You guys already know the score — when there’s movin’ and shakin’ in the way ofEarthBoundorMothernews, I’m usually the nerd on call to give you the skinny. And since almost every ounce of movin’ and/or shakin’ these days comes by way of Starmen.net, their appearance in the latestNintendo Powershould come as no surprise.
In Seattle for the 6th annual Starmen.net convention, site admin Reidman and his crew made tracks to Nintendo of America’s Redmond headquarters to dump a metric ton ofEarthBound– andMother-related envelope artwork, a pretty swankFinal Starman figurineand a load of copies of theEarthBoundAnthologyonto unsuspecting employees. The editors atNintendo Powerwere pretty pleased and, plied with unique memorabilia and an outpouring of geek love, took Starmen to lunch at the headquarters’ Cafe Mario and talked about — what else —EarthBound. The result of all this bribery? A nice spot in thelatest issue ofNP.Good on you, lads. You deserve the ink.
There’s more, though: over lunch the discussion turned toEarthBound‘s forthcoming appearance on the Virtual Console. Some phrases and words were exchanged, and while Reid won’t print exactly what was said,he states directlythat the editors atNintendo Powerconceded the following: shouldEarthBoundsell very well on the Virtual Console, chances of an officialMother 3localization will increase.
Sure, it’s by no means guaranteed, and this might just be the latest in a series of circumstances in which Nintendo of America has screwed with the piled-on hopes and dreams of Starmen.net and its devoted audience. But ifEarthBound‘s VC sales truly have an impact on the company’s stance on further localization of the brilliant RPG series, it certainly couldn’t hurt. Plus, you were already planning on buyingEarthBoundon the VC — right? Yes, yes you were.
[ViaStarmen.net; thanks Wheeliedude!]
