Earthbound Petition Making A Difference?

Thanks to Nintendojo for their story regarding Shigeru Miyamoto's positive reaction to an online petition about the Earthbound games. Miyamoto, discussing the series (soon re-released for GBA in Japan) in an interview with Official UK Nintendo Magazine, says "We had high hopes for Earthbound, the Super NES version, in the US, but it didn't do well... You might not know this, but there was a petition in the US, a 'Please make Mother 3 [an Earthbound sequel]' petition and it got about 30,000 signatures! After that, we thought 'Wow... Earthbound fans are really solid'." The petition in question was put together by the fansite Starmen.net, and Video-Fenky previously got hold of a copy, commenting on the "testament to the Mother fanbase's... deep-seated devotion to the game they love."

Comments

Re: This game sucks...

[Man In Black]

Its shitty japanese pop culture garbage.

I completely agree, and I personally think that Earthbound (the SNES version anyways, haven't played the others) is the most overrated game I've ever played. It contains just about every Japanese-RPG cliche every invented (while inventing some new ones), and the whole feel of the game is so Japanese that I find it almost unplayable. Most of the dialog didn't even make any sense to me (Do Japanese people really act that childish? Or is that what passes for humor in Japan? I've lived in Canada my whole life, so I seriously don't know... Canadian girls certainly don't burst into tears when they don't get their way)... Perhaps someone will reply saying that I "didn't get" the game, or that I can't appreciate it or something to that effect... frankly, I'm glad that I "don't get" the game.

I'd always heard that it was such a good game, so I was happy to find a copy of it in a pawn shop (for a pretty decent price too), so I was willing to give it a go. By the time I found out that the second city was called Twoson (the first city being called Onett), I realized just how much I would dislike the game. What a dissappointment. From that point on, I've made it a point to warn people not to buy the game unless they know damn well what they're getting into. If new versions come out, I'll be sure to warn people against getting them too.

To be completely honest, I've always thought that all these Japanese RPG's (Final Fantasy, Grandia, etc) were shite. However, if someone can point me towards petitions for a new version of Dungeon Master, or an Ultima 4 remake, I'd be more than happy to sign it!

I'm sure I'll be modded back to the stone age for not liking this game, such is the fanaticism of moderators around here. Oh well, my karma can take the hit.