimera
Music by R.L.99 2002 – 2021
Thank you for everything, R.L.
Visual contributors[]
- livvy94 (storyboard and concept)
- Lauren the Flute (writing)[2]
- BigSharkZ (visuals)
- BobTheTacocat (visuals)
- cainosis (visuals)
- DonnieTheGuy (visuals)
- Gonovo (visuals)
- Griffin D (visuals)
- KiIvaKunner (visuals)
- mBluett (visuals)
- Tocinin (visuals)
- 601billionlazer (visuals, video editing)
- minindo (video editing)
- PsychLantern (visuals)[3]
Concept art[]
These are concept artworks included in the Google Drive folder released after the rip was published:
.png "Showdown with the Ultimate Chimera (Hi-Res Concept).png (4.43 MB)")
Trivia[]
- The playlist link leads to the YouTube playlist "All of R.L.99's works" by minindo.
- This rip became the featured video of the channel after it was uploaded.
- After this rip was published, @GiIvaSunner posted a tweet saying "Thank you again for everything, R.L.99. You are unforgettable, and we miss you, buddy."[4] It was then followed with another tweet announcing the release of a Google Drive folder containing the rip's artwork and concept art used before the final rip.[5]
- The pairing of "Among Us Trap Remix" and "Mischievous Blues" is a reference to the rip "Mischievous Blues (Beta Mix) - MOTHER 3".
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "High Quality Collaborations". YouTube playlist by m Bluett.
- ↑ "also I don't know if this goes against the rules of SiIvaGunner but I wrote those words in the final section with my whole heart and I am crying, I want everybody to remember that; remember the people who love you, remember the people you love, and hold on" Tweet by Lauren the Flute.
- ↑ "Rips where I helped with visuals". YouTube playlist by PsychLantern.
- ↑ Tweet by @GiIvaSunner; February 23, 2022.
- ↑ Tweet by @GiIvaSunner; February 23, 2022.