Mole Cricket
 オケラ Mole Cricket | ||
 Appearance in Mother 3 | ||
| Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| HP 45 |
PP 0 |
Offense 10 |
| Defense 3 |
IQ 2 |
Speed 1 |
| Strengths and weaknesses | ||
| Fire 80 |
Freeze 50 |
Thunder 100 |
| Bombs 80 |
Freezing 100 |
Flammability 100 |
| Paralysis 120 |
Crying 0 |
Brainshock 120 |
| Hypnosis 120 |
Poisoning 0 |
Wall Staples 0 |
| Experience and money yields | ||
| Exp. 2 |
Money 0 DP | |
| Locations | ||
| Mt. Oriander Mole Cricket Hole | ||
| Battle song | ||
"Bothersome Guys" | ||
Mole Crickets are recurring characters in Mother 3.
In Mother 3
A Mole Cricket first appears in the prologue, after Lucas and Claus play with the Dragos. This Mole Cricket serves as the first battle in the game, and upon defeat, Hinawa accidentally steps on it, although it is shown later that he has recovered from his injuries since then. In Chapter 7, the same Mole Cricket appears again, with the exact same stats as its first appearance. After being trounced, the party befriends the Mole Cricket, and afterwards, Lucas travels through the Mole Cricket Hole to get to Snowcap Mountain, and befriends the rest of the mole cricket tribe on the way. From this point on, he will also encounter various mole cricket shops, selling various items and equipment, including their exclusive and astoundingly sincere Sincerity Dumplings.
Lucas has a fully functional pre-timeskip game over screen that can only ever be seen in game by dying to Mole Cricket in the Prologue.
A green Mole Cricket in the Mole Cricket Hole functions as a Save Frog, claiming to be the only green Save Mole Cricket in the whole world, stating that the Save Frogs gave it permission to do so.
| Text | Effect |
|---|---|
| Use a biting attack | Deals low-level damage to one party member |
Battle Memory description
"Friend or foe? Even when flat broke and stepped on, this imitable bug is always optimistic."
Memo description
"It's alive. It's your friend."
Gallery
The Mole Cricket, as it would have appeared in EarthBound 64.
