Giygas's Race

Giygas's Race is an important group in the Mother series, they are an alien species that has descended to Earth and interacted with humans more than once, they're also the supposed origin of the PSI some of the main characters use. Despite the fact that they kickstart the events of the franchise, their hometown or further information about them is left ambiguous and is never actually seen aside from Giygas and the Starmen he leads.
== Biography ==
=== In Mother ===
In the original Mother and EarthBound Beginnings's prologue, Giygas's race are said to have abducted a young couple decades ago, a man named George and a woman named Maria; likely to take Giygas back to his hometown along with them. They, or at least Maria, took the then baby Giygas under their care and loved him as if he were her own son. George had started studying the aliens and their psychic abilities for years, until one day, out of nowhere, he took an escape pod and came back to Earth, leaving Maria and Giygas behind. George had stolen various amounts of data from the aliens and had used them to create a type of psychic ability known as PSI and a robot named EVE, George anticipated that Giygas's race would be furious at him for stealing such vital information, and so, proceeded to leave information and clues to defeat the aliens in the future should they ever come to Earth, most of them being in his diary.
Eight decades later, George's great-grandson, Ninten, is 12 years old and has developed PSI powers. Giygas's people tasked him with going to Earth and destroying the humans to ensure that none of the information that George stole could be used to betray them. They lended him robots and other weapons to accomplish this. They also forced him to detach himself from Maria, who had died years prior, which was shown in-game to be difficult for him, and possibly inspired resentment towards them. Giygas would still offer Ninten to come with him by the end in the mothership as a remnant of the fond memories Giygas had towards his adoptive father, but Ninten ultimately declines, forcing Giygas to eliminate him and his friends.
Eventually, Ninten and his newfound friends manage to sing all the melodies that made up the lullaby Maria used to sing to Giygas when he was an infant and used it against him. This causes him to have a major breakdown and retreat, swearing revenge on Ninten and coming back.
=== In Mother 2 ===
thumb|left|100px|The Devil's Machine in Mother 2
Giygas's race is never explicitly mentioned again in any medium of the Mother series after the original game, given that Giygas still returns as the main antagonist they're still present in the game somewhat, leaving only speculation to what may have happened to them between both games.
It is not known what happened to Giygas after he came back to his people empty handed. It is assumed by some that he was punished, and sent back to Earth to try to conquer it again, leading to the events of the game. However, Giygas transformation seen in the end of the game, following what Andonuts, Pockey, and Buzz Buzz show that Giygas had already become "The Ultimate Evil" by the time he invaded Earth again, in the Past.
There is also speculation that Giygas's race were actually the first victims of Giygas himself, explaining why they'd never returned even after Ness defeats Giygas in the past. Although there is also the possibility that they do show up as the Starmen and were there the whole time. Evidently, Giygas is said to have lost most of his cognitive functions for most of the game remembering his traumatic loss of his loved ones, so it's possible he may have unknowingly killed his own people in his demented state.
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