Whenever someone mentions EarthBound to me, I flash back to that time I sat on my bedroom floor drawing pictures of Ness on envelopes. My goal was to send the marked envelopes to Nintendo Power and put a note in each one demanding work on EarthBound 64 to resume. I don’t know if I ever sent the letters, but I do remember feeling deflated -- as if my entire videogame world crumbled because of Nintendo’s deaf ears and tight belts.
And the bad news never seems to stop. According to a Starmen.net source, EarthBound won’t be released on the Wii’s Virtual Console anytime soon. The port has been mired in a legal hell as a result of the original game’s numerous references to popular culture. Nintendo of America’s lawyers are uncomfortable with the material and want it changed. Nintendo’s Japanese wing -- for whatever reason -- have refused the exclusion of the content.
The crew at Starmen also revealed that the ESRB rating months ago was nothing more than an “internal” blunder. The EB port was problematic from conception. Perhaps as problematic as our desire for a new release.
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6:30 PM on 02.16.2009
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It's more like #70(snes=$20 and EB=$50)
Fuck you, Nintendo. Fuck you.
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You are printing money and yet can be bothered to release a meesely VC title, and shouldn't it be released anyway granted that it was released on the SNES back in the day? And soundtrack issues?! WTF? (it's sounds like it was made from a orchestra,((personal note-i loved the music then as i do now)) or even an singer/artist)it's just synthesiser/midi music. And releasing japan VC titles in NA VC is fine?
..eat my shit, nintendo.
more fanboy rage >_>
FUCK lawyers.
NOA's handling of the Mother series (or lack thereof) has been infinitely aggravating.
Sigh. Whatever. They lost a sale from me.
OF COURSE NOT ! Are you mad or what ?!?
Are we cool?
I really think that "censoring" Earthbound would be a disservice to new players, not a negligible sacrifice.
I smell a rat. A big, meaty rat.
I was blinded with rage, of course they can't.
@Chilly: I'd bet not either. Just because. I'd be extremely pissed if you guys did and we didn't. =P
i was thinking the same thing.i mean if family guy and robot chicken can get away with all the pop culture reference with fair use why not a classic Snes game?
"Sigh. Whatever. They lost a sale from me."
I'm sorry, but I just had to point out something here. The game isn't coming out here, so what sale is being lost?
Ofcourse they do, its a decent service actually.
Well said. Oh, well. Guess people will have to go back to not-emulating it, thus denying Nintendo huge sums of money...
God I miss Earthbound.
Holy shit, how didn't I noticed that? Now its official this is all a scam. Well, a BIGGER scam.
WELL DONE!
dicks
(Use your imagination)
That took about a whole 8 seconds of searching!
Oh, goodness. Looks like I have to wait an additional 12 seconds. Must be a bandwidth protection measure. No problem! A moment while I hum The Girl from Ipanema.
Ah, there we go!
Hey, Nintendo of America, did you feel that disturbance in your cash flow!?! That non-issue that is keeping you from releasing a VC title? Yeah, NEVER MIND!
In less than a minute, your whole marketing strategy and concerns over legal exposure due to some BS copyright crap have become moot.
If only the mainstream were as well versed in the ways of the web, you jackasses might wise up and serve your customer base as opposed to punishing them via needlessly hyper sensitive legal concerns.
I'm pretty sure they're just trolling EB fans because they enjoy our suffering. there's no other logical reason for it.
LOL POP CULTURE BANNED FROM VIDEO GAMES
seriously.
Seriously, I blame the US legal system. Lawsuits are too easy to pull of.
Who's up to putting a flaming bag of poop in front of NoA's office? I'll bring the matches.