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Reid Young started an EarthBound fansite in 1997 while in middle school. [11] It was one of the first EarthBound fansites on the Internet. By 1999 and with co-founder Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, [1] the site grew into Starmen.net, [11] named for the game's "most iconic villain, the Starman".
For example, in his Pokémon Emerald series he discusses various strategies and viable techniques to ensure optimal success in the game, [24] and in his second EarthBound series he showcased a particular glitch in the game involving the Tent located in Threed, one of the cities featured in the game. [8]
When EarthBound was announced for the Wii U Virtual Console, the press began to show greater interest in Lindblom's work. [3] Lindblom had planned a book about the game's development, release, and fandom as a Kickstarter project before a reply from Nintendo discouraged him from pursuing the idea.
Porky Minch was created for EarthBound, titled Mother 2 in Japan, by the game's director, Shigesato Itoi.In the localized version, he was called Pokey. [1] Itoi discussed how his bad disposition may have been caused by being neglected by his parents.
Fangamer was originally spun out from Starmen.net, an EarthBound online forum. [1] It operates an online store that sells licensed indie game merchandise items such as hats, pins, vinyl records, t-shirts and other products. In recent years the company has also begun publishing physical editions of independent video games.
The character serves as the main antagonist and final boss of Mother and its sequel, Mother 2/EarthBound. In the series, he invades Earth in an attempt to wipe out humanity in Mother, and returns in EarthBound where he conquers the world and sends his forces into the past to prevent protagonist Ness from defeating him. The battle against Giygas ...
EarthBound was released on June 5, 1995, in North America. [35] The game sold about 140,000 units in the United States, [37] for a total of approximately 658,000 units sold worldwide. EarthBound ' s poor sales in the west were attributed to its satirical marketing campaign, based on gross-out humor. [38] [39] [40] [41]
Ness is the protagonist of EarthBound, the second game in the three-part Mother series. He was created by Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the Mother series, who intended the game to have real characters whom players would recognize in the people around them. [2]