EarthBound fandom

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The 1994 video game EarthBound, as well as its 1989 predecessor and 2006 sequel are known for their cult following and fan community. Multiple video game journalists have written about the dedication of the franchise's fans in producing fan art and lobbying Nintendo for further releases. The company has been largely unresponsive to their efforts. Prominent fansites include Starmen.net and EarthBound Central. The former was started in 1999 and became the definitive community website. Their members organized petitions and campaigns to bring English-localized games from the Mother series to North America. One such effort included a full-color, 270-page EarthBound Anthology as a demonstration of consumer demand for further releases. After nearly a decade, EarthBound was rereleased for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013, whereupon it became a bestseller. The fandom also spun-out other enterprises. When Nintendo did not release a localized version of Mother 3, fans organized their own fan translation...

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