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I wish this game would come out on the fucking Virtual Console already! And please don't respond with all the 'legal reasons' crap. Yeah, I've heard it all. Just RELEASE THIS GAME ON THE VC PLEASE!!!
That's pretty ridiculous for the 90's. $2 million in today's terms is kind of standard or marketing.
Apparently they spent all that money on those disgusting scratch and sniff ads.
Anybody else old enough to remember those? Worst marketing ever.
Anybody else old enough to remember those? Worst marketing ever.
Playing through Earthbound was one of the absolute highlights of my younger days in gaming. It's sad that it seems I'll never be able to sit down with a new Earthbound title and have that experience again. Why does Nintendo hate us so?
Haha. Yeah, "This game stinks." And scratch and sniff ads that smelled like assholes. Had those and the strategy guide at one point. Earthbound is one of my favorite games everrr.
I can't imagine Nintendo actually followed through with a $2 million marketing campaign for EarthBound. I never once heard anything about it, and the only reason I ever played it was because the gigantic box caught my eye next to the others at my local Blockbuster.
I bet a large portion of that 2 million went into putting out that strategy guide through Nintendo Power. That shit wasn't cheap, especially since Nintendo was doing it in house.
$2 mil is a pretty low advertising dollar amount these days compared to a lot of other similar level profile games.
$2 mil is a pretty low advertising dollar amount these days compared to a lot of other similar level profile games.
A pity we'll never see a re-release. Too much of the game's music resembles other, still copy righted music(<a href="http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/earthbound-legal-issues/">and the Star Spangled Banner, strangely enough</a>).
No way Nintendo's lawyers will ever let this see the light of day again. Thats why used copies of the game, even just the cart, sell for more than it originally MSRP'd for.
No way Nintendo's lawyers will ever let this see the light of day again. Thats why used copies of the game, even just the cart, sell for more than it originally MSRP'd for.
Well, to be fair, there's about a dozen other "good" reasons Mother 3 won't be released in the U.S., completely unrelated to its quality. And it's not like we don't have a good solution to that problem or anything.
Something tells me they spent about 3$ on Earthbound's marketing. Considering how poorly it was marketed. I was really young and I remember being embarrassed by their advertisement work for it.
Something tells me they spent about 3$ on Earthbound's marketing. Considering how poorly it was marketed. I was really young and I remember being embarrassed by their advertisement work for it.
The return of Giygas!
YOU CANNOT GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF GIYGAS' ATTACK!
It h-h-h-h-h-h-h-urts.......
YOU CANNOT GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF GIYGAS' ATTACK!
It h-h-h-h-h-h-h-urts.......
Seriously, how could they spend that much on such a campaign as the one they used? I think the term "stinks" was still used to describe how much something sucks at the time. Honestly though, even with the "gross-out" era at the time, they could've done WAY better with the advertising. What was so "stinky" about it, anyways?
And that's another reason why it didn't sell besides the fact RPGs were still coming on before FF7: there's like three things that are gross in the game. The advertising was a terrible idea--no excuse. Again, what were they thinking?
And that's another reason why it didn't sell besides the fact RPGs were still coming on before FF7: there's like three things that are gross in the game. The advertising was a terrible idea--no excuse. Again, what were they thinking?
What a crime. They spent a huge wad of cash on scrath-and-sniff magazine inserts, didn't show any screens in their in-store marketing, and didn't include a description of the game. Then they wonder why they didn't sell an $80 game that came in an unconventional box larger than the system it was to be played on. Bloody shame that the gamers are the ones that got punished for this.
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