MusicFan
08-02-2004, 02:28 PM
Source: Lost Levels (http://www.lostlevels.org/)
Spotlight: EarthBound
By Jonathan Wirth
Throughout the history of video games, there have been many titles that did not make the transition from one region of the world to another. The games that have been translated have often been transmuted from their original form before ever reaching their new markets.
One such game is EarthBound, a Super Nintendo role-playing game published by Nintendo in 1995. EarthBound was the first game in Nintendo's popular Mother series to be released in North America. However, EarthBound was not a localization of the first Mother title, but was instead a translation of Mother 2.
So what about Mother? Why was the second game of the series chosen for translation and release outside of Japan while the first game was passed over? Did Nintendo ever seriously consider the game for translation? If so, why was it never released?
And why, when a fully translated copy of the game did eventually surface in 1998, did so many people vehemently believe that it was a fake?
In our ongoing search for the real stories behind these lost games, Lost Levels is proud to bring you the true story of EarthBound.
Full Story (http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407-earthbound.shtml)
Thanks to Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org/) for the heads up.
Spotlight: EarthBound
By Jonathan Wirth
Throughout the history of video games, there have been many titles that did not make the transition from one region of the world to another. The games that have been translated have often been transmuted from their original form before ever reaching their new markets.
One such game is EarthBound, a Super Nintendo role-playing game published by Nintendo in 1995. EarthBound was the first game in Nintendo's popular Mother series to be released in North America. However, EarthBound was not a localization of the first Mother title, but was instead a translation of Mother 2.
So what about Mother? Why was the second game of the series chosen for translation and release outside of Japan while the first game was passed over? Did Nintendo ever seriously consider the game for translation? If so, why was it never released?
And why, when a fully translated copy of the game did eventually surface in 1998, did so many people vehemently believe that it was a fake?
In our ongoing search for the real stories behind these lost games, Lost Levels is proud to bring you the true story of EarthBound.
Full Story (http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407-earthbound.shtml)
Thanks to Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org/) for the heads up.