NES Earthbound 'Mystery' Probed

packratshow writes "Lost Levels has put up a story about the infamous NES prototype of classic RPG Earthbound. It includes an interview with Nintendo localization producer Phil Sandhop in which he verifies certain details about the alleged cartridges, sometimes considered to be fakes, and squashes most myths about its origin, explaining: 'EarthBound was not cancelled, it was just not produced... Sometimes these things sit for years before the studio feels its right. Nintendo had that luxury with games, especially NES games.'" We've previously mentioned the fanaticism of Earthbound fans.

Comments

Re:umm wtf?

[DLWormwood]

That name's just plain stupid.

To an English speaker, perhaps, but not to the Japanese. The name was probably meant to suggest our "Mother Earth," given the USian name. The popular market (In Japan!) is more comfortable with effeminate or "kawaii" names and images than the USian market.

Then I guess it's a good thing

[Anonymous Coward]

they changed it when it came to the US.